A
Scam from Start to Finish
Introduction:
The following is the full conversation between myself & a Nigerian
scammer known as Kelly. It is worth noting that he didn't actually
reply to my advert, as it didn't exist. I simply replied to him
after receiving his address from one of our advertisers. The text
on white background is mine, grey background is the scammer.
A
Note from DI David Collings of Hampshire Police & Hampshire
Horsewatch:
The following is illustrative of the length unscrupulous people
will go to to steal your money/property. Once again there is no
such thing as "something for nothing"," a free lunch".
DON'T GET INVOLVED.
I
appreciate that there are many genuine people out there trying to
sell property and equally people who want to buy cheaply and reasonably
priced goods. Only YOU the buyer can make the judgment call and
YOU the seller may have to establish that you are genuine.
The
message is one of crime prevention and reduction…don't become
a victim…….If you do…. you will get sympathy but
little else as the likelihood of recovering money and property is
nil……..and the criminals will be the only victors!!
Thanks
for your Email re my saddle for sale.
As you can see in the photo, it is in excellent condition &
hardly used. The price I am asking is £150 pounds &
a cheque would be fine.
Are you in the area, if not I would have add postage to the
price.
I hope this is what you are looking for. |
Thanks
for your prompt reply.
I am so
sorry for the late reply. i am well please that i had the
honour of doing bussiness with you and that you have agreed
to sell me your Panther saddle, i thank you for your understanding
and acceptance to do bussiness with me, thanks. Well, am okay
with the price of your saddle and also l want to tell you
that i now feel free in the purchase which i promise to fasten
things up. Let me have your full contact address and phone
number where the cheque would be mailed to. Also the exact
name to be addressed on it. The saddle would be pick up by
my shipping company immediately there is a confirmation of
payment, they would also attest to every necessary document
on my behalf. Ive immediately contacted my patner over there
thats going to make the payment to you on my behalf. However
there are few things i want to explain to you in this mail,
which actually made the mail important and i would want you
to handle everything with all honesty and sincerity as we
have started.
My client
is going to make a payment of £3,000 to you, which is
over the amount for your saddle.But ive already told him he
money cover sum for the saddle and the shippingarrangement.
Therefore he has promised to raise the check and get it across
to you ASAP. Why im explaining this to you now is the need
to let to you know after colllecting the payment and get it
cashed that you will need to send the balance of the money
to my shipper after you must have deducted the money for your
dressage saddle of it after you do that you can contact him
also through is email:coscoshipping@dbzmail.com You will send
the remaining balance to my shipper thru Western union Money
Transfer so as to facilitate easy pick-up of the saddle at
your location. Pls let me know if i can entrust you with my
balance and you can act as i have rightly said, if truely
you do soo i will ready compeciate you with £100 . I
would like to hear from you and pls l want you to remove the
advert from the intenet. Thanks. Yours Obident, Kelly............ |
Hi
Kelly
This is a fine saddle & I'm sure you will be very happy
with it. If you are happy to trust with your money, that all
sounds fine by me & I will act with honesty & sincerity.
Please make the cheque payable to: ****************************** |
THANKS
FOR THE MAIL , I WANT YOU TO SEND YOUR CONTACT TELEPHONE SO
THAT I CAN CALL YOU AND WENT AM GOING TO SEND IT TO MY CLIENT
WHO IS GOING TO ISSUE THE CHECK TOYOU ....
I
have located for a near by cashing service point where you
will easily and quickly get the check cashed once you get
it possibly this week or latest next week,
Cash
Point Systems
26, Church Rd, London, SE19 2ET
Tel: 020 8771 5777
Cash
Point One
2a, Chapel Market, London, N1 9EZ
Tel: 020 7278 9736
Cash Point
Machines plc
23, Lodge Hill Rd, Lower Bourne, Farnham, Surrey GU10 3QW
Tel: 01200 441714
Cash
Point Scales
26, Church Rd, London, SE19 2ET
Tel: 020 8771 0086
Point
Cash (UK) Ltd
213, Brompton Rd, London, SW3 2EJ
Tel: 020 7589 767
Point Cash (UK) Ltd
14, Old Brompton Rd, London, SW7 3DL
Tel: 020 7589 8955 |
| Editor
Note: The above numbers were contacted to warn them, but would
not have cleared the cheque anyway! |
| My
Number is: **************** |
| I
got informed by my client that the cheque has been sent to
you and I want you to notify me as soon as you recieve the
cheque.
|
After
9 Days the cheque arrived.
The
bank confirms it is worthless, but could have be paid in if
they hadn't been informed. If paid in, money could be withdrawn
after 3 days. The fraud wouldn't be spotted until the cheque
had been returned to the issuing bank, minimum 6 days, probably
longer. I would then be out of pocket to the sum of £4400! |
Hi
Kelly
I'm afraid that I've got some bad news. I had a cash buyer interested
in my saddle, but told him to wait as I was expecting payment
from you.
