Hey guys. Heads up!!!

Ebonbuddha

Active member
I got this in an e-mail today.

Dear Sir/Madam,
How are you,My name is Walter Smith.
L &N Fabrics & textiles Limited needs a book-keeper in the states, so i want to
know if you will like to work online from home and get paid weekly without
leavingor affecting your present job?THIS IS SAFE AND LEGAL.
It\'s just that i presently run a textile and fabrics firm i inherited from my late Dad in the UK and we need someone to work for the company as a representative/book keeper in the States.My company produces various clothing materials, batiks, assorted fabrics and traditional costume which we have clients we supply weekly in the states.My clients make payments for our supplies every week in form of Money Orders which are not readily cashable outside the United States, So we need someone in the States to work as our representative and assist us in processing the payments from our clients and i will pay HIM/HER weekly salary.ALL YOU NEED TO DO IS RECEIVE THIS PAYMENTS FROM OUR CLIENTS IN THE STATES, GET IT CASHED IN YOUR BANK THEN DEDUCT YOUR WEEKLY
PAY AND FOWARDTHE BALANCE TO THE COMPANY DOWN HERE VIA INTERNATIONAL MONEY GRAM.
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 INTERNATIONAL MONEY GRAM/ Western union money transfer.
SO ALL I NEED IS TO FOWARD YOUR INFORMATIONS TO OUR CLIENTS IN THE
STATES AND THEY ISSUE PAYMENTS , THEN SEND IT TO YOU VIA COURIER
SERVICE.I will need your Full name, Residential Address and Phone Number so we can foward it to
our clients and they will start making payments to you as the
company\'representative in the states.

I WILL EMAIL YOU A LETTER OF EMPLOYMENT FROM OUR COMPANY WHICH YOU HAVE TO REPLY WITH AN ACCEPTANCE LETTER AND A SCANNED COPY OF YOUR INDETIFICATION ATTACHED TO IT.AS SOON AS WE CONFIRM ANY PAYMENT COMING
TO YOU, I WILL LET YOU KNOW AND I WILL GIVE YOU THE INFORMATION TO SEND THE FUNDS TO THE
COMPANY VIA INTERNATIONAL MONEY GRAM / Western union money transfer.
I AWAIT YOUR URGENT RESPONSE.

Warmest Regards,
Walter Smith.
CEO L &N Fabrics & textiles ( UK, Cash and Distribution Office).
 

Duende

New member
Or to paraphrase:

\"Please help us launder our ill-gotten gains.\"





:cussing:


*EDIT* Googling \"L &N Fabrics & textiles\" gets a whole bunch of warnings about this scam. See HERE
 

Ebonbuddha

Active member
Yep.

I know we say it sound stupid. But a couple that worked here from Illinois got taken with the eBay scam. They lost over $500 US. A tough lesson to learn.
 

No Such Agency

New member
Well, as they say... if it looks too good to be true, it usually is.

I can\'t fathom how things like this (and \"419-Nigerian scam\" advance fee fraud) get any takers, especially since some of those takers have been well-educated people with respectable jobs (which they embezzled from to participate in the scam - example ). That couple who lost $500 of their own money are lucky. They didn\'t end up losing millions, and then going to jail for stealing the money just so they could send it away to Nigeria.
 

Sand Rat

New member
Because it appeals to a basic human emotion - greed. Its the old money for nothing concept.

I do no work and someone pays me for it.
 

airhead

Coffin Dodger / Keymaster
Originally posted by Duende
\"Please help us launder our ill-gotten gains.\"
Nope, more like \"Let us have your bank account numbers so we can \'deposit\' some money and \'withdraw\' your wages\"

Oh, and even better, send us a copy of you DL and SS number so we can have everything we need.
 

Torn blue sky

New member
To quote the Offspring; \"The more cynical you become, the better off you\'ll be\".
it\'s a sad world with hard facts, and the fact is- you can\'t trust anyone anymore.
 

Ebonbuddha

Active member
Good idea Torn Blue Sky.

@ Airhead. Yeah the DL and SS information is what got me. That is what got me more than the bank account. If you give away your Social Security Number and Driver\'s license in for you are in for a world of hurt.


Originally posted by krom1415
send it to the FBI i\'m sure they would be interested in it:D
 

Ogrebane

Active member
So I take it some people actually believe this stuff. I love the ones that come from the banks asking me to confirm my bank details. That one is gold.
 

johnboyjjb

Active member
Originally posted by Ebonbuddha Yeah the DL and SS information is what got me. That is what got me more than the bank account. If you give away your Social Security Number and Driver\'s license in for you are in for a world of hurt.
Some fine people in Washington DC thought it was a brilliant idea to put SS #\'s on your DL. That was up until the main proponent had several fraudulent accounts opened up with just those two bits of information.
 
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