[meteorite-list] Scam Alert

[Paul]

Darren Garrison wrote:

"Sorry, last post that I'll make on this topic, but 
I think this recent (two days ago) article is 
important for anyone selling on the internet 
to be familiar with. The last page lists the 
types of 419 scams: 

http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/la-fg-scammers20oct20,1,1799691.story?track=mostemailedlink&ctrack=1&cset=true


The many forms of 419 scams 

Advance-fee frauds, also known as 419, appear 
to offer a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to get rich 
or find the girl of your dreams. The scams can 
involve phony websites, forged documents and 
Nigerians in America posing as government 
officials. Here are some of the most popular:"

A repository of various types of Nigerian 419 scam emails can be found in 
"Nigerian 419 Scams" at:

http://www.joewein.de/sw/419scam.htm

and http://www.internet-secrets.org/

The former web page has a listing of "Main storylines of advance fee 
fraud and other Nigeria-related fraud emails".

One of these story lines is:

"Oversized cashier's check: Someone wants 
to buy your car, bike, horse, boat, trailer, etc. 
and will send you a check larger that the 
sticker value, asking you to wire the balance 
to a "shipping agent" or some other person. 
Other examples include appartment or holiday 
home rental, purchasing land, hiring a wedding 
photographer, getting violin lessons, etc."

Nigeria is not the only country used as a pretext for a 419 scam. For some 
reason, many of the 419 scams, which I receive do not  involve Nigeria as 
the place where either the "next of  kin", "laundering crooked money", 
"business commission" or "crude oil" scam is based, Rather the country 
of choice is Iraq as noted at:

http://www.joewein.de/sw/419-iraq-scams.htm

One example of the "laundering crooked money", is " New 419 
scam - Iraqi money" at:

http://www.tumanov.com/entry/207

Also, I have received 419 scams involving Yukos oil breakup in Russia

Best Regards,

Paul


	
		
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