A scam that scams you by informing ‘You have been scammed’
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Stranger calls at home informing you that a phishing scam has pasted your confidential account information all over the net. He says he represents the “International Verification Society” or “National Verification League” and offers you with help. This is the call many residents of Midland-Odessa area are complaining to the local BBB office that they have been receiving since Wednesday morning.
In order to avail of the service the fraudster requires you to get out your check book and to shoot out your account number and whatever other secret data you are willing to gift away to him. As happens, he says this is a precautionary measure to confirm the account is really yours.
The fraudster is hoping to burgle your account after getting hold of your account access codes or using your personal details to open a fresh credit account. You either end up cleaned out of all your hard-earned money or paying up for luxuries enjoyed by the scammers online at your expense.
Authorities note this to be the most brazen attempts by phishers to get at your account information. As of now, investigations have revealed little else of the scam. Authorities warn, however, the caller is a pushy and clever customer. As a matter of fact, they suspect that the fraudster/s are tapping into ordinary phone lines and using them to make the scam calls. Because of this, investigators are having a hard time in tracing their calls.
Only one woman has reported falling for the scam as yet. Many more may have become victims without realizing it.
Source: NewsWest9.com
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October 21st, 2008 at 8:35 pm
I have just received this cheeky and blatantly ‘obvious’ e-mail, so, please take care!
The e-mail:
November 6th, 2008 at 1:59 pm
I’ve gotten this same email so this is a fruad? cuase i sent an email to the guy asking him about it
November 21st, 2008 at 12:24 am
I’ve just received a very similar Email to above with the same contact details and have had many similar spam emails. What is unusual about the Email above is that the contact has a UK mobile number. If this is a real mobile number, then the police should track it and then arrest them. I have forwarded it the police, but I’m not holding my breath as they normally aren’t interested as this kind of scam is so common. It’s wrong that the police don’t investigate as they are criminals who are attempting to commit fraud. Because the police take so little interest allows these criminals to continue without fear of being brought to justice.
They offer 2 ways to apparently get your prize. The 1st a wire transfer, but to do this they conveniently need your bank details. If your silly enough to provide this, they will almost certainly steal and clear out your bank account. If you decide to take the 2nd option to employ their affiliate courier to deliver the cheque, I strongly suspect they will demand payment for the service. When they take you credit card or bank payment details, again they will clear your bank account out or run your credit card to the limit and obviously no cheque will ever arrive.
Recently, I one of these scammers went a stage further. I had a phone call to my BT land line internet phone from a gentleman who clearly had trouble speaking English. He informed me that I’d won a million pounds as Walmart (They own the Adsa supermarket chain) had apparently selected a random customer to give this award. It took 5 minutes of listening and repeating to understand what the person was trying to saying because his English was terrible.
I immediately then knew it was a scam and I don’t know how people can fall for this when one hasn’t even entered a competition, but it distressed me that somehow this person has my full name and telephone number. I told him I was reporting him to the police, but he relentlessly continued trying to convince me that I really had won, saying that I didn’t need to worry Etc Etc. I went along with it just to try and find out more about how they work and he then said I was being transferred to Walmart to confirm that I’d won, where I spoke to another gentleman with a similar language problem who claimed to be a manager from Walmart. I finally hung up saying I’m reporting them to the police and he actually called me back yet again still saying that I really had won the money. They didn’t give up. I hung up a 2nd time and they called a 3rd time, this time my friend answered and told them he that the phone call is now being recorded and forwarded to the police. They finally gave up and hung up.
The callers phone number wasn’t even withheld and I found that the call was from Jamaica. I called the police who said they couldn’t help as the criminals weren’t in the UK. I reported it to the Jamaican police via Email who have failed to even reply as I suspect they are overrun with more serious crimes, like gun crime Etc.
November 21st, 2008 at 3:11 am
Yes, Tim!
It’s a well-known fraud - stay away from it!
Best Wishes!
March 2nd, 2009 at 7:08 pm
Why would anyone fall for this one in the first place? I’m sorry, please don’t take offense but it seems to me that if it was legitimately from “Microsoft”, their email address would NOT, be “@YAHOO.COM”!!!!!!
OPEN YOUR EYES PEOPLE!
March 27th, 2009 at 10:26 pm
[...] A scam that scams you by informing You have been scammed [...]
June 6th, 2010 at 9:27 am
I have also beSORRY FOR THE DELAY TO RESPOND TO YOUR LETTER,WE ARE TOO BUSY THAT WHY WE COULD NOT GET BACK TO URGENTLY
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WE ARE HERE TO WRITE YOU WITH REGARDS ON HOW THE CENTRAL BANK WILL PAY YOU THE PART PAYMENT.
YOUR PAYMENT SHOULD BE PAY TO YOU THROUGH ATM VISA CARD BECAUSE OF THE MALPRACTICES THAT IS GOING ON SINCE YOU STARTED YOUR TRANSACTION AND IN THE WORLD TODAY.
YOUR CARD IS ABOUT TO BE READY AND WE HAVE TO PAY YOU IN PART PAYMENT USD$500,000.00. THEN AFTER YOU RECEIVED IT WE SHALL PUT ANOTHER PART INTO YOUR VISA CARD THROUGH YOUR VISA CARD ACCOUNT UNTILL YOUR FUND MAP BY THE INTERNATIONAL BODIES WORLD BANK,PARIS CLUB AND IMF IS COMPLETED.
WE SHALL SEND YOU THE COPY OF YOUR CARD IN YOUR NEXT RESPOND AND THE OTHER PROCEEDURE.
WE ARE HERE TO WORK WITH INSTRUCTION AND YOU DONT NEED TO HAVE FEAR FOR ANYTHING BECAUSE EVERYTHING HAS BEEN PUT IN PLACE.
Avenue Terrasson DE FOUGERES,
01 BP 7125 Abidjan 01, Côte d’Ivoire
PHONE NUMBER:+22567285420
DR. OMAR EMERALD B.Sc
ADMINISTRATIVE DIRECTOR eBANKING
en scammed.
July 22nd, 2010 at 4:14 am
Are you that Naive to believe you would win money, without even entering? OMG you thickies.
Scammers prey on the vulnerable people like you, if people weren’t so gullable they’d have no-one to scam in the first place, and @paul - the police will try to trace these callers, but have you never heard of prepay unregistered phones?? Pretty hard to trace.