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Post by **jones jones** » Mon Jan 06, 2014 1:17 pm

Got a letter today via snail mail from Bissett & Mingo Legal Consultants in Paris, France. A relative of mine died during the Cyclone Nargis Disaster, which occurred in May 2008. He left a treasure chest with this company worth $5.8 million and I should contact them urgently.

These scammers are getting rather more sophisticated now as this one was on a company letterhead with address, phones numbers and all.

Lady J · Post by **Lady J** » Mon Jan 06, 2014 7:03 pm

Do people really fall for these scams?:-3

G#Gill · Post by **G#Gill** » Mon Jan 06, 2014 7:56 pm

Yes, unfortunately, LJ, they do. Especially if the communication looks professional like Jj's seems to be. The thing you have to watch out for is when they ask you for money up front for one reason or another ! Why do these bastards have to spoil a facility as wonderful as the internet with their damnable criminal ways ? Of course you can bet that it will be the most vulnerable who will get caught by the scam - people who can least afford it, pensioners who are not so smart maybe, or who trust people too much. What a sad chuffin' world we live in.

Post by **jones jones** » Tue Jan 07, 2014 4:10 am

I Googled this scam and found that is being distributed in many different forms and languages all over the world.

Apparently if and when you respond you are e-mailed pages of forms to fill in and the bottom line is you are asked to pay a fee of $8000.00 before you receive your 50% share of the "treasure box."

Post by **LarsMac** » Tue Jan 07, 2014 10:45 am

We keep getting phone calls from a Jamaica telephone number.

The guy identifies differently each time but it seems my wife has won a brand new Meibach and 20 million dollars, and the delivery guy is on the way to our house with the car and a check. All we need to do is wire the tax payment to of 500 US dollars to some person in Las Vegas.

We have been getting these calls about every month, since we set up this phone number.

I have tried toying with them, arguing with them, just telling them to go get !#!$@, and any number of tactics, and somehow it never sinks in that they are wasting their time with us.

Bruv · Post by **Bruv** » Tue Jan 07, 2014 11:57 am

Watched a TV program recently where a group plays these people at their own game.

They arranged to meet a Nigerian in a rural corner of south west England to exchange payment.

The idea is to harass and to cost them time and money until the rewards are not worth it.

Post by **jones jones** » Tue Jan 07, 2014 12:42 pm

I guess there are people who get caught or else these conmen wouldn't persist with these scams. Surely the victims should ask these guys why if they got a gazillion dollars for them, they don't just deduct the fees first and then send the balance to the them.

Post by **LarsMac** » Mon Jan 13, 2014 11:51 am

I was shopping Craigslist for a car recently.

Found a Nissan Maxima that had an unusually low price.

I sent a query to the listed seller.

What follows is the email exchange:

First response:

Hello,

My name is Linda, happy to see you are interested in my 2005 Nissan Maxima SL. Let me give you a few details about it. Really good shape, never had any problems with it, no scratches or dents, Non-smoker,153,507 Mileage, automatic transmission,265 horsepower 3.5 engine 4 wheel drive , the title is legally under my name, clear and free of any liens or loans.The price was reduced at $2,235.I'm selling it so low due the fact that my medical team will deploy back to Afghanistan on January 30th for 1 year contract and its not worth keeping insurance and paying storage fees for 1 year so there's no use on keeping it,therefore I need a fast and reliable buyer.

Sincerely,

Senior Medic Sgt. Linda Nelson

my reply

Can we arrange to look at it tomorrow or Tuesday?

To which I received:

Hi again,i am currently stationed at Nevada Army National Guard. We are getting ready for Afghanistan. We are in the final stage of our training and we are not allowed to use the phone during this period. This is supposed to keep us focused on our trainings. I am only allowed to check my email few times a day. I hope you can understand that we will have to stick to email for now. The vehicle is here with me at the base but I’ve already made all the arrangements with DAS to pick it up from the base. DAS will also handle the title transfer for an extra $75.00. Being in the army has some advantages and one of them is the fact that I can ship it very cheap and i will pay for the shipping charges.I am a member of the Google Wallet protection program and using this service you will give a 5 days testing period after delivery.During that 5 days testing period I will not be getting any money. I have to fill out a form on Google Wallet and I need the name that will go on the title and an address where you want the vehicle delivered and we can get the ball rolling.Photo Check out my photos! Thanks

Hmmm, suspicion aroused, I offered the following:

Well, actually, my sister lives in Nevada, very near the Army National Guard station.

She is with the Nevada State Police. I gave her your email.

You can arrange with her to look at the vehicle. If she likes it, she will give you cash payment, and hold the car for me until my next visit in March.

The next reply:

Here's how I would like to handle the sale.

The financial part will be managed by Google Wallet, so we can both be protected.

1. I will contact Google wallet and give all the info about this deal .

2. They will send us an invoice by email - about the buyer's protection policy, delivery, and payment.

3. You will send the payment to Google wallet and I will send the vehicle to your location .

4. After you will inspect the vehicle and decide to keep it, they will transfer the money into my account.

RETURN POLICY:

If by any reason the vehicle is not as described, or if you find any problems with it I will pay for the returning fees. I'm sure it won't be the case, but this is Google wallet policy.

As soon as the vehicle arrives, you will have a 5 business days inspection period, so you can get to know the vehicle better.

I prefer to use DAS Auto Shippers for the delivery because they have a lot of positive feedback. The estimated time of delivery is 3 to 5 days, they will deliver the vehicle on a flatbed truck.

Good faith has always been my top priority and my most valued business approach.

Please provide me with your full name and shipping address so I can register the deal with Google wallet if you have the funds available. Thank you

So obviously, these guys count on your being smart enough to do the math. The car blue books for 5-7 thousand and they claim to sell it for less than 2300.

Greed should then set in, and you think, this is an opportunity to make 3 of 4 grand in a few days. Buy the car, and re-sell for book value. You are SOOO clever.

But then you need to be greedy enough that you don't really think it through, and you give them your details, and put some money up on Google Wallet, thinking they can't actually get their hands on it until you have the car.

Now, I am sure that somewhere along the way, they come up with something, like, can you send a deposit to me for the auto shipper to pick it up. (probably a few hundred bucks.) you send them the deposit, and you never hear from them again.

I don't have Google Wallet, so not sure how that part works. There may be a way that they could get the entire amount out of you if you're dumb enough.

I ran into similar scammers when I was selling the furniture from our previous house.

They claimed they would buy the furniture, and arrange shipping, all I had to do was wire the shipper a deposit.

fuzzywuzzy · Post by **fuzzywuzzy** » Mon Jan 13, 2014 1:52 pm

jones jones;1443965 wrote: Got a letter today via snail mail from Bissett & Mingo Legal Consultants in Paris, France. A relative of mine died during the Cyclone Nargis Disaster, which occurred in May 2008. He left a treasure chest with this company worth $5.8 million and I should contact them urgently.

These scammers are getting rather more sophisticated now as this one was on a company letterhead with address, phones numbers and all.

My first question........... Do I have an uncle with a company in France?