11-26-2007, 04:36 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2007
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This is a Scam
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Originally Posted by janemarie52
I received an e-mail from Mr. Butler regarding Costa Coffee. He seems to be in dire need of others to receive checks for Costa Coffee and in return send money Western Union to the corporation. Has anyone heard of this company?
How would a United Kingdom Company get my e-mail address?
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Dear janemarie52
This is a Cheque Fraud.
Please read below how they can get your money.
Cheque fraud
If you try to cash the cheques with the bank account under your name,
later within a year or more you will be in trouble.
Because the cheques might be counterfeit or stolen.
And the Bank will ask you to pay the amount back, all which you would have cashed.
(Remember you would have already remitted the cashed amount to the fraudster.
Plus you are involved in a part of fraudulence unintentionally.)
Fraudsters are very fond of using Western Union or Money Gram which is hardly tracable.
Also Fraudsters can easily harvest your email address from some websites
where you have disclosed your email address or registered with it.
Anyone who receives similar email should not reply, don't send your IDs and/or personal data
For your reference, you can find same "costa coffee scam" by using "Search"
which you can find above top in the 1st page of this Forum
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