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Help! I have been Scammed.
- 12-16-2008
- Categorized in: I Was Scammed!
We received a message from our visitor that he has lost some money in a 419 (lottery) scam, and he is asking for our help to recover the money.
The money that is lost in a 419 (lottery) scams is very hard and almost impossible to recover. Even the FBI could not help much.
Firstly, the scammers do not use their real names (unless they are perfect morons), and some make use of innocent money mules to help redirect funds to an account where they can safely retrieve the money.
Secondly, the geographic location of the scammer is normally out of reach of local authorities. Complaining to local authorities about a scammer in Nigeria isn't going to help much.
Thirdly, even if you contact the local authorities where the scammer is located, the government may not provide any assistance on the matter.
We still recommend that spreading the message and never reply to the scammers email. There are 2 reasons why anyone would reply to the scammers "too-good-to-be-true" email:
1) You are a scambaiter. And we hope that you know what you are doing. If not, disregard this.
2) You "hope" that the suspicious offer may turn out to be real and that you don't want to let it pass. You tell yourself that you are not greedy, but in fact, you ARE greedy. Most 419 Scam offers, assuming that the story is "true", are illegal offers in the first place. The scammers came up with stories of large sum of money left behind by some dead rich men, and you are trying to get this sum of money by "illegally" pretending to be someone else. Then you deserve to lose money in this scam.
Some can argue that lottery scams are not "illegal" stories, but then again, it exploits human weakness - GREED. Even when the offer is ridiculous, you still want to try. Scammers exploit human weaknesses, be it greed, love, infatuation, etc.
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Subject: regarding-australian lottery programme
Question/Comment: sir,
XXXXXXXX... from chennai, India... few months before from
australlian lottery programme i've got the news that i've won one
crore(Indian currency) rupee... later they have sent winner certificate and
they asked me to get my proze money ishould submit affidavit form from high
court of nigeria . since am staying in india i asked claim agent
Mr.Wilkinson to get the claim form for that he asked 30 thousand
rupee(Indian currency).... then later i paid that money .... after that
they asked one lakh rupee as transfer commision charge to send my money to
bank...... please sir help me..... i paid 30 thousand rupee since am
student... i dont know what to do.... i need the money back... is there any
possibilities to get my money back... please my humble request help me....
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yes i got scam with this people i meet on skype then he had me contact with a man who is supposed to deliver the package . and have me send 500 pounds i know is not so much . But for me being a single parent and help my poor family its too much for me to buy food. sad that scamers need to stop them of getting someone elses money too sad.
i just recently been duped by a man i met via facebook using the name Brian Roy from Ireland .I lost US$7250 yeah stupid me right,tough lesson learned and thanks for all the info I wish I was informed before my mistakes
dear laura,writing the name of the man Eckart Pacholik from the company EURO PROJEKT MANAGEMENT and I see that this man made you much evil,just he robbed and my colleague in the Czech Republic as well,it completely ruined the company and robbed of money,I would like to meetyou,if you were willing,for I know you travelled anywhere we d exchange information and make with this man procedure to further not to rob credulous people in the future.Yours sincerely Igor
hello,
I just got into contact with this guy, pacholik, would like to know more about him and his ways to do business.
get into contact with me, I might be able to arrange a meeting with him very soon - if you are still interested.
KR
Re: Report: Piero Navarro 'Motorcars of Distinctio
1. You gave a garbage bag of valuables to Bob Fidler, Bob Fidler took your car and title and became the legal owner of it.
2. I bet Piero Navarro gave the money to Bob Fidler who was the legal owner of the car.
3. The police will not prosecute Bob Fidler because it is a civil matter. If Piero paid Bob, who was the legal owner, then you have no recourse against Piero and it's really not his problem. He probably told you what you wanted to hear.
A lot of things have been said and written about Piero. I will address them here.
He was born Peter Louis Navarrro, he changed his name at a young age to Piero, because frankly it is a lot sexier than Peter. This was back when Piero was young, thin and still cute.
This had nothing to do with pretending to be Italian, he doesn't pretend to be anything. He does not know what nationalities he is because he does not know who his own father is; he may be part Italian? No one knows for sure....
Is Piero crazy as a loon? I'd say so, he is bi-polar. Great one day, nuts the next. He goes into long depressions, locks himself in the house, closes the curtains and becomes nonfunctional on all levels. So I believe the story that he has been Baker Acted in the past.
I read on other message boards that Piero has a wife named Christine, that is a frightening thought. Piero with a wife and kids, I feel sorry for them. I am sure he tries to be a good husband and father, but he is mentally unstable.
Would Piero video tape, record, spy, on people? Yes I believe so, he can get really crazy and do irrational things. Being from a dysfunctional single parent family and with his mental condition, he doesn't know any better.
Piero dating habits... he used to hang out in strip clubs and date strippers. Strippers need love too! and just look at the friends he has on facebook... why does his wife put up with that?
Bad check writing, he does do this. Apparently he knows how to do it and get away with it.
Yes, Piero can be charming. Yes, he would in my opinion hurt people if pushed or he could get a big insurance policy on someone he didn't like or who threatened him, but he would hire someone else to do it; he always carries a gun.
I think his legal problems are piling up simply because he doesn't know how to stay out of trouble. Either from bad decisions or getting involved with bad characters. He'd like to live a nice life and have no problems. He is self made and worked hard to get where he is and be respectable person. I don't think he delibrately sets out to steal, maybe fudge things a little like all cars dealers do and make some extra money but I don't believe he is an outright criminal or trying to hurt the general public.
He is also getting fatter and fatter, I am sure his health is poor. Pretty bad for someone only 41 years old. He has always struggled with his weight, could be a thyroid issue?
A friend of mine said "I never meet a con man I didn't like." I can't say for sure if Piero is a con or not but he is certainly a questionable character, that you may end up on the good or bad side of. If it were me I'd stay away from him, too many problems.
You need to give up on getting money back or complaining, your husband was involved with all these crappy people and put them in your life. Piero was at the end of the line in all of this.
dear laura,writing the name of the man Eckart Pacholik from the company EURO PROJEKT MANAGEMENT and I see that this man made you much evil,just he robbed and my colleague in the Czech Republic as well,it completely ruined the company and robbed of money,I would like to meetyou,if you were willing,for I know you travelled anywhere we d exchange information and make with this man procedure to further not to rob credulous people in the future.Yours sincerely Igor
MR. ECKART PACHOLIK IS A SCAMMER. HE SCAMMED MY BROTHER OF ALL HIS MONEY AND MY BROTHER WANTS TO COMMIT SUICIDE. EURO PROJEKT MANAGEMENT GMBH IS HIS FAKE COMPANY AND HE DRIED MY BROTHER'S ACCOUNT WITH HIS LIES. EURO PROJEKT MANAGEMENT IS FAKE PEOPLE. THEY ARE OLD GERMAN CON MEN. OLD AND SMART. I HAVE PROOFS.