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mods if this needs moved to dollar den i understand i was not sure wherr to put it.
I got an email saying this lady in the uk needs me to recive checks for her and take 10 percents and westren union her the rest the checks are supposed to come ups. What is this? Should i do it. I feel like i might be a decoy for illeagel activicty becuse if it was ligit the custy's could just westren union the money themselves please give me your insight thanks. /:O
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wow, its the UK and not nigeria now? let me guess you need to email them back with your name, bank name and account numbers so they can "transfer" the money to you. dont do it, they're just going to clean you out. its a scam.
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I hope the FBI, of all people, doesn't bust me for copyright infringement, but I don't think they'd mind this. This is off their Web site at
Nigerian Letter or "419" Fraud
Nigerian letter frauds combine the threat of impersonation fraud with a variation of an advance fee scheme in which a letter, mailed from Nigeria, offers the recipient the "opportunity" to share in a percentage of millions of dollars that the author, a self-proclaimed government official, is trying to transfer illegally out of Nigeria. The recipient is encouraged to send information to the author, such as blank letterhead stationery, bank name and account numbers and other identifying information using a facsimile number provided in the letter. Some of these letters have also been received via E-mail through the Internet. The scheme relies on convincing a willing victim, who has demonstrated a "propensity for larceny" by responding to the invitation, to send money to the author of the letter in Nigeria in several installments of increasing amounts for a variety of reasons.
Payment of taxes, bribes to government officials, and legal fees are often described in great detail with the promise that all expenses will be reimbursed as soon as the funds are spirited out of Nigeria. In actuality, the millions of dollars do not exist and the victim eventually ends up with nothing but loss. Once the victim stops sending money, the perpetrators have been known to use the personal information and checks that they received to impersonate the victim, draining bank accounts and credit card balances until the victim's assets are taken in their entirety. While such an invitation impresses most law-abiding citizens as a laughable hoax, millions of dollars in losses are caused by these schemes annually. Some victims have been lured to Nigeria, where they have been imprisoned against their will, in addition to losing large sums of money. The Nigerian government is not sympathetic to victims of these schemes, since the victim actually conspires to remove funds from Nigeria in a manner that is contrary to Nigerian law. The schemes themselves violate section 419 of the Nigerian criminal code, hence the label "419 fraud."
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well they did not ask for my account info yet but i won't give that to them if i get a check ups what should i do? Thank you guys you are great.
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Once again,Please keep an eye for UPS delivery.
i will give instructions on what step to take as soon as it delivers .
Reply to [email protected] OR [email protected] as soon
as
you recieve this email with an OK.
GRACE
GRACE FABRICS
this is what the email looked like.
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Hello,
Congratulations on your new job!!! According to how you have
been
briefed earlier, You are required to receive payment on behalf of
the above metioned firm.You are to deduct 10% of all funds
processed on a particular order & forward the balance payment via
western union to any of the company's regional warehouses that will
be given to you later. This 10% will constitute your wages.
You will notify the company a week ahead if eventually you want to
discontinue this job, So as to terminate all payment coming your way
to avoid conflict. Also include your name, address and telephone
number for correspondence and for receiving payments from our
customers. You may reach my secretary on 44(0)871-720-1959 during
official hours for more details,where you located your wages will be
the 10% cut you receive per payment. You'll receive payments from
our clients close to you,Lodge and cash the payment . Then send the
balance to any of our branches via western union money transfer,after
you have deducted your 10% wages for your effort.You dont have any
worries concerning the receipt as we shall take care of all that and
have it faxed directly to the client from our company.
Thanks for your efforts.
Warm Regards,
GRACE CARTER,
GRACE FABRICS AND TEXTILES INDUSTRY LTD
10 Newport ave, Scoffford Area,
Oxford, L349HA, 44(0)871-720-1959,44(0)7024067043..
this is the first email
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i think it's a scam....they don't just come from nigeria. there's a website and forum at
http://forum.419eater.com/forum/
they can give you more advice about how these type of scams work....generally, the checks are either fraudulent or will bounce, but look authentic...by the time the bank figures out the check is bogus, you will have already sent the money order to her, and you'll have to eat the money lost from the check.....NEVER send western union unless you are purchasing something, as anyone can pick up a money order, using a fake name, and it's untracable. you'll never get that 10%....go to the forum and see.....
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^^^^ Here you go..
http://www.data-wales.co.uk/ni_fake_jobs.htm
GRACE FABRICS AND TEXTILES INDUSTRY LTD, 10 Newport ave, Scoffford Area, Oxford, L349HA, [email protected].
What can you do to make life difficult for the criminals? It would be good to get their e-mail accounts suspended. They use free, anonymous e-mail accounts and ISPs need to know when their services are being abused by criminals. Just take a look at the "reply to" address within the scam mail. This would be something like [email protected] (from a 419 lottery fraud mail of Nov. '04). Forward the junk to the service provider using the address [email protected] (for this example). It is important to forward e-mail headers with the junk mail so that the ISP can investigate fully. In the subject line write "criminal abuse", add the offending address and ask the service provider to immediately suspend the abuser's mail account. The criminals will typically send mail from a different anonymous account so inspect the headers and copy your complaint to [email protected] the ISP in the "sender" address. If you believe that the criminals have registered a web domain and are using associated mail services, feel free to forward their mail (with full headers) to the writer.
On the subject of ISPs, I believe that those who do not shut down these accounts, once they have been made aware of criminal activity, share in the guilt. Readers should be aware of zwallet.com, an ISP registered in the Phillipines and which seems to extend mail services to many criminals. MSN, Hotmail, Netscape and Yahoo accounts are also favoured by them at the moment.
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also, this company probably doesn't really exist...the scammers set up fake websites, have people pose as secretaries, etc....if the company does exist, they are using the name fraudulently...there is no reason for them to ask for western union from you, other than to scam you. if they really wanted to pay you, they'd just send you your wages straight out....sorry to be so persistant about this, but i just don't want you to get taken. this is one of the basic types of nigerian scams but under a new guise. take care.
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It's just another spin on the Nigerian scam. Don't fall for these, they've been around forever.
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I guess the Nigerian scam has moved to London!
They want to send you FAKE checks, have you cash them, keep 10% and send them the rest. The checks will be fraudulent and you will wind up losing your money in the deal.
Don't do it.
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omg thank you guys soooooooo much you saved my neck. if i get a check from them i am going to throw it out. i am going to report it also. thank you guys so much agine.
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If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is. I delete those types of emails on the spot.
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Why would anyone send money to someone they havent even met? Or at least has a good reputation. Period.
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im gonna guess they are forged checks, which you deposit and forward the money. By the time the bank figures its forged, its too late and youre on the hook.
there was a story when a guy was very suspicious and had the bank verify the check was good, and the bank employees told him it was a good check, and he waited the 5 or some number of apprpriate days and was still screwed when the bank eventually figured out it was a bad check and he was on the hook from the bank.
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Def. a scam. That's not an English address and they have a Canadian postal code not a UK code. Also it's not a UK phone #.
Best thing to do IF a letter shows up from them is to refuse it and have it returned to sender