I got a email at my yahoo email address that i have won MSN YAHOO PRIZE, They asked me to send them my Driving licence scanned copy and after verification they will contact me, they( Someone Dr Timothy Landon, Prize Processing manager MSN YAHOO AWARD-2007) contacted me via mail and asked me to collect the won money either from Landon or they will deposit this money with AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK GROUP. Then they asked me to contact Head of customer care of this bank through mail for transfering the money from this bank to my bank in India. They asked me to send my bank address, account no., swift code. I have sent all these formalities about 12 days ago, i got an email that your won money transfer is in progress. I just want to knok IS IT TRUE OR SOME SCAM. Please help me out.
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by Yehswanth Pai on Jul 18, 2007 05:00 PM Permalink
Hello Tej going by the stories u fall for u must be a mighty big MILLIONAIRE by now. Coming from a country like India or China where everybody distrusts everybody else HOW ON EARTH could u fall for a trick like this??? The reason is simple-Your greed for making lots of money with the least of efforts or no inputs -MIND YOU this NEVER pays on the contrary u end up loosing whatever u have!! hope u have learnt a lesson now at least Yeshwanth Pai from Bangalore
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by ravi prakash on Jul 22, 2007 12:22 PM Permalink
The first thing to do is to inform your bankers about stopping all payments out of your account.This includes electronic transfers. Second is to withdraw all monies from your bank so that no large value transaction can be done. Lastly, inform the London company saying that you are refusing all requests for payments of any kind without any form of local due diligence and reporting the matter to the Interpol or the British Police as well as the local Indian police. These measures will scare away the scamsters till they find a new scheme to lure you into it.
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by saurabh saxena on Jul 18, 2007 06:53 AM Permalink
My dear friend... I feel ur all money is transferred to somebody account using online ACH... just check ur account and continue monitor ur account... God Bless U....
I agree wholeheartedly abt these scamsters. Also beware of Dutch scams. A very convincing "lottery win" to the tune of Rs.4crore (when converted from US dollars) got me going to the extent of telephonic conversations with two guys , one Shawn kelly , probably dutch bcos the caller id showed the code for netherlands, anyway, i was so convinced , i faxed them a copy of my passport!!! BUT THANK GOD it ended there and then as I "slowly" came to terms with the fact that I was being taken for a jolly good ride!!
I received the mail from one lady. she wrote her father deposit good money royal bank and his father dead. She want to transfer the money and she want use to my name. Lastly one lawyer send the message please deposit 1890 dollars . Please beware of indian in saudi arabia
RE:they send purchase orders too
by Aman Modi on Jul 17, 2007 08:47 PM Permalink
KALIAS?? Aren't we being racist here...and to think its us Indian who raise hell about Racism, etc.
it is good that rediff is giving this kind article that the people can be aware of it.to say i received the email like this that a deceased has left a large some of money in his account and was dead in tsunami.he poses himself as a bank employee.i have asked him to come to india.i would like to know whom should i complain to get him caught.
Indeed these scamstars are using ingenious ways and means to extort money from the unsuspecting. Damsels in distress, supposedly living in refugee camps in Senegal,Liberia and claiming to inheritance to a huge fortune lying unclaimed in European Banks is a common storyline of these crooks. They all claim to be the only daughter of some slained ex-President or advisor to a deposed Wast African leader. Now they have started using sites like the rediff matchmaker thru which they send marraige proposals to the gullible soul. I request matchmaker.rediff to delete profiles of such dubious characters.
This is a serious malaise with the potential of having serious repurcussions. Recently i got an offer from a recruiting agency called KODEK recruitment. Better watch out now. Folks who are reading this,,,You too take note. The next thing I am going to do is to find out about the agency and other related details.
