The MAHATMA

In September 1888, at the age of just 18, a boy who had entered into an adulthood by virtue of child-marriage system prevalent in his society left India, without taking his wife and a new born son for higher studies { a time when people use to mock each other that for higher studies one needs not to go to London but to have a ladder and climb up at a tree and pretend that he is studying and it would call higher study} to become a barrister (lawyer) in an alien city where he would be recognised not by his brain but by his colour and race with a promise given to his mother that he would not consume meat/ alcohol nor indulge with women. To overpower his weakness and get to fit into English civilised society, he wasted his first three precious months altering himself to an English gentleman by getting costly new coat/ suits, improvising his English accent, trying speaking French besides taking notes about violin and not to forget about his poor dance abilities, to learn the dance. After living those three months with sheer expenses and useless experiences he had only one learning that he had only one goal and i.e. to study seriously and become for what he had come. 

“A man is but the product of his thoughts what he thinks, he becomes.” -Mahatma 

He became a serious student and invested rest of the time in London with a simple lifestyle which helped him to know himself. 

“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” -Mahatma 

He was a man who had a dream- a dream of united India with rich heritage and pride to be recognised as an Indian on global scale. He is “alive soulful Mahatma” appeared much before than his time and was known that time as Mohan Chand Karam Chand Gandhi.

The promise to remain vegetarian given to his mother helped him to gain what he wanted- a place in London society however at that time the other Indian were having meat but his search to look for vegetarian food and serving places he became member of famous London Vegetarian Society having renowned members as Henry David Thoreau and Leo Tolstoy. It further helped him to know explore Sri Mad Bhagvad Geeta and great book focusing about karma became his master in setting the path which has no limit but sky was still far and stars could only admired upon. The real test of life forced him to take an official trip to Natal, South Africa He had to go to other city and being an Indian gentle man, he got reserved his seat in first class bogey of train. He boarded the train for his journey at the Pieter-martiz-burg station he was ordered by railway officer to get himself transferred to ‘Coolie’ class’ IIIrd class bogey w/o delay being the brown skin- coolie class passenger. On his refusal and seeking reason he was out-thrown out of the train despite having a valid ticket. 

“You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.”  -Mahatma

The whole night sitting in cold, he was not able to understand that what he should do now? Whether to go back to India or initiate an impossible struggle about existence for equality. 

“I like Christ but I do not like you fellow Christians. You are unlike Christ.” -Mahatma 

Here Sri Mad Bhagvad Geeta helped him to understand his karma and he decided to raise a voice against the mighty kingdom with listening his inner voice that someone has to start a fresh for the truth and that would be chosen one  and he  is the one !!. ‘SATYAGRAHA’ { A request for imbibing truth in life} a concept of brave with peace at heart and resistance with morality. Let the cruel feels the pain of his cruelty. 

“Even if you are a minority of one, the truth is the truth.” -Mahatma

The life take many tests before actual begins and that came as one surprise to him when his ship was detained at Durban harbour for 23 days due angry mob [ a crowd has a reasonable capability to think but a mob is always w/o logic or pre-planned action] believing that he had come with back-up Indians for creating a ruckus. He was allowed to enter but welcome with bricks, rotten eggs, and fists. He refuted the rumours and refused to lodge a police report against those who assaulted him, the mob got stopped and went as a crowd of followers. 

“The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.” -Mahatma

Sooner than earlier he was everywhere even in dreams of oppressed and also in the nightmares of oppressors. That was the time when he decided to pay back to his mother earth-India. He returned as Hero while public welcomed him, the other leaders felt unsecured. He went on foot and walked through the various corridors of colourful India bearing pain, grief, broken, poverty, hunger and illiteracy. The hopeful faces of poor peasants changed a gentleman suit wearing Indian barrister to a ‘DHOTI’ (loin cloth of 2/3 meter) and chappal (Sandals) man with if required a shawl man. The uniform of an one of the most memorable man in all time and a “MAHATMA” is born. He further promoted the idea of knitting cloth for self by hand made “CHARKHA” and the rise of ‘KHADI’ takes place. It is the beginning of new era where customer had become the king with all concepts. The simple living in his student days had given him urge to his all desires; He used his own body to keep the unity by fasting as and when required. It further assisted in bonding the different stakes group of ethnic and religion on common platform.  Salt- the most common item of kitchen became the symbol of unity. He started a journey to challenge the mighty empire where the sun never got set.  He Informed the Vice-Roy and he along with his company got amused by his challenge. It had never happened before nor it would be. A journey of 320 Kms for Dandi became a morning irritating alarm for all which has no pressed button. He was detained in jail and mass arrests were followed too. 2500 followers led by Ms. Sarojini Naidu when reached to a salt factory, they were welcomed by 406 British police officers. They all stood in the column of 25/25 and went one by one for protesting. All of them were greeted by cane-hit over their heads but none raised the voice or any weapon.

