[TheForge] Interesting scam

[Jerry Smith]

         I get many emails every month from Lagos, a city in Nigeria with 
all sort of money exchange schemes. I had the two party cash trick in up in 
my emails serval times. The email address are spoofed many times, but the 
return address is in Africa. The phone numbers are always in Nigeria. I get 
all sorts of royal notices and government notices stating that they have 
$30 million USD or CDN and trying to get the funds out of their country. I 
don't reply to them because you may have just swallowed the hook, they will 
try to get you to swallow the sinker next.
         If it looks like easy money and it's too good to be true, then it is.

Jerry

At 05:41 PM 10/20/2004, you wrote:
>This is a money laundering scheme.  Usually these deals come out of
>Africa.  There are any number of tails of why they want to do this great
>deal for you.  My wife sells horses by advertising on the internet and
>almost every month she will get an e-mail wanting to buy the horse.  He
>will send her a check for some large amount, she is to cash it and send
>the difference to him in Nigeria or where ever.  He does not even take
>the horse. Or power hammer or what ever the deal is.  Always the English
>is bad the typing is bad and you are in bad shape.  Just don't do it.
>Remember, If it sounds to good to be true it probably aint.
>Wayne
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net
>[mailto:theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of PlumDon at aol.com
>Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 2004 12:51 PM
>To: theforge at mailman.qth.net
>Subject: [TheForge] Interesting scam
>
>A friend of mine, not on theforge, is trying to sell a nice drophammer
>for
>$2000 and other equipment. He advertises on e-bay. He has got
>approximately the
>  following response from several different sources over the last year.
>
>Anyone know what the details of the scheme are? How does it work.
>
>
>Hello,
>
>this is a very straight forward deal, and not bad  transaction, is just
>that
>as i have said in my previouse mail that i have an  associate in the
>states
>that is oweing me a sum of $6,500,and he as agreed to  pay me back in
>that term
>of cheque so all what i will like you to do is to have  the trust on me
>that i
>will instruct him to issue you a certified cheque of  $6,500 on my
>behalf and
>send it to your  location  as soon as cheque  arrives,i will like you to
>take
>the cheque to the nearest cashing store for the  fast payment of your
>money,at the cashing store all you need to do is you will  be requested
>to pay for
>some charges in other to get the cheque cashed, so after  that you have
>to make
>use of the western union money transfer in your location  to get the
>balance
>of $4,300 wired to them so that the pick up can easily be  made asap.
>
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