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I just wanted to alert anyone about something that I was nearly caught up in. The guy goes by the name of James Coker. Claims to be on a job project in West Africa, claiming to have been in Ghana and Nigeria. He claims to have a son names John and that he's a widower. He targets single women, particularly single mothers claiming he is looking for his soul mate. His e-mail address is J_Coker54@yahoo.com, and also has a profile (though unfinished) at Myspace.com (id- cojam009). He gives sob stories about trying to get a gift for his son's birthday and that he doesn't have any family he can call on for help in the matter. He also tried conning me into sending him some of my own personal expensive electronics (like an iPod). You may try telling him you don't want anything to do with it, but he doesn't take no for an answer. He sends via Rush Over night delivery UPS "money orders", but are actually sent from within the states. I refused the first package, telling him I didn't want to do it. He tried again, I said no, and he sent the darn thing anyways.
My sister and I decided to do a little research and called the bank the money orders were supposedly drawn on and the bank said they were fraudulent. The money orders look real enough, (drawn on Money Tree and Money Gram) in amounts of $ 850 or more (and usually sends over 3 money orders). However, if you look closely, they have a spot that says to rub the thermosonic spot to authenticate, and nothing happens. The dollar amount looks authenitic enough until you compare to what is actually supposed to be written on there for the "dollar" section. Instead of "dols" these money orders say "dOIS" in one position, or "SIOP" if you hold it in another position. Another red flag that went up (which is another reason I didn't want to have anything to do with it) was he wanted the money "wired" to a person: Muriose Pedro 25 Allen Avenue Ikeja, Lagos Nigeria, 23401. He also had a code/secret password to be given where the money was supposed to be picked up (to the wired place) with the question being: My Son? and the Answer being "John". The package sender was a "lady" names Kim Cummings of 273 N. Skyline Drive. Thousand Oaks (then what looks like CA with the 1st three numbers of the zip being 913 (can't read the rest). Her UPS account # is 549F6V. I am in the process of reporting this to various agencies (including UPS, Myspace, Yahoo, and the Govnt. Don't let this happen to you. |
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