“Nobody can hurt me without my permission.” -Mahatma 

The biggest display of trust in none other than Gandhi. Even the devil that was sleeping was awakening by the silence of those innocent people and left for a place where sun never rise. He was heard and it designed the day of independence going to be achieved by none other than any violent revolution but by love and peace at heart but truth still waiting to prevail. At last he came up with ‘Do or Die’ and ask for quit this land forever w/o pretending to show us our so-called disastrous future in the absence but he has a dilemma as well that how to deal with own people who had all egos, self-interest, power-desire. He left everything behind and went into hermit when everyone was rejoicing with freedom; he was knitting the khadi on his charkha at his ashram. The finest is yet to come that is why he marched in riot-ridden street of Naokholi and fast unto death in Calcutta ( now Kolkata). The peace prevails from north to south and east to west. He did the ultimate work of uniting India in the name of mother land. The religion, caste, language, culture, ethnicity, creed, color was no more issue. The dream is fulfilled now no one would come to invade it. After the slavery of more than 800 years no civilisation ever think of surviving their culture but Indian does that and prove to world that if you are determined to your belief with keeping rigidity at far, you can be what you are-always. He was asked to give a message to people and he simply said that “My life is my message to everyone.” ‘An ounce of practice is worth more than tons of preaching.’

“A coward is incapable of exhibiting love; it is the prerogative of the brave.” -Mahatma 

He was neither a Prophet nor a guru. He never feels himself perfect. He was not even a teacher, not to think as philosopher. He had not initiated any sect by name Gandhism/ Gandhian.  He is “MAHATMA”. A great soul who we remember him as ‘GANDHI’. In 100 years we will recognise what he has done for us. In next 100 years we will remember him as a great thinker/reformer. In next 100 years we will know him as angel who descended for our welfare. In next 100 years we will warship him as true messenger of God. In next 100 years we will doubt whether he ever exists or part of fairy tales. In next 100 years we will feel that it is beautiful positive way of seeing thing in rosy pink lights and then he would always be remained in our memories as unhappenning Utopian thing on this mother-earth. 

Horace Alexander described him as  "On your side you have all the mighty forces of the modern State, arms, money, a controlled press, and all the rest. On my side, I have nothing but my conviction of right and truth, the unquenchable spirit of man, who is prepared to die for his convictions than submit to your brute force. I have my comrades in armlessness. Here we stand; and here if need be, we fall."

At United Nations he was predicted as "the greatest achievements of the Indian sage were yet to come".

Tagore describes him as west would accept Gandhi before the East.

The UN declared his birthday 2 October as "the International Non violence Day."

“First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win” – Mahatma  

 

 

 

SCAM 419

SCAM 419

OK friends lets share a conversation which has happened recently between a FB user and me:

-Conversation started May 28 through Face Book

A****Elvis

Hello,
my name is A**** Elvis, i saw your profile and want to be your friend, so here is my email address ( aaelvis@***.com ) so that we can know each other well,
hope to hear from you,
A****.

*(I thought that to be because of reading of my views which I generally expressed on my favourite author’s blog { Paulo Coelho}so I responded back and sent her a friend request too.)

Arun Sharma

Hi A**** I have gone through your profile too.. You look charming and joyful... It is good to know you too... I have sent you the FR and I believe that it would be good learning experiences between the friends... have a nice time to you... TC...

May 29:

A***** Elvis

My Dear,
I am very happy when i saw your mail. How was your day?, Mine is a little bit cold over here in Dakar Senegal . my name is A**** Elvis. from Ivory Coast in West Africa,5.7ft tall, fair in complexion, 25 years old (never married before) and presently i am residing in the refugee camp here in Dakar Senegal as a result of the civil war that was fought in my country. My late father  Dr. Linus Elvis. was the managing director of [ Fed Caco industry Limited] and he was the personal adviser to the former head of state (Late Dr Robert Guei) before the rebels attacked our house one early morning and killed my mother and my father in a cold Blood it was only me that is alive now and I managed to make my way to a nearby country Senegal where i am leaving now. I would like to know more about you. Your likes and dislikes, your hobbies and what you are doing presently. I will tell you more about myself in my next mail,
awaiting to hear from you soonest,
yours in love
A**** Elvis.

