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Warning system for Advance Fee Fraud:
When we receive evidence of and advance fee fraud in progress or prepared, our volunteer section warn the victims or targeted victims for advance fee fraud.
Example of a typical warnings send to a (targeted) victim:
Warning: You are the target for an Advance Fee Scam
Dear Sir/Madam,
You are receiving this email because one of our investigative units has
identified you as the (potential) victim of a Nigerian 419 Advance Fee
Fraud. This fraud typically originates with the scam operator soliciting
your assistance to move millions of dollars from Africa or the Philippines
to a different continent preferably by a so-called diplomatic courier. You
will eventually be asked to pay fees ranging from a few thousand dollars
to hundreds of dollars for storage or insurance fees, transportation costs,
clearance documents, and in the final stage you will be asked for hundreds
of thousands of dollars to pay for chemicals to "clean" the money after you
have witnessed a cleaning trick.
It could also be the case that you are asked to claim, an over invoiced
contract, a lottery prize or bank account of a deceased, in order to claim
the benefits which supposed to be millions.
The scammers always claim to be or sometimes really are connected to
government or company officials. They also have very convincing but fake
documents to prove the existents of their deal, and in these modern times
the scammers also make use of the internet to showcase not really existing
account balances with nonexistent and for sure unlicensed internet banks.
In recent years the scammers also have been paying with fake or stolen
cheques, bank drafts or false banktransfer documents. In some cases the
banks initially accept and credit the amounts to your account, after which
the scammers ask to forward part of the payment or the ordered products
to a third party. This third party is also involved in the scam.
When this happens to you the bank will hold you responsible for the loss
after it becomes clear that the payment is a fraudulent one.
Unless you want to lose a lot of money - do not advance ANY money for
a "business" transaction involving millions of dollars. If you have already
paid any money it is almost certainly lost for good. If it sounds too good
to be true then it is and you will definitely end up losing lots of money.
Be advised that this is an ongoing scam that has been happening for over
twenty years and to date it has successfully bilked unwary victims of
billions of dollars. There are currently thousands of persons of West
African origin perpetrating this scam. It is Nigeria's third industry.
There is no money. The only persons who stand to gain in this business
are the criminals operating this scam. If you are still in contact with the
criminals (their so-called lawyers, diplomats etc.) it is in your best interests
to cease all communications and forward all correspondences to the
authorities in your country.
Sincerely,
419unit@ultrascan.nl
PS.
For detailed information on these scams please refer to the following
web sites:
Ultrascan: http://www.ultrascan.nl
The 419 Coalitions home page: http://home.rica.net/alphae/419coal/
If you reside in the United States and have lost money to the criminals
please contact the United States Secret Service financial crimes division
by referring to their page at:
http://www.secretservice.gov/alert419.shtml
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News
07-03-2009 Zwendelaar Stanford ook witwasser
Ultrascan raakte op het spoor van het witwasschandaal tijdens een onderzoek naar de handel in nepaandelen vanuit de Filippijnen. Volgens woordvoerder Frank Engelsman staat het witwasschandaal geheel los van de fraude van acht miljard dollar die onlangs aan het licht kwam. ''Die zaak is kinderspel vergeleken bij de bedragen die werden witgewassen.''
09-11-2008 ZEMBLA We weten alles van u
Gegevens van Nederlandse creditcard houders zijn te koop op Russische criminele sites. Voor vijf dollar per stuk kocht het televisie programma ZEMBLA acht willekeurige ‘personages’: hun namen, huisadressen, e-mailadressen, telefoonnummers en creditcard -gegevens. Met die gegevens heeft ZEMBLA probleemloos aankopen gedaan.
07-11-2008 NOS Journaal - Creditcardgegevens te koop op web.
Gegevens van creditcardhouders uit Nederland zijn via internet te koop op Russische websites. Dat meldt Zembla in een uitzending die
zondagavond wordt uitgezonden.
29-08-2008 How Nigerian politics affect your inbox
OTTAWA — You may never have heard of Nuhu Ribadu, but you will likely feel the impact now that he has been unceremoniously dumped from his job as head of the Economic and Financial Crime Commission in Nigeria.
Just watch your e-mail inbox.
05 june 2008 BBC uncovers UK-Nigerian scam
The BBC has uncovered eviden ce that a growing number of Nigerian fraudsters are operating from within the UK.
Victims are promised a lottery win or inheritance but must pay cash up front, which the criminals then keep. Anna Adams reports.
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Alerts and press releases
05-03-2009 Report incriminates Stanford Int. Offshore Bank
The report outlines the suspicions, including number of bank accounts, names and account details, that the Stanford International Bank has been involved in an international money laundering scheme of shocking magnitude that has spread its tentacles throughout the world.
12-12-2008 Van Gaststudent tot Cybercrime Miljonair
'Er is genoeg voor iedereen’
Business case scenario van Cyber Criminelen. Het is vrijdag nacht 2 december 2005 in een Zuid-Europese kustplaats. Peter, een 17 jaar oude IT gaststudent, mag voor de eerste keer mee met zijn vrienden om skim-apparatuur te plaatsen op bank automaten in de buurt.
09-11-2008 Identiteitsfraude op bestelling
Ultrascan toont in Zembla aan hoe gemakkelijk het is om gestolen creditcardgegevens via het internet aan te schaffen en vervolgens te misbruiken door het aanschaffen van goederen via internet of het cashen van geld bij een ATM
17-03-2008 Case study of a high loss victim
John, a PhD graduate who has run his family's wine business, first fell victim to a scam in 2001. Seven years and more than $500,000 later he is still sending money to fraudsters in the hope that one more payment will release the long-promised rewards.
01-02-2008 Three Defendants Plead Guilty in Advance-Fee Fraud
WASHINGTON – Three defendants pleaded guilty to federal charges of running an “advance-fee” scheme that targeted U.S. victims with promises of millions of dollars, including money from an estate and a lottery, Assistant Attorney General Alice S. Fisher of the Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Benton J. Campbell of the Eastern District of New York announced today.
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