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2006-06-05 22:00:56 - Daniel Newman
Dear partner,
Thank you for the confirmation. it is in line with our present predicament .we have an urgent matter to handle asap.Pls ensure the money orders are cashed at your BANK asap unfailingly now.
We have a fire outbreak in our small raw materials ware house in Lagos,africa, 3 lives was lost in the inferno. kindly deduct 10% as your commisssion of the entire funds as agreed and have the remainder wire by western union with the instruction below
you are require to send the remainder after your 10% and the western union charges to our warehouse manager via western union
send $2000
OLUGBENGA EWUOLA
64, VENASTRAAT AVE.
LAGOS.
NIGERIA
23401.
and the remainder to
ABIOLA EWUOLA
of the same address as above


After you must have sent the money i would require
for you to send me the following information that you
must have gathered at the western union point,they are

NAME AND ADDRESS OF SENDER
MTCN NUMBER
EXACT AMOUNT SENT AFTER ALL NECCESARY DEDUCTIONS.
TEST QUESTION AND ANSWER

we require your utmost efficiencies to assist in the crisis.kindly have it done in your AM
Below are some of the western union in your area,pls take cash to any this location and wire the funds to the names above.
ps note western union accept CASH only,so ensure you take cash to any of the ffg MAIL CENTRAL .


2006-06-05 18:12:58 -
THE BELOW EMIL IS ANOTHER WAY THEY ARE SENDING THESE FAKE MONEY ORDERS FROM WALMART FINICIAL SERVICES, TRAVELERS EXPRESS, INC. AFTER YOU CONTACT THEM, THEIR IS A FEE YOU HAVE TO PAY, THEN THEY SAY THEY ARE CONVERTING THEIR CHEQUE TO CASH AND A DIPLOMAT WILL BRING IT TO YOU, THEN THE DIPLOMAT GETS STUCK AT THE AIRPORT AND YOU NEED MONEY FOR A DOCUMENT TO FREE THE BOX WITH CASH IN IT, AND THEY WILL TAKE OUT A LOAN FOR YOU AND SEND YOU THE FAKE MONEY ORDERS AND YOU SEND THEM THE CASH. Oh and the money they said they would bring to you never arrives........... Don't believe ANYTHING FROM AFRICIA, they have hundreds of nigerian gangs with scams!!!
If your not sure if its real contact:
www.fraudwatchinternational.com or the national police, they have thousands of fake money orders, websites, business scams, etc. I get at least two scam emails DAILY and report them !!!
BEWARE ALL EMAIL LOTTERY LETTERS ARE SCAMS
Date: Mon, 5 Jun 2006 16:44:51 +0100 (GMT+01:00)
From: [email protected] Add to Address Book Add Mobile Alert
Subject: From Mr.Gerald Kumor Compensation For Your Past Efforts

Dearest.Friend,

This is to inform you about my success in getting the
money moved under the cooperation of a new partner from South Korea.

Presently i'm in South Korea for investing my own part of the money
Meanwhile,i didn't forget your past efforts and attempts to assist me
in moved the cash despite that both of us could not make it.

Now
contact my secretary,her name is Jane Muossa and her email address is(
[email protected]) ask her to send you US$800,000.00 in a
Certified Draft which i kept for your compensation for all the past
efforts and attempts to assist me in this matter.

I appreciated your
efforts at that time very much.
So feel free and get in touched with my
secretary Jane Muossa and instruct her where to send the money to you.

Please do let me know immediately you receive it so that we can share
the joy after all the sufferness at that time.

in the moment, i am
very busy here investing with my new partner .

finally, I have
forwarded instruction to my secretary to send the Confirmable Draft to
you, so feel free to get in touch with Jane Muossa and she will send
the Draft to you without any delay.

Best Regards
Mr.Gerald Kumor


2006-06-05 17:50:24 -
Home › Case Summaries › Browse by Category › Summary Triffin v. Travelers Express Company, Inc.
370 N.J. Super. 399, 851 A.2d 667 (App. Div. 2004)
June 29, 2004
MONEY ORDERS; COUNTERFEITS—Where a check cashing agency ignores clear warning on a money order that the instrument will not be honored if its signature is forged and where the money order gives information on how to verify it’s legitimacy, the check cashing agency bears any loss from a counterfeit money order.