*(Here I got a wind as the message was ending with tone of love and that too after Ist msg and by the way the friend request was still pending so I sent my straight open introduction mentioned on my blog as well as on FB profile)

June 1:

Arun Sharma

HI A****, my name is Arun Sharma I am married and a blessed to be a father of 3 sons. I live in New Delhi- India. I am 44+ years old. I now work with safety and security of under trials. I had worked with United Nations in Bosnia Herzegovina (BiH) I am in a job that needs 24x7x365 time. It is fun with daily new challenges, improves reflexes and I love that. I am an MBA in HCS from Sikkim Manipal University, Master's in Human Rights from Pondicherry (now called Puducherry) University and Bachelor of Commerce graduate from the university of Delhi -India. I am happy the way life takes shape because it is all decided n destined. A happy traveler and feels that when you live your life with complete happiness than you don't have to be serious in all matters..... I am also managing a blog with the name “http://arunaksarun.blogspot.in/ “connected through ' https://www.facebook.com/aksarunsharma “I generally post my emotions and views through that.... n Your last name remind me about gr8 Elvis and about one of my friend in Bosnia. He used to call me Elvis as Elvis' full name is Aaron Elvis Presley.. I do feel too that it would be a nice experience having you as my FB buddy....

June 3:

A**** Elvis

My Dear,
I am more than happy in your reply to my mail. How are you? How is your day, hope is fine, Mine is a little bit cold over here in Dakar Senegal. In this camp we are only allowed to go out from the camp only few days of the weeks. Its just like one staying in the prison and i hope by Gods grace i will come out here soon. I don't have any relative now whom i can go to, all my relatives ran away in the middle of the war, the only person i have now is Reverend Peter Johnson who is the pastor of the (Christ the King Catholic Church ) here in the camp, he has been very nice to me since i came here but i am not living with him rather i am leaving in the women's hostel because the camp have two hostels one for men the other for women.
The Pastors Tel number is (002217******9) if you call please tell him that you want to speak with me he will send for me in the hostel. As a refugee here i don't have any right or privilege to any thing be it money or whatever because it is against the law of this country. I want to go back to my studies because i only attended my first year before the tragic incident that lead to me being in this situation now took place.

Please my dear, listen to this, i have my late Father,s Death Certificate and his Deposit Certificate here with me, because when he was alive he deposited some amount of money in one of the leading banks in Europe which he used my name as the next of kin, the amount in question is $7.1M(SEVEN Million ONE Hundred Thousand US Dollars). So i will like you to help me transfer this money to your account and from it you can send some money for me to get my traveling documents and air ticket to come over to meet with you. I kept this secret to people in this camp here, the only person that knows about it is the Reverend because he is like a father to me.

So in the light of above i will like you to keep it to yourself and don't tell it to anyone for i am afraid of losing my life and the money if people gets to know about it. Remember i am giving you all this information due to the trust i deposed on you. I like honest and understanding people, truthful and a person of vision, truth and hardworking.
My favourite language is English but we speak French here in Senegal. Meanwhile i will like you to call me like i said i have a lot to tell you.
Have a nice day and think about me.
Awaiting to hear from you soonest.
Yours,
A***** Elvis

Arun Sharma

Nice to hear you so much rich.... enjoy the money, live a king size life....and that’s all I can wish for you... tk care ...:))

June 4:

A***** Elvis

My Dear.
How are you today, hope you are fine, my dear I want to thank you for all your dedication and love towards me, you gave me hope and I would also like to see you face to face, I really like you to know before I contact you I saw your profile that you are the type of person that can handle this money so i am not going to search for another person.

