I got this message from one of my readers. I had given her advice on how to get her money back from an EZ-1 Scam:
Feels good to do a small bit of good.
| I'm so pissed off lately about scammers that I've been considering baiting them even though That is not my style. Instead, I'll do some thing kind and sign them up for special offers! Here is a scam I got today. SCAM SCAM SCAM SCAM |
From:Mr.TomKinson
Dear Sir/Madam,
Re:INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT
I
represent a client who has interest to
do business relative and invest
in your country in any area related
to Real Estate, Properties,
Shares, Bonds,Agriculture, Construction,
Supply, or any business of
your choice in order to initiate a proper
and structured relationship.
I request your Trust to jointly invest and
solicit an Honorable
partnership to assist us invest and manage the
funds in long term
profitable businessventures.Please let me know what
your response will
be to this offer, to receive investment funds in
cash or cash/bank
account.
The amounts is Eighteen Million Five
hundred Thousand
United States Dollars,you will assist in the
transfer/receive of the
above amount in cash or your designated liable
bank or personal claim
.
Invest and manage the funds. Advise on
lucrative areas for
investment with good turn-over profit Assist us in
the purchase of
properties,shares, bonds or and we intend to invest
through you or
your agency in the purchase of assets in your country.
The
transaction will result in you being paid a commission of 10% of
the
investment capital and extra additional percentage in every
subsequent
venture under your pervision and the transaction desires
absolute
confidentiality and professionalism in the handling of this
matter.
Your swift response will be appreciated .
Sincerely.
Mr .Tomkinson
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Dear Sir/Madam,
Re:INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT
I represent a client who has interest to do business relative and invest
in your country in any area related to Real Estate, Properties,
Shares, Bonds,Agriculture, Construction, Supply, or any business of
your choice in order to initiate a proper and structured relationship.
I request your Trust to jointly invest and solicit an Honorable
partnership to assist us invest and manage the funds in long term
profitable businessventures.Please let me know what your response will
be to this offer, to receive investment funds in cash or cash/bank
account.
The amounts is Eighteen Million Five
hundred Thousand United States Dollars,you will assist in the
transfer/receive of the above amount in cash or your designated liable
bank or personal claim.
Invest and manage the funds. Advise on lucrative areas for
investment with good turn-over profit Assist us in the purchase of
properties,shares, bonds or and we intend to invest through you or
your agency in the purchase of assets in your country.
The transaction will result in you being paid a commission of 10% of
the investment capital and extra additional percentage in every
subsequent venture under your pervision and the transaction desires
absolute confidentiality and professionalism in the handling of this
matter.
Your swit response will be appreciated .
Sincerely.
If you’ve gotten an email that looks like this one
FROM:Mr.Peter Wong
Hang Seng Bank Ltd
17 Des Voeux Road
Hq Branch.
Hong Kong.
Hello,
I sincerely ask for forgiveness for I know this may seem like a complete intrusion to your privacy but right about now this is my only option of communication. This mail might come to you as a surprise and the temptation to ignore it as unserious could come into your mind; but please consider it a divine wish and accept it with a deep sense of humility. I am Mr. Peter Wong director of operations of the Hang Seng Bank Ltd. I have an obscured business suggestion for you.
I want you to know that this is an email scam. “Peter Wong” (in this particular case) is a false name. More than likely this person is from Nigeria. That is where most of these scammers come from.
419ers Sets Fake Cops on Ebayer
Nigerian Phisher tried to Scam me on Ebay
Man gets Caught up by Nigerian E-mail scammers Look at this:
http://server-wg.de:8080/nigeria/pui_cheng.html
If you read the letter in the link above, he has some of the same elements in his plea for help. Except its from a “MR. CHEUNG PUI”. Notice that the company is the same as well, Hang Seng Bank Ltd. “Hang Seng Bank Ltd” maybe a legit complany in China (the equivalent of a Bank of America) but these Nigerian email scammer are using their name.
**I should Scam Bait this bastard**
I have a new email address!You can now email me at: peter.wong3@btinternet.com
FROM:Mr.Peter Wong
Hang Seng Bank Ltd
17 Des Voeux Road
Hq Branch.
Hong Kong.
Hello,
I sincerely ask for forgiveness for I know this may seem like a complete intrusion to your privacy but right about now this is my only option of communication.
This mail might come to you as a surprise and the temptation to ignore it as unserious could come into your mind; but please consider it a divine wish and accept it with a deep sense of humility. I am Mr. Peter Wong director of operations of the Hang Seng Bank Ltd. I have an obscured business suggestion for you.
Before the U.S and Iraqi war our client Major Fadi Basem who was with the Iraqi forces and also business man made a numbered fixed deposit for 18 calendar months, with a value of Twenty Four millions Five Hundred Thousand United State Dollars only in my branch. Upon maturity several notice was sent to him, even during the war early this year. Again after the war another notification was sent and still no response came from him. We later find out that the Major and his family had been killed during the war in bomb blast that hit their home.
