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SCAMS
A SAMPLE OF AN EMAIL SCAM BELOW;
FEDERAL MINISTRY OF FINANCE.
P.M.B. 14, XXXX, XXXX.
Official E-mail:XXXXXXXXXXXXXX@gmail.com
Mobile Tel:+234-XXXXXXXXXX.
Attn:- Beneficiary,
Dated This Day: 08/07/2009
CLAIM'S OF YOUR FUND VALUED US$36.6 MILLION BY SOME
RE-PRESENTATIVES.
Good Day to you and your family as i bring to you greetings in the name of the LORD.I do like to let you know that a power of attorney and an Application Letter of Change of Ownership has been forwarded to my office by MR. IBRAHIM XXX XXXX XXXXXX BIN XXXXXX XX SXXX a Citizen of XXXXX,X.X.X,he claimed to be from you and and also stated that you sent him to receive these fund on your behalf.
I want you to know that your Registered Previous Personal Details which is now in my Office was forwarded to me by the Central Bank Governor and the Transfer Unit as well.This man claimed to be the representative of your Family, and this power of attorney stated that you have died, they brought an account to replace your informations and claimed your fund of $US36.6 Million which is right now put on HOLD in an Online Account that was setup for these gentleman and the fund is with the First National Bank Branch In XXXXX, NXXXXXX,and its highly secured and protected by a high level security which makes nobody to withdraw any money from the account until you or your family members confirms that you are alive and also that these man is not from you.
ACCOUNT WHERE THESE MAN(YOUR RE-PRESENTATIVES) CHOOSED TO MAKE ONLINE TRANSFER:
BANK NAME:- STANDARD BANK OF XXXXX
NAME OF ACCOUNT: XXXXXXX MAL ALLA XXXXXX BIN XXXXXX AL XXXXX
ACCOUNT NUMBER: 2984-XXXX-XXX.
SWIFT CODE: XXXXXMM.
AMOUNT FOR TRANSFER: US$36.6 MILLION.
Be further informed that this power of attorney also stated that you suffered and died of a throat cancer.All you just have to do is for you to confirm if you are really alive,because its sound furious that such kind of a thing just happened ,I was Instructed to find out if it really happens or not before the fund will be transfered to them.
Please these email demands urgent response as whoever do read these if its you or a family Member or Friend who has access to your email address ,should respond immediately.
You are therefore given 48hrs to confirm the truth in this information if you are still alive by responding back immediately so that these office can know what actions to be taken,because they are just insisting that we ORDER out the transfer of which we are writting to you now on their absent to confirm if you are still alive.
Since no response from you all these while on how you can get your fund released to you, we are now suspecting that it might be true and funny that something strange might have happened and that the story might be true, because the only evidence now is you or your family members contacting these office now and confirming if these people are from you,or else we will transfer the fund to them.
Kindly Provide the following details for immediate actions to be carried out:
1:Your full names:
2:Your Complete address:
3:Your age and sex:
4:Your Occupation:
5:Your Tel/fax:
6: Your I.D CARD/INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT.
Note: In case of any questions from you or your family members that reads these email,call should be made direclt to my office mobile number: :+234-XXXXXXXX3.You or your family members should forward to me emails been received from those IMPOSTERS for adequate investigations to be carried out.
You or your family members that reads these email should respond back as i await immediate response.
Best regards,
Dr. XXXXX XXXtar.
Federal Ministry of Finance.
Federal Republic of XXXXXXX.
Cc: Senate President.
Cc: All Foreign Payment Offices.
Cc: Board of Directors [Fpd].
Cc: Accountant General Of The Federation
FEDERAL MINISTRY OF FINANCE.
P.M.B. 14, XXXX, XXXX.
Official E-mail:XXXXXXXXXXXXXX@gmail.com
Mobile Tel:+234-XXXXXXXXXX.
Attn:- Beneficiary,
Dated This Day: 08/07/2009
CLAIM'S OF YOUR FUND VALUED US$36.6 MILLION BY SOME
RE-PRESENTATIVES.
Good Day to you and your family as i bring to you greetings in the name of the LORD.I do like to let you know that a power of attorney and an Application Letter of Change of Ownership has been forwarded to my office by MR. IBRAHIM XXX XXXX XXXXXX BIN XXXXXX XX SXXX a Citizen of XXXXX,X.X.X,he claimed to be from you and and also stated that you sent him to receive these fund on your behalf.
