Archive for March 2009

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Is This A Scam: Help me to buy and ship over

We received a note:
"I am a contractor and received email from a Reverand Smith about purchasing products and shipping them overseas. He will pay with credit card before they are shipped. when i responded with price quote i received a similiar email from a different reverand jones wanting a different product."

Job Scams: Fake FELICITY INTERTRADE CO., INC. Job Offer

Watch out for another job scam that claims to be from FELICITY INTERTRADE CO., INC.

Anyway, we cannot find this company on the web. There is a Felicity Inc. and an Intertrade Corporated. The scammer simply added the 2 together and came up with a new company name. Unfortunately we do not have the email header and we are unsure who the sender is.

The giveaway in this offer is this:

"All I need is a trustworthy, honest, sincere and transparent individual in the United States who will work as my representative and assist me in processing payments from my customers and I am willing to pay you 10% for each payment received and processed on behalf of my company hence, you are likely to receive payments periodically from my customers based on weekly/monthly sales. As such, you are to handle any of my customers who prefers the above mentioned method of payment, and hence you are to cash any check or money order received, then deduct 10% from the total sum as your workmanship and send the balance to me (All transfer charges would be deducted from the total amount you are to send to me)."

419 Scam: I still need a partner to transfer USD 18million...

Hot Scam Specifications:

Scam Type: 419 Scam
Fake Names: Dr. Mrs Hellena E , Chief Dr & Mrs. H. Zuma
Offer Type: Money Transfer
Transfer Amount: 18million USD
Storyline: I and two other colleagues are currently in need of a silent foreign partner whose bank account we can use to transfer the sum of
Eighteen Million Five Hundred Thousand U.S. dollars. This fund accrued legitimately to us as commission from foreign contracts, through our private connections. The fund is presently waiting to be remitted through an offshore funds manager to any overseas beneficiary confirmed by us as associate/receiver. By virtue of our positions as civil servants in my country, we cannot acquire this money in our names.
Scammer Location: Nigeria
Scammer Email: erick.helen@yahoo.com.hk, erick_helenan@precisionmotorsport.com.au
Scammer Phone:
Direct Tel No.: +882-164-6650858
Direct Tel No.: +871-762-922925
Direct Fax No.:+871-762-922926
Corporate Tel&Fax.: +27-115075075

Nigerian Love Scammer Gets 19 Years in Jail

Finally, the (Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Nigeria's anti-corruption police are doing something about the notorious scammers at home. Nurudeen is an undergraduate love scammer. "A Nigerian undergraduate has been sentenced to 19 ye...

Taiwan: 155 Billion NT was Lost In Scams

We used to hear Donald Trump saying this in the Apprentice: "XXXXXXX is a Multi-Billion Dollar Industry"Has anyone ever said that "Scamming is a Multi-Billion Dollar Industry"? Nay, HOTSCAMS.COM is the first!Taiwan alone is has clocked USD 4.52 Billi...

Video: Scammer in Brooklyn - Charity scam and Theft

A 26-year-old Brooklyn, N.Y., man is headed to court after allegedly attempting to scam a Newton synagogue out of money and stealing a Brookline storekeepers iPhone. The man was part of a group of six men dressed as Orthodox Jews who entered the Israel Book Shop in Brookline and, while asking for donations to a charity, allegedly stole a store employees iPhone. They were later found in Newton after a rabbi called the police when they asked his synagogue for money.

Billionaire Victims In Recession and Scam

These two years (2008 and 2009) will be the year to remember when Billionaires were struck down by the Recession as well as the Scam of the Century - The Bernard Madoff Billion Dollar Scam. In this recession, 1,125 billionaires were reduced to 793. I...

Lottery Scam: The Irish National Online Lottery

Hot Scam Specifications:

Scam Type: 419 Scam (Lottery Scam)
Fake Names: Mr. Robert Micheal, Mrs. Mary Wood
Offer Type: Lottery Winnings!
Winning Amount: £750,000
Storyline: You have won £750,000 in a lucky draw under "British Lottery International Programs"
Scammer Location: We believe the scumbag(s) is in the UK
Scammer Email: livebarclaysfinance@live.com

I Won a LOTTERY but I need YOUR money!

This is a very interesting lottery scam where the scammer says she has won a lottery but needs $40,000 to claim the prize. Geez, since when do we need to pay money to collect lottery winnings. If there is any fees/tax required, the lottery agency sim...

Warning! Fake Checks Heading Towards Craiglist

Fake checks scams never seem to die, but this one seemed to have a funny twist where the buyer sends a fake check with a larger sum and asked for a REAL check to cover the difference. My goodness, if I am the seller I will simply ask the Buyer to qui...