Various check cashing agencies assigned whatever causes of action they may have obtained after cashing seventeen money orders which were later dishonored. The assignee then brought suit against the money order company. The company asserted that the money orders were stolen and the signatures appearing on the money orders were unauthorized. It moved for summery judgment, arguing that not only were the seventeen money orders stolen, but also once it became aware of the theft, it stopped payment on the stolen money orders. Those same money orders were presented to and cashed by the original assignors.

In response to the motion, all the assignee submitted was his own certification describing the appearance of the money orders. The lower court granted the money order company’s motion for summary judgment because there were no material disputed facts: the money orders were stolen, were signed by an unauthorized person, and cashed.

The Appellate Division affirmed, holding that when a lost or stolen money order, unsigned by the purchaser, is later presented by a thief or finder, the issuing bank is not liable. There was no question that the money order company was the drawer in the transaction and not the issuing bank. Its name was embossed on the money orders and it was specifically identified as the “Issuer/Drawer.” Consequently, in a normal transaction, the money order company was intended to be the drawer. Here, however, the assignee had disregarded the significance of the transactions between the thieves and his assignors, as well as the undisputed fact that none of the money orders contained an authorized signature. To be an effective signature, an instrument must be executed by a party with the intent to authenticate the instrument. Although the money order company’s name is embossed on the money orders alongside the words “Issuer/Drawer,” the remainder of the document clearly indicated that the additional signature of the purchaser was required to authenticate the writing. Since there was no dispute that the money orders in question were stolen and that the signatures were not made by purchasers, the Court held that the orders did not contain authorized signatures.

The Court also held that even if the law had placed liability on the company whose signature had been forged, the assignee would still have needed to show that each respective cashing agency was a holder in due course. A holder in due course is one who cashes a check and has no knowledge or evidence of forgery or alteration to it. The Court held that this was not the case here. The evidence indicated that the checks were counterfeit and the cashing agencies had ignored the clear warning on each check. Each had a statement on the reverse side warning that it would not be paid if it were forged, and that recourse was only against the presenter. Furthermore, each order stated that information concerning the order could be obtained from the company, whose address and toll free telephone number were given. Thus, a simple telephone call would have revealed that the money orders were stolen. The Court found it relevant that the agency claiming to be a holder in due course was a check cashing company. Since failure to follow the directions on the checks would have likely precluded any holder from claiming such status, it especially precluded a company in the business of cashing checks. The very appearance of these money orders, which had unmatched serial numbers, should have made the assignors suspicious. Accordingly, the Court held that it was commercially unreasonable for a check cashing agency to fail to make such observations and to fail to take precautionary measures. As a result, the original assignors, each in the business of cashing checks, could not claim holder in due course status when they blindly cashed the instruments.

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2006-06-05 15:42:02 - NEWS
Hi all of friends.

Beware of any Donation Organization from Internet.
It could be real or Fraud.

Save yourself 1st before saving others.


2006-06-05 13:37:32 -
This one is particularly vicious. It even comes with a "photo" of the person. Exactly the opposite to the mail sent to Matt!
here it is:

My name is Ms Susan Harrison-Justain, I am an artist with my husband James Harrison, We own SUS ART WORLD in USA. I live in Louisville, Kentucky, with my two kids, four cats, one dog and the love of my life my husband Mr. James Harrison. It is definitely a full house, I have been doing artwork since I was a small child that gives me about 23 years of experience I majored in art in high school and took a few college art courses Most of my work is done in either pencil or art brush mixed with color pencils.

I have recently added designing and creating artwork on the computer, I have been selling my art for the last 3 years and have had my work featured on trading cards, prints and in magazines, I have sold in galleries and to private collectors from all around the world. I am always facing serious difficulties when it comes to selling my art works to United Kingdom, they are always offering to pay with money order or Bank Transfer, which is difficult for me to cash here in USA.

I am looking for a representative in the United Kingdom who will be working for me as a part time worker and I will be willing to pay 10% for every transaction, which would not affect your present state of work, someone who would help me receive payments from my customers in the UK, I mean someone that is responsible and reliable, because the cost of coming to the UK and getting payments is very expensive, I am working on setting up a branch in the UK, so for now I need a representative in the United Kingdom who will be handling the payment aspect for our company.