Payment hadn't arrived on Friday (9 days), so I let the saddle
go, but then your cheque arrived this morning.
I assume that you would like me to tear up the cheque?
Sorry to waste your time. |
| I
am so surprise to hear that you have sold the saddle becos my
client who had send the check died in gassly car accident last
week and he had shortly before he die told his childrn that
he was not owing anybody include me any debt and that the check
was made out to you as a payment for the debt he was owing me,
so you see if you return the check back to me or torn it up,
it will be useless becos the check will be carring your name
and thre i can go and ask for another, and there is no way where
i will be able to get the family issue out another check to
me. So
please i want to beg you to try and consider me here by helping
in cashing the check and then i will greatly give out a sum
of 100 pounds to you as compensation for the stress ,i am
going to put you thru ,so i want to ask you for this great
assistance and consideration here and put yourself in my shoe.
So i hope
to read from you with your response to this mail,as i pray
that my requst will be greatly considered by you please.Thanks.
|
Hi
Kelly
Really sorry to hear your bad news about your friend.
Lets get this right, I have a cheque for £4500 made out
to me, which is rightfully yours. You want me to cash the cheque,
keep £100 & wire the balance of £4400.
I just don't feel right taking your money, so why don't I just
endorse the cheque & forward it to you?
I would be very happy to do this for you at this sad time. |
| Please,
try and understand why i need your assisitance becos even if
you endourse a check and send it back to i can't be allow to
cash it right here in south africa where i am, becos i will
have to wait for two good working month before the will clear
and another two week before i can finally get the cash in my
hand ,and this i don't want to go thru ,so that is why i really
need you to help me out,as i said if is becos of the stress
and transportation i am willing to add an extra 100 pounds to
you making it 200 pounds as compensation and the fee for your
labour towards helping me out.so please do try and get the check
cashed today and deduct whatever is the bank charges from that
which you will be sending back to me.
So i hope to read from you once you have cashed the check.I
will so appreciate if it is done soonest.Thanks.
|
Dear
Kelly
Please understand that I wasn't trying to be difficult or get
extra money from you, I just didn't want to take advantage of
a bad situation.
I will cash the cheque today. Next week I will be going away
on holiday, so won't be able to read my Emails for three weeks.
So I really need to sort this out today if possible, please
give me your details so that I can wire you the balance straight
away.
Take care. |
| Hello,
Please
so when will you be sending th fund,to us.Thanks. |
Kelly
I've cashed the cheque today & will have to wire the balance
to you tomorrow, or I will be away & not be able to send
you the money until the 20th of December.
Please let me know who to send the money to as soon as you can. |
Hello
You can
go ahead and sent the funds first thing tomorrow morning and
in order to expedite this transaction and below is the information
again:
PERRY WILLIAMS (SENIOR ACCOUNTANT)
458,MEGA DRIVE,
APAPA,LAGOS.
NIGERIA 23401
Immediately
the funds has been sent I want you to forward me with the
details of money sent such as: TEST QUESTION AND ANSWER :I
want you to use this as test question and answer for the money
sent ( what is my uncle's name? Nicholas),CONTROL NUMBER (mtcn)
,SENDER'S NAME AND ADDRESS AND TOTAL MONEY SENT With any usefull
information that is necessary for the shipper's senior accoutant
to receive the funds. I want you to forward the payment ASAP
so that the shipper's can schedule the time and date for pick
up, I will be waiting to read from you as soon as the transfer
is completed.
Thanks and pleasure doing business with you.
Waiting to hear from you today...
Regards. |
| |
| Pls,call
me @ +234 1 474 2012... |
| Dear
Kelly I
have some very bad news for you.
Just as
I was leaving on holiday this morning, I had an urgent phone
call from my bank to inform that the cheque was a forgery
& was worthless. I was stunned by this news & felt
I had to inform you as soon as possible. If they had called
five minutes later, I would have left & missed the call,
which would have made a very expensive holiday!
I have
copied this Email to your late business partners Email address,
which may help you to obtain a repayment from his family.
Your lost
Emails have now been recovered, but are now obviously worthless.
I wish
you every success in recovering your money.
Best of
luck for the future. |
Another
Email was received from one of our users giving the same shipping
agent, who had allegedly died in the car crash!
| Dear Kelly
I've
just received another Email from one of our users & it
seems your partner has come back to life!
I thought
it only fair to let you know that my saddle didn't exist &
I am actually the Webmaster of the NFED. Our whole conversation
has been published on the Website as a warning & the scam
has now been well covered in newspapers, radio & TV. Your
input was invaluable in helping us to inform people of this
scam.
Thanks
also for the entertainment & the cheque for £4000,
which by the way was confirmed by the bank as a forgery on
the day that I received it.
Yours
Steve
Kitcher |
Please
pass this information on to everyone that you know, although it
seems pretty easy to spot at the moment, they could easily refine
this scam. Better english, smaller amounts, it could become almost
believable!
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