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  • Scam alert!

    I haven't posted about email scams in a while so it's time for an update.

    The scammers are increasing their "volume" by saying  that they "know" you have been dealing with x, y and z [named persons] and you have to stop!  They are also using Barrister and Esq. in their names so you might think they are really lawyers.

    Why do they do this? Most people get anxious when they get mail from attorneys.. [I have a law degree and I hate getting mail from legal entities.]

    BUT – remember these scammers DO NOT KNOW YOU!

    They are making idle threats to scare you into contacting them…

    As the economy stays stagnant and people are out of work and hoping for a solution to money woes – a promise of inheriting millions that "someone" left to you has appeal.

    But ask yourself – if they were legitimate wouldn't they know how to reach you via "real" mail and not be using email? and email that is not sent to your actual name.

    If you have friends or family who you think might actually believe these emails – please pass this post along to them.

    The reason we all keep getting this kind of email is that people actually DO fall for the scam because if not one did – they would stop!

     

  • DON’T FALL FOR THE SCAM WITH THE PUPPY DOG EYES!

             puppy

                          Sometimes the ad offers a free puppy. 

     Or, maybe a pure bred dog needs a new home.

    The scam works like this: although the dogs are "free," the seller will ask to be wired money in advance so the puppy can be safely shipped to its new owner. Some victims have even gone to the airport to pick up their new pet only to discover there is no dog and they've been scammed.

    A recent version of the "puppy scam" offered two registered English Bulldogs "free to a good home."  Fortunately, the scammer's attempt was thwarted because an alert Southern Oregon newspaper editor publisher smelled something fishy and refused to run the ad.
     
    The puppy scam relies on the best intentions of animal lovers.  Another version of the puppy scam involves a con artist posing as a "puppy mill rescue group".  These ads claim to be seeking good homes for a batch of purebred puppies rescued from a puppy mill.  In reality it is the puppy mill operator who has posted the ad and is looking to cash in – sometimes asking $1,000 or more per puppy.
     
    For more information about other puppy scams, and expert advice on humane pet adoption please check out the ASPCA Web site. 
     
    Anyone who believes they have been approached by a scammer should call the Oregon Department of Justice Consumer Hotline at 1-877-877-9392 or go to the Department's Web site: www.oregonattorneygeneral.gov.

  • LOL – sad but still LOL

    I’m sorry if these get repetitious but I find them funny but sad as well since people do fall for them.   It’s another take on "you can get money here" scams.  First they scam you by promising that you can get money – then they scam you by saying you’ve been scammed    and that they can help you get your money back.  

    PLEASE STAY AWAY from all of these. 

    Attention : Beneficiary,



    My name is Interpol John Brown, we are fraud investigating international police attached with United Nations international police unit Cotonou We cover West African country with our men. We discovered that you are among

    the list of foreigners that fell victims of fraudulent activities of some scam men here.



    From our investigation, we discovered that you have lost some money to fulfill your endless financial obligation with these criminals I discovered that MANY who claim to be YOUR PARTNER AND FRIEND IN BUSINESS INCLUDING YOUR PRESENT BUSINESS PARTNER used your money to buy properties here ,however, they are now on the run but they would be writing you from hiding due to mobile internet services.



    We also found out that you sent money to THEM WITH HOPE OF MAKING A BIG MONEY Please we want to know how much you send to THEM, to enable us include it in the money we are proposing to return to you immediately.

    They are the people that told you series of sweet good stories ,and you believe them not knowing they are scam artist.We need your absolute cooperation to enable us recover all your fund and send it back to you so

    that you reposition your damaged financial life.



    Note,that those who claim to be your partner are corrupt citizens and have already distributed your Funds among themselves and the names of this hoodlums are,we have already arrested Mr.Shamsudeen Usman, while

    Dr.Charles Soludo is on the run so you have to be very careful in all your dealing with anyone henceforth,infact you are been advise to forward all further corespondent’s to my private email for further investigation. 

