Since last 4 years the business of fraud committed by some people
claiming to be from African and some other countries is going
on.These people send emails through proxy servers and are
difficult to trace.Though undersigned has been sending compalaints
to respective ministries of many countries after tracing DNS
address from where the mail emerged.
Recently a gang was caught in MP who defrauded some indians of Rs
20,00,000 .These were Nigerian citizens.
The emails claim that money has been left behind by their
relatives or parents.They are victims of civil war etc.
Some send emails in name of solicitors/lawyers.
All these mails are fraud and are based on exploiting human
weakness of greed,ignorance and innocence to fall in trap.
Either they call you to some country for further developments (like
in one case of boy of Punjab)or
come here to India or use some contact agents here.

When you get such mail try to find the originating address by ISP
search software and also forward mail to Cyber crime Department of
Ministry of Informational Technology.

These emails are covered under IT Act as fraud and cheating
practices.

Please never ever fall to these email inducments.Your money and
life both may be in danger.

Issued in Public Interest by Prof R K Gupta
Hony.President
Forum for Enforcement of Civil Liberties-India
{India FORCE}

Note. Please forward this message to as many persons as
possible.

Sir,

You are giving vague information. No clear information.

In the Ministry where to contact, contact person's address etc.

your giving information is just boost your name and your position in your
organisation.

This is not going to serve any purpose to the public. You are boasting
yourself and not giving any valid information etc.

Probably you are also like the above fraudsters.

Yours sincerely
hari

I thank you for bringing the attention of
all the members of the group to this scam.

The Nigerian Scam started in 1994 and maybe before
that. I recd. a Letter by ordinary international cover
in 1994.

Then @ 2000, it started coming by Fax.

@ 2004 onwards it is coming by Email.

@ 2005 onwards, the news of its success spreaded and
now scamsters with same trick from round the world are
trying their hands at it.

Today I got same type of request of transferring funds
from UAE.

Looking to the continuation & upgradation, it is
easily concluded that hundreds / thousands might have
been duped. In Indian society nobody would like to
share their failures and that reaped millions for the
scamsters.

( Maybe a new programme on channel can be started
where people should share failures , speak their
hearts out so that it can save valuable hard earned
money going away to scamsters. Any producer here ? ...
I can be contacted for giving royalty...joking.. )

Till date I never responded simply because I know that
no one in the world is a fool to giveaway 10-30 % of
Billions of Dollars for just transferring and giving
them the cash by withdrawing.

There are many countries where offshore accounts are
operated where kickbacks from corrupt countries find
their way. Then why benefitting directly to unknown
people like us ?

However GREED has no limits and people pay heavily for
that.

Secondly it is a violation of FERA/ FEMA/ RBI rules
and Non bailable warrants can be issued.

Recently, in last 3-6 months, people duped are coming
forward and those Nigerians are being caught in the
act or after the act by Police and their passports
seized and cases lodged.

Awareness has increased. However the combined effect
of rising population, urbanisation, unemployment,
weather, etc...and the ever rising needs, luxuries,
etc.. has caused frustrations across all walks of life
for many and those are the ones who buy lotteries and
gamble for making fast buck. They are the ones who are
taken for ride.

Hari, you seemed to know every eagerly whom to
contact, right ?

Reg. the contact person in event of such becoming a
victim or having doubt reg. the same , please contact
your nearest Police station. If it is email related,
it is transferred to the cyber crime cell and
whosoever is complainant shall be forwarded the nos ,
names . place where that cyber crime cell is located
in their area, city or state.

At least in Mumbai, we are well aware of that and
Mumbai's dynamic cyber crime is solving many cases.

Regds.

Milan Mehta

Dear All,

Yes,These people who are basically from nigeria or from the other parts of the
african countries are making fool to indian,by just sending an mail.
I have received a mail & after going thru the mail I intentionaly replied to
trace these people,& fortunately I have received the answer from them.
Then I asked for their contact numbers for proceeding the matter,The gave me
their contact numbers & after some time even I have received a ISD Call from
those guys,They were asking me to come but I told them to Transfer the money
first,Then They had replied that First you should come to S/africa & help them &
finally take your share

He called me up from this number :-+27113391040 or may be like this
His name is Christopher maloi,Mother's name is roisemary maloi.....etc...ALL
THESE NAMES ARE FAKE...

PLZ TAKE CARE FROM SUCH TYPE OF INCIDENTS OR SCAM,& MIGHT BE YOUR LIFE CAN BE
IN DANGER,AS THEY MIGHT BE CARNIVOROUS OR MAN EATING PERSON....PLZ IGNORE SIMPLY
& MARK SPAM TO IT.


rEGARDS
rAVI

The worst part is the innocent victims who believe these cheats and go to
Nigeria are killed by these bastards..

These people have indirect agents in India too..

Sometimes back I read an article...A person in India was contacted by one
such gang...That guy was an intelligent fellow..He acted innocent but never
gave away any money...

He somehow tricked the gang...He said to them that he would give them the
money but only in person....He said the contact to come to a particular
place...Informed beforehand the police about this ..Then the police later
arrested the contact...I dont know what happened after that..

So if u can do this...that would be great..