Please I have not told anyone except you and the Reverend about the existence of this money and I would like you to keep it secret from other people because since is (money) all eyes will be on it.
I trust you remember, that is why I am giving you all this information! My love for you and you alone,

I have inform the bank about my plans for this money and all bank told me is to find a foreign partner who will stand on my behalf due to my refugee status and the laws of this country.You will have 30% of his claim of the total money for helping me and the remaining money will be managed by you in any business of your choice, while I will returned to my study. In this regard i will like you to contact the bank immediately with this information below, tell them that you are my foreign partner and you want the possibilities of assisting me transfer my 7.1 million U.S. dollars deposited by my late father to your account in your country.

The information of the bank are as follows,
Standard Life Bank of Scotland P.L.C,
Finance Manager Email address...(andrewdavid.able@yahoo.co.uk)
Bank Email Address...(standardlife1@accountant.com)
The name of the Finance Manager, Dr.Andrew David Able,
Office telephone No: 00447******4.

My Father Name As Depositor: Dr Linus Elvis,
My Name as Next To Kin: A***** Elvis,
The account number is ALC00064*****9/QB/71/B.

Contact the bank on how to transfer the $7.1M (SEVEN Million ONE Hundred Thousand US Dollars) deposited by my late Father. Following of which I have mapped 30% for your assistance.
My dear I am glad that God has brought you to see me out of this situation and I promise to be kind you will need in every area of my life including investing this money because I'm too young to manage it.
As I said before, this camp is just like a prison and my prayers are to go out from here as soon as possible. Please make sure you contact the bank so that after the transfer, you can send some money from that money for me to prepare my traveling documents to meet with you in your country.
Awaiting to hear from you soon!.
Yours,
A**** Elvis.

So that is the conversation which has occurred. It seems to be a good offer of money with a nice looking damsel in distress who needs to be taken out while getting a handsome amount of money. I call it cake and chocolate. But dear friends as I have understood from my experiences that any cheating is commenced when there is a greed- a lust in the mind of victim for the money which does not belong to him, only then he could be fooled and cheated as I have no intention of getting things which are offered to me, neither the money nor the woman.

Let’s share another story of someone I know. This gentleman is about 65-70 yrs old. He is living retired peaceful comfortable life with his wife and children. About 2/3 days he took an appointment to meet me for discussing a problem. As he is a close relative from my in-laws’s side therefore I offered him to visit me at first place. In the evening he came to my office. I offered him some tea and encouraged him to come-up with his problem as he was hesitating about discussing it.

He had explained about a fraud which has occurred to him. According to him, about 2 months back, he received a phone call from Mumbai-India. It was made by a woman who seemed to be in the age of about 25 yrs. She explained to him about an investment scheme related with insurance money. She offered to pay handsome money against his investment which could be something like 35% of invested money in a very short period, much above the rate of interest offered by bank and other institutions. She took him in the confidence and got him invested about INR 75K. After that investment that woman and her accomplice who also spoke with him had disappeared from the scene. The phone numbers from which the calls were made were found shut and there was no respond. The gentleman also went to Mumbai after spending about INR 5K and reached at the given address but none was found present there. Local inquires suggested nothing fruitful. He was not able to understand that he should do to get his money back. I have pacified him and informed him to file a complaint with local police department so that such type of incident should not go un-noticed due to non-reporting. I could understand that how a retired feel when cheated by his hard earned left money meant for his old age days. We all may have sympathy for him but I know the criminals do not feel the same. These innocent people are their hunt and pray.

Let’s share another story: Yesterday, I received a phone call from my ex-neighbor. He used to live near my house when I was in schools. He wished me and asked about my well-being. I reciprocate in positive manner. He had a problem and he wanted to discuss about it. I invited him to my office. Today he reached there. He was still a jolly man and enjoying settled life.  We took tea and he narrated his problem, He was intend to take some home loan and was contacted by a man of 25/30 yrs.  He checked his documents and after verifying them he informed him for low rate interest home loan w/o any hassles and complication. He checked his bank statement and filled INR 100/- on a cheque as necessary charges for documentation. The money which was generally INR 10k for such formality was seemed to be so convenient that w/o second thought, he signed the cheque and gave it to him. After 2 days, he received a dishonor cheque from his bank due to insufficient balance in his account. On verifying it, he came to know that someone had withdrawn INR 9, 76,100 from his account. It was a surprise as he had not issued anyone this much money cheque. On scrutinizing the record, it was revealed to him that the cheque of INR 100/- which had given for loan processing was further amended in a such a manner that his whole money was withdrawn by that fraudsters who met him as a bank executive for getting him home loan. He has already filed a complaint with police which is under investigation. I have advised him accordingly and consoled him for his occurred loss.

