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SCAM - beware! admins take note

Corrections, the Chinese and Caucasians mentioned are actual migrant africans in the host countries.  I am sure many of you know the modus operandi as follows:

1. Send you an email telling a sad story and their "plight" or political persecution and inviting you to partner in a inheritance scheme, or some hidden source or dormant bank account with huge sums.  The share is 60/40 or 70/30 just to make it look businesslike.

2.  Ask for your personal particulars, id, passports and picture.  They will also send theirs for you, if you request, but all are faked.

3. Another party, usually a "barrister' has to be contacted so that he could do the "court documents" and then you will later be asked for from a few hundred dollars to pay as court fees.  This fee must be sent or else they cannot proceed.

4.  Once you send the money, more money will be requested.  Then more money, or else you are required to turn up in another country to sign documents.  You must bring the money there, or else you won't be able to complete the deal. 

5.  Usually the scam is to entice the gullilble.  But some big company directors have been known to be fooled and paid tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Just for sharing.

Laulan      ( Date: 18-Dec-2009 09:50) Posted: Nothing can be done by police.  Originated first from Nigeria, then spread to Africa, then to UK, Russia, China, Canada, Dubai and now Malaysia.  People behind the scams are mainly Africans, mostly Nigerians, but nowadays even some Chinese and Caucasians are picking it up from them.  Be careful. OneSharer      ( Date: 17-Dec-2009 15:09) Posted: wonder what authorities do?  would police reply to the given email address and express an interest to help?

 

Nothing can be done by police.  Originated first from Nigeria, then spread to Africa, then to UK, Russia, China, Canada, Dubai and now Malaysia. 

People behind the scams are mainly Africans, mostly Nigerians, but nowadays even some Chinese and Caucasians are picking it up from them.  Be careful.

OneSharer      ( Date: 17-Dec-2009 15:09) Posted: wonder what authorities do?  would police reply to the given email address and express an interest to help?

 

wonder what authorities do?  would police reply to the given email address and express an interest to help?    

 

This is call the nigerian scam email, every day I received at least 5 of them, apparently they do suceed in scamming people, hence the quantity. There is UK Lottery, Microsoft, Barclays Bank, Lloyds Bank, Abu Dhabi etc... Seems like they are from UK. Related to inheritance, money locked by the new government, etc. Dont even bother opening, just delete.

ozone2002      ( Date: 16-Dec-2009 18:43) Posted: thanks admin for the prompt follow up

 

thanks admin for the prompt follow up

 

Dear ozone2002,

Thank you for your alertness. We have removed the messages and banned the user.

Admin 

 

Very common in the internet.  Everyday I received at least 5 of these types of swinders' email.  All they want is to hook you on the pretext of giving you money thru an inheritance that usually amounts to millions of US dollars.  Later on another party will be introduced, and you will be requested to send money to him via western union.

Be careful, there is no free lunch in this world.  Never send money and never reply these fraud mails, known as Nigerian advance fees scams.

ozone2002      ( Date: 16-Dec-2009 17:04) Posted: i received this from a person with the nick mariam55 on sharejunction, which i believe is a scam From Ms. Mariam Ture, It is my pleasure to write you after going through your profile i decided to contact you to help me out of my problem, however is not mandatory nor will i in any manner compel you to honour against your will,but first Iet me introduce myself to you. My name is Ms. Mariam Ture, Am 21 years of age, I am a student of high school before I lost my parents in a car accident last year, so I have been out from school and been looking for a sincere person that I will trust and love. I am the only child of my late parents and that has made me to run away from our family house because my uncles are after my life to take away my inheritance which my late father left for me in a Bank here in Cote D'ivoire. My entire dream is to find somebody that I can trust with my future life and inheritance and also who will be able to invest it wisely in any lucrative business. Nobody knows about the inheritance which worth $7.5 million dollars in Cash deposited in a Bank here with my name as the next of kin. And I want you to also keep it very confidential till we can be able to transfer this money from the Bank here to your country and I will fly to join you immediately for future plans of continue my education once a join you in your country. I have to trust somebody to save my future and that is why I am trusting you now I want you to understand my critical situation and give me the love and assistance that I need, so that I will have a better life and also enjoy my inheritance with you. I will tell you more about myself as soon as I hear back from you, your interest to assist me and also build more trust to be able to have a better understanding. please reply through my private email for my security reason (  mariam.ture03@yahoo.fr  ) I look forward for your urgent response, thank you and God bless you. Best regard Ms. Mariam Ture