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Yet another scam but as yet no clear idea aas to how it works. The giveaway clue is that the email addresses (sent from and send to) are different and they are all ISP type addresses when you would think the Anti Fraud unit would have it's own address. Anyway here it is and once we know how the scam actually works (we are running it at the moment via scamorama) I will let you know.

-----Original Message-----

From: FOREIGN PAYMENT INVESTIGATION DEPARTMENT [mailto:[email protected]]

Sent: 09 November 2006 09:21

To: [email protected]

Subject: ANTI-FRAUD UNIT( RESPOND URGENTLY)

FOREIGN PAYMENT INVESTIGATION DEPARTMENT

ANTI-FRAUD UNIT

4TH FLOOR MARY LAND

LAGOS NIGERIA

MOTTO: SECURITY WATCH

from the desk of: MRS. BENY COLE

EMAIL: [email protected]

Attn Sir/Madam,

Based on the finding in this investigation department we wish to warn you against some impostors. We have been Officially informed that some impostors are contacting you in respect to the collection of your fund that was approved in your favor through the Wema Bank of Nigeria.

As a matter of fact we have been on these investigation assignments for some time cuddly known to no one but the Presidency and some top government official who are in support of this investigation team to help stop fraudulent activities in this country.

We have been able to come up with some good result about the people that have extorted money from Foreign Beneficiaries illegally, and I wish to list them so that you will indicate if any have contacted you. We must surely deal and bring this names to book if only you will indicatecorrectly any of them.

The names of the impostors that have been Traced are as follows:

1) MR. JOHN EZE WHOM CLAIM TO BE (PROF CHARLES SOLODO OF (C.B.N)

2) CHIEF JOSEPH SANUSI

3) DR. R.RASHEED

4) BARRISTER AWELE

6) BARRISTER UCHEUZO WILLIAMS.

7) Mr. Ernest Chukwudi Ebi

Deputy Governor - Policy/Board Member

8) Mr. Tunde Lemo

Deputy Governor - Financial Sector Surveillance/Board Member

9) Mrs. W. D. A. Mshelia

Deputy Governor - Corporate Services /Board Member

10) Mrs. Elizabeth Morgan

11) Allaji. Lafiaji NDLEA

12) Mrs. Carol Martins ETC.

The above listed names are been Traced/ investigated by the police and some of them have elope the country and note that if any of them is caught and find guilty he/she we go to jailed for 25 years (twenty five years) as it is under the Degree 47 of the constitution of this Country under section of criminal law, So we are waiting for you to write us and inform us if any of the above names have once contacted you in respect to the your fund if yes don't waste time to indicate it immediately.

Note that the only office/paying bank that have right to pay or contact you in this Transfer is the Wema Bank of Nigeria plc, which is been headed by Dr. Bisi Omoyeni The Managing Director.

We apologies on behalf of the President and the people of Nigeria for any delay and lost this must have coursed you and promise that such thing will not happen again. And if you are dealing with any of the impostors regarding this payment, we urge you to stop, because you are taking a big risk,your fund is with the above named bank.

Thanks for your good understanding while we wait for your urgent response to this information.

Yours truly,

MRS. BENY COLE

FOREIGN PAYMENT INVESTIGATION DEPARTMENT OFFICE (F.P.I.D) DEPUTY INVESTIGATION OFFICER DAVID MOSES

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[quote user="Quillan"] Yet another scam ....

-----Original Message----- From: FOREIGN PAYMENT INVESTIGATION DEPARTMENT ........Subject: ANTI-FRAUD UNIT( RESPOND URGENTLY)FOREIGN PAYMENT INVESTIGATION DEPARTMENT,          ANTI-FRAUD UNIT,        4TH FLOOR MARY LAND,       LAGOS NIGERIA.     [/quote]

Just that address gets my alarm bells ringing!....

[quote user="Quillan"]   ........ the Wema Bank of Nigeria.. [/quote]

A quick Google should reassure anyone sensible if that this bank exists or not....

[quote user="Quillan"]   As a matter of fact we have been on these investigation assignments for some time cuddly known to no one but the Presidency and some top government official who are in support of this investigation team to help stop fraudulent activities in this country...[/quote]

oooh! cuddly! ... yeah life's a cushy number when you embezzle the people of your country and as far as the President ....well... I get too many bits of info from Africa by relatives living there, to know not to trust anyone in government....

[quote user="Quillan"]    ..... Note that the only office/paying bank that have right to pay or contact you in this Transfer is the Wema Bank of Nigeria plc, which is been headed by Dr. Bisi Omoyeni The Managing Director.... [/quote]

His name almost sounds like Busy Owe Me Money... isn't it funny! [:D]

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It looks similar to an old scam that was doing the rounds.  If you contact them claiming to have been scammed by one of the people on the list, or reporting another name, they will then mail you and tell you they have reclaimed your money, and if you would just be kind enough to send them your bank details, they will refund your money.

