Scam Money Transfers -
"Unfinished Business"
Example - VICTORY LAW CHAMBERS, Mrs. Selma Ward
"Compensation Check"
Did you receive an email from a "Mrs. Selma Ward" of VICTORY LAW CHAMBERS who
says
"How are you today? Hope all is well with you and your family? I hope this mail meets you in a perfect condition. I am using this opportunity to thank you for your great effort to our unfinished transfer of fund into your account due to one reason or the other best known to you.".
and to contact "BARR. RICHARD MOORE"?
It's the usual scam of a self-described barrister, lawyer, "government
official" or even unnamed job, who claims that there are "unfinished"
or "unpaid" contracts owed to you for work you did for them.
Let's analyze this, shall we? Have you ever been to
Nigeria, or whereever they claim to be? Have you ever heard of them before?
Then either you are boarding planes, working and traveling back every night
while you sleep, or it is a scam.
Let's presume scam, shall we; as it is more plausible. Of
course, it is all a scam. Mrs. Selma Ward (not his real name, obviously) hopes to con you into sending money for various "fees" to free the fortune.
If you would like a step by step
explanation of how this type of "Advance Fee Fraud" works, click here!
Notice (highlighted below)
some of the other
obvious signs that this is a scam are poor
spelling , use of free Yahoo/Hotmail/etc email accounts, proposals that make no
sense, etc.:
Scam email, received April 2, 2008:
From: Mrs. Selma Ward [
contactn2r@gmail.com ]
Dear Friend,
How are you today? Hope all is well with you and
your family? I hope this mail meets you in a perfect condition. I am using
this opportunity to thank you for your great effort to our unfinished
transfer of fund into your account due to one reason or the other best
known to you. But I want to inform you that I have successfully transferred
the fund out of my bank to someone else account who was capable of assisting
me in this great venture through the help of the diplomat i told you
about.Due to your effort, sincerity,courage and trustworthiness' you showed
at the course of the transaction I want to compensate you and show my
gratitude to you with the sum of $750,000.
I have authorized my new lawyer who is now also my
legal adviser to issue you international certified bank cheque cashable at
your bank.My dear friend I will like you to contact the lawyer for the
collection of this international certified bank cheque.
The name and contact address of the lawyer is as
follows.
VICTORY LAW CHAMBERS
CONTACT PERSON : BARR. RICHARD MOORE
PHONE NUMBER: +66899282251
Email:
ricdmr@gmail.com
Location: Bangkok, Thailand.
At the moment, I'm very busy here because of the
investment projects which I and my new partner are having at hand in Paris
France. Finally, remember that I have forwarded instruction to the Lawyer on
your behalf to send the bank cheque to you as soon as you contact him
without delay.
Please I will like you to accept this token with
good faith as this is from the bottom of my heart. Thanks and God bless you
and your family. Hope to hear from you soon.
Your Friend,
Mrs. Selma Ward
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