| 24 Jun 2007 10:43 am |
Regular Rep: 0  Joined: 19 Jun 2007 Posts: 353 OFFLINE | So the Moderators control my opinion?
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UBER 1337 Poster Rep: 23  Joined: 24 Mar 2007 Posts: 1,685 OFFLINE | My name is XXXX and I have received one of these scams. I have actually fallen for it, and would have fallen for it completely, if it wasn’t for a good friend who told me to research this because she remember hearing about this scam. Otherwise I would have not have found your website.
My story goes that Pedro Baretto needed help to get his family to America, and that the money was going to be sent to me to help establish accounts and investments. I have gone as far as signing the benificary paper. Also the funds were to be sent to me and I was to receive them through E PICXPRESS PARCEL SERVICES on Friday October 14 (2005). I even have a tracking number that was sent to me with the documents of shipment. Tracking # TRE4031EXS. Please help me I do not know how to get out of this if this really is a scam. I have a family and do not want anything to happen to me.
The person above forwarded me “Pedro’s” email, which I’ve left uncorrected so that you can appreciate once again the english stylings of scammers:
Hallo,
They have finally doit the shipment of the boxes yesterday; the boxes have dispatch and will be deliver via London transit point to you in US. For security of reasons, the content of the boxes is declare as classified documents and insurance bonds instead of cash; hence do not disclose the actual contents of the boxes to the carrier company. I have attach the waybill of shipment to this email, so please print it out and go through it very carefully because it have all the important detail about shipment include the tracking number.
According to information from the transport company, the boxes will deliver to you in 3 working days which mean by friday, you should have receive the boxes. You must report to me as soon as your receive the boxes so that I can join you immediately and we can make to doit lodgement of monies into the banking system and doit neccessary investments. I have the secure combination codes to the boxes and I will give you later for security reasons.
I hope to meet you soon. God bless.
Pedro
I’ve included my response below. Just as many people have a hard time believing that the President of the United States repeatedly lied to them once they placed their confidence in him, many people have a hard time believing that they really have been taken in my scammers. I hope that my advice bore fruit in this case.
Dear XXXX:
This is definitely a scam. If you have signed any documents that affect your bank accounts or commit you to financial transactions you must cancel them immediately. Talk to your bank and anyone else in the United States. You are not alone in falling for these scams. They would not exist if people did not fall for them, after all.
If anyone threatens you or your family you must go to the police, the FBI and the Treasure Department (which has a branch than handles these Nigerian Bank scams).
Many people who get involved in these scams do not want to believe that it is a scam. The crooks count on this. The first step in helping yourself must be to come to the realization that these people are thieves.
Banks in the United States and Europe are international. They not only have branches abroad, but it is very easy to transfer money internationally. I was in Barcelona Spain in April and I had no problem accessing my bank account in the United States. If I had a Spanish bank account I could have easily transferred money to the United States. There is no reason that anyone not involved in criminal activity would need your help in opening an account and transferring money.
Although the only money transfered will be yours, to these crooks, if they really were going to transfer money it could get you into trouble with the US authorities.
The US has strict international money transfer laws, that became stricter after 9/11. It is illegal to transfer and deposit large amounts of money without declaring the source of these funds. If someone was transferring money into the US in a crate, it would be of great interest to the US authorities. If you were to deposit large sums of money, you would probably come to the notice of the banking authorities. You could be charged with a felony for doing this (after all, this is what drug runners do, move large amounts of money around).
But none of this is going to happen. There is no money, these people are liars. Yes, they have various way bills to make things look correct, but they are just stringing you along. They want to get access to your money. You must stop now before you lose thousands of dollars, as others have.
What is ironic is that these crooks tend to prey on the people who can least afford to lose the money. If your bills are piling up and you are struggling it is tempting to believe that some great good fortune has come along and offered you the way out. But when these people steal your money it will be that much worse.
There is only one correct choice, and I hope you make it. Stop now and do what you can to reverse any damage that these people have done to you. Yours,
Ian Kaplan
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I’ve been banned 69 times over all my accounts.
I’ve been perma banned 36 times over all of my accounts. | | | 24 Jun 2007 08:25 pm |
ArgentumNLI Guest | 69..R H Y N O..69 wrote:
Im sorry.., why is this a thread?
Because some guy is so desperate for a girl that he hopes a spam email will lead him to true love  .
| | | 24 Jun 2007 09:00 pm |
is causing chaos. Rep: 29 Joined: 04 Jul 2006 Posts: 8,135 OFFLINE | itty_bitty_kitty wrote:
so wat this can be were AG wants it the mods dont care so u shouldent
I care. Threads can’t just be randomly located...
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