Money Scams

[Maysville PD]

“Tis” The Season……..Scams


The Maysville Police Department would like to inform the community about money scams. We have been fielding a great number of calls referencing these award claim scams. This is how the scam works. You the citizen receive information via mail congratulating you on winning (Hundreds, Thousands, even Millions of Dollars) and all you have to do is claim it. The company sends you a