You've seen the email subject lines:
PAYMENT REPRESENTATIVE NEEDED!
JOB ALERT!
CONGRATULATION FROM: THE TREASURYLINE BOARD
These are spammed emails claiming someone has discovered unclaimed money, found you a job, or needs someone in the US to receive a $10 Million dollar bank transfer. These are usually called 419 Scams or Advance Fee Fraud. Sometimes skilled social engineers will attempt to start a dialoge with these people, hoping to have them divulge certain information or disclose who they really are -- this is called: Nigerian Scam Baiting.
At one point, a scammer was even baited into being caught on tape (or rather webcam) by setting up a transaction and having the camera on the drop spot. Not to be outdone, today we have someone who convinced the 419 scammers into actually recreating a Commodore 64 out of wood! The pictures have to be seen to be believed -- very skilled work, seems like the scammer might be able to find work working wood rather than scamming people.
hallo,
I have seen a similar add look at this :
WHAT YOU NEED TO DO FOR US:
You will serve as our Agent in processing any of our funds made out to us by our clients.This is because this legal Entity takes a long period of time to clear banks and due To Frequent Request and supplies of product we do not meet our demand due to this Failure.
JOB DESCRIPTION:
1. Receive payment by check from Clients
2. Cash Payments at your Bank
3. Deduct 10% which will be your percentage.
4. Forward balance after deduction of percentage to any of the offices you will be contacted to send payment to.
5.Payment is to be forwarded either by Money Gram or Western Union Money Transfer.
And now this is the third time I have received checks of betwee 2000 euro and 6ooo euros, and I was askd to take 10% of the money and send the rest to too names in Uk and Nigeria, but I won't as it smells scam.
I prefer to call the police na dtell them the story , I don't know how this gang is working but it is so mysterious
Posted by: salma | January 27, 2009 at 01:13 PM