So friend these are some of the frauds which are happening today in this world through use of all mediums and electronic gadgets and INTERNET has become a tool for these fraudsters.

Internet is an important mean of communication and information provider. It connects people with fastest mode of communication. According to some studies and data based information till 30/06/2012 the 34%  population of world is using in ‘net and the figures are soaring like anything. As the users will increase so on the fraudsters would. This will go on always so what one should do to keep away such fraudsters’ from his surroundings. Recently I have read that on line fraud costs UK Internet users around £3.5 billion per year.

Dear friends, as I have mentioned before that greed is the reason for such cheating. There is no free lunch in life. Neither easy money nor making of gold would occur in life. We need to understand whatever which is offered from the easy door would never reach; it would be a ‘Maya’- an illusion, a truthful lie or untruth real. As these two words seems to be grammatically misplaced in sentence, the same goes with the scams. The only need to understand it.

OK folks, Lets discuss the types of scams which prevail in today scenario. As we will go through them we would able to recognize them in our day-to-day life. 

What is SCAM: A SCAM or fraud is an intentional act with to motivate the people to invest their money in such bogus schemes in which the returns are shown high but in actually it never produces any return. Scams target people of all background, cast, creed, religion, ethnicity, class, ages and income levels. If one feels that he is too intelligent to become victim of a scam, one is risking of his money and that scammers can take advantage of his over cleverness.

Scam419 name is related with spanish history as well as Nigeria. According to Section 419 of NPC it tells about fraud and scam. In India section 419 of IPC deals with impersonation.  

     Type of SCAM:

   1.    Bank related scams

   2.    Credit/ debit card related scams

   3.    Lottery/ Draw /betting/ Fixed gambling type scams

   4.    Money /Inheritance transfer related scams

   5.    Medicine and health related scams

   6.    Job employment/ new business proposal related scams

   7.    Share/Investment / Money chain related scams

   8.    Romance/ dating/ marriage related scams

   9.    Free holiday/ Vacation/ hotel stay/ travel related scams

  10. Bogus sale/ cheap price products/ Free trial related      scams

  11. Up-front payment/ commission / Mulling on money transfer related scams

  12.    Phishing related scams 

  13.    Loan related scams

  14.    Charity/ Disaster / Donation related scams

  15.     Psychic reading/ Astrology related scams

  16.   Spyware/ virus / Rogue software related scams

  17. Hit man(SUPARI)/ word of mouth/ telephone threat/ Information leaking related scams

  18. Informatory email sharing related scams

  19. Easy winning contests related scams

  20. Passport/ Visa related scams

  21.  School/ College admission related scams

  1.    Bank related scam include Identity theft, Misuse of cheque, transfer of money, Lost of Deposits slips, Fake/ stolen drafts, old account closed cheques for payment, Unauthorized withdrawal etc.

  2.    Credit/ debit card related scams include payment to bogus sites, stolen / lost card misuse, Password hacking, Shopping, Cash withdrawal etc.

  3.    Lottery/ Draw /betting/ Fixed gambling type scams include announcement and declaration of some huge money prize even w/o playing, Bogus emails about draw announcement, Fixed betting proposals etc. on the name of famous companies/celebrities/ organizations etc.

 4.    Money /Inheritance transfer related scams include offer of huge money transfer from war torn country, Death of receiver of money, last similar name offer etc.

 5.    Medicine and health related scams include weight loss pills, sex energy related medicines, cheap lifesaving medicines, Miracle effect medicines and life techniques, free treatment by renowned doctors, Cheap medical insurance premium with unlimited coverage etc.

 6.    Job employment/ new business proposal related scams include of fake job offers, registration with fake job sites, and business from home, trading and distribution of popular products. 

 7.    Share/ Investment/ Money chain related scams include closed companies shares on cheap rates, high dividend returns, pyramid money transfer schemes etc.

 8.    Romance/ dating/ marriage related scams includes friendship proposals by handsome/ beautiful gender, invitation  for dating and sex, Pleasure trip offer, distress money required by newly found love, fake marriage proposals, uncertified marriage ceremonies through online agencies etc.

 9.    Free holiday/ Vacation/ hotel stay/ travel related scams include offers/ invitation/ phone calls/ SMS/ E-mails with free holiday trip, membership of famous clubs/resorts, air-tickets etc.

