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Hello All;
Its been my observation that the second type of scam, about
transfering funds from Africa to a western country, seems to come primarily from
East Africa. In fact around my parts they refer to it as the Nigeria scam, since
that was said to have originated. Its funny that I keep getting
unsolicited e-mails from so many people I don't know wanting to pay me a
commission to launder money for them. Some are real sob stories too like the
lady in Siera Leone who needed to transfer he dead father's fortune out of the
country and that he had been smuggling it from hiding place to hiding place
before he was killed. The first question I asked was if he could smuggle it from
place to place, and hide it so well, why couldn't he smuggle it out of the
country?
Speaking of scams here is one a little more Imperial related. Any of
you that buy stuff over E-Bay either have no doubt heard of or use the PayPal
service. If you have an account with these guys, or are thinking of setting one
up, have a look at this first: www.paypalwarning.comSwindling Africans are definately not the only ones who can steal your
money. Use money orders, checks, or BidPay, they are much safer.
Best Regards
Arran Foster
1954 Imperial Newport
Needing A Left Side Taillight Bezel and other trim parts.
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Saturday, May 03, 2003 4:53
PM
Subject: IML: Scams? Different
variations
Of course it's not authentic. Two basic scams that have arisen
recently. They are (1) the person offers to buy your car (these addresses are
obtained through ads) and offers to send you a bank check for a lot more than
the car is worth. They ask you to either pay the "deliveryman" the
balance (in advance, of course), and if someone is stupid enough to send
money to someone you don't know before the check clears, you lose what you
send. A list member described this a couple of weeks ago. He was
smart enough to make the sender think he was serious and got the check.
He even made a bet with his bank manager that the check was fake. The
manager didn't think so but 2 weeks or so later it came back marked
"counterfeit". Needless to say, the List member didn't lose any money on
this.
The second scam is from someone who claims to be in some high government
office in a foriegn country (almost always South Africa) and needs to
"launder" funds that are supposedly "legitimate" through your bank
account. They offer to pay you tens or thousands of dollars for this
"service." Of course, once they obtain your bank account information, it
is soon emptied. Doesn't anyone with a brain think that government
officials don't have contacts in this country and need to ask some unknown
person to do this?
Usually only either incredibly stupid or slightly dishonest people who
think they are getting something for nothing will fall for the second
example.
Bob
jeffrey fastov <jfastov@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
i quess these guys are preying on us
imlers.just received one for my 68 cinvertible for mr maxwell of maxwell
autos 3 times.and he is based in south africa.does anyone think it is
authentic?
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Saturday, May 03, 2003 3:24
PM
Subject: IML: SCAM? Yes, most
assuredly
Yes it is a scam. They get everyone's e-mail through the use of
"web-bots" that search the internet.
Bob
dan.donna.m@xxxxxxx
wrote:
I
just got this today......don't know where this guy got my email but it
sure
sounds a lot like the other scam mentioned by IML list
members...thought you
might like to see what you just might get in
your own email....if you do, then
we can figure he somehow got hold
of the IML mailing list.
Dan Melnik
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