Money/wire transfer scams are among the most prevalent work at home scams that people are falling for today. What’s worse is the fact that these types of scams are some of the easiest to prevent. You can protect yourself by following this one simple rule:
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Never wire money or send money via Western Union or Money Gram to someone you do not know.
Scammers use money transfer services because you’re essentially just mailing cash quickly across the world. It’s near impossible to trace and you can forget about recovering it. Once you transfer your money away, it’s as good as gone.
But this can all be avoided if you only transfer money to people you know. It’s really that easy. If someone you don’t know or haven’t met in person is telling you to wire them money, it’s pretty much guaranteed to be a scam.
Protect Yourself
Once you send the money and it gets picked up, consider it gone. It’s never coming back, especially if you wired the money overseas. Imagine dropping a $100 bill in Times Square and going back 12 hours later. You’re equally likely to get that money back.
That’s why you need to stick to wiring money to people you personally know. Don’t wire money to someone outside your friends or family. This includes…
- Potential employers who insist it’s part of your job
- Sellers on sites like craigslist
- An online love interest who asks for money or a favor
- Advertisers who put up vacation rentals
I’ve actually seen scammers take it one step further and try and impersonate a person you might know. I once received an email from my brother’s email address and it said he was in Spain on a business trip and he was mugged and desperately needed me to wire him money. Unfortunately for the scammer, my brother happened to be about 10 feet away from me when I read the email. They’ll go to any lengths to get money out of you.
The Most Common Money Wiring Scam
The most common scam I cover here at I’ve Tried That are fake check cashing jobs. With a check cashing scam, you’re asked to receive a check, deposit it into your bank account, and forward most of the amount overseas while keeping a portion of it for yourself as a “payment.” The checks you receive are either fake or stolen and it’s only a matter of time before they bounce.
Unfortunately, most banks don’t spot the fake checks and will allow you to deposit them. Federal law requires banks to immediately grant you access to the funds even though they haven’t cleared. This allows you to complete your “job” and send the portion required overseas.
The fake check you deposited WILL eventually bounce. It can take weeks, or even months but that check will bounce. Unfortunately for you, you’ve already wired the money overseas and there is no hope of recovering that money. This leaves YOU responsible for repaying the cost of the check.
Follow this one simple rule: NEVER accept a job that requires you to handle someone else’s money. If an “employer” want you to receive a check and forward the money elsewhere, it is 100% guaranteed to be a scam. Every. Single. Time.
Alternative Money Wiring Scams
Scammers in countries like Nigeria do this full-time. It’s like a job to them and they’ll go to great lengths and come up with amazing, emotional stories to get you to send them money. Here are some of the more common scams…
- Overpayment Scams – This one creeps up on Craigslist a lot. The scammer will agree to purchase an item you posted online, and will send a check, but accidentally make it out for more than you agreed upon. The scammer will then ask you to wire back the difference. The original check will bounce and you’ll be out an item, the money for the item, and the money you wired away.
- Relationship Scams – Online dating is becoming increasingly popular and naturally scammers are taking advantage of this. They’ll spend MONTHS building up a relationship with a victim and then one day leave on a trip an encounter a problem when away. He or she will desperately plead with you for help and ask you to wire money with promises to pay you back once the scammer is back home. Don’t fall for it.
- Mystery Shopper Scams – Mystery shopping scammers are following the same formula as check cashing employment scammers. They’ll send you a check for a few thousand dollars, and tell you to cash the check, keep a portion of the money for yourself as “payment,” spend a portion of the money at a store, and then send the rest of the money back along with your evaluations of the bank, the store you shopped at, and the company you used to send the money back. It’s all a scam of course. The original check will bounce and you will have to pay back the thousands of dollars you spent.
- Online Purchase Scams – Just don’t pay for an item via money transfer. Easy as pie. Stick with credit cards and reputable businesses.
- Property Rental Scams – Scammers have been putting up fake listings for apartments or vacation rentals at amazing prices. They will promise to hold it for you for a deposit or for rent and will tell you to wire money to owner. Do not do this! There is no rental and you will lose all that money.