Oh yes[Www]

Scam you twice, shame on you!

 

 

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[quote user="Missy"] [quote user="Quillan"]   ........ the Wema Bank of Nigeria.. [/quote]    A quick Google should reassure anyone sensible if that this bank exists or not....  [/quote]

 

I did Google it.... and it does exist..... Looks absolutely kosher! [8-)]

Another site with the same name exposed type of scams appropriating their name .... (You can hear me thinking : 'type of scams made on their behalf' but that would be a grossly unfair [6] accusating slander! )

...... a certain George Eze is mentioned.... Is he brother/father/uncle/son to John Eze named in the scam..... Looks to good not to be a coincidence........  

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When discussing all the scams coming out of Nigeria with a Nigerian,his reply to the morality of them was that if people are stupid enough to fall for them ,it's their own fault. I'm amazed at how many  have computers.!

As stated on another posting regarding all the fiddles at the moment,we instructed our bank only to transfer funds if we made the request at our branch in person. We also got the Director of our branch to sign a note to that effect.

Regards.5mins St.Malo.   www.ourinns.com

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As said the bank does exist and the names that are mentioned both as bank employees (the director with the funny name for example is real) as are the names given that were used to scam in the past using the phishing technique which are well logged and been around for ages. This scam is a little clever compared to their normal ones.

Firstly some people may have already had spoof emails from the names in the list although to be frank many like myself have them flagged for deletion at the server so never see them or just delete them without taking much notice. Many of the anti scam websites will have these names as well. So if you happen to remember their names it will ring a bell and may get some peoples interest.

When you email them they will ask for your bank account details at Wema Bank so they can drain it. If you tell them you don't have an account with them they will ask for your current bank name and details to put the money back. They are clever in as much as they use what appears to be a secure server to do this. It does look really good, the URL is as you would expect https and the padlock is displayed down the bottom.

The problem is that as the scams get better and better it gets to the point where you can't trust anything or anyone and it does/will effect your business either directly or indirectly. Before anyone say 'don't be stupid, you can spot them a mile off' well there are loads of people from all levels of profession who have been scammed and of course 90% of them will never admit it. Just think if you send out one million emails and get one it's worth it. In this particular case as I said the giveaway is they use ISP email accounts and not [email protected]

 

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Fortunately I am not a gite owner so don't have to worry about these scams, but is it that simple? eg they can drain your account that easily?

It has just made me think that every time I write a cheque ( and I do that a lot in France) the cashier, waiter or whatever is being handed my account name, number and sort code. 

Could these people drain my account too?  [8-)]

Yours naively [:$]

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I noted on the BBC News page a couple of days ago that one family opened 294 bankaccounts, with the help of some family members employed at 2 banks, and managed to get over £2million before being found out. Fills you with confidence doesn't it?

I wonder where it will all lead? When doing a contract building job in one area of the UK a couple of years ago, I was amazed to see on shop doorways a sign saying" Cash only, no cheques".  When I said I had a bank card etc I was told in no uncertain terms that that didn't matter,cash only. When I ordered roadstone from one of the major company's, I had to go to their depot,40 miles away, and pay cash before they would load the lorries. The trade building suppliers local branch, that I used all over the UK, wouldn't accept the fact that I had a credit account and insisted on cash with order and even better, when I went to the bank to draw the cash to pay the locals I'd taken on, they told me I'd have to order the cash 2 days in advance as they didn't keep much to hand. I might add that the chaps I took on were the best tradesmen I'd had on any site and the work they did couldn't be faulted.and some were glad to work with me anywhere in the UK.  It was an ex mining area and there just wasn't any work there.I think the film'" Brassed Off" probably sums up the general feeling in the area.

Regards. 5 mins St.Malo. www.ourinns.com

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[quote user="Cassis"]Hang on, though - we're not seriously saying that any of us would reply to the email in question, are we?  Are we?![:-))][:'(][blink][8-)]

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You never know [:D] .

I wonder how many people have answered these emails that start off wanting a booking for two weeks urgently for 8 company members who can off course share a double bed (all of them in one bed?). We must have around five or six a day now and they prey on people that at this time of year are desperate for trade. Of course you need a credit card machine to take these bookings [:D] and they will always send too much and you will have to send the extra back via Western Union and the credit card is never stolen of course. I like to play them along a bit before sending my PayPal bill which they never pay and you never hear of them again unfortunately. I am always hoping that one day somebody will pay the money and it will be out of PayPal and into my bank account in the blink of an eye.

