Archive for the ‘Nigerian 419 Scams’ Category
Find your dream job! : [1281334263] – Phishing Scam
People believe that this is trying to get you into Money Laundering, and on the surface it seems that way. I just don’t believe a criminal would try to launder money though a random person they have never met. So I believe that this is most likely a Nigerian 419 Scam as I am sure they will ask for some legal fees to release money or something.
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Person’s Consulting Group – Nigerian 419 Scams
After discussing with the scammer, I am certain that this is a Nigerian 419 Scam. He is offering a position in his ‘Prestigious Financial Company’ by the name of Person’s Consulting Group (or Perscons Group sp??) which involves transferring large sums of cash between bank accounts and keeping a 5% commission for the trouble. Yeah right! He said the company is 8 years old, quite strange then that the website was create just a few days ago and that portions of the text is a complete copy of another website.
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Ceffin C & F – Nigerian 419 Scams
An email ‘apparently’ from Ceffin C & F stating that there is a new Financial Manager position in their company. All you need to do is to transfer money between accounts and you get to keep 5%. Sounds too good to be true – and no doubt it is. Firstly, there is no deadline for the applications – unheard of especially for a Financial Manager. Secondly, it’s generic email address. How stupid do they think we are?
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WILLIAM L.W. CHEUNG – Nigerian 419 Scams
A so called business man by the name of Mr. William Leung Wing Cheung is offering a business suggestion which involves the transfer of a large sum of money. An Advance Fee will no doubt be required to unlock the account, or to pay legal fees, or to pay for a new BMW that he has always wanted. He is asking that I should be discrete – so I thought that I should add it to my website – oops!
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International Country Phone Codes
Before you call any number, it is important to know where the number is from. For example, if you receive an email saying that you need to call an American Bank but the phone number starts with +227 (Nigeria) then it is obviously a scam.
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Nigerian eBay Scam – Victim lost $8700 for selling PS3 on EBay
An unfortunate single mother was scammed into sending $8700 to a Nigerian who claimed to represent Western Australia’s government’s consumer protection agency.
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Western Union Transfer – Nigerian 419 Scams
The classic Nigerian Scam email which claims that a large sum of money is waiting to be deposited into your account. But no doubt there will be a ‘release fee’.
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Ceffinc Cons & Fin – Nigerian 419 Scams
A job proposal and all I have to do is to be the middleman for large money transactions and I can keep 5%? Sounds to good to be true, and guess what – it is!
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DEBT MANAGEMENT – Nigerian 419 Email Scam
Why the capitals? Anyway, an email saying that you have $1.751 Million waiting to be deposited in my account. Why me? Who am I to be the beneficiary of such a large sum? A fool if I believed it!
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Coca Cola – Nigerian 419 Email Scam
Wow! I won a load of cash from Coca Cola! Strange that the representative lives in Africa and doesn’t have a Coca Cola email address (patrickthabo3@terra.com).
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