Regards

If you reach to their country, they shall come to pick
you up in a first class car and then on way, strip you
totally including Passport, foreign exchange, watch,
chain, ring, shoes, etc...and leave you on road.

Finally such guys land up at Indian Embassy and reach
back home learning a lesson leaving a big hole in
their pockets.

My friend who used to do job in a African country told
me the above.

What sivam mentioned was the one I mentioned that
people have become aware of such schemes and laying
traps. 3 times in last 2-3 months news came that the
Nigerians got trapped.

The Most famous name from which this scam comes is
MARIAM ABACHA. The most famous country that is the
origin is presently NIGERIA. Now new countries have
joined :IVORY COAST, SINGAPORE, MALAYSIA, KOREA,
CHINA, etc....

For authenticity people also use some news article
mentioned on ...hold your breath...BBC website news !!
They redirect you to some news where a person's name
is mentioned and this scamster then says he is that
person knowing that you shall never be able to see him
and when you see him by meeting him in his country,
you are already into trouble.

Beware of any schemes that gives you more than 12 - 15
% yearly interest as on today ! It is not possible on
long term.

We get carried away by seeing / reading success
stories. However please understand that behind every
success story printed there are thousand failures
which shall never to be disclosed & printed.

Check your own inner conscience and you shall know how
many times you did not confess you got cheated at
small instances at so many places...bus conductor,
train ticket windows, veg. vendor, baniya's store,
etc....

Hence one has to proceed careful in today's world.
Everybody's out to make fast buck..at any cost..by
hook or crook..

Regds.

Hi all,

These scams have around for many years now.
I get many such emails every other day.

Hello,

If you received such type of letter or e-mails then contact to the nearest police station.

Thanks

FROM EVICH JAMES
449 BP 46 ABIDJAN 01.
COTE D'IVORIE.

Dearest one,

Permit me to inform you of my desire to go into business relationship with you ,
after going through your profile and I prayed over it and selected your name among
other names due to the nature of my proposal,which requires a reputable and
trustworthy person. Someone who will be kind and sincere to me.

l am Miss Evich James, the only daughter of late Mr and Mrs Edward James.My father
was a very wealthy cocoa merchant in Abidjan here, the economic capital of Ivory
Coast, he was poisoned to death by his business associates on one of their business
meeting. My mother died on the 22th may 1998 and my father took me so special
because l am motherless. Before the death of my father on 10th december 2007 in a
private hospital here in Abidjan, he secretly called me on his bedside,when I sat
down to listen to him, he started crying, why?

(1) He complained that I am too young to be managing my life with no one to take
care of me,(2)That I have not finished my university education as he planned for me,
he revealed to me that he has a sum of US$7.500.000.(SEVEN MILLION FIVE HUNDRED
THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS) left in a security company here in Abidjan, that he
used my name as the only daughter for his next of kin in deposit of the funds.

He also explained to me that it was because of this wealth that he was poisioned by
his business associates , that l should seek for a GOD fearing foreign partner in a
country of my choice where l will transfer this money and use it for proper
investment purpose ,that I must finish my university education by the help of a
business partner abroad,that he or she should help me obtain a resident permit in
his or her country.

He also gave a standing instrution to the company that the deposit must be
transferred outside this country. According to my father,the money was deposited as
art works to avoid attracting attention to the deposit.

I am now ready to do all these since my father my bread winner is no more. l am
honourable seeking your assistance in the following ways.

(1) To serve as my guardian in your country while I will depend on your expert
advise since l am a girl of 19 years.


(2) To make arrangement for me to come over to your country in order to further my
university education and to secure a residential permit for me in your country.

Moreover , l am willing to offer you 15% of the total sum as compensation for your
assistance in the transfer of this deposit to your country. Furthermore, you can
indicate your option towards assisting me as l believed that this project would be
concluded within seven days you signify interest to assist me by contacting the
security company.

Hoping to hearing from you soon.

May God bless you as you extend your helping hand to the needy.

Yours faithfully,

Ms Evich James.

sir,i have lost three lakhs in this fake draw....they sent a certificate that i had won 1million euro....in order claim that they told to pay 3lakhs as a transfer fee....i have every details reg this....please help me out in this

good and useful info .. thanks

We (Piano World) have had first hand experience with these scams. They have tried to purchase products from our online store.

Some of the people advertising pianos for sale on Piano World have also been approached.
And now, we find that some of our dealer-members have been contacted too.

bird cages

Hi,

instead of posting to rediff shopping complaints, i have posted in this blog. Please disgard the mail which i posted. Sorry for the inconvenience.

Note: Subject with "NO RESPONSE" and in text it is about the shoratge issue.

Thanks,
Fouzia

Very good experience, is worth learning, thank you

yesterday i got call from GSS Shoppings asking me to drop a cheque of Rs. 7999/- in Favour of GSS Shopping Pvt. Ltd. New Ashok Nagar Delhi , 110096 to claim my cash prize given by Bag It Today company as i have book a product Kodak Handy cam in Jan.20011 which i hav not yet received . what i shall do ? go with them ? or denie them ? plz tell me urgently As they will call me at 11.30 AM today .