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2006-05-13 02:37:40 -
i recieved some phonies


2006-05-12 21:52:31 -
I received this letter:

Dear Sir/ma

my name is jerry mark. I am an artist and the owner of bem Art World. I live in London, with my wife and two kids, four cats, two dog. I have been doing artwork since I was a small child. I have recently added designing and creating artwork on the computer. I have been selling my art for the last 10 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 facing serious difficulties when it comes to selling my art works to American and Europe, they are always offering to apy with CHECK which is difficult for me to cash here in London United Kingdom. I am looking for a representative in the states who will be working for me as a partime worker and I will be paying 15% for every transaction, which wouldn't affect ur present state of work, someone who would help me recieve payments from my customers in the united states. I mean someone that is responsible and reliable cause to cost of coming to the united state who will be handling the payment aspect. This business will not cost you any money, my customers will send you the CHECK through a courier company and the courier company will deliver the package to your doorstep, as soon as you receive the package from the courier company,just take the check to your bank and cash them. If you are interested, please get back to me as soon as possible, I shall be waiting for your quickly response,
Thanking you in advance and God be with you.
kindly contact me.....+447024075983

Regards, Mr. Jery Mark


NEEDLESS TO SAY I NEVER RESPONDED. PRINTED OUT THE LETTER AND REPORTING IT TO THE FBI.

Now this letter came after I had signed up to roommates.com and got a response from a monica olly who said she was in Australia, director of activities for a retirement home....she wanted me to set up yahoo IM and I did. Then she tells me she is in UK, not England, taking minutes at a meeting. Her post in roommates.com was very well structured and excellent spelling. Her emails were not. She wanted to send me a check or cashiers and asked for my name and address and telephone number. I gave her that. But as I felt she was being evasive...I get this letter from so called MR Mark. I emailed her and told her of the letter and that I felt she was coming to US to set up some kind of business receiving money. I told her to never contact me again...blocked her email and I thought Yahoo IM. The other nite..he she comes...I put her on ignore.

So be very careful with roommates.com which I reported this to them. I discontinued my membership.

My son has received an email from south africa wanting to transfer 6.5 million us dollars to your bank account. some sob story. Her name is: Miss Chuganzani Jennifer Jabulani.

Then I received an email saying they had viewed my resume on the database of Monster. Offering me a job as paralegal for $60,000. Again, I didn't reply and called Monster to confirm it is a scam. I sent the letter to Monster via email.

This is enough. I am tired of this whole thing. I am told it is getting terrorist money into the US.

So that is my story.
Loretta


2006-05-12 11:52:29 -
From The Desktop of:
Mr. Jill Clark
Postal Address, PO Box 50696,
Waterfront South Africa 8002 Cape Town 8002.



I'm Mr. Jill Clark
and I own a company Based on Chinese and African textile and fabric
material in South Africa ,I'm in search for a trustworthy
representative in USA
that can help as a link between me and my clients
over there. I would like to know if your are interested to work from
home for me WAMKO TEXTILE LIMITED.

Urgently need a representative in
the states to work online from home and get paid weekly without leaving
or affecting your present working status? My company produces various
clothing materials, batiks, assorted fabrics and traditional costumes.
I have clients I supply weekly in the states and my clients make
payments for my supplies every week (I receive a minimum of 3 payments
from my clients every week) inform of USPS money orders which takes 30
days to clear my bank in south Africa, in other to process payments
from my clients faster, I have sent you this mail to take the sit as my
representative in the States assisting me in processing payments from
my patronizing clients, you will get $800 in for your self for each
payment you process and you will have a minimum of 3 payment to process
every week. Leaving you with $2,400 every week.

About 95 percent of my
customers prefer to pay in Money orders I have decided to open this new
job position for solving this problem.

Get back to me if you are
interested in working as my representative in the states and I will be
more than happy to forward an application form to you which you are
expected to fill and send back to me, as soon as we are through with
the application form and set to go, I will give you a call to have an
agreement with you on how payments should be sent to you.