These payments are in Money Order, Cash or Bank Transfer and they would come to you in your name if you are willing to assist as a representative, so all you need do is cash the money order or help to receive the Bank Transfer, deducts your percentage and send the rest via Western Union.

Susan Harrison-Justain. Director of SUS ART WORLD INC, USA.


2006-06-04 14:24:21 - Matt
I forwarded this to the FBI

Steller WORLD INC.
OFFICE
34 Parliament Street,
York, YO18SG,UK
Email:[email protected]

Dear Friend,

My name is steller brown, I am an artist with my husband kenet brown,We own SUS ART WORLD in London(United Kingdom)I live in London United Kingdom, with my two kids, four cats, one dog and the love of my life my husband kenet brown.

It is definitely a full house, I have been doing artwork since I was a small child that gives me about 39 years of experience I majored in art in high school and took a few college art courses most of my work is done in either pencil or art brush mixed with color pencils.

I have recently added designing and creating artwork on the computer, I have been selling my art for the last 3 years and have had my work featured on trading cards, prints and in magazines, I have sold in galleries and to private collectors from all around the world.

I am always facing serious difficulties when it comes to selling my artworks to Americans, they are always offering to pay with MONEY ORDER OR CASHIER'S CHEQUE, which is difficult for me to cash here in London United Kingdom.

I am looking for a representative in the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA who will be working for me as a par time worker and I will be willing to pay 10% for every transaction, which wouldn’t affect your present state of work, someone who would help me receive payments from my customers in the states, I mean someone that is responsible and reliable, because the cost of coming to the state and getting payments is very expensive, long and tedious.

I am working on setting up a branch in the state, so for now I need a representative in the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA who will be handling the payment aspect for our company.
These payments are in MONEY ORDERS OR CASHIER'S CHEQUE and they would come to you in your name if you are willing to assist as a representative, so all you need do is cash the money order deduct your percentage and WESTERN UNION Charges then wire the rest back.

But the problem i have is trust, I have made arrangement with the FBI in Washington, that if anybody gets away with my money they will definately get hold with the person, you are to receive the MONEY ORDERS OR CASHIER'S CHEQUE PAYMENT which will be sent to you by the FedEX or UPS from my business partners, which would come in form of a MONEY ORDER OR CASHIER'S CHEQUE then you are to take it to your bank account to enable you cash it and send the money cashed for the MONEY ORDERS OR CASHIER'S CHEQUE to me via WESTERN UNION.

NOTE: All charges of the WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER will be deducted from the money, so you are rest assured that you wouldn’t spend a dime out of your personal money.

If you are interested, please get back to me as soon as possible via Email:[email protected]

N: B, Please send to me the listed information below:

#Your full name:
#Your full home address,
#Your age,#Occupation and as well your #marital status, and your,#direct contact telephone number,

I will be needing your home address, so that the MONEY ORDERS/CHEQUES can be sent to you via FedEx whenever we have payment.


Thanks for your assistant and God bless,
kenet brown
Director of SUSART WORLD INC,
London, United Kingdom.


2006-06-04 01:59:52 -
I got one for ya'll from a guy named gary anderson
Hello,
Please can I have your attention for a moment? Would you like
to work online from home/temporarily and get paid weekly? Well as I
just come across your name and address posted online and I would be
very interested in offering you a part-time paying job in which you
could earn a lot. i mean a lot.
This job would be based on contract and commission terms, it is a part-
time job and it would involve quite a handful of trust and honesty. If
you would be interested in including a good-paying, part time job to
your daily list of activities, you could kindly reply
and I would be glad to brief you more. urgent
reply.
his e-mail is above


2006-06-04 01:26:47 -
if it is quick money it is normally trick money sayed penny on her comment i like it how she put that tks for the reminder


2006-06-04 01:17:36 -
guys plse becareful cause i just got an e-mail from this socalled company the name of the company is
WILCOX FABRICS AND PRINTS and they have the same storys of the other scammers so my plan is next week am going to uk so am a try to find them and make them pay every dime of money they scammed in their life. wish me luck i will post every movement i make


2006-06-03 23:51:43 -
I received an e-mail from Sir Moritz Lord too.


