Money Wire Transfer Scams

SCAM ALERT 07/13/07
The internet is a fabulous place for education & opportunity, but it`s also a vast wasteland of fraud & deception. The unfortunate fact is that their are literally tens of thousands of people out there in cyberspace just waiting for you to take the bait so they can make illegal money from you & YOU get stuck holding the tab.

One very big scam that`s all over the internet is offers from foreign companies asking for account representatives, It goes like this. They offer you a position with their company handling overseas money transfers claiming that it takes too long for them to do it because of banks take a week or more to process the checks. So they ask you to do it for them. You will receive a check in the mail & they want you to cash the check with your banking account, then wire the money to them via Western Union or Moneygram. You get to keep 10% of the money as your cut & wire the remainder to them. Wow 10% of $5000.00 is a nice chunk of money for an hours work!

Sound too good to be true? IT IS!!!

What actually happens is the check you recieved is fraudulent & it takes your bank a week or more before they learn that. So a week or two later, you get stuck with having to pay that $5000.00 back & even possibly facing criminal charges & the people you wired the money to are long gone! All worldwide businesses that conduct overseas transactions go through their own banks & accounts & wait the necessary waitng period for the checks to clear. Any so called company that says otherwise is not a legitimate company.

I get email offers all the time from these types of people & below is an actual email I just received this week of another type of scam you should be aware of.

Here it is below:

"Dearest,

My name is Romel Gumel,The only son of late Chief. Azizi Gumel my father was a very wealthy Gold & cocoa merchant in Abidjan, the economic capital of Ivory coast, my father was poisoned to death by his business associates on one of their outings on a business trip. Before the death of my father on SEPT 2005 here in Abidjan he secretly called me on his bed side and told me that he has the sum of Six million ,five hundred thousand United State Dollars. USD ($6.5.00,000) which he Lodged with one of the bank,that he used my name as his only son for the next of Kin in depositing the fund. He also explained to me that it was because of this wealth that he was poisoned by his business associates.That I should seek for a foreign partner in a country of my choice where I will transfer this money and use it for investment purpose since the lodgment receit is here with me.

I am honourably seeking your assistance to provide a bank account into which this fund would be transferred to. Moreover, I am willing to offer you a good percentage from the total sum as compensation for your effort after the successful transfer of this fund into your account.

Please, I urge you to make this transaction confidentiality within your heart for security purposes and I will forward to you all the vital documents.you will also call me at:002258794641/0022508794641.
Thanks and God bless.
Best regards,
Romel Gumel."

That is an actual email that I received.

NEVER conduct business with anyone that isn`t willing to show you a business license or prove that their company exists.

NEVER give your bank account information or social security number to anyone ever!

NEVER do business with any of the above types of offers I have just told you about.

THESE ARE FRAUDULENT SCAMS & YOU WILL REGRET IT!!!

If you have any questions please don`t hesitate to contact me at

blairwitch@nightmareonchatstreet.com

Be safe & blessed be,
Blair Witch

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