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Reporting Scams a Public Service

2009-06-26T17:00:00.008-04:00

Readers are often wondering what they can do about these low life scammers. Well, for starters, putting these bums out of "business" is a good start. Mind you, for every bum that is reported to the authorities, two more will appear and the fight goes on.

I have found that this is not a reason to give in and there are resources working very hard to combat these fraudsters. Crime of any sort is bad news and let's not turn a blind eye. If you see some low life beating up your Grannie would you just turn a blind eye? Well, unfortunately, seniors are targets of select for the bottom feeders as is described at crime.about .com . This being one of the many reasons that reporting internet scams is important. Many of us are informed about these scams and can see them from a mile away. What do we do? We just flush their crappie, annoying emails and move on. Perhaps we could take the time to report these idiots before they scam anymore of our Grannies.

I am offering a few links that will make the task very easy for us nonchalant webbers to report these scum bags and maybe save a few seniors and young people ( not just elderly people ) from loosing their hard earned savings from falling into these scammers hands. It will only take a minute of your time and rest assured that you will save at least one person from falling victim.

I have found that the easiest way to go about it is to contact our friends at spamcop.net they do all the work for you and have been very helpful in the past.

For the more internet savvy, here are a few of the many available resources that will gladly take your reports.

REPORTING SCAMS:

Report to the F.B.I.

Reporting to the RCMP in Canada

consumer fraud reporting org great resource.

Think you are a victim?

There are numerous sites which offer assistance and information for victims. A good place to start is at Scam victims United. Naturally you should report the matter to the authorities without delay

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Late Engr David Rollins Gives Away 1.2 million GBP

2009-06-15T15:46:00.004-04:00

I can't believe my luck! I always thought things like this only happened to others. Well low and behold check out this email that I received this morning. Imagine how excited I was and for that matter, still am. Hey to be the chosen one out of 250 countries.
Naturally, I printed the email out right away, just in case something went wrong or I erased it by mistake. Got to go now folks, BARRISTER WILLIAMS MOORE is expecting an urgent response from me. He must actually know my name, since I am the chosen one. He probably is asking for my personal information just to make sure that I am not an impostor.

BARRISTER WILLIAMS MOORE LAW FIRM
Registered office: Mitre House, 160
Alders gate Street, London EC1A 4DD
TEL: +(44)-704-574-8348, Fax: + (44)-87-1251-8628

Registration number: OC310335
VAT Registration number: 691181919

ATTENTION…

Having gone through our records, it came to our knowledge that the great philanthropist, Late David Rollins, made a random selection of individuals( via email addressesss) drawn from 250 Countries in the world, whom he expects to continue in line with his selfless services to mankind. It is on this note that, I Barrister Williams Moore, was assigned to contact you, on behalf of the Trustees and Executor of the estate of Late Engr David Rollins. I once again try to notify you as my earlier letter were returned undelivered. I hereby attempt to reach you again by this same email address stated here and I wish to notify you that late Engr David Rollins made you a beneficiary to his funds. He left the sum of One Million Two Hundred Thousand Great British Pounds (1.200, 000, 00 GBP) to you in a Bank account number ACB-58769787KC with a Security Deposit Bank.

Until his death, he was a member of the Helicopter Society and the Institute of Electronic &Electrical Engineers and also a very dedicated Christian who loved to be involved in charitable projects. His great philanthropy earned him numerous awards during his life time. Engr David Rollins died on the 13th day of Feb. 2007 at the age of 80 years, and his funds are now ready for execution. According to him this money is to support your humanitarian activities and to help the poor and the needy in our society.

Please if I reach you this time as I am hopeful, endeavor to get back to me as soon as possible to enable me conclude my job. By replying to this e-mail, you will have to update the form below so that I can contact you and also send you the AFFIDAVIT FORM IN SUPPORT OF APPLICATION which you will have to fill and submit to the Security Deposit Bank for claims.

1. Name in full……………………………………………..
2. Address…………………………………………………….
3. Nationality……………………………………………….
4. Age……………………………………………………………
5. Occupation……………………………………………….
6. Phone/Fax…………………………………………………
7. country of residence ………………………………………..

Please reply me with this email: bar.williams_moore@hotmail.com
please get back to me as soon as you read this e-mail so that we can proceed further with remittance to you.

I hope to hear from you in no distant time,

Yours in Service,
Barrister. Williams Moore
Barrister. Williams Moore Law Firm
bar.williams_moore@hotmail.com

NB:
Please do not reply to this email , contact me directly with my personal email address stated here : ( bar.williams_moore@hotmail.com )

David Smith and Associates Scammers

2009-06-15T15:01:00.007-04:00

Good old David Smith and his associates have been at it for a long time now and don't seem to want to give up anytime soon!
They must have been able to put air conditioning in their boiler room down there in Nigeria by now. Here is one of their numerous scam mailing. You may want to see numerous other examples and comments on the subject on Gariell's Blog literally hundreds of comments are posted regarding the infamous David Smith.