2006-06-03 23:37:11 -
I was scammed back in December by this guy, John Rollandes who claimed he was a model working in Nigeria and couldn't cash his checks there. He wanted me to cash them and send him the money. He contacted me through a dating website and I thought I was getting to know him. Nobody out there is for real anymore! DON'T CASH ANY MONEY ORDERS YOU RECEIVE...no matter how real the person may seem or how well you think you know them! Just last week I received another IM from Mr. John...I sent him a nasty IM back...here's how he's trying to scam now...

johnrollandes080: hi dear..hope everyting is well with ya ..well am looking fo an assistant that will be working for me.. he or she will be my payment officer that will be helping me to cash my checks or money order while am away and sending me the funds when i needed it.
i will be paying her 200 bucks every week. and this pertime job doesn't take much time and it doesn't affect ur everyday activity.
all i just need is someone i could trust with money and a smarty that knows how to manage peoples money.. incase you re intrested or have any friends looking for pertime job.. holla me back and i will explian to you how this works..


2006-06-03 19:05:59 - Jaime
--- "[email protected]" wrote:

>
>
> OFFICE
> 34 Parliament Street,
> York, YO18SG,UK
> Email: [email protected]
>
> Dear Friend,
>
> My name is Ms Susan Harrison-Justain, I am an artist
> with my husband James Harrison,We own SUS ART WORLD
> in London,Zealand(United Kingdom)I live in London
> United Kingdom, with my two kids, four cats, one dog
> and the love of my life my husband Mr James
> Harrison. It is definitely a full house, I have been
> doing artwork since I was a small child That gives
> me about 23 years of experience I majored in art in
> high school and took a few college art courses Most
> of my work is done in either pencil or art brush
> mixed with color pencils.
>
> I have recently added designing and creating artwork
> on the computer, I have been selling my art for the
> last 3 years and have had my work featured on
> trading cards, prints and in magazines, I have sold
> in galleries and to private collectors from all
> around the world. I am always facing serious
> difficulties when it comes to selling my art works
> to Americans, they are always offering to pay with
> money order or casher's cheque, which is difficult
> for me to cash here in London United Kingdom.
>
> I am looking for a representative in the United
> States Of America who will be working for me as a
> per time worker and i will be willing to pay 10% for
> every transaction, which wouldn’t affect your
> present state of work, someone who would help me
> receive payments from my customers in the states, I
> mean someone that is responsible and reliable,
> because the cost of coming to the state and getting
> payments is very expensive, I am working on setting
> up a branch in the state, so for now i need a
> representative in the United States Of America who
> will be handling the payment aspect for our company.
>
>
> These payments are in money order or casher's cheque
> and they would come to you in your name if you are
> willing to assist as a representative, so all you
> need do is cash the money order deduct your
> percentage and western union Charges then wire the
> rest back.
>
> But the problem i have is trust, i have made
> arrangement with the FBI in Washington,that if
> anybody gets away with my money they will definately
> get hold with the person,and the person will go to
> JAIL for LOOTING my funds , you are to receive the
> money order or casher's cheque payment which will be
> sent to you by the Fedex or UPS from my business
> partners, which would come in form of a order or
> casher's cheque then you are to take it to your bank
> account to enable you cash it and send the money
> cashed for the Money Order or casher's cheque to me
> via Western Union money transfer or Money Gram.
>
> NOTE: All charges of the Western Union money
> transfer or Money Gram will be deducted from the
> money, so you are rest assured that you
> wouldn’t spend a dime out of your personal
> money.
> If you are interested, please get back to me as soon
> as possible via email.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Thanks for your assistant and God bless,
>
> Susan Harrison-Justain.
> Director of SUS ART WORLD INC,
> London, United Kingdom.
>
>
>
>
>
>


2006-06-03 18:29:36 -
Hello I'm writing to say that I got scamed over the internet by Beth Woodenson she asked me to work for her so I gave it a go. But as of yesterday june 2,06 I no longer had wanted to work for her as I got three money orders in the mail for 950.00 that totals 2,850.00 that's at lot of money. They were in money orders guess what they were fake.Toke them to the HUtchinson police dept. Hope they get her and her friend Deb.


2006-06-03 01:29:10 -
i posted on career builder my application on one of those work at home sites and then i got sent that message and i thought it was a real job so i fell for it.


2006-06-02 18:45:11 -
we just received a moneygram for 2500 dollars i called the 1(800)tracking number provided on the website and they had no information on the money order that's when i started investigateing...thank you so much for this website
Janet


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