I want you to know that your Registered Previous Personal Details which is now in my Office was forwarded to me by the Central Bank Governor and the Transfer Unit as well.This man claimed to be the representative of your Family, and this power of attorney stated that you have died, they brought an account to replace your informations and claimed your fund of $US36.6 Million which is right now put on HOLD in an Online Account that was setup for these gentleman and the fund is with the First National Bank Branch In XXXXX, NXXXXXX,and its highly secured and protected by a high level security which makes nobody to withdraw any money from the account until you or your family members confirms that you are alive and also that these man is not from you.
ACCOUNT WHERE THESE MAN(YOUR RE-PRESENTATIVES) CHOOSED TO MAKE ONLINE TRANSFER:
BANK NAME:- STANDARD BANK OF XXXXX
NAME OF ACCOUNT: XXXXXXX MAL ALLA XXXXXX BIN XXXXXX AL XXXXX
ACCOUNT NUMBER: 2984-XXXX-XXX.
SWIFT CODE: XXXXXMM.
AMOUNT FOR TRANSFER: US$36.6 MILLION.
Be further informed that this power of attorney also stated that you suffered and died of a throat cancer.All you just have to do is for you to confirm if you are really alive,because its sound furious that such kind of a thing just happened ,I was Instructed to find out if it really happens or not before the fund will be transfered to them.
Please these email demands urgent response as whoever do read these if its you or a family Member or Friend who has access to your email address ,should respond immediately.
You are therefore given 48hrs to confirm the truth in this information if you are still alive by responding back immediately so that these office can know what actions to be taken,because they are just insisting that we ORDER out the transfer of which we are writting to you now on their absent to confirm if you are still alive.
Since no response from you all these while on how you can get your fund released to you, we are now suspecting that it might be true and funny that something strange might have happened and that the story might be true, because the only evidence now is you or your family members contacting these office now and confirming if these people are from you,or else we will transfer the fund to them.
Kindly Provide the following details for immediate actions to be carried out:
1:Your full names:
2:Your Complete address:
3:Your age and sex:
4:Your Occupation:
5:Your Tel/fax:
6: Your I.D CARD/INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT.
Note: In case of any questions from you or your family members that reads these email,call should be made direclt to my office mobile number: :+234-XXXXXXXX3.You or your family members should forward to me emails been received from those IMPOSTERS for adequate investigations to be carried out.
You or your family members that reads these email should respond back as i await immediate response.
Best regards,
Dr. XXXXX XXXtar.
Federal Ministry of Finance.
Federal Republic of XXXXXXX.
Cc: Senate President.
Cc: All Foreign Payment Offices.
Cc: Board of Directors [Fpd].
Cc: Accountant General Of The Federation
"JUST IMAGINE HIM LAUGHING AT YOU AFTER TAKING YOUR MONEY"
SEEING THROUGH THE SCAM
The above email is easy to spot as a scam by the following;
1. It has an official address but no logo or stamp
2. The official email is a free g-mail account
3. The phone number is a mobile number
4. If you have never been there or know anyone there then it is not for you, because you definitely would have an idea of 36 million.
The above email is easy to spot as a scam by the following;
1. It has an official address but no logo or stamp
2. The official email is a free g-mail account
3. The phone number is a mobile number
4. If you have never been there or know anyone there then it is not for you, because you definitely would have an idea of 36 million.
5. If they already have your personal details in their office then why the blazes are they asking for it again?
6. They are looking to “find out ..” about persons that have presented themselves there, yet they are deemed “IMPOSTERS”. What if you really had sent them to represent your interests?
7. What does your occupation have to do with your identification?
8. Why was this confidential letter Carbon copied to so many persons?
9. The grammar is as poor as hell for a doctor and a financial institution.
10. There is a time frame of 48 hrs for submitting your information. Are you getting a confirmation within the 48 hrs, of his receipt of your information by e-mail?
These are just some simple things that you can look at to identify that it is indeed a con.
The sole intent of this email is identity theft. You provide personal details about yourself and they use that information to impersonate you, for money. This could be posing as you to a third party, or using the data to scam your money. This email has probably originated from the African continent or a person from there. It has been sent to quite a number of individuals that I know.
This however is a very simple con, but there are some that are more complex and hard to identify.
FOR MORE TIPS AND ADVICE ON IDENTIFYING AND AVOIDING SCAMS CHECK OUT;
How to identify scam emails.
http://www.squidoo.com/scams2see
How to avoid being scammed online.
http://www.squidoo.com/not2bconned
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How to avoid scam Pay To Click sites
http://4pay2click.blogspot.com/
Take a look at these two and see if you can pick out the scam intent.