The Barristers’ Chambers:
DAVID SMITH & ASSOCIATES
Phone:+44 701-112-1397
Fax: +44 709-289-8888.
Email:davidsmith_67esq@hotmail.com

Address:33 Bedford Row
London WC1R 4JH, England

PARTNER MANAGING
DAVID SMITH & ASSOCIATES
LONDON – UK.

Attention:

On behalf of the Trustees and Executor of the estate of Late Engr.
Jurgen Krugger, I once again try to notify you as my earlier letter was
returned undelivered. I hereby attempt to reach you again by this same
email address on the WILL. I wish to notify you that late Jurgen
Krugger
made you a beneficiary in his WILL. He left the sum of Thirty Million,
One
Hundred Thousand Dollars (USD$30, 100,000.00) to you in the Codicil and
last testament to his WILL.

This may sound strange and unbelievable to you, but it is real and
true. Being a widely travelled man, he said he met you sometime in the
past
or simply you were nominated to him by one of his numerous friends
abroad
who wished you good, I am not too sure again. Jurgen Krugger until his
death was a member of the Helicopter Society and the Institute of
Electronic & Electrical Engineers and a German property magnate. He was
a
very dedicated christian who loved to give out alms to the poor,hungry
and
needy. His great philanthropy earned him numerous awards during his
life
time. Late Jurgen Krugger died on the 30th day of December, 2004 at the
age of 80. His WILL is now ready for execution after thorough
investigation.

According to him, this money is to support your humanitarian/medical
activities and to help the poor and the needy in our society. Please if
I reachyou as I am hopeful, endeavour to get back to me as soon as
possible to enable me conclude my job. I hope to hear from you in no
distant time.I am sincerely sorry if you feel bothered or embarrassed
by
this message.I do hope you understand that? Thank you.

Note: You are advised to contact me with my personal email address
Email:davidsmith_67esq@hotmail.com

I await your prompt response

Yours in Service,

BARRISTER DAVID SMITH ESQ.
PRINCIPAL PARTNERS
PARTNERS: Barrister Aidan Walsh.Esq, Markus Wolfgang, Mr. John Marvey
Esq,Mr. Jerry Smith Esq

Some "educated" barrister. Check out this quote " I reachyou as I am hopeful, endeavour to get back to me as soon as
possible to enable me conclude my job. I hope to hear from you in no
distant time" Ya right; David I am gonna contact you in as soon as distant time.

I think you're pretty cheap David, Hell only thirty mil, chump change compared to the hundreds of millions I have received just this month in my "undisclosed-recepients" email address.

What is an Inheritance Scam? What are Advance Fees Scams?

2009-06-11T15:47:00.006-04:00

Well the two go hand in hand, as they may say. I remember when I was a newbie to the world of Email. I thought it was the next best thing to ESP. Instant communication with people all over the world at the tip of my typing fingers: fabulous, to say the least.

Friends whom I had not seen or heard of in years were now contacting me and I in return was able to locate long lost acquaintances. Yet, for some reason, I didn't grasp just how wonderful the medium was until Mr David Smith Barrister Esq. contacted me to inform me that I was the beneficiary to the estate of the late Jorge Krugger to the tune of 30 million and one hundred thousand dollars (USDs) ! Oh, was my heart pounding and I could hardly contain myself ( I did take a breather to go and relieve myself before an accident occurred ). All I had to do was contact :d.smith080@googlemail.com david.smith1esq@yahoo.co.uk ; he and his associates (Barrister Aidan Walsh.Esq Markus Wolfgang, Mr. John,Marvey,Esq, Mr. Jerry Smith Esq) awaited my prompt response.

Well need I say that when they said "Let your fingers do the walking" Mine sure did! Hey for 30 million, no brainer ! All the guy at this prestigious " Law firm" wanted was my name, address, telephone number, occupation and sex; naturally, this information was required to make sure that I was the right person. You just don't hand out 30 mil like that, it has to be to the right person.

I thought it was a bit suspicious that the Email was sent to "undisclosed-recipients"; was I really the one? Naturally, my friend in Nigeria assured me that it was just a security measure that they take to make sure that they have the right person and yes! It was me the new multi-millionaire! The real beneficiary of Mr Krugger"s fortune! Well I had to relieve myself again before I continued my conversation with my new found friend in Nigeria!.

Now there was one "small" problem; David (we were on a first name basis by now) had to inform me that there were a few costs involved before he could release my funds; but not to worry a few hundred bucks sent by Western Union to him will enable the smooth transaction of my millions from "their" to my bank account (hey I told him which account to use).

No problem. David said" However, don't let your partner know about our transactions until you decide that you want to share your riches .

He was so thoughtful that he decided that my file should be handled by his associates in the UK and that he would transfer my file to them. All I had to do was send a few more dollars via "Western Union" and he would cover all the additional cost personally.