 10.           Bogus sale/ cheap price products/ Free trial related scams include low price offer on expensive items i.e. a genuine Rolex watch for 100 US $ or an I-Phone for 10 US $ with free trial for some days etc.

 11.           Up-front payment/ commission / Mulling on money transfer related scams include pay little to get big deals or get commission for transferring received money from your account to someone else account etc.

 12.           Phishing related scams include of verification mail by bank, mail site or any other important site for taking your passwords, account details and on line collection of personal information for committing the frauds.

 13.           Loan related scams include low interest or w/o interest loans with easy repay schemes on low / nominal processing fee at door step or on line.

 14.           Charity/ Disaster / Donation related scams include emails requesting/ expressing grief, poverty or theft of personal belongings in foreign land and seeking money help.

 15.           Psychic reading/ Astrology related scams include fearing someone by horrible future telling stories, remedies from unseen curse, taking money in the name of remedial measures, doing voodoo, Tantra-mantras etc.

 16.           Spyware/ virus / Rogue software related scams include free anti-virus software, application, apparatus getting system hacked and uncontrolled, passing relevant information to hackers etc.

 17.           HIT-MAN (SUPARI)/ word of mouth/ telephone threat/ Information leaking related scams include threats to fearing someone with unidentified disclosing of personal information, receiving money for elimination, extortion calls, fake kidnapping calls etc.

 18.           Informatory email sharing related scams include reversal password at the time of forced withdrawal, free gifts offer, incentives on sharing etc.

 19.           Easy winning contests related scams include easy question followed by big prizes (remember Hollywood movie ‘I still know what you did last summer”) etc.

 20.           Passport/ Visa related scams include fake visa or travel documents or obtained on fake documents.

 21.           School/ college admission related scams include admission in reputed institutions or foreign universities on forged documents.

So there are some of the scams which generally are quite active on Internet as well as by other means of communications. Now the question arises that what one shall do to refrain from such scams. As I have mentioned that “GREED IS THE ROOT TO ALL CHEATING” hence we must keep us away from greed and other steps which one must take to avoid becoming victim of scams:

 ·       Use your reflexes and 70 % story would be cleared to you. Think before sending any information or communicating with stranger. Check profile and its longevity with circle, friends, relatives, photos, personal information etc.

 ·       All fraudsters stress upon keeping the secrecy of relation and communication as well show strong feelings for you in short time as they are in hurry.

 ·       All fraudsters share their so-called personal story with you gain trust, confidence and closeness with you. Think twice before sending any money, share the story with your pals, colleagues and check through search engine about such story conveyed to you.

 ·       Never, I repeat never share your credit/ debit card details on line with any one.

 ·       Be careful about your photo on profile, it shall not be in such manner that it may use for creating fake identity.

 ·       It is better to meet stranger in your area than to visit his/her area. Inform your inmates if a program for meeting is fixed. Take someone else with you for instant help.

 ·       Report scam if you have become the victim of such. Change your bank codes, inform bank authorities and keep yourself clean and fresh. Tell everyone in your circle and spread the word about it.

 ·       Before sending any money or sharing any information about account, you must understand that it is impossible to get back what is shared or transferred.

 ·       Delete such junk mails w/o opening them. Never reply even for un-subscribing them.

 ·       Do your homework before entering in such traps. Check from search engines, background and history of such websites. Take advice from professionals i.e. Charted accountant, an advocate if you still think to claim the money.

 ·       Check with concerned website, visit information sites and check the details.

 ·       Above all, trust your instinct, nobody gets free lunch and you are not the exception.

   How to report a scam:

 A.  Make a detail note mentioning WHO, WHEN, WHERE, WHY, WHAT & HOW.

 B.   Make details about loss suffered in transaction. Mode of loss is acknowledged.

 C.   Make details about information shared in the transaction.

 D.  Make a note about evidence and sequence of events.

 E.   See necessary legal provisions are attracted in the note prepared.

 F.    Share whatever you know despite how irrelevant it seems to you.

 G.  File the complaint with competent authority and follow the progress on regular basis.

 H.  Spread the word about it, regular update the information about it.

Remember the fraudster may work in group; shift hence may be able to communicate you w/o giving you time to think.

Do not forget “PREVENTION IS BETTER THAN CURE”.

Know, you may be RELOADED AGAIN by them for fresh extract of money.

