Online Fraud - Revision history

Artists Against 419: /* Your funds are available via ATM card */

2007-02-19T19:46:33Z

Your funds are available via ATM card

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	The good news they give? The transaction is finally successfully concluded (apparently). The bad news? You have to pay a courier fee to GET this special card...		The good news they give? The transaction is finally successfully concluded (apparently). The bad news? You have to pay a courier fee to GET this special card...

	''This is to officially inform you that we have verified your payment file.... Right now we have arranged your payment through our swift card payment center Asia pacific, that is the latest instruction from Economic community of west African States (ECOWAS) and Nigerian Government. This card center will send you an ATM card which you will use to withdraw your money in any ATM machine in any part of the world....''		Example 1: ''This is to officially inform you that we have verified your payment file.... Right now we have arranged your payment through our swift card payment center Asia pacific, that is the latest instruction from Economic community of west African States (ECOWAS) and Nigerian Government. This card center will send you an ATM card which you will use to withdraw your money in any ATM machine in any part of the world....''

			Example 2: ''It was Resolved and Agreed upon that your Heritance Fund would be released on a special method of payment , which tag Name Reads SWIFT CREDIT CARD. This method of payment is designed by the Government to avert fraud perpetration or stoppage of fund by Some Agencies... The SWIFT CREDIT CARD would be delivered to you via Courier.''

	==Fake Lotteries==		==Fake Lotteries==

Artists Against 419: /* Fake Payments */

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Fake Payments

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 ==Fake Payments==
 For example, you may receive a payment confirmation from info@ebay-payment-assistant.com or payment@westernuniontransferconfirmation.org.  These are fake (or more accurately, imitation) payment services, and there isn't really any money waiting.  However, the crooks hope you won't worry, and ship them the auction item anyway.
 ==Fake Shippers or Couriers==

Artists Against 419: /* Fake Stores */

2007-02-14T20:15:14Z

Fake Stores

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 Yet another work-from-home job offer.  In this version, you are asked to receive packages (often high-priced electronics), and send them on to a foreign country.  What the "company" doesn't mention is that the items had been purchased with stolen credit card numbers, and by accepting the job, you'll be in the middle of an international theft ring.  When the police track down who received stolen property, your address will be the first stop they make!
-==Fake Stores==
+==Fake Sellers==
-These scammers are usually selling electronics (mobile phones, digital cameras, laptops, video game consoles) at .  Often, initial contact is made through Alibaba or other online business exchange sites.  If you can't independently verify the existence of a store, don't just trust they exist -- it's a scam.
+===Fake Electronics Stores===
 ==Counterfeit Stores==

Artists Against 419 at 19:42, 14 February 2007

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	Unfortunately, online fraud is a rapidly growing business. The speciality of the Artists Against 419 will always be ~~419~~, but we combat a wide range of online scams. ~~One thing that all the scams listed below have in common is that they are facilitated by a fake company -- and what better way to make your company look real than to set up a fake web site?~~		Unfortunately, online fraud is a rapidly growing business. The speciality of the [[Main Page\|Artists Against 419]] will always be advance fee fraud and fake banks, but we combat a wide range of online scams.

	To sum up all these descriptions into one short sentence: '''''If it sounds too good to be true, it is.'''''		Remember, just because we don't describe it here, doesn't mean it's a legitimate opportunity. To sum up all these descriptions into one short sentence: '''''If it sounds too good to be true, it is.''''' Still not sure? [[Contact us]].

	==Advance Fee Fraud (419)==		==Advance Fee Fraud (419)==

Artists Against 419: /* We caught the scammers who held up your transaction */

2007-02-14T19:23:56Z

We caught the scammers who held up your transaction

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	''Please do let me know immediately you receive it so that we can share the joy after all the suffer ness at that time. In the moment, I am very busy here because of the investment projects which I and the new partners are having at hand.Finally, remember that I have orwardedinstruction to the secretary on your behalf to receive the money, so feel free to get in touch, as he will release the amount to you without any delay.''		''Please do let me know immediately you receive it so that we can share the joy after all the suffer ness at that time. In the moment, I am very busy here because of the investment projects which I and the new partners are having at hand.Finally, remember that I have orwardedinstruction to the secretary on your behalf to receive the money, so feel free to get in touch, as he will release the amount to you without any delay.''

	====We caught the scammers ~~who held up your transaction~~====		====We caught the scammers!====
			There are plenty of fake "law enforcement" officials in the 419 world, and they're all happy to track down and arrest those nasty scammers who stole your money. (Of course, they don't tell you it's usually the same gang, just with new identities.) Private investigators are a variation of this.

			Anybody who promises they can get your stolen money back is filling your head with empty promises. They're lying about that possibility just as much as the original scammers lied about having millions to give away.

	====Your funds are available via ATM card====		====Your funds are available via ATM card====

Artists Against 419: /* Your funds are available via ATM card */

2007-02-14T19:19:30Z

Your funds are available via ATM card

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	====Your funds are available via ATM card====		====Your funds are available via ATM card====
			The good news they give? The transaction is finally successfully concluded (apparently). The bad news? You have to pay a courier fee to GET this special card...

