Internet Warnings
Several local people have received email messages requesting bank account information. There are various themes to try and persuade you to give the information. The lastest involves someone inheriting a large sum of money that needs to be transfered from an account temporarily to another before they can access the money. In return for using your account you would receive a percentage of the money. Actually, your account is electronically drained of all your funds.
Never give out any personal information to someone you do not know. Most companies or financial institutions never ask for personal information or account over the internet through email.
US Secret Service site regarding Nigerian Scam http://www.usss.treas.gov/alert419.shtml
Website describing Nigerian Scam http://home.rica.net/alphae/419coal/
Below is an example of an email received in the Charleston area in March 2001:
PERSONAL AND STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL
I am Mrs SOPHIA KABBAH Ivorien widow with an only son DANIEL
KABBAH.My husband was the chief security
officer to the ousted President Henry BEDIE of Cote d'voire.During
the over throw of 24th December 1999,
my husband was among the people that were killed by the military.
Since after his death, I ran away with my only son,
Sir. may I introduce this business proposal to you with reference
to an introduction and good recommandation made of you and your
esteemed firm by my close friend. I do hereby wish to ask for
your assistance in urgent business transaction that requires
absolute honesty and secrecy.Although I did not in any way
disclose to my friend the details of this my proposal
due to confidential nature of this transaction.By virtue of my
husband's position. The former President(BEDIE)gave him US
20.000.000.00 Dollars(Twenty million US dollars) cash in US 100.00
dollars bill stacked in a box when he got information
that the militaries were planning to over throw him.Immediately
my husband was confirmed dead, I made away with this box
with my only son so that we can not be reached by Mr BEDIE. I
have really been waiting for a more suitable time and
opportunity to contact you concerning this transaction. Right
now, the money is in a safe place, I deposited it with a security
company for safe keeping. I am using this opportunity to seek for
your assistance to move this money to your country, to be
invested on behalf of my only son. For this business to be
concluded immediately, all you need to do is to arrange to meet
with me and my son where this box is been lodged, open an account
in your name, pay in the whole money after clearing and
transfering it to your chosen account. We can't do that on our
own because we don't have account else where, moreover, we don't
have any business to cover-up that is why we needed your
assistance.
I am ready to offer you 30% of the total sum and give you the
full power to manage the remaining 70% on behalf of my
son.Contact my son DANIE KABBAH where we are curently staying in
a sister's house in LOME-TOGO.This money we
deposited it in the best security company in LOME-TOGO. Upon
conclusion of arrangement, we shall forward to
you the certificate of deposit, and the phone and fax number of
the security company for confirmation immediately you
recieve this e-mail message or through his e-mail address.or you
can reach my son try this number ( 00228-02-27-86)
Please I want us to finish this business as quikly as possible.
Yours faithfuly
Mrs SOPHIA KABBAH
SENIORS WARNED ABOUT PHONE SCAM
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Commissioner of the Bureau of Senior Services Ann Stottlemyer today issued a warning to senior citizens not to release any personal information to anyone claiming to represent SPAN II. No one will be calling you from the SPAN II program, Stottlemyer said. You should not provide information to anyone who represents themselves as the Bureau of Senior Services and asks for personal information. Stottlemyer said the bureau was contacted by a woman who had received a phone call from someone claiming to represent SPAN II. The caller asked for the woman's checking account number.
POSSIBLE TELEPHONE SCAM
This was received by email and is being passed along.
To Whom It May Concern: I just wanted to contact you to let you know of a possible scam to warn people about. Yesterday a company calling itself American Financial called and spoke to my father about a credit card my mother had supposedly requested. My dad told them they would have to wait and speak to her. They told him they needed their bank account number to draft an annual fee from their checking. Unfortunately, he did give them the information they requested. They actually called back in the evening to speak to her. The "representative" was rude and became very abusive when she told him that they had authorized no drafts from their checking account. He told her that since my dad had given them the information, that a draft would come through today.We were lucky enough to get to the bank before they closed last night to withdraw all the funds, and then closed the account this morning. I contacted the local Sheriff's Dept. today and related this story. I did get the phone number for this outfit because I have caller ID. (They would not give a phone number.) There are 2 numbers for them (they made 2 calls). They are listed as Corporate Industries (480)707-XXXX and (480)707-XXXX. When I gave the first number to the Sheriff's Dept. He called it and it was a residential number, he spoke with someone named Frank, who claimed not to know anything about it. Thanks for your time.
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