If you’ve seen a variation on this scam, leave a comment below! You can help protect others from losing thousands of dollars. So speak up!
Please SHARE this page with anyone who thinks they’ve found a dream job that requires them to wire money. If a job wants you to wire money through Western Union or Money Gram, it is always 100% a scam. Do not accept a position where you handle a company’s money. Only wire money to people you PERSONALLY know and you’ll avoid all of these scams.
Stay safe out there.
Need Help!!!!
I am such an idiot several months ago I was in a really bad place financially. I was approached online by a guy offering to pay me to help him transfer money back and forth for antic’s that he was buying and selling online. Basically people would wire money to me in my name through Western Union. I would pick it up keep 10% and send via Money Gram to someone else. I did this probably 4 or 5 times before I wizened up and realized something was not right about it all and stopped doing it. About 3 weeks ago the police show up at my house to question me and are now trying to charge me with theft charges over this. Apparently this guy had some big Craigslist Scam going on and was using my name. So it looks like I was scamming these people and they were sending me the money. then he had me sending the money back out to him. How do I prove this wasn’t me??? I am freaking out. I have never been in trouble with the law before and don’t want charges like this on my record
Please Help
What about when they have someone send you money and they tell you to take part of it and then you send the rest via money gram or western union
Did you ever get an answer from this. I have a guy offering to let me keep xxx amount from the xxxx amount he sends and just forward the rest to a different person. Example, I get a western untion for 200, I keep 50 and western union 150 to the next person…IS this legit, or will I get ripped off some way…I’m very desperate for some money since I am unable to work due to illness and Christmas is around the corner and I have no idea how I’m going to provide for my kids
DONT DO IT
I did this and now I am facing criminal charges. Basically they scam other ppl using your name and info, have them send you the money then you send it to them. It all falls back on you.
I was looking for a job and I had someone message me, by the name of Tiffany Rodriguez, It was supposed to be a secretary/ personal assistant job position and told me for the first assignment, I was going to receive money a check to help her buy gifts for an orphanage, and that $485 of it was going to be my paycheck, note that there were 3 checks made out to be $989.53. Then the 2nd day she said she was not going through with shopping trip and she would rather me just sent money through western union, and I was like what? She insisted of me cashing it and going straight to western union, I said I would like to wait till the check clears to be safe, but she wasn’t cool with that at all. That’s when it started to get fishy and started to catch on, a huge scam!! I didn’t even go to cash any of it, for fear of getting in trouble or something. I’m glad I catched on and didn’t go through with it.
look out for the numbers (832)-535-2464 and
(817)-741-4658
Two different names came up when I looked it up, a David Braack and that Tiffany lady. Please be cautious out there, And be on the look out for these scammers!! what low lifes
Can you send me an email. I was almost scammed by the person at the 832-535-2464 number. I went to my bank… the funds never cleared thankfully because I have extra protection on my account. I was wondering if you knew any information on this person? Can you send me an email? I’ll give my address once I see a reply. It would be greatly appreciated!
I have been job searching for weeks to find a replacement job for my current. So I saw a few on craigslist, I came across a job for a personal secretary the man Barry Williams asks for a resume so I sent my resume and he texts my phone not calls and asks if I’m interested in the job I asked what I will be doing he said that I am to open a bank account in my name with online banking and a new email account that we can both access and that I will be receiving and making payments for him and I will be paid $300 a week. Is this a scam?
I almost fell for it, Thank you for the information you have posted on scams. Following is one of the e-mails sent to me.
INSTRUCTION
The fund for your first assignment has been delivered to your address. Your instruction is below:
Evaluate a western union money transfer agent/store in your area.
You are instructed to go ahead to your bank to deposit fund for cashing. Embark on Western Union Evaluation as soon as fund is available. The payment you received covers all expenditures including evaluation, shopping, transport and your compensation (Per-Assignment Payment $300) for these surveys . Send the balance to another evaluator to carry out her assignment.
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Your first assignment is evaluation of western union service.
REPORTS GUIDELINE FOR WESTERN UNION EVALUATION:
(1)How long it took you to get services. (2)-Ambiance/Outlook of the Shop/Outlet (3)-Smartness of the attendant (4)-Customer service professionalism (5)-Reaction of personnel under pressure (6)-Information that you think would be helpful (7)-Your comments and impressions.
