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
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****.
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.)
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:
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.
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:
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:
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.
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
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
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:
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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
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:
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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.
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