1. SCAM NOTIFICATION
Final Notification! (contact xxxxxxxxxx@live.com)
Tuesday, July 7, 2009 4:56 AM
From: Dr.xxxxx xxxxxx
Add sender to contacts
To: undisclosed-recipients
Dear Email Owner,
The UK E-LOTTERY wishes to inform you that
you have won a cash prize of £552,000.00
Contact the online claims agent for claims.
Name: Mr. Laurence xxxxx
Email: xxxxxxxxxx@livemail.de
Congratulations,
Alvaro Axxxxxxxxx xxxxx.
Secretary, UK E-LOTTERY BOARD
2. SCAM MAIL WITH VIRUS HIDDEN IN .txt DOCUMENT
PLEASE VIEW ATTACHED FOR INHERITANCE AND WINNING PAYMENT VALUED AT £250,000.00
Tuesday, July 28, 2009 1:49 PM
From: "Dr. xxxxx xxxxxx, Secretary of the federation" <hxxxxxmail@web.de>
Add sender to contacts
To: undisclosed-recipients
Message contains attachments THEY WORK.txt (3KB) ------( DO NOT EVER OPEN THIS)
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How To Avoid Fraud, Deceit & Scams!
The world is full of people who feel they can take advantage of others to obtain their goals in life. Fraud, Deceit & Scams happen in the real world every day. Just tune into your local news to hear about them. But, Fraud, Deceit & Scams also happen in the virtual world as well. And, unfortunately they often hit those who can lease afford the losses
The world is full of people who feel they can take advantage of others to obtain their goals in life. Fraud, Deceit & Scams happen in the real world every day. Just tune into your local news to hear about them. But, Fraud, Deceit & Scams also happen in the virtual world as well. And, unfortunately they often hit those who can lease afford the losses
Online we are always inundated with "get rich quick schemes" and their claims of "overnight success". If you're like me you find this kind of s.p.a.m clogging up your email box on a daily bases. They tell us how easy it is. How we can just sit back and relax, do nothing all day long and still make a roll full of money. Hell, we might as well go golfing because we'll be making money hand over fist while on the golf course. :-| Now while sitting back and watching the money roll in would definitely be nice, reality is, rarely does any get rich quick scheme ever work. The promises of millions never pan out no matter how hard you try.
The problem here is that so many people want and need to make more money. And they want to make that money as quickly as they can. So they believe, or hope that what the scammer is telling them will be true. But understand this, even the greatest, largest companies in the world took time and work to build. Martha Stewart for example will tell you that she started her business in the basement of her house. And look where that business is today. A multi billion dollar a year corporation. While we all can't be Martha Stewart or Donald Trump or Hugh Heffner we can have our own successful home based business if we just stay away from the scams.
So, how do we spot the scams? Well, if you are serious about operating your own home based business there are things you can watch out for. Sort of the red flags of the business opportunity world. Let's have a look at some now.
- Charging you for information about their business opportunity. It's pretty plain and simple. A so called business opportunity tells you all you have to do is go to your mail box pick up the checks and cash them, but first you must send them a check to get the information on how this is done. I'm of the thinking that your check is going to be the only check getting cashed here. This type of ad appears all over the internet. But if their business opportunity is so good why must you pay to find out what it is. Would it not make more sense to give you that information for free so they could get you interested in their product. I would think so! And unfortunately many people get scammed into sending these frauds the money they ask for. Then if they receive the information they paid for they will often find it pretty much useless and often they are require to send more money for more information. Stay away from these types of ads, they will not get you a successful home based business!
- They want to charge you a fee to sell their products.
O.K., I've got to ask - What's up with that?! If their product is so great won't you be selling them like crazy? Won't you be making money for not only yourself but for the company as well? Don't pay to sell someone else's products.
- They offer you free products.
Ever see these ads where you are entitled to a free (what ever) only to discover you'll need to purchase something first. ie: Sign up today and get (what ever) for FREE! Of course what they don't tell you is you'll have to purchase a sample package first in order to get the freebie.
The problem here is that so many people want and need to make more money. And they want to make that money as quickly as they can. So they believe, or hope that what the scammer is telling them will be true. But understand this, even the greatest, largest companies in the world took time and work to build. Martha Stewart for example will tell you that she started her business in the basement of her house. And look where that business is today. A multi billion dollar a year corporation. While we all can't be Martha Stewart or Donald Trump or Hugh Heffner we can have our own successful home based business if we just stay away from the scams.
So, how do we spot the scams? Well, if you are serious about operating your own home based business there are things you can watch out for. Sort of the red flags of the business opportunity world. Let's have a look at some now.