Regard,
Mr.
Jill Clark
Wamko Textiles Ltd
Office of the CEO

N/B
I want you to
understand this business is 100% legal and wont in anyway get you in
trouble.
I do not / will not ask you for money.


2006-05-11 23:24:06 -
ARTHALL ARTS & CRAFTS
CityPoint, Level 32
One Ropemaker Street
London EC2Y 9AW United Kingdom
Tel/Fax: +447031872288
HotLine:+447024082652
Email:[email protected]

Hello,
How are you doing today? I hope all is well. Would you like to work online from home and get paid weekly ?
ARTHALL ARTS & CRAFTS needs a book-keeper in the United States, so I want to know if you would like to work online from home and get paid weekly without leaving or affecting your present job? The company presently run an Arts Galleria in the UK and we need someone to work for the company as a representative/book keeper in the United States.

The company deals in the sales of Art and Craft works, sculptures and carvings, antique artifacts and produces various fabrics materials, batiks, assorted fabrics and various traditional costumes from all over the world and we have clients we supply weekly in the United States. Our clients make payments for our supplies every week in form of U.S. Money Order which are not readily cashable outside the United States, so we need someone in the United States to work as our representative and assist us in processing the payments from our clients and he/she would be paid a weekly salary.

ALL YOU NEED TO DO IS RECEIVE THIS PAYMENTS FROM OUR CLIENTS ON BEHALF OF OUR COMPANY IN THE UNITED STATES, GET IT CASHED IMMIDIATLY WITHOUT DEPOSITION THEN DEDUCT YOUR WEEKLY PAY AND FOWARD THE BALANCE TO THE COMPANY DOWN HERE VIA WESTERN UNION/MONEY GRAM MONEY TRANSFER.

Our payments will be issued out in your name and you get them cashed in your bank deduct your weekly salary and foward the balance to the company via western union/money gram money transfer. Basically what the Company is searching for is a Representative/Book-keeper in the States who wou ld help to establish a medium of getting our funds from our customers there. If you are interested in working with us we would be very glad as inability to get our Payment in cash has posed a big problem and has affected account reconciliation and turn over grossly.

These are legitimate transactions between our customers and our company Representative and there is no legal risk as these are payments for goods already bought and delievered. We are offering 10% of whatever amount it is that you cash per week as salary and subject to your satisfaction you will be given the oppurtunity to negotiate the mode by which we will pay for your services as our official Representative/Book-keeper in the States. The mode we would prefer would be instant deduction of your salary from the Amount before going ahead to send whatever is left back via Western Union/MoneyGram Money Transfer.

We are aware that you would be charged to have the money sent, whatever that would amount to is to be deducted from the balance of the funds after you must have deducted your salary.

Please if you are interested forward the following info:

1.) Full Names
2.) Home/Cell Phone number
3.) Full Home Address, City, State and Zip Code.
4.) GENDER
5.) MARITAL STATUS
6.) AGE
7.) NATIONALITY
N.B. PLS FORWARD YOUR REPLY TO THIS EMAIL : [email protected] Hoping to hear from you soon.


Regards,
Mr. Larry Johnson
ART HALL, UK


2006-05-11 20:06:59 -
comfort nemu larry gates and lori maxwell are scams


2006-05-11 19:59:50 -
Maxwell is still at it. I have been scammed by him. Isn't there anything we can do?


2006-05-11 19:58:56 -
has anyone been approached by a sarah elliot claiming to be tha ceo of his lantex company in the uk and looking for someone in the states to cash money orders for him?they get to keep 10%.apparently it isdifficult and expensive to convert the currency over from american currency to their currency.i recieved 2 postal money orders that turned out to be fake,but he claims he was scammed also by his client.


2006-05-11 15:11:15 -
Apparently he is still running this scam - recieved this on 05/11/2006
ARTHALL ARTS & CRAFTS
CityPoint, Level 32
One Ropemaker Street
London EC2Y 9AW United Kingdom
Tel/Fax: +447031872288
HotLine:+447024082652
Email:[email protected]

Hello,
How are you doing today? I hope all is well. Would you like to work online from home and get paid weekly ?
ARTHALL ARTS & CRAFTS needs a book-keeper in the United States, so I want to know if you would like to work online from home and get paid weekly without leaving or affecting your present job? The company presently run an Arts Galleria in the UK and we need someone to work for the company as a representative/book keeper in the United States.

