Hopefully, by now we've all seen this, one way or another. The one that seemed the most real to me was about 3 years ago. I got a call with someone wanting to buy a home. They had a large sum of money but they would have to transfer it to my account since they had no account here. There was a long drawn out story about what they wanted to do and why they had to do it this way, but it worked on me (not in the end) because the had the nerve to call me. I brought it to my Broker (Metrobrokers/GMAC) and they thought it was legit too, because the person called me back, had a number and signed a Buyer Brokerage Agreement. Turns out, it was another variation of the scam below.
Check your clients out! Or if you are not a Realtor, check out these e-mails. No one who you do not know is going to do something like this. There are very simple ways to "traffic" money without calling on a stranger. Please do not fall for the "an associate of mine told me you were trustworthy," line. Atlanta is a hot bed for fraud, so be careful out there.
If someone ever asks you for your password to something or your account number - it's time to end the conversation, immediately.
David Myers Chambers London.
5 New Square
London WC2A 3RJ
Email: mychambers@latinmail.com Greetings, I am Barrister David Myers, a solicitor at law. I am the personal attorney to Late Mr. Alexander Litvinenko, A Russian ex-Spy in London who was poisoned with polonium-210 and died on the 23rd of November 2006 at the University College Hospital here in Central London.Before his death my client made a secret and confidential confession to me that he was poisoned by his Russian Associates.
Two weeks before his death my client handed to me a portfolio which contains some deposit documents with security code numbers of a deposit worth of ?25,500,000,00 British Pounds in a security firm which i cannot disclose to you now.
As his personal Attorney i believe that his associates will be coming after me because my client never told me why they poisoned him rather in his confession he told me not to disclose the portfolio to his associates or any one in the family and that i should be very careful, since his death i have not been myself that is why i contacted you to assist me as a Foreigner,First to claim this funds in which i will give you the security codes and every legal backing documents to claim the funds for investment purpose at which i will give you 40% of this funds for your assistance and also invest with you in your country, I assure you that there is no risk in this transaction and there will be no trace of the transfer, please be informed that this is very confidential, if you are interested write to me in my private email: mychambers@latinmail.com
Thank you.
Barr,David Myers.
If you see anything like this, DELETE or RUN!
Joshua,
Every time I see a story like this, it reminds me of a Dateline - To Catch an Internet Scam Artist episode I saw this past season. There seems to be a confederation of scam artist running their schemes from Kenya or Narobi or both. It was amazing to me at the steps that they would go to carry out their plans.
I am now like Pavlov's dog. I see e-mail that mentions transfer of funds, I hit the delete key.
My problem with this kind of stuff is..... some unsuspecting, less than mental giant is going to fall for this deal. Mostly, I would suspect due to greed. That, and the fact that in their sheltered life, they never heard the old axiom "ther's no such thing as a FREE lunch"
That being said, What burns me even hotter is the fact that the Government, our fearless leaders, those bastions of fair play and decency..(can you notice the sarcasm?) Those Leaders of ours are clueless on how to stop this type of activity, yet, ASCAP can go after kids for downloading music illegally off of the net.
ok heres wot u do u forward it to the fbi, correct
then you add theit email address to one of the many mail bomb lists
insert into your own mail bomber and click enter
then they get a full mail box