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Sneezy · 11-24-2005, 04:40 PM

I'm getting this e-mail on my Dutch e-mail accounts. Was wondering how it got by my spamfilter, so is anyone else getting this?

Hello,

My friend give me your e-mail address. I think you are from Nederland, so you can help me.

I am a programmer from Russia, I have some clients from Nederland that ready to pay me sending
money by Bank transfer to a Nederland bank account, they dont have Western Union office near their place,
but I can receive only Western Union transfers here in Russia. So - I need to find somebody who can receive this
Bank transfer and re-send money to me by sending Western Union transfer.

If you help me - you will get 10% from transferred money (10% from 4000 EUR = 400 EUR to you
from one transfer). If you are ready to help, please e-mail me to [email protected].

Thank you for your attention.
Contact e-mail: [email protected]

cool1 · 11-24-2005, 05:13 PM

Humm, sounds fishy to me.

I think I have heard of something like this before, but it involved checks not bank transfers.
Is there a way the person who sends you the cash can put a stop payment on a bank transfer the minute you send the cash to the Russian?

SilentKnight · 11-24-2005, 05:23 PM

Its the same scam they've been pulling on people selling items online (vehicles, boats, etc.).

They send out an email to you with promises you'll receive a cashier's cheque for much higher than the price of the item you're selling. Then they instruct you to deduct your money and send the balance back to them via Western Union.

Meanwhile, the cashier's cheque is fraudulent...but sometimes it takes a week or more for your bank to realize this. By that time, they've got your money via Western Union, and you're stuck with a bum cheque.

Check out http://www.joewein.de/sw/fraud-car-buyer.htm and http://fraudalerts.blogspot.com/2005...s_archive.html

cool1 · 11-24-2005, 05:28 PM

Thats what I thought it was, an old scam I remember reading about awhile ago

VicD · 11-24-2005, 05:28 PM

nee, komt me niet bekend voor

SilentKnight · 11-24-2005, 05:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cool1

Thats what I thought it was, an old scam I remember reading about awhile ago

I only caught on to it a while ago myself after advertising a truck for sale online. We received one of those emails and for a few brief moments I thought it was a legit buyer. But when I read all the details I realized it was too fishy, so I searched online and came up with a few forums filled with similiar stories.

We were askin' $30k for the pickup, and the email said he was "an international buyer" for Ford trucks and would send us a cashier cheque for $65k which we were to cash at our bank, deduct our asking price (plus an additional $300 for our efforts, lol)...and immediately wire the balance to a designated "shipper in North America".

I made a report to our local cops. Not surprisingly they were already aware of the scam, but said there was little they could do about it. The fraud ring apparently is based in Amsterdam, but is operating worldwide lately.

internexxnl · 11-24-2005, 05:53 PM

have seen that mail a few times just ignored it

Sneezy · 11-24-2005, 05:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SilentKnight

I only caught on to it a while ago myself after advertising a truck for sale online. We received one of those emails and for a few brief moments I thought it was a legit buyer. But when I read all the details I realized it was too fishy, so I searched online and came up with a few forums filled with similiar stories.

We were askin' $30k for the pickup, and the email said he was "an international buyer" for Ford trucks and would send us a cashier cheque for $65k which we were to cash at our bank, deduct our asking price (plus an additional $300 for our efforts, lol)...and immediately wire the balance to a designated "shipper in North America".

I made a report to our local cops. Not surprisingly they were already aware of the scam, but said there was little they could do about it. The fraud ring apparently is based in Amsterdam, but is operating worldwide lately.

Might be the same scammers because the e-mail I got was send with an e-mail address with ford.com in it.
I wonder how many people they victimized over time.

PixeLs · 11-24-2005, 10:51 PM

Not that catchy scum at all.

SilentKnight · 11-25-2005, 09:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sneezy

Might be the same scammers because the e-mail I got was send with an e-mail address with ford.com in it.
I wonder how many people they victimized over time.

Lots of people. I spoke with the head of our local police fraud squad and he said they knew of at least 5 fraud cases in town (pop. 30k) relating to this ring.

Another of the telltale trademarks of their emails is they're always in broken english and the phonetics are fucked up. They almost always involve some sort of money transfer using Western Union.

They must troll various buy & sell online forums (and/or Usenet newsgroups) and target sellers with big ticket items for sale.

pradaboy · 11-25-2005, 10:13 AM

It's just another scam, ignore it.

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11-24-2005, 05:23 PM	#3
SilentKnight Megan Fox's fluffer Industry Role: Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: shooting pool in Elysium Posts: 24,818	Its the same scam they've been pulling on people selling items online (vehicles, boats, etc.). They send out an email to you with promises you'll receive a cashier's cheque for much higher than the price of the item you're selling. Then they instruct you to deduct your money and send the balance back to them via Western Union. Meanwhile, the cashier's cheque is fraudulent...but sometimes it takes a week or more for your bank to realize this. By that time, they've got your money via Western Union, and you're stuck with a bum cheque. Check out http://www.joewein.de/sw/fraud-car-buyer.htm and http://fraudalerts.blogspot.com/2005...s_archive.html

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