	''This is to officially inform you that we have verified your payment file.... Right now we have arranged your payment through our swift card payment center Asia pacific, that is the latest instruction from Economic community of west African States (ECOWAS) and Nigerian Government. This card center will send you an ATM card which you will use to withdraw your money in any ATM machine in any part of the world....''		''This is to officially inform you that we have verified your payment file.... Right now we have arranged your payment through our swift card payment center Asia pacific, that is the latest instruction from Economic community of west African States (ECOWAS) and Nigerian Government. This card center will send you an ATM card which you will use to withdraw your money in any ATM machine in any part of the world....''

Artists Against 419: /* Job Scams */

2007-02-14T19:11:14Z

Job Scams

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	==Job Scams==		==Job Scams==
			A work-from-home job sounds great, especially one that only requires less than an hour's work every week. So that email offer you got sounds perfect, doesn't it? Slow down -- it's a scam, and you're looking at serious trouble if you get suckered in. The "employer" might be a textile company, a money transfer company, an artist, even a charity (UNICEF is frequently used). It doesn't matter who's offering to pay you, it matters what they're asking you to do...

	===Money Mule===		===Money Mule===
	A work-from-home job sounds great, especially one that only requires less than an hour's work every week. So that email you just got asking you to be an overseas transfer manager sounds perfect, doesn't it? Slow down -- it's a scam, and you're looking at serious trouble if you get suckered in.

	There's two ways these job scams operate:		There's two ways these job scams operate:
	* Scammer sends fake check to "employee". The check will eventually bounce, but not before a large portion of cash has been sent overseas and can not be retrieved.		* Scammer sends fake check to "employee". The check will eventually bounce, but not before a large portion of cash has been sent overseas and can not be retrieved.

Artists Against 419: /* Advance Fee Fraud (419) */

2007-02-14T19:08:26Z

Advance Fee Fraud (419)

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	More information about [[Advance Fee Fraud]]		More information about [[Advance Fee Fraud]]

			===Revictimization===
			There isn't much honor among thieves -- at least not the modern internet thieves. Lots of 419 spams float around, looking for folks who are already sucked into an advance fee fraud, in an attempt to steal them away from the original scammers and get them tied into a new scam gang.

			====Compensation for your past efforts====
			Once you're out of cash, scammers will eventually drop you. But even if they've ignored you for years, you're not safe -- eventually your dear friend from the past will drop another line, cheerfully inform you of his/her eventual success, and generously offer you a large sum for your past efforts. The catch? You need to pay a couple hundred in courier fees to get the check sent out to you.

			''I'm happy to inform you about my success in getting those funds transferred under the cooperation of a new partner. Presently I am in Poland for investment projects with my own share of the total sum. Meanwhile, I didn't forget your past efforts and attempts to assist me in transferring those funds despite that it failed us some how. Now contact my secretary... and ask him to send you the total sum of $800, 000, 00 which I kept for your compensation for all the past efforts and attempts you made to assist me in this matter.''

			''Please do let me know immediately you receive it so that we can share the joy after all the suffer ness at that time. In the moment, I am very busy here because of the investment projects which I and the new partners are having at hand.Finally, remember that I have orwardedinstruction to the secretary on your behalf to receive the money, so feel free to get in touch, as he will release the amount to you without any delay.''

			====We caught the scammers who held up your transaction====

			====Your funds are available via ATM card====
			''This is to officially inform you that we have verified your payment file.... Right now we have arranged your payment through our swift card payment center Asia pacific, that is the latest instruction from Economic community of west African States (ECOWAS) and Nigerian Government. This card center will send you an ATM card which you will use to withdraw your money in any ATM machine in any part of the world....''

	==Fake Lotteries==		==Fake Lotteries==

Artists Against 419: /* Job Scam (Reshipping, aka Postal Forwarding) */

2007-02-14T18:46:30Z

Job Scam (Reshipping, aka Postal Forwarding)

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	An excellent description of money mule scams is found at [http://www.banksafeonline.org.uk/moneymule_explained.html Bank Safe Online].		An excellent description of money mule scams is found at [http://www.banksafeonline.org.uk/moneymule_explained.html Bank Safe Online].

	==~~Job~~ Scam ~~(Reshipping~~, aka Postal Forwarding)==		===Reshipping Scam, aka Postal Forwarding Scam===
	Yet another work-from-home job offer. In this version, you are asked to receive packages (often high-priced electronics), and send them on to a foreign country. What the "company" doesn't mention is that the items had been purchased with stolen credit card numbers, and by accepting the job, you'll be in the middle of an international theft ring. When the police track down who received stolen property, your address will be the first stop they make!		Yet another work-from-home job offer. In this version, you are asked to receive packages (often high-priced electronics), and send them on to a foreign country. What the "company" doesn't mention is that the items had been purchased with stolen credit card numbers, and by accepting the job, you'll be in the middle of an international theft ring. When the police track down who received stolen property, your address will be the first stop they make!

Artists Against 419: /* Job Scam (Money Mule) */

2007-02-14T18:43:11Z

Job Scam (Money Mule)

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	==Escrow and Online Auction Fraud==		==Escrow and Online Auction Fraud==

	==Job ~~Scam (~~Money Mule)==		==Job Scams==
			===Money Mule===
	A work-from-home job sounds great, especially one that only requires less than an hour's work every week. So that email you just got asking you to be an overseas transfer manager sounds perfect, doesn't it? Slow down -- it's a scam, and you're looking at serious trouble if you get suckered in.		A work-from-home job sounds great, especially one that only requires less than an hour's work every week. So that email you just got asking you to be an overseas transfer manager sounds perfect, doesn't it? Slow down -- it's a scam, and you're looking at serious trouble if you get suckered in.