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As a secret shopper your job is to observe any useful information about the outlet/agent. Make sure you observe everything you see, because you would be asked some other questions after your evaluation. We want you to deduct your payment of $300 and have the remaining funds sent to the information below for proper preparation of our next evaluation. (Deduct the western union fee from the fund)
Below is the Receiver Information of the next evaluator:
FIRST NAME: Manni
LAST NAME(SURNAME): Huang
ADDRESS: No.1849 North of Guangzhou Avenue
CITY: GUANGZHOU
PROVINCE: GUANGDONG
COUNTRY: CHINA
Note: Make sure you have the correct spelling of receiver name (Manni Huang)
Amount: Send all remaining funds after deducting $300.00 and transfer fee is to be deducted from the remaining funds and not from your own commission.
Once that is completed, remember to email the MTCN 10 digits as soon as you have wire the funds and the exact amount wired after the deduction of transfer fee with a detailed evaluation of Western Union Outlet.
YOU SHOULD ALSO PROVIDE THE FOLLOWING DETAILS ABOUT THE WESTERN UNION TRANSFER:
1) Senders Name and Address
2) 10 Digit Money Transfer Control Number {MTCN}
3) The amount transferred after deducting western union charges.
Send information to:
1. scotman1902@gmail.com
2. richard.weissman@aol.com
3. (347) 915-5763(text full name, mtcn and amount immediately after transfer)
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It’s VERY simple people. Heed the warnings these money-wiring companies are giving you! If you DO NOT KNOW the person you are sending, or receiving from, PERSONALLY (if you’ve never met them face-to-face then you DON’T know them personally), you are at VERY high risk of being scammed and as such, you SHOULD NOT follow through with the transaction!
Is this a scammm….plz sombody tell me….I am selling my car on craiglist and I get a responce from a person saying that they wanted to buy my car…so ok then he says that he’s in sc and thar he will western union or pay pal the money to me ….once I have the money in my hand tha his mover wipp come pick up the ca….sombody plz help me
it is a scam. I lost $1500 selling a motorcycle. The same thing happened to me
This company hired me as financial support specialist. I’ve been saving every email. My job is to receive wire funds into my account which I gave them business account. But once I receive the funds I am to take my 8% commission and then wired the rest via Western Union/Money Gram. But my base pay is suppose to be $2300 a month. I’ve looked them up on Dun and Bradstreet and tried to find out if anybody else has been scammed by them or heard of them. Please let me know.
I’m not sure exactly how this scam is working. I thought that 9flats was a legit company [or it seems to be] and usually you can pay by credit card. However, in the middle of trying to make this booking an email appearing to be from 9flats arrived stating that their system is too busy in this period and I must bank wire w/i 24 hours to complete the booking of this too amazing apartment. Not sure if all of 9flats is a scam or just this owner Morgan Aubert.
From: 9flats GmbH (noreply@9flats.com) Your junk email filter is set to exclusive.
Sent: Wed 5/14/14 1:06 PM
Microsoft SmartScreen has blocked this message for your safety and we’ll delete it after ten days.
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Dear Cathie,
Please accept our apologies for not accepting credit card payments for the moment. Our system is too busy in this period and sometimes we ask our customers to complete the payments into our Bank Accounts.
The 9flats Team!
http://www.9flats.com is offered to you by 9 Flats GmbH
Lerchenstraße 16a, 22767 Hamburg, Germany
CEO: Stephan Uhrenbacher
District Court of Hamburg, HRB 116045, VAT No.: DE815233889
was sent a check in overpayment from Jame Denis Thomas. He bought a Russian icon, but did not collect it. And regretfully I have send the extra he had paid by a cheque from a Bank in France (2.615 US dollar) to a Colleen Franz Coleman via Western Union.
Was sent a check in overpayment for some items that i sell. Now being asked to wire transfer remainding $1,000.00 to
Name: Thomas Eugene Hunter
City: Black River Falls
State: Wisconsin
Zip/Code: 54615
USA
There are too many red flags here so i will not be cashing any check.
