I scour the web frequently looking for and revealing new scams and reviewing them on their effectiveness. Do you know of a scam others should know about? Do not hesitate to let me know! A brand new scam was recently let out of the closet a few days ago. The scammers send you a scam message that says the money you have been expecting has been intercepted by corrupt individuals. Thanks to the FBI, your money should be on the way shortly. To claim your money, just pay $180. People are crafty and that’s why I have taken it upon myself to exploit these cons.
The message sent would look something like this:
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
Anti-Terrorist And Monitory Crime Division.
Federal Bureau Of Investigation.
J.Edgar.Hoover Building Washington Dc
Customers Service Hours / Monday To Saturday
Office Hours Monday To Saturday:
Dear Beneficiary,
A series of meetings has been held over the past 7 months with the secretary general of the United Nations Organization. This ended 3 days ago. It is obvious that you have not received your fund which is to the tune of $16.5million due to past corrupt Governmental Officials who almost held the fund to themselves for their selfish reason and some individuals who have taken advantage of your fund all in an attempt to swindle your fund, which has led to so many losses from your end and unnecessary delay in the receipt of your fund.for more information do get back to us.
The National Central Bureau of Interpol enhanced by the United Nations and Federal Bureau of Investigation has successfully passed a mandate to the current Prime Minister of Cambodia Excellency Hun Sen to boost the exercise of clearing all foreign debts owed to you and other individuals and organizations who have been found not to have receive their Contract Sum, Lottery/Gambling, Inheritance and the likes. Now how would you like to receive your payment? because we have two method of payment which is by Check or by ATM card?
ATM Card: We will be issuing you a custom pin based ATM card which you will use to withdraw up to $5,000 per day from any ATM machine that has the Master Card Logo on it and the card have to be renewed in 4 years time which is 2019. Also with the ATM card you will be able to transfer your funds to your local bank account. The ATM card comes with a handbook or manual to enlighten you about how to use it. Even if you do not have a bank account.
Check: To be deposited in your bank for it to be cleared within three working days. Your payment would be sent to you via any of your preferred option and would be mailed to you via FedEx. Because we have signed a contract with FedEx which should expire 15th of December 2015 you will only need to pay $180 instead of $420 saving you $240 so if you Pay before the one week you save $240 note that any one asking you for some kind of money above the usual fee is definitely a fraudsters and you will have to stop communication with every other person if you have been in contact with any. Also remember that all you will ever have to spend is $180.00 nothing more! Nothing less! And we guarantee the receipt of your fund to be successfully delivered to you within the next 24hrs after the receipt of payment has been confirmed.
Note: Everything has been taken care of by the Government of Cambodia,The United Nation and also the FBI and including taxes, custom paper and clearance duty so all you will ever need to pay is $180.
Seems pretty real, doesn’t it? People fall for these scams all the time. One scam I have trained people to stay away from is designer products such as jewelry, clothes, purses, etc. Inspired Silver is an example of a jeweler that has not been scammed to my knowledge, meaning no one has tried to replicate the product and pass it off as quality handiwork from Inspired Silver. Check InspiredSilver.com Reviews before buying, just in case.
In regards to the FBI scam, it seems very real as a real letter would be. It would be difficult to use your better judgement against something like this unless you know what to look for. For one, the FBI isn’t going to ask for money. Scams are very real and can be very dangerous and damaging. All it takes is one scam to ruin your life forever, so stay up to date. We can defeat scams together by sharing information.