  *Few more stories are shared to tell about different form of scams:

Latest scam emails recd:

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Payment: VISA
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350000+ satisfied -customers

Good luck .......... sender:  online pharmacy but actual is [ typsfstorky@qempy.com]

*JOB REF:  T.O B/MY437-13, CLIENT/EMPLOYER: S. S.T(Tanjung Offshore Berhad) MALAYSIA, RECRUITMENT SERVICES: Eddy Recruitment Service
Attn: Prospective Employee,
This is to inform you that the Recruitment manager Tanjung Offshore Berhad COMPANY MALAYSIA have shortlisted and selected you as one of the qualified candidates that will work in our renowned The Tanjung Offshore Berhad COMPANY MALAYSIA. After thoroughly reviewing your CV the screening department requires a few more details from your end to substantiate and confirm the details in you resume. Hence provide the information required below and send an updated copy of your CV-resume to our below email for final screening and verification to enable us confirm and authenticate your details: eddyrecruitment@gmail.com
FILL THE BELOW INFORMATION; FULL NAME. ........................ COUNTRY OF RESIDENCE................ NATIONALITY......................... CURRENT JOB POSITION...............
POSITION DISIRED:................... CURRENT PHONE NUMBER............... AVAILABILITY TO RESUME WORK:........... Regards, Mohd. Ismail Yassin
Eddy Recruitment Manager,
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of £650,000.00 GBP{Six Hundred and Fifty Thousand Great British Pounds} With 3{Three} Days in one of the luxurious suites at the Emirates Palace - The luxurious hotel of Abu Dhabi.The cheque will be issued in your name by our Foreign Payment Buraeu, A freeTicket(s)/Visa and Emirate Palace Hotel Reservation/Booking Informations in your name will also be issued to you. To be accompanied with a Certificate of Prize Claim that will be sent alongside your Bank Draft.

NOTE!!! for security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your

claims are processed and your money remitted to you. This is part of our precautionary measure to

avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some unscrupulous elements.

Please be WARNED!!!!- [Only this part contains truth : Please be WARNED!!!! :)]

 1. Selma met a man from Indonesia online through social site. They liked each other and had struck up a relationship and ended sending him her life savings 8,500 pounds. Thereafter she never heard from him and now feels emotionally exploited by the con.

 2. Sandy a retired police officer from Nevada had an online chatting through dating site with a woman named ‘Nadia’ from Malta, They fell in love with each other and Sandy told Nadia everything about him. She also sent him some small gesture gifts to him. After some times he got a msg. from another woman claiming to be Nadia’s sister. The woman told him that Nadia had an accident and suffered a brain injury and she requested him for $2800 for her treatment. Sandy send the money to her and that went for some more months and in between Sandy gave about $18k to her and once on cross questioning she de-activated her account and no more traceable. Sandy feels hurt and robbed.

 3. Roma runs a bed and breakfast in Goa. One day while checking her business mail she was delighted to have a request for booking from Sharjah. It was sent by a travel agent for booking a stay of about a month for a family. Further communication clears the program and scheduled the same. The travel agent asked for his cut and informed her to clear the amount from the card details of visitor. Roma sent her the commission through western union after processing the card details. After some time the transaction could not proceed due to bank’s direction over the transaction from stolen card. She immediately tried to contact the travel agent but to no avail. He had disappeared from the scene and what she had in hand was a loss of INR 35K.

 4. Maria was on the social net site. Suddenly a pop-up appeared on her screen informing her that she had won a holiday to the Swiss Alps and to retrieve her prize she had to call the number mentioned on the screen within 5 minutes. Maria immediately called up the number. A husky female voice answered the phone call and notified positively to her in a happy and excited voice. The woman asked Maria for her credit card details. After that she informed her that 3,000 $ have been deducted being overhead charges for the prize. She nearly got fainted and instructed to cancel the deal. She was refused despite speaking with her supervisor.  She informed her boyfriend who got stopped the payment through his connection in bank. She was nearly saved otherwise she would be under the loss of 3K US$.

 5. Rex- an engineer received a mail mentioning about his winning of 7.5 million dollar in the draw. He was instructed to pay the cover charges for getting the winning amount. He sent 2000 euro through western union transaction and still waiting for the winning amount which is seemed to him as an impossible. He did not share it with any one cause his folks would treat him a fool if they come to know about his foolishness.