Re: [FWDLK] SCAM ALERT

[Bill Watson <wwatson@xxxxxxxxx>]

I get emails for that type of scam every week - from some African country.
Everyone gets deleted,

However, apparently there is someone here in Vancouver who fell for the
e-mail.  He put up about $10,000 in order to get his "share" of the take.
Of course, the whole thing was a scam.  Now someone in Africa, perhaps, is
$10,000 richer and this character is out $10,000.  Last I heard he was going
to sue a number of people and companies.

Do not see how anyone other than himself can be held accountable for his
greed (and ignorance).

Bill
Vancouver, BC


----- Original Message -----
From: "David Homstad" <dhomstad@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, November 15, 2002 11:27 PM
Subject: Re: [FWDLK] SCAM ALERT


> Paul,
>
> This is a good web site that explains several different kinds of scams and
> has many examples. Makes interesting reading.
> http://www.quatloos.com/
>
> I found this site when I began to research an e-mail proposal that was too
> good to be true. The poor widow of the former ruler of Nigeria was broke,
> her poor son was falsely accused of corruption and was in jail, and she
> needed to access her last $30 million in US cash stored with a consignment
> company in Spain. For helping her move it to the US and invest it, she
would
> share 30% with me. I could always use another $9 million! I found this
site
> almost immediately when I searched for her family name.
> http://www.quatloos.com/scams/nigerian.htm It turns out that scams are the
> third largest industry in Nigeria. The widow's poor husband was a very
> ruthless dictator who stole billions and killed thousands, until he was
> overthrown a few years ago and killed. So, I played along to see what they
> would do. I never gave out any information or sent any money. They asked
for
> copies of my passport, which I said I didn't have. They asked for copies
of
> my driver's license, which I said was only useful for in-person ID. They
> asked for money to pay for shipping the consignment, but I said at this
> time, because of the economy, I didn't have it. They asked for me to
travel
> to pick up the consignment (and probably get robbed or held for ransom),
but
> I said I was tied down at this time. They said they scrapped up some cash
> and paid most of the cost of shipping, and I only needed to come up with a
> little more. They sent semi-real looking certificates of deposit of the
> consignment, and Power of Attorney forms. They wanted bank account numbers
> where it would be deposited, but I said I would open a new account when
the
> cash arrived. I e-mailed the consignment company in Spain and Switzerland.
> It's interesting how a huge multi-million dollar international shipping
> company uses a free e-mail service like Yahoo or MSN and could be in
> Timbuktu, and doesn't even have a basic web site. It goes on and on until
> they give up wasting their time. Another one wanted my bank account number
> so he could transfer in 47 million in unclaimed payments to a contractor,
> who is now deceased. The latest one now wants $400,000 for a storage
> insurance payment on $60 million cash in a trunk, and wants me to take out
a
> loan from a bank in Spain. Like they would loan me 400K!!!! They also will
> ship it $5000 COD, and I would probably get a box of junk. They must think
> all Americans are stupid! But then again, scams are their third largest
> industry.
>
> Dave Homstad
> 56 Dodge D500
>
>

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