After further investigation it was also discovered that Major Fadi Basem did not declare any next of kin in his official papers including the paper work of his bank deposit. And he also confided in me the last time he was at my office that no one except me knew of his deposit in my bank. So, Twenty Four millions Five Hundred Thousand United State Dollars is still lying in my bank and no one will ever come forward to claim it. What bothers me most is that according to the to the laws of my country at the expiration 3 years the funds will revert to the ownership of the Hong Kong Government if nobody applies to claim the funds.
Against this backdrop, my suggestion to you is that I will like you as a foreigner to stand as the next of kin to Major Fadi Basem so that you will be able to receive his funds.
WHAT IS TO BE DONE:
I want you to know that I have had everything planned out so that we shall come out successful. I have contacted an attorney that will prepare the necessary document that will back you up as the next of kin to Major Fadi Basem , all that is required from you at this stage is for you to provide me with your Full Names and Address so that the attorney can commence his job. After you have been made the next of kin, the attorney will also fill in for claims on your behalf and secure the necessary approval and letter of probate in your favor for the move of the funds to an account that will be provided by you.
There is no risk involved at all in this matter as we will be adopting a legalized method and the attorney will prepare all the necessary documents. Please endeavor to observe utmost discretion in all matters concerning this issue. Once the funds have been transferred to your nominated bank account we shall share in the ratio of 60% for me, 40% for you. Should you be interested please send me your full names, private phone/fax and current residential address, and finally after that I shall provide you with more details of this operation.
Your earliest response to this letter will be appreciated.
Kind Regards
Mr.Peter Wong
– Peter Wong
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Against this backdrop, my suggestion to you is that I will like you as a foreigner to stand as the next of kin to Major Fadi Basem so that you will be able to receive his funds.
WHAT IS TO BE DONE:
I want you to know that I have had everything planned out so that we shall come out successful. I have contacted an attorney that will prepare the necessary document that will back you up as the next of kin to Major Fadi Basem , all that is required from you at this stage is for you to provide me with your Full Names and Address so that the attorney can commence his job. After you have been made the next of kin, the attorney will also fill in for claims on your behalf and secure the necessary approval and letter of probate in your favor for the move of the funds to an account that will be provided by you.
There is no risk involved at all in this matter as we will be adopting a legalized method and the attorney will prepare all the necessary documents. Please endeavor to observe utmost discretion in all matters concerning this issue. Once the funds have been transferred to your nominated bank account we shall share in the ratio of 60% for me, 40% for you. Should you be interested please send me your full names, private phone/fax and current residential address, and finally after that I shall provide you with more details of this operation.
Your earliest response to this letter will be appreciated.
Kind Regards
Mr.Peter Wong
DEAR SIR,
RE: OUTSTANDING PAYMENT:
THIS
BANK HAS BEEN MANDATED BY THE GOVERNING BOARD OF CENTRAL BANK OF
NIGERIA, BANK OF ENGLAND AND IN THE PRESENCE OF DIRECTORS OF
COMMERCIAL
BANKS IN UK, TO VERIFY AND PAY OFF ALL DELAYED GENUINE
CONTRACT
FUNDS/INHERITANCE CLAIMS, LOTTERY WINNINGS E.T.C BEFORE
CENTRAL
BANKS/COMMERCIAL BANKS IN AFRICA AND UK.
I DISCOVERED WITH
DISMAY THAT
YOUR PAYMENT HAS BEEN UNNECESSARILY DELAYED DESPITE
RECEIVING ALL
INTERNATIONAL PAYMENT APPROVALS AND AUTHORIZATIONS FROM
ALL RELEVANT
AUTHORITIES AND THAT YOU HAVE BEEN RIPPED OFF HUGE SUMS
OF MONEY BY
OFFICIALS WHO HAD ACCESS TO YOUR FUNDS AND INFORMATION AS
REGARDS YOUR
PAYMENT PARTICULARS. WE ARE INVESTIGATING THIS CASE AND
MUST SURELY
BRING THE CULPRITS TO BOOK.
AS THE FINAL AUTHORITY ON
THIS PAYMENT, I
WANT TO INFORM YOU THAT YOUR PAYMENT IS READY AND I
ADVOCATE IT SHOULD
BE REMITTED TO YOUR ACCOUNT VIA TELEGRAPHIC
TRANSFER IMMEDIATELY.
THEREFORE, YOU SHOULD CONTACT ME IMMEDIATELY FOR
THE SETTING UP OF YOUR
ACCREDITED PAYMENT ACCESS CODE NUMBER AND
PASSWORD AND TO COLLECT YOUR
PAYMENT RELEASE CODE, PAYMENT SLIP WITH
YOUR ORIGINAL SECURITY CODES
AND THE IRREVOCABLE STANDING PAYMENT
ORDER (ISPO).