This lady is even text messaging my phone and begging me to send money immediately.
The name they are going by is Melissa Rutten from California and the phone number they are texting me from is
213-761-5145
BEWARE!!!
Tre there is a scam about transferrin money and I contacted the young lady name is Madison Hughes and instagram name is madi_ _takecare and she said she is transferring money from charities to your account. It is all a big scam. Do not give anyone your personal banking information. She said her Aunt works at Chase Bank and transfers the money …who does this without you providing a service.
I recently almost fell for a scam but my girlfriend told me about it and I’m glad.
I was selling my truck on craigslist for 2600$, this guy text me and told me he would send a check then send a courier to pick up the truck. I gave him my name and address and when I got home I told my girlfriend I found a buyer explained the situation and she promptly told me she was 99% sure it was a basic craigslist scam.
I text the guy no deal cash in person only but he sent the check anyway. The check looks real enough and made out for $3200. So seems like he would have me cash the check then wire him the $600 difference. And picked up the truck and since banks are required to give immediate access to the funds it would seem like the check has cleared but it would bounce weeks maybe months later.
He kept texting me informing me he knew the check had arrived and I kept telling him cash or no deal.
Then he text me telling me he has my details and he will be contacting the FBI if I do no respond (which I had been responding) I told him to go ahead and contact them that I said cash or no deal. He didn’t text back.
It is worrying but I have the texts as proof and the check too.
Can anyone tell me about a scam where the person is promising electronically transfer funds to your account. I think this is a updated version of depositing a fake check. This sounds like money laundering or they’ve hacked someone else’s information and want to find someone to funnel the fund through.
Hi please see below is the mail that I have recieved from Julie from mc financial consultancy. Please suggest what to do????
Your account has already been transferred 1799 $. You leave yourself 5% as bonus money that is 89 $. Remaining amount of 1710 $(net of fees with western union) you must send through Western Union. In the office of Western Union you must send money transfer to our client:
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Payment amount: 1710 $
First Name: VASILIY
Last Name: KOLOMIETS
Country: UKRAINE
City: KIEV
Address: 4, Institutskaya Street, Kiev, 01001, UKRAINE
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Once you do the job, you must provide a copy of the blank form Western Union. I repeat to you that you should withdraw money from your account and send the money to our client through Western Union.
Attention: Do not disclose information about the origin of money. This is confidential information.
Regards,
Julie Friel
MC FINANCIAL CONSULTANCY LIMITED
Did anything happen with this? I have supposedly been hired by a company and now is asking to do the same type of thing? To wire money then me withdrawal to send via western union to a guy in china? This has to be a scam? I haven’t heard anything about it and only heard of check scams? Any info is greatly appreciated! Thanks, Rachel
ok im worried i met a guy online he says hes in the military send me pictures of him and put money on my account $1500 ask to send the money thru western union which i did now he send more money $1000 and $2000 asked to send him and me keep some and im reading all of this and im scared so now there is money in my account and i dont want to do this any more what should i do???? please help hes going to call me to day to send this out please help me im scared
I feel like such an idiot.. The relationship scam got me.. As a rule my guard is up.. But this was well planned over some time.. He even asked for a picture of the mgram receipt and although I’m no longer answering him he’s asked for more.. I’ve had one relationship in over 10 years and am never going online again.. When I stopped contacting him.. He started threatening suicide.. One huge lesson learned.. I didn’t trust But then was told it was a failing etc that’s how he got me.. I’m in the process of changing details.. Just left with something I’m soo ashamed about none of my friends or family know.. If needed I let people know without using my name or details.. I was extremely physically exhausted and mildly depressed I’m now signed of for two weeks due to ill health.. This hasn’t helped
Tip:- if you meet someone online and they jump to wanting to chat via email chats ie gmail etc don’t stick with the site.. I’m not doing it at all.. Once bitten n all that :-(
I got this guy claiming to be from OTTO BOCK HEALTHCARE PLC who promises great things and bouneses for caching checks intom y person account and then deduct a bounes then wire the money to them overseas. The address given was
Dollie R. Fischer
OTTO BOCK HEALTHCARE P L C