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[quote user="Dotty Trois"]

Recently I've been getting emails from Barclays bank asking me to confirm my bank details. 

 

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Very common one, that.  They're Nigerian.  Not to be trusted.  Email them back saying "**** *** and leave me alone, you scoundrels".  They'll get the message.  It's the only language these foreigners understand. [:@]

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Funny you should mention Nigerians .Recently a Nigerian was found to be working in our old area of the UK, with a dodgy passport and without a work permit.Where was he working? At a high street bank, of course they followed all the normal security checks .Mind you I expect nowadays it applies to any and all nationalitiesI sometimes wish I was clever enough to think of some scam to make a few bob and laugh when the Office of Fair Trading tell me off about 2 years after I've done a runner. It does seem that it is becoming easier to earn;sorry,earn is the wrong word; to get some money on the fiddle than it is to try and play it straight.Before I get any brick-bats,I will admit that I only play it straight most of the time!
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[quote user="Mark"][quote user="Dotty Trois"]

Recently I've been getting emails from Barclays bank asking me to confirm my bank details. 

 

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Very common one, that.  They're Nigerian.  Not to be trusted.  Email them back saying "**** *** and leave me alone, you scoundrels".  They'll get the message.  It's the only language these foreigners understand. [:@]

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You could always set up an autoreply to save you having to do it yourself everytime.  Bit of a bummer when it goes back to your real bank, though.  Though, hang on, maybe not ...

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It's not really a good idea to respond to any spam emails. Most of the "phishing" emails are sent out to vast numbers of email addresses that have been complied over a period of time by various automated means - and the spammers haven't a clue which ones are live and which are unused. A lot of those addresses will be inactive. If you respond, then you are giving them a useful piece of information which has monetary value to them - that this particular email address is "live" - which they didn't know previously. THEN you get added to the list of "known live" addresses which the spammers sell on to other spammers.

Pickles

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Pickles is absolutely right. Never ever reply to spam or click on any of the links in them.

One way to get ahead of spam is to open two new e-mail addresses:

Use one for any internet transactions and set your preferences to put mail from anyone other than senders already in your address book into the Junk folder. That way you can delete junk without even opening the messages (which is also a bad thing to do).

Use the other for personal stuff - friends, family etc - and never use it for internet transactions. This account should remain fairly spam free.

Also, never put your full address on a forum, bulletin board or any other webpage. If you have to post your address, disguise its e-mail pattern by putting in words for @ and .

eg johnsmithAThotmailDOTcom

One way addresses are gathered is by robots which search for the patterns of dots and @, so by using words your address is disguised ..... or so I understand.
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[quote user="Dotty "]

Recently I've been getting emails from Barclays bank asking me to confirm my bank details. 

 

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If you have a Barclays account and/or are just feeling kind, you might forward the phishing emails to their fraud department (there will be a link for that somewhere on the real Barclays website).

Otherwise, just delete them.

Just be sure that you don't reply to the emails and don't click on any links in them.

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Fortunately I am not a gite owner so don't have to worry about these scams, but is it that simple? eg they can drain your account that easily?

It has just made me think that every time I write a cheque ( and I do that a lot in France) the cashier, waiter or whatever is being handed my account name, number and sort code. 

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Not only that, but also a sample of your signature.

I agree with your doubts.  Just knowing somebody's bank account details shouldn't enable anyone to take money from the account.  In fact there are some countries where a bank transfer or virement is the normal way of making a payment, and people - especially in business - routinely identify their bank accounts on invoices and other documents.

However, giving that information in response to an e-mail from Nigeria could be regarded as pushing your luck.

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Bank transfer by virement is the norm here in The Grand Duchy,  In fact I don't have a cheque book as my bank doesn't issue them!  It is secure though.  The thing about the Nigerian scam is that they don't particulaly want/need your bank details but they follow up with 'I need 20,000 euros to bribe the officials to release the x zillion dollors I promised you'  and even now there are people greedy enough to believe it.
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Not Robots [:)], but...

Bot nets, Specialised Bots or Command Bots....

Never heard that there are teams of Robots out there collecting email addresses and organising world domination by controlling pc's globally... I guess you never know though.[;-)]

Other than the above I agree totally, never ever respond to a spam email as you are confirming yourself as a target.  It's not just the above automated methods that get your email address on mailing lists, I have a wanadoo email address which I have never used, i.e. never said anywhere that it is my email address as I don't use it, I went on to my account to check my usage yesterday and see that I have 800 emails in the mailbox.  The only real way my address could be on these lists is by wanadoo in some way making it visible to the outside world, nice!  With help like that no wonder the level of spam crossing the internet is doubling weekly.

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