Well here is the beef folks, I never fell for this crap, it is just a story I have heard too many times! Do you want the real beef?
Check out these sites, among others and if you want detailed explanations of how these scams really work, well check out my sister stations at

Identify Scams

2009-06-08T15:57:00.008-04:00

This section offers some helpful hints or clues which can be used in the identification of various types of scams which invade millions of people’s mail boxes every day. Regardless, it should be noted that the best rule will always be if you have any doubt about the legitimacy of any correspondence just delete it. No legitimate financial institution will ever contact a client by email.

GENERAL RULES

Any Email sent to “undisclosed-recipients” offering you employment or funds of any kind, be they an inheritance, loan or Bank Draft. Forget it it’s a scam. Do not respond!

Most of these letters are written by people who have a poor command of the English language and numerous spelling or grammatical errors can be found. Often the scammer will type the entire email in uppercase or capital letters.

Reply addresses to these scams are usually either to a Yahoo.com or gmail.com or any other public email provider, scammers like to use these free services. Remember if some huge financial institution or legal firm wants you to contact them, well you would think they would at least have the funds to purchase a private domain.

You won the lotto but you never bought a ticket? Why do they want your age, marital status, employment information and sex? What does any of this have to due with your “winnings?

The often quoted saying “If it sounds too good to be true it probably is”

If you receive an email which appears to be from a legitimate financial institution, Bank or Ebay among others; if a hyperlink is provided, it more than likely leads to a Spoofed site since most legitimate institutions will not contact you via email if it concerns your personal information.

Whether the scam concerns a lottery winning, inheritance, funds from some foreign government or bank, a loan or an employment opportunity; the same rules will always apply.

The following also offer helpful hints on identifying potential scams:

http://skvnet.blogspot.com/2007/01/tips-to-identify-spam-mails-and-email.html

http://www.vacu.org/security/email_tips.asp

http://www.safefromscams.co.uk/NigerianAdvanceFeeFraud.htm

http://www.419scam.org/419-phone-th.htm

What are Lottery Scams?

2009-06-06T16:05:00.004-04:00

This type of scam has been around for ages. Scammers will send out a spammed email usually advising the recipient that they have won an outrageous amount of money from some foreign lottery. I am sure we have all at one time or another received one of these ridiculous emails.

I remember years ago when I received my first "winnings notification", boy was I excited, 10 million bucks! Well the excitement was short lived. When I saw that the email was sent to "undisclosed-recipients ". That seemed odd to say the least, how come they are congratulating me yet they don't even know my name ? Of course they wanted me to to provide my address, name, occupation and sex ? I never won more than 200 bucks in a legit lottery and they couldn't care less if I was a male or female, or if I had a job or was unemployed.

Well there was no doubt in my mind that it was some type of scam, but how could they be trying to scam me by offering me money ? That is when I decided to do a little investigating to satisfy my curiosity. With just a few minutes of googling, I was introduced into the amazing world of the 419 Nigerian scam industry. Our friends at Scam Watch offered a very detailed explanation of how these scams work and is well worth a read. It seems that one will be asked to send the bottom feeders some advanced fees to cover the paperwork required before they can send along your "winnings". Ya know legal fees, insurance and the likes. Some poor souls have sent along thousands of dollars before finally realizing that the check is not in the mail and it never will be.

If you would like to see a list of examples of these types of scams and others take a hop along to Lotto Scams There is a good collection and it is updated regularly.

Scammery

2009-06-02T14:27:00.009-04:00

There are a few simple rules one can follow and save themselves from becoming victims of scam artists. This is not rocket science and as many scam artists say "requires no previous computer experience or skills". Just read these simple guidelines and you will save yourself, hundreds and even thousands of your hard earned currency.

Rule number one: "If it sounds too good to be true, well it is!" Not it probable is! Ghee, I won a lottery worth millions with my email address! Didn't even have to purchase a ticket, a true God sent. Out of the millions of email addresses, they chose mine. Imagine the thought of receiving 20 million USD's and all I have to do is spend a few hundred bucks to cover the legal fees.

First question, I thought that when you win something it is a happy event, why do I have to pay to claim my prize? I won 50 bucks once on a scratch and win ticket and they didn't ask for anything when I cashed in my winnings. Too good to be true, yes sir.

How about the millions I have inherited from a long lost relative (just so happens that he was worth millions) If I would have known, I would have at least mowed his lawn and painted his house while he was alive; had I known. This one was a real deal, only had to sent a few hundred bucks to get the paper work done. My new found friend in Nigeria was going to take care of the transaction; he did ask for 10% but hey if he had not contacted me I would never have known.

Just the other day my bank sent me an email saying that my account was frozen, some scum bag was trying to access my account. Well of course, I sent all my personal info back to them. One has to protect all those millions that came from lottery winnings and inheritances. I think that I am up to almost a billion now, not sure, I will have to check my email today.

Thank the big guy for the internet, now all my long lost relatives can reach me just by googling my name and my email address wins millions.