32 Parsonage Rd
Egham TW20 0LD
UNITED KINGDOM [England]
I stopped responding after it sounded too good to be true. However I almost got scammed by a company called Swedish medical lady name Sofia Moore, they wired $1000 to my account and gave me instructions to wire via western union to Russia – after getting the money I thought it was genuine but was delayed to transfer due to long distance travel – suddenly the money was reversed and deducted from my account … so glad I didn’t transfer the money. I reported them to FBI
I received an email from Jenniferbarclay-88@comcast.net offering me a job with RTK Group, Inc. the next email I got was from the same lady, but with “the company” email. Apparently, it’s an investment banking company that uses independent contractors to receive money in their personal accounts, then wire the money to the sellers of “products and/or services”. They boast high weekly payouts, and higher after a probationary period. They seem legit, but I’ll NEVER give out my banking info for a job. Plus, who pays anyone $2500+ to use western union for them?!? SCAMMERS OR MONEY LAUNDERERS
Hi,
I had the same situation as Anis. I wanted to rent an apartment in Barcelona (via Craig’s list) and got the following request:
“… i have resolved that a willing and serious tenants should be able to make transfer of the security deposit and the rent fee from your country with your friends or relative s name as the sender and your name as the receiver which will make the transfer available to receive by you in Spain which a confirmation will be made on the transfer done to check if he or she is capable of paying the rent (…)
Please note that the transfer would have to be done through money gram from where you are into Spain so that it can be available for you to pick up when you get here, all i need is the receipt as a proof to show me that the funds is remitted with Money gram in your name, when this is done i ll be present in Barcelona on anytime depending on the day you choose. and also so as follow you to the money gram Post Office close to the flat to receive my rent fee, Please note that any money sent by your partner can as well be picked back by your self after it has been confirmed on the internet website of money gram post office that it is available for you.
Please note that the cost of transfer will be deducted from the rent fee and refunded to you when you come for viewing.Once the transfer is within Spain,you will only need to call me so i can have it forwarded to my lawyer to make a check if truly the money is there in the Spain money gram post office website internet.”
As to Anis, this seemed kind of strange to me and I checked some advises. At wumuscam.blogspot.de I found following information:
“Never share details of a money transfer with a third party to prove the availability of funds. Doing so may enable the money transfer to be paid to that third party. This is known as a ‘Proof of Funds’ fraud.”
The german money gram-page also says that frauders can take the money with falsed documents and additonally in the receipt they can see your account details.
I don’t know if the person with whom I was in contact referring the apartment in Barcelona was a frauder, but I chose better not to find out…
Hi,
I would like to ask. I’ve come across this situation where the owner asked me to transfer money via Western Union to someone I know. It is to prove that I have the money to pay the rent. But they asked me to transfer it to people I know and provide them the receipt of the payment with the name of the me and the recipient name. And the money should not be transfer out until the “lawyer” verifies this.
Can this be a scam? Can people other than the recipient take out this money?
The absolute BEST case scenario here is that you get hit with a hefty fee from the bank for depositing a fake check. It is 100% FAKE AND 100% A SCAM. Do not deposit it as you’re working with criminals and you WILL LOSE money, can lose your identity, and may even get in trouble with the authorities.
I received an email for a Secret shopper position from craigslist. My first task is to deposit a check of $2950 into my bank account, withdrawal it, keep $300 and moneygram the rest to some random name in texas. I just moved to where I am now, and I don’t even have a checking account here yet. I’m fairly certain that this is a scam, though the company Eastern Mountain Sports and the bank on the check People’s United Bank are both legit companies. However, idk if they work together, if you know what I mean. I’m honestly tempted to deposit the check and wait for it to completely clear before doing any money sending, though, I’m not sure what would happen if I deposit the check and it DOES prove to be counterfeit…
i recieved a email back from a garybrown@yahoo.com. he told me he wanted to hire me for his sick mother and that he was sending me a cashiers check and that i need to remove 300 for myself and send the rest via western union to a real estate agent. i know this is scam but does anyone know how to report these people? and will anything actually be done?