YOU WILL SUBMIT THESE DOCUMENTS TO YOUR BANK FOR
IMMEDIATE PAYMENT OF YOUR FUNDS VIA
TELEGRAPHIC TRANSFER AFTER YOU
HAVE SIGNED YOUR SIGNATURE AND AFFIX
YOUR THUMBPRINT AT THE
APPROPRIATE COLUMNS OF THE DOCUMENTS AS THE
BENEFICIARY. PLEASE NOTE
THAT YOU ARE MOT TO MAKE ANY FURTHER PAYMENTS
TO ANY OTHER BANK IN
AFRICA OR IN UK
Here is a fresh new Nigerian money scam:
MR.RICHARD
CHIKE,
(FOREIGN
OPERATIONS)
UNION BANK NIGERIAN plc
An email from an eLamb.org reader regarding a fraud agency knows as EZ-1 Rate:
You didn't agree to the service nor did you receive any service so you are protected under Federal Regulation E provided you talk to your bank within 60 days of the offense. You should not have a problem getting your money back.
The bank should be willing and able to recover your money.
Once I told the bank what happend the first thing they did was try to
call EZ-1 Rate via a number on the check. When they were not in they
had me fill out a “Dispute form”. You will always the have the right
to dispute a charge on your account. Once the Dispute form was
complete it took me about 1-2 weeks to get my money reimbursed. They
gave me the money but warned if they came to the conclusion that I was
lying (after doing research on it) I would be liable for paying the
bank back plus a hefty fee.
These people (EZ-1 Rate) are so shady that they even had a
recording of my wife saying she wanted a service. My wife found this
out after calling them to tell them we did not order their service and
wanted our money back. Thats when we realized that they had taken her
recorded voice from another fraudulent agency known as American
Advantage Benifits (who claimed to be a government grant agency).
Advantage Benefits had successfully “socially engineered” us. But
after doing research (google) I told them I didn't want their service.
Little did I know, these people had recorded the entire session and
gave it to EZ-1 Rate.
I imagine they would have played the recording for the bank if
they'd called. But even if they played it, I would have still have
gotten my money back (from the bank) because I received no service at
all from EZ-1 Rate. If the bank were to point fingers at me I would
have showed them all the stuff on the Net about EZ-1 Rate: http://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial_s&hl=en&q=Ez+1+rate&btnG=Google+Search
In the early days of Internet auctions you were much more likely to be conned than you are today. Figures from the National Fraud Information Center for the year 2000 stated that 78% of Internet fraud at that time took place on online auction sites. These days the big sites have taken steps to make their auctions safer places for their users.
Despite it being safer to buy online from auctions today, it still pays to be on your guard when transacting in Internet auctions. Here are some tips to ensure you don't get ripped off.
Only buy from sellers with good feedback scores. This is definitely one of your best protections. Indeed, this is a feature of Internet auctions which can't be matched by other online retailers. This independent rating system will give you a very good indication of which sellers can be trusted. Just make sure that the seller has carried out enough selling auctions for it to be a reliable indicator.
Pay by the safest means you can. This will generally be credit card. This way, if you do have any problems you can seek redress through your credit card provider. Again, this is a facility you wouldn't normally have when buying from a private individual, so make use of this extra security feature of online auctions.
Only use the big name auction sites. Stay clear of the small, out of the way sites that nobody's heard of. The bigger sites have a reputation they want to protect. That means they'll take any fraud complaints seriously and deal with the culprits quickly because it's in their interest to do so.
Make sure you work out exactly what the product or service you're intent on buying is worth to you. If you do this at the outset you'll be in a better position to make sure you don't overbid and end up paying more than the item's worth. It may sound stupid, but there are plenty of people who'll testify to having been caught up in a bidding frenzy. Auctions can be exciting and addictive, but it doesn't make sense to pay more for items at auction than those items can readily be bought for elsewhere.
Remember that when you place a bid you have, in effect, entered into a contract with the seller. Don't place a bid if you don't really want the item. If you don't adhere to this rule that pink, floral toilet seat could be yours!
And finally, the golden rule for buying on Internet auction sites – if it sounds too good to be true, it very probably is.
There is a ring of fraud companies that have been getting peoples account information and drawing money directly out of their accounts.
When too many people complain and the heat starts to come down on them, they change the name and website of there company and move on.
These organizations include Titan Financial (credit card fraud NOT to be confused with Titan Financial Services or Titan Financial Group, Ltd), Advantageamericanbenefits.com (grants, medical, long distance), ez-1-rate.com, firstnationalgrant.com. These companies use different addresses all across the United States but (for some reason) have some of the same phone numbers such as 1-800-923-8939 and 1-800-410-1682.
I'm very interested in exploiting and destroying this companies.