Archive for March 17th 2009

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...

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 Bi...