Thread: Where is the catch?

Did anybody get an offer to collect the money from the customers living in their country in behalf of a company outside of the country?

It works like this: A company outside my country has customers in my country.
That company are recruiting “Financial officers” in the customer’s country. These Financial Officers will receive the payments from the customers, and send it to the company outside the country for a commission. They say they will save fees this way, as the transfers between companies is more expensive than transfers coming from a private person.

I am in this situation. I was offered in an email to become a Financial Officer. I did it in joke. A few days later, the company send me the name of one of the customer who is ready to pay. I totally forgot about this, when today the company announced me that a check of 5 figures is in a way. I suppose to cash the check to my bank, deduct the commission, and send them the rest.

Where is the catch?

I don’t have any money in the bank account I will be using, so they can’t still my money.
How else can they scam me?

Originally Posted by way2go

Did anybody get an offer to collect the money from the customers living in their country in behalf of a company outside of the country?

It works like this: A company outside my country has customers in my country.
That company are recruiting “Financial officers” in the customer’s country. These Financial Officers will receive the payments from the customers, and send it to the company outside the country for a commission. They say they will save fees this way, as the transfers between companies is more expensive than transfers coming from a private person.

I am in this situation. I was offered in an email to become a Financial Officer. I did it in joke. A few days later, the company send me the name of one of the customer who is ready to pay. I totally forgot about this, when today the company announced me that a check of 5 figures is in a way. I suppose to cash the check to my bank, deduct the commission, and send them the rest.

Where is the catch?

I don’t have any money in the bank account I will be using, so they can’t still my money.
How else can they scam me?

Think of it this way, who's on the hook should the check you deposit bounce? How would you be paid back for the bounced check? It's a major scam, do not, I repeat do no do it.

They are forging checks! You are the one left holding the bag! You could be charged with some BS charge. Even though you are an innocent party! These people are true criminals. Do not give them your address and if you have. You had better contact your local police dept. They had a case in LA where this happened. When the guy did not send them their illegal cash. They sent a gang of people to kill him! Dude this is a true story! Before you talk to the police I would suggest you hire a lawyer to get immunity from any and all BS charges!

Just a word of caution!!!!!!!!!!!

From The Desk Of: Mr Mr James Tatum.
Mr Mr James Tatum, {Manager}.
Urgent Business Partnership.

ATTN:

First I must solicit your
confidence in this transaction, this is by virtue of its nature as
being utterly confidential and top secret. Though I know that a
transaction of this magnitude will make any one apprehensive and
worried, but I am assuring you that all will be well at the end of the
day. I have decided to contact you due to the urgency of this
transaction.
Let me start by introducing myself properly to you. I am
Mr James Tatum, the manager with the Union Bank of Nigeria Plc, Lagos.
I came to know you in my Private Search for a Reliable and Reputable
Person to handle this Confidential Transaction, which involves the
transfer of Huge sum of Money to a Foreign Account requiring Maximum
Confidence.
THE PROPOSITION:

A Foreigner an Australia, Late Engr.
Abbas Gumeri (Snr.) an Oil Merchant with the Federal Government of
Nigeria, until his death months ago in Kenya Air Bus (A310-301) Flight
KQ431, Banked with us at Union Bank of Nigeria Plc, Lagos and had a
closing balance as at the end of September, 2000 worth US$20,500,000.00
(TWENTY MILLION FIVE HUNDRED UNITED STATES DOLLARS), the bank now
expects a next of kin as beneficiary. Valuable efforts are being made
by the Union Bank of Nigeria to get in touch with any of the Moore's
family or relatives but to no success.

It is because of the perceived
possibility of not being able to locate any of Late Engr. Abbas Gumeri
(Snr.)' s next kin (He had no wife or children that is know to us). The
Management under the influence of our Chairman and Members of the Board
of Directors, that arrange has been made for the fund to be declared
"Unclaimed" and subsequently be donated to the trust fund for arms and
ammunition to further enhance the course of War in Africa and the World
in General.

In order to avert this negative development some of my
trusted colleagues and I now seek your permission to have you stand as
next of kin to Late Engr. Abbas Gumeri (Snr.) so that the fund US$20.5
Million will be released and paid into your account as the
beneficiary's next of kin. All documents and proves to enable you get
his fund will be carefully worked out. We have secure from the probate
an order of madamus to locate any of deceased beneficiaries, and more
so we are assuring you that this business is 100% Risk Free
involvement. Your share stays while the rest be for myself and my
colleagues for investment purpose. According to agreement within both
parties.

As soon as we receive an acknowledgement of receipt of this
message in acceptance of our mutual business proposal, we would furnish
you with the necessary modalities and disbursement ratio to suite both
parties with out any conflict. While replying furnish me with your
private fax and phone numbers for easy communication.

The sharing of
the fund are thus: 35% for you the account owner,60% for i and my
trusted colleagues and the remainning 5% for expenses for both parties.

If this proposal is acceptable by you, do not make undue advantage of
the trust I have bestowed in you.

Best regards,
Mr James Tatum,


THE CATCH WITH THESE. IS THAT THEY WANT YOU TO HELP WITH THE EXPENCES!!!!!!!!

Thank you guys for your wise advices. I can believe the extend people are going in order to accomplish their scams. They created company’s site. They name they are using for their company appears in some guvernment’s site. The person who contacted me is recorded as company’s representative on the site. Or maybe the company name and the site are genuine, and they are just pretending working for that company.

I emailed the person and I said that I don't want to be involved in this and that I will return any check I receive.

What S…. I was almost ready to fall in. Sad to see there are so low human lives around.

From what goldraker had advised you and the fact that you need to be extra cautious, all I can chip in is simply, IGNORE these tempting invitations!!! There is NO FREE LUNCH when coming to money matters.

Most of all, and this is for anyone catching up later with this thread, remember this primary aim of these scammers, Nigerian or otherwise, black or Caucasian or brown to yellow...and all the way to HongKong or India, they only want to have access to your privy information i.e. you Bank accounts and details and the rest is plain phishing and scooping with your permission, Up Front!


Cheers to being extra cautious and better pay for your own lunch...WTG...