The company deals in the sales of Art and Craft works, sculptures and carvings, antique artifacts and produces various fabrics materials, batiks, assorted fabrics and various traditional costumes from all over the world and we have clients we supply weekly in the United States. Our clients make payments for our supplies every week in form of U.S. Money Order which are not readily cashable outside the United States, so we need someone in the United States to work as our representative and assist us in processing the payments from our clients and he/she would be paid a weekly salary.

ALL YOU NEED TO DO IS RECEIVE THIS PAYMENTS FROM OUR CLIENTS ON BEHALF OF OUR COMPANY IN THE UNITED STATES, GET IT CASHED IMMIDIATLY WITHOUT DEPOSITION THEN DEDUCT YOUR WEEKLY PAY AND FOWARD THE BALANCE TO THE COMPANY DOWN HERE VIA WESTERN UNION/MONEY GRAM MONEY TRANSFER.

Our payments will be issued out in your name and you get them cashed in your bank deduct your weekly salary and foward the balance to the company via western union/money gram money transfer. Basically what the Company is searching for is a Representative/Book-keeper in the States who wou ld help to establish a medium of getting our funds from our customers there. If you are interested in working with us we would be very glad as inability to get our Payment in cash has posed a big problem and has affected account reconciliation and turn over grossly.

These are legitimate transactions between our customers and our company Representative and there is no legal risk as these are payments for goods already bought and delievered. We are offering 10% of whatever amount it is that you cash per week as salary and subject to your satisfaction you will be given the oppurtunity to negotiate the mode by which we will pay for your services as our official Representative/Book-keeper in the States. The mode we would prefer would be instant deduction of your salary from the Amount before going ahead to send whatever is left back via Western Union/MoneyGram Money Transfer.

We are aware that you would be charged to have the money sent, whatever that would amount to is to be deducted from the balance of the funds after you must have deducted your salary.

Please if you are interested forward the following info:

1.) Full Names
2.) Home/Cell Phone number
3.) Full Home Address, City, State and Zip Code.
4.) GENDER
5.) MARITAL STATUS
6.) AGE
7.) NATIONALITY
N.B. PLS FORWARD YOUR REPLY TO THIS EMAIL : [email protected] Hoping to hear from you soon.


Regards,
Mr. Larry Johnson
ART HALL, UK


2006-05-11 13:55:48 -
Is there any counterfeit walmart money orders going around that you know of? Someone sent me some in $925 increments and it looks real to me, but I have been really burnt before. I had been asking God for a miracle and this person I don't know who he is that sent it to me from Illinois.


2006-05-11 08:49:51 -
This is what I just received:

ARTHALL ARTS & CRAFTS
CityPoint, Level 32
One Ropemaker Street
London EC2Y 9AW United Kingdom
Tel/Fax: +447031872288
HotLine:+447024082652
Email:[email protected]

Hello,
How are you doing today? I hope all is well. Would you like to work online from home and get paid weekly ?
ARTHALL ARTS & CRAFTS needs a book-keeper in the United States, so I want to know if you would like to work online from home and get paid weekly without leaving or affecting your present job? The company presently run an Arts Galleria in the UK and we need someone to work for the company as a representative/book keeper in the United States.

The company deals in the sales of Art and Craft works, sculptures and carvings, antique artifacts and produces various fabrics materials, batiks, assorted fabrics and various traditional costumes from all over the world and we have clients we supply weekly in the United States. Our clients make payments for our supplies every week in form of U.S. Money Order which are not readily cashable outside the United States, so we need someone in the United States to work as our representative and assist us in processing the payments from our clients and he/she would be paid a weekly salary.