     These are so like the old Nigerian scam letters that used to come in the mail box – but with widespread internet usage they have proliferated.  Sadly they abound since people do fall for them.  It’s a good deed to warn older family members and neighbors about these kinds of emails.

     

     

  • Open Season for Medicare and the 1st one turned me off already!

    It’s that time of year again!  Open Season for Seniors!  Or is it Open Season ON Seniors?  

    [I was going to say "pissed me off" in the title but thought that would turn some of you off so I put that in in another way – so glad I use Thesis]

    Open season, starting on Nov. 15th, is when you can change your Medicare Advantage Plans – but the mail starts flowing now!

    Mailboxes get stuffed regularly – which is good for the Postal Service I guess.  But it is also a time of year that Medicare recipients are targeted by less-than-scrupulous persons and vendors.

    And even from the scrupulous [I think] – one gets come-ons like "meet with us and get a free calendar!"  A free calendar?  The kind one gets for free from so many businesses for doing nothing?  Wow – sign me up – not!

    I value my time and if you want me to look at your options make it easy; online or by being informative in your mailings.  And make your online information more comprehensive than the ad you mail.  I for one do not wish to meet with any sales person or give you information when your disclaimer lets me know I am "authorizing" you to contact me!  

    Maybe I am "allowing" you to contact me.  But authorize?  No way.  That means a sales person will call and call and call.  I get enough of those calls as is which is why I love Caller ID and the ringer shut off .

    And please don’t belittle my intelligence and devalue my time by offering me a damned calendar in exchange for meeting with you!!

     

     

     

     

     

     

  • Money scams

    My first post on the WordPress site and it’s about these ubiquitous scammers.

    I know some believe these letters or they’d stop – but I sure hope that by posting on my blog – YOU don’t buy into this scam.

    Clear alarms – It makes up agency names and does not write in correct English. "Real" Federal personnel would not be allowed to let this kind of writing out the door.

    Then – It tries to scare you inot thiking you and your banking are being monitored.  

    Lastly it asks for all sorts of "compulsory" information –

    let me tell you if the Feds wanted to find you – they know where you live. 

    Please do not fall for these and do let others know of these scams.

    *******

    International Debt Funds Recoup Unit of

    United States Department of the Treasury Washington DC .

    1500 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW ;

    Washington , DC 20220  

    Be enlighten that United States Department of the Treasury Washington DC in active virtual with Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI have escalated our watch on your computer and telephone communication because we discovered you have been communicating with imposters imposing as bank officials.

    We have monitored transaction list of the Western Union and the Wal-Mart Money Gram for transaction made on your name and transaction made through your bank account and our general findings urged us to set up multifaceted maximum security on your everyday activities most specially your email correspondence and telephone communications.  

    Base on how fascinating your case turned out to be we deployed representatives of International Debt Funds Recoup Unit of United States Department of the Treasury Washington DC and agents of Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI to investigate if there was any inheritance funds as a result of contract payment owe to you by the bank which name is not disclosed here and to our dismay it was discovered from the records of the Foreign Operation Department that your name appeared as a beneficiary of contract payment funds valued US$12.8Million United States Dollars.

    The assembly of American Government agency sent on your behalf to the bank confirmed that the procedure and blueprint of your funds recoup was fair and just considered opinion by the Bank and the outcome of the event was a solution to curtail activities of con artist and it was a perfect solution to your quest on your inheritance funds.

    Finally the recouped inheritance funds have arrived US Treasury Washington DC allotted into Cash Consignment Baggage and is currently deposited in US Treasury Basement Washington DC. To claim your funds reconfirm your personal information stated as following below that will be used for the delivery of the Cash Consignment Baggage to your location.

    1.  First Name

    2.  Middle Name:

    3.  Last Name:

    4.  Home Phone Number:

    5.  Cell Phone Number:

    6.  Fax (If Available):

    7.  Home Address:

    This is compulsory instruction.

    God Bless America .

    Mr. Michael Cena