- Charging you for information about their business opportunity. It's pretty plain and simple. A so called business opportunity tells you all you have to do is go to your mail box pick up the checks and cash them, but first you must send them a check to get the information on how this is done. I'm of the thinking that your check is going to be the only check getting cashed here. This type of ad appears all over the internet. But if their business opportunity is so good why must you pay to find out what it is. Would it not make more sense to give you that information for free so they could get you interested in their product. I would think so! And unfortunately many people get scammed into sending these frauds the money they ask for. Then if they receive the information they paid for they will often find it pretty much useless and often they are require to send more money for more information. Stay away from these types of ads, they will not get you a successful home based business!
- They want to charge you a fee to sell their products.
O.K., I've got to ask - What's up with that?! If their product is so great won't you be selling them like crazy? Won't you be making money for not only yourself but for the company as well? Don't pay to sell someone else's products.
- They offer you free products.
Ever see these ads where you are entitled to a free (what ever) only to discover you'll need to purchase something first. ie: Sign up today and get (what ever) for FREE! Of course what they don't tell you is you'll have to purchase a sample package first in order to get the freebie.
- Fly by nights
Fly by night companies that pop up and take peoples money operate both offline and online. Very often they disappear without warning. So to keep yourself safe from these frauds ask yourself the following questions. Is this an established company? How long have they been in business? Do they have an actual street address or only a P.O. Box? Or worse, no address and no way to contact them at all? Do they use only an auto responder or do they have an email where you can get in touch with a real person?
I know that all these points seem like common sense. But why then, do so many people ignore them. That is why these scammers can exist. As explained in my book "eBay Marketing Wholesale SourcePak" when looking for your perfect home based business it is important to look for a company that only gives you the straight goods. No promises of exorbitant amounts of money falling from the sky into your lap without you doing a thing to make it happen. And, they should not be charging you for any information on their business opportunity it should be laid out for you. Use your own common sense, if something looks to good to be true, then it probably is to good to be true.
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Fly by night companies that pop up and take peoples money operate both offline and online. Very often they disappear without warning. So to keep yourself safe from these frauds ask yourself the following questions. Is this an established company? How long have they been in business? Do they have an actual street address or only a P.O. Box? Or worse, no address and no way to contact them at all? Do they use only an auto responder or do they have an email where you can get in touch with a real person?
I know that all these points seem like common sense. But why then, do so many people ignore them. That is why these scammers can exist. As explained in my book "eBay Marketing Wholesale SourcePak" when looking for your perfect home based business it is important to look for a company that only gives you the straight goods. No promises of exorbitant amounts of money falling from the sky into your lap without you doing a thing to make it happen. And, they should not be charging you for any information on their business opportunity it should be laid out for you. Use your own common sense, if something looks to good to be true, then it probably is to good to be true.
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SCAMS AND CON ON THE INTERNET
Within recent times with the increase of scams and conmen on the internet there are several sites including youtube, which have links, videos and info posted, to provide education and warning on scams. There are several sites that offer information on Scams and Fraud Online (read the next page, under; 10. Know Your Rights)
A scam is where you are tricked out of your time or money by someone posing an income opportunity. There are some ways to spot scams. You should be wary of anyone who asks for payment for processing fees or other clerical fees. These are usually scams to steal your money. The easiest way to tell a scam is if the company doesn’t give out a lot of information or you have to pay for information. You should be able to ask questions and know everything you need to know before investing in an opportunity. Perhaps the number one way to avoid scams is to talk to others who are making online income. Search for websites about working at home and look for message boards where you can talk with others. This will help you to get advice on scams and how to avoid them. You can also check companies out with the Better Business Bureau. The most important thing to remember is if it seems too good to be true than it probably is.
A LOT OF INFO CAN ALSO BE SOURCED ON YOUTUBE, FOR EXMPLE CHECK OUT THIS ;
A CURIOUS POINT;
SCAMS ARE GENERATED BY PERSONS WHO ARE LOOKING TO MAKE MONEY FOR THEMSELVES, IRREGARDLESS OF THE PERSONS THAT ARE AFFECTED. THE THING IS, IT TAKES A LOT OF INGENUITY AND INNOVATIVE THINKING TO CREATE SOME OF THESE SCAMS.
JUST IMAGINE IF THESE PERSONS WERE ABLE TO FOCUS THEIR IMAGINATION IN A POSITIVE DIRECTION. I THINK IT MIGHT BE QUITE INTERESTING!!
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