ALL YOU NEED TO DO IS RECEIVE THIS PAYMENTS FROM OUR CLIENTS ON BEHALF OF OUR COMPANY IN THE UNITED STATES, GET IT CASHED IMMIDIATLY WITHOUT DEPOSITION THEN DEDUCT YOUR WEEKLY PAY AND FOWARD THE BALANCE TO THE COMPANY DOWN HERE VIA WESTERN UNION/MONEY GRAM MONEY TRANSFER.

Our payments will be issued out in your name and you get them cashed in your bank deduct your weekly salary and foward the balance to the company via western union/money gram money transfer. Basically what the Company is searching for is a Representative/Book-keeper in the States who wou ld help to establish a medium of getting our funds from our customers there. If you are interested in working with us we would be very glad as inability to get our Payment in cash has posed a big problem and has affected account reconciliation and turn over grossly.

These are legitimate transactions between our customers and our company Representative and there is no legal risk as these are payments for goods already bought and delievered. We are offering 10% of whatever amount it is that you cash per week as salary and subject to your satisfaction you will be given the oppurtunity to negotiate the mode by which we will pay for your services as our official Representative/Book-keeper in the States. The mode we would prefer would be instant deduction of your salary from the Amount before going ahead to send whatever is left back via Western Union/MoneyGram Money Transfer.

We are aware that you would be charged to have the money sent, whatever that would amount to is to be deducted from the balance of the funds after you must have deducted your salary.

Please if you are interested forward the following info:
1.) Full Names
2.) Home/Cell Phone number
3.) Full Home Address, City, State and Zip Code.
4.) GENDER
5.) MARITAL STATUS
6.) AGE
7.) NATIONALITY
N.B. PLS FORWARD YOUR REPLY TO THIS EMAIL : [email protected] Hoping to hear from you soon.

Regards,
Mr. Larry Johnson
ART HALL, UK


2006-05-11 01:27:37 -
I am a person who got involved with this scam.. what can i do about the money that i am out..Please let me know. this person is still sending me these money orders to cash and send to the people that he wants me to send them too. I have made a police report and need to know what the next step is..

thanks,
Samantha Potter


2006-05-10 14:18:58 -
I just got this email right now, please check it out and find him. This is the email I received;

Thanks for the mail to start i would like you to fill this form out so that we can go to the next step...

FIRST NAME………………………… SURNAME………………………………
ADDRESS……………………………
CITY…………………………………….. STATE…………………………………..
ZIP CODE……………………………….. COUNTRY……………………………...
PHONE NUMBER (S) ………………………………………
………………………………………
GENDER…………………………….. MARITAL STATUS……………………..
AGE………………………………….. NATIONALITY………………………….
ATTESTATION
According to how you have been briefed earleir. You
are required to receive payment on behalf of the above
metioned firm. You are to deduct 12% of all funds
processed on a particular order & forward the balance
payment via western union to any of the companies
regional warehouses that will be given to you later.
You will notify the company a week ahead if eventually
you want to discontinue this job. So as to terminate
all payment coming your way to avoid conflict.
In agreement to this kindly append signature below.
………………………………………

LYONE JOHNSON {JNR}
MANAGING DIRECTOR
WILCOX FABRICS AND PRINTS


2006-05-10 14:07:10 -
You need to watch out when you put your ad in the paper any more. My mother put an ad in to sell some puppies and a scam artist from Nigera (they said they were from France) called inquiring about the puppies. I checked the ip address where the email came from and it was Nigeria. They sent money orders (more than what asked for "for the handlers") which I called and verified that they were fake. I was surprised that the lengths that they went to by searching our ad that was placed in the local paper which they found on the internet, then called us using ip-relay and then continued with the scam using email. I tried contacting the newspaper and a television station about it but they never returned my call.

I have not provided my email since I do not want spammed by bots.


keywords:
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2006-05-10 13:17:13 -
I want to Know about spanish lottary and Maria Flow.
I received an Email from her that say: I am a winner of lottary.
please help me
thank you


2006-05-10 12:42:29 -
I was contacted by WAMCO TEXTILE LIMITED and fall for this Fraud. Not sure if I can do anything about it but I am also being contacted by other companies to do the same thing. I have the Fake Money Orders back from the bank.

- William A Gade


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