Scam emails

Post by **Alspos** » Thu Feb 02, 2006 8:30 am

http://www.industrysearch.com.au/news/v ... p?ID=19279

Nigerian email scammers taking Australians for millions

2/2/06 - Police are staggered by the amount of money Australians are losing to Nigerian investment scammers.

The long-running internet-based rort has netted more than $7 million from Queenslanders alone, and the loss Australia-wide is likely to be far higher, police say.

Among those being duped are financial advisers, lawyers and university professors, and one person had put $2.2 million into the hands of scammers over the past two years.

Inspector Brian Hay, from the Queensland Police Service Fraud and Corporate Crime Group, said on Wednesday that he would anticipate the trend being replicated across the country.

"This is not geographically bound by state borders - this would be everywhere," Insp Hay said.

Other states had not yet analysed how and why people were sending money to the west African country, Inspector Hay said.

But 25 out of 26 Queensland victims contacted by police over the past two months had lost their funds.

Lured by the promise of a percentage of secret oil venture investments or government contracts with guaranteed high returns, scam victims were asked for money to bribe local officials and secure lucrative contracts.

"Of the 25 people we have spoken to so far, there is only one person that we would feel confident has been party to a legitimate transaction," Inspector Hay said.

"We were blown away. We didn't expect this."

Inspector Hay said financial advisers, lawyers and university professors were among those who have sent large sums of money overseas, some of them several times.

"People start paying and paying and paying," he said.

One person had put $2.2 million into the hands of scammers over the last two years.

Police decided to urge the public to exercise extreme caution in replying to the emails after they on Tuesday stopped $250,000 leaving the country for Nigeria.

But the Queensland victims were only "the tip of the iceberg", Inspector Hay said.

The same scam was siphoning money to other west African countries and to fraudulent operations in western nations, including Britain and the United States.

Gullible and greedy US investors were losing an estimated $1 million a day to Nigerian scammers, he said.

People should beware of emails promising quick riches for little effort.

"It's the same old story ... if it looks too good to be true, it usually is."

rofl rofl rofl rofl

chunkhead · Post by **chunkhead** » Thu Feb 02, 2006 10:07 am

Bloody rich people!!! :x

For the common man though, get a load of this guy!!!
http://www.zug.com/pranks/powerbook/

toysrus · Post by **toysrus** » Fri Feb 03, 2006 7:42 pm

chunkhead wrote:Bloody rich people!!! :x

For the common man though, get a load of this guy!!!
http://www.zug.com/pranks/powerbook/

rofl

Roflmao !

madeofmilo · Post by **madeofmilo** » Tue Feb 21, 2006 1:27 pm

I am selling a computer via the internet and a guy from Nigeria is sending me a money order, and said he'd "email me" the details of cashing it!

I wonder if it's a scam. I'll keep you all posted.

Cheers Dave

MrBishi · Post by **MrBishi** » Tue Feb 21, 2006 2:09 pm

madeofmilo wrote:I am selling a computer via the internet and a guy from Nigeria is sending me a money order, and said he'd "email me" the details of cashing it!

I wonder if it's a scam. I'll keep you all posted.

Cheers Dave

Dave - don't even bother wasting your time. It IS a scam & you WILL get stiffed if you play along.

Website · Post by **WidebodyWoody** » Tue Feb 21, 2006 3:11 pm

Simple, send him a empty computer case. That way you are stiffing him instead :)

madeofmilo · Post by **madeofmilo** » Tue Feb 21, 2006 5:41 pm

hey guys, i wrote him an email and this is his reply.

"
thanks for the mail dave......

you can cash the money order in your bank or at the nearrest post office arround you that
will be instant cashing, the amount on the money order is $1,000 , i could not get the one
for the exact amount .

waiting for your mail.
thanks..........

"

WTF couldn't get the exact amount. Man I love having a P.O Box.

Dunno what I'll do.

Cheers Dave

RiceThief · Post by **RiceThief** » Tue Feb 21, 2006 7:40 pm

Oldest scam in the book,

he'll send you a cheque for an amount greater than the computer, ask you for a refund or the difference is to pay some bullshit fee to their shipping broker and then the cheque will bounce.

tmz_99 · Post by **tmz_99** » Tue Feb 21, 2006 8:33 pm

I had a mate who went ahead, got $3k deposited into his account... promptly before the federal police locked it down.. rofl
another time he actually got $1200 and kept it.. trick is just don't send them anything.. it IS a scam used to launder money.

chunkhead · Post by **chunkhead** » Tue Feb 21, 2006 9:03 pm

Yeah, it's been happening for years! Don't trust Nigerians, or people with one eyebrow!

Zychion · Post by **Zychion** » Tue Feb 21, 2006 9:10 pm

That was awesome, I haven't heard anything that funny in a long time. rofl rofl rofl rofl rofl rofl rofl rofl rofl rofl

madeofmilo · Post by **madeofmilo** » Tue Feb 21, 2006 10:34 pm

ok so what should i do with the cheque? Money order.

If it cashs the $1000 would be wicked.

Your advice guys?

tmz_99 · Post by **tmz_99** » Tue Feb 21, 2006 11:40 pm

cash it. spend money on car. send him sfa.

Website · Post by **WidebodyWoody** » Wed Feb 22, 2006 9:02 am

tmz_99 agree totally. They can't get you for shit if you don't send them anything. DO IT

Junkers · Post by **Junkers** » Wed Feb 22, 2006 3:27 pm

Forums screwing over scam artists, this is great.

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