I have a friend from one of dating site and he said somebody will send me money and i will get the 10% of it before i send to a certain Okojie/Christopher Odion. This is already the third time i received a money from different persons, but now still the money is with me coz i felt scared coz i know it is a scam. This friend of mine whom i know only as Michael is sending me messages to send the money to him and he is very angry in his letter. What shall i do with this..please give an advice.
I have been contacted by a very sweet man who says he adores me and wants to come live with me. He is currently in Nigeria on a freelance contracting job and will be coming home in a few weeks. The rub is he is insisting I open a bank account so he can wire money to put in my account. He apparently already has an account back east. I don’t feel good about opening this account, it feels a little fishy. His name is Frank Reedly, has anyone heard from or of this gentleman in the past? Please let me know asap. I am holding off trying to open an account until I can be assured this is not a scam, which somehow it feels like.
If you recognise a scam before going to Western Union or smth, is there smth to do to catch the scammer like i don’t know… call western union and give the name of the guy that would have collected the money. So far i only scanned an old western union receipt and photoshoped it so the mother Fucker had to move his ass to western union for nthg.
Yesterday, a friend (who I met for only a few minutes in person) begged me for £20, claiming it was urgent. I refused but she claimed the problem had been resolved, that her friend in London who works for Barclay’s had ‘pinged’ it to her (we live in England by the way). Today, she contacted me in a state of panic, claiming I was her last hope, time was running out and that she may be arrested if I did not let her transfer the money into my account (so I would need to give her my bank details) then transfer it via Western Union to a person overseas who she did not want to reveal information on (e.g. who, where, why), but who she owes a great deal of money to and knows in person. She insisted it was genuine and she felt ill with worry. I am not sure who is involved in the scam (probably not my friend, she may well be the victim who the scammers are panicking into this) but I feel it is a scam, nothing about this seems right, so thought I would warn people.
I was offered an admin assistant job through raintree systems and uvaindia . I had an online interview and she told me I needed to download software but they would pay for it . She then sent me check for $2,650 which I deposited in my bank , then I was told to withdraw it and send it to a vendor through money gram or western union . I did not get the money out nor have I been to the bank . What do I do with the money and is this really a scam ?
We got a call from our grandson in Lima, Peru saying he had been arrested in his hotel for an altercation with a local; he was in jail, needing bail money. He was very frightened near panic, asking us to keep the incident between us and not to call his parents………because of his panicking situation we did not call his home..BIG MISTAKE, because he was right there.
Supposedly the consulate had sent over an attorney who talked with us, giving us the information we needed to transfer funds. We wired the moneys asap. They both called several times until the money arrived then I did not hear from them. The very next morning my grandson called from his home very happy because he was buying a new vehicle; he had been nowhere near Peru.
This scam is very sophisticated! I am not gullible nor very trusting about on the phone business dealings. Probably because it was my grandson I fell for it and am now out several thousand dollars.
Monday I will talk with my bank and the Peruvian Consulate but I’m fairly confident that money is long gone.
Shame on me for not calling his parents.
Iv been riped of from online dateing i dont think ill ever get my money back its an daters id sopasly cheaks your back ground out and lets you hook up with ppl the admins name is marvin marvelous perez from philippines i got it though a girl named britny davies any one been though the same id like to know thank you
I met this guy on okcupid. com! he said he was going to send me some money through western union. he did. I got the money. then he wanted me to send most of it back to him. but he’s in Lagos Nigeria. and I didn’t send the money back to him. cuz I found out it was a scam.now he’s threatened me with things like if I don’t send him the money by a certain time,he was going to have the police come to my apt and arrest me.
This is an e-mail written SCAM all over the subject:
Greetings,
My name is William Chachibaia, I am a citizen of Ukraine and the Vice President Operations of Tethys Petroleum, a multinational oil corporation operating from London-England, UK. I am seeking your assistance to retrieve the sum of($8,000.000) EIGHT Million Dollars consisting of two consignment boxes.
This money was acquired from the company and it was accompanied by a diplomat to the INDIA, my reason for this is because I have been cheated out of my entitlements by the company for too long simply because I am not a British. The contact details of the diplomat will be given to you if you indicate your interest to help me.
Each of the boxes contains $4M and for your help I am ready to release 30% to you, for security reasons the consignment was registered to be CONFIDENTIAL DIPLOMATIC DOCUMENTS and I can explain why it was declared so. Bear in mind that the
diplomat is not aware of the content of the consignment, it has been there for the past 1 month while I intend to look for a reliable partner.
I will be leaving the country immediately the consignment is delivered to you for my private investment and I have vowed never to step back into London, England. Please, I need your urgent response before my plans to leave the company is discovered.
Right now the safest form of correspondence is through my own e-mail address, please in the interest of confidentiality only reply through my direct email address [ mrwilliamd@yahoo.com ]. Reply along with your direct phone and fax number where I can alternatively reach you on.
Please if you are not willing and interested in helping me kindly delete this email from your email and pretend you never got it.
Best regards,
Mr. William Chachibaia
Vice President Operations
Tethys Petroleum.
London, England
EMAIL; mrwilliamd@yahoo.com
I answered an ad last week for carwrap and just got a check for $2560. They said keep $300 and I was to pay the people that come to my house. Ok I not going to Cash the check until the people show up. Go out and rent the movie Matchstick Men by Nichlous Cage. You wont be scammed again!
Glad I’m not alone here!
I got scammed on a craigslist Hawaii condo rental: $350. WIred the money via Western Union to an address in Indiana and communicated with the rental agent via SMS. Whenever I’d call, it would go directly into voicemail. Just before I left on my trip, she messaged me to send the balance of the money, but I refused. When we arrived at the condo the management team there told me I’d been scammed…along with the 7 other families who had shown up there that same day. I remember thinking the deal was almost too good to be true… and it was! I guess the message here is, do not wire any money to a stranger.
I really appreciate your care and concern, I am happy to know that you have received the payment .. The amount of the check is $ 2,830 from water bottle and the payment is for the item and the cost of shipping service agent per item .. I want to get the check deposited in your account today and get the money for the item and shipping after depositing … I just talked to my collection agent (agent) to come and collect my item immediately (which will also be collecting some other items in the same states with you, that’s why shipping is a lot) and made me understand the official handover has left the United States last night for Europe and Europe to the U.S. to collect the item for Monday … but they said they have to get their service fees before coming to pick up the item.
So I’ll ask you to deduct your item costs $ 2,000 and send money to my pick up agent so you can be able to go pick up my article as soon possible.Kindly do this for me and get back to me as soon as possible … Here is the location information in Europe, where you will send the money through Western Union money transfer.You can deduct the cost of money Western Union will send ….
NAME: JOHN SMITH
ADDRESS: Kursk ST ,14-9
MOSCOW, 654 083
RUSSIA
After sending the money will be given some information about the western union outlet that the receiver uses to collect the money at any Western Union location.This are below information.
1.MTCN reference number 10 digits.
2.Secret text of the question and the answer.
3.The name and address of the recipient.
Name and address 4.El.
With this information, JOHN SMITH up.Then to choose the money you can come and collect the item.
yours sincerely
Ana
i deposit the check yesterday and i think i’m fucked probably i’m still ok if i go to the bank and tell them what happen. i’m trying to sell my pc.
Almost got scammed by a car wrap advertising co. Total scam they send you a bogus check to deposit.then you are to withdraw about half and wire it to a installer to wrap your car. They tell you you will be paid 300.00. a week.if you send the money, your beat , the check you deposited bounces. They almost got me. Stay alert lots of scum out there.
Thank you for your posts. You saved me! “Host” contacted me directly following 9flats inquiry. I googled the recipient [Tracy Oguntokun] and found your post. Reported this back to 9flats.
Thank you Coreen for your posting.
I was just scammed of $400 by Jose G Palacios (607) 218-5974 for a Honolulu apartment that I found on Craigslist. It is for a class trip for my students. I asked for references and everything.
I’ve spoken to the bank and attempted to do a stop payment but they’re not sure if it is going to go through. The bank said that the address has been changed so I googled it and found 1719 W Greenleaf Ave Chicago, IL 60626. So I am going to attempt to write a letter asking for some of the money back but I think we’ve been screwed over…
Bank name : Wells Fargo Bank
Account holders name : Tracy Oguntokun
Home Address:1630 Chicago Ave,Evanston,Il
Account number : 7660484671
Routing number : 071101307
Bank address : 2289 Howard street
City : Evanston
State : IL
Zipcode :60202
If anyone else has any suggestions on how to handle this. I would really appreciate it. I’m not sure what to say to my students on Monday :(
From: James Nicolas
the man above scammed me out of $700.00 for a Hawaii vacation rental. Wired the money to :
Bank name : JP Morgan Chase
Bank Account holder name : Tracy A Oguntokun
Bank Account : 108299170
Routing Number : 071000013
Bank Address : P.o box 659754
City : San Antonio
State : Texas
Zip code : 78265
Swift code : CHASUS33
Lady’s address:
8480 Fredericksburg Road,San Antonio Tx 78229
I got a scam by a person who did exactly as you said about over payment scam. I lost 2300$, who should I report to?
As I am talking to you….I hav two guys that want me to open account and then wirer them some money but they are getting mad..because i ask them a lot of question…so now one has wirer me 50.oo dollars to prove that is sincere..but the other sending me a check fedex to cash in my bank. who do i report them too.
I have the phone number of the most impressive scam I’ve seen to date! The company is ‘The Link Company’ and I was just sent a link to their website, an agreement to sign and a number for a Jillian Brian in Australia, HR rep for the company. SHADY!!!!
I’ve spent the last hour researching everything I can find out and bottom line- Payment Processing! The position offered is: ‘Manager Trainee’.
I would realy appreciate it if you add it to your list of scammers!
Apart from the Nigerian Scam we now have the British Lotteries to contend with. I read it and turn the page in my mind. They always ask for your personal details such as Name, Address, Mobile, and sometimes Bank details along with a copy of your passport as identification. You know what they will never get my personal details. T.V. and the papers are constantly warning people.
As for the dating websites it is a joke. What these people need to ask themselves is if anyone has so much to offer why do you have to do it through the Internet. I have never had a problem in attracting the opposite sex it is what I am looking for that matters and I may never find that person but, I get on with my life of doing exactly as I please. Selfish? no smart. I have learned alot from mistakes in the past.
Joan Marshall
Hi Steve
I have had so many scam letters from Nigeria it is not funny, however, I am no fool. You are right they constantly ask you to wire money through Western Union or Money Gram to release my 2.3 million dollars for people like me as compensation for being scammed. I want to tell you I have never been scammed. The next time I get one of those letters I will forward it on to you and perhaps you can put a copy on I’ve Tried That. God Bless You.
Regards
Joan Marshall
Yea, one variant I’ve seen on this that I’m 99% sure is a scam (and if it isn’t, is just outright illegal I believe) is the online casino. Out of sheer curiosity, I tried to see what would happen a few years ago. I had found from searching that online casinos are apparently illegal here (whether in this country or this state, I don’t remember). Yet here was this online casino saying that they could accept you from anywhere because of “loopholes” in the law, which they then proceeded to explain. So, on registering, I found that the credit card area would not work for me- because of where I am, the credit card could not be charged, they said (there’s that loophole again) so I would have to wire the money instead. So, the next day, I got a call from the casino where a man who spoke excellent english, though with a slight accent explained that I would need to wire the money to the casino at some city in some eastern european country (I don’t remember exactly where anymore- this was a few years ago). Oh, and as memory serves, it had to be marked as personal gift or something. Again, curious to see what would happen, I went and wired the money. It was at that point that I realized that I didn’t need to be curious as to what would happen, I knew exactly what would happen- my money would go bye bye. So I called up the wire transfer company, explained that I believed that the transfer was a scam, and they immediately cancelled the transfer, sending me a check a few weeks later.
As I said, I was pretty certain that it was a scam, but my curiosity gets the better of me sometimes. Luckily, this time at least, I wizened up at the last second and saved my cash.
Oh, and the “casino” called me back afterward, asking what had happened. I politely explained that I had decided that I did not care for online gambling after all. He was surprisingly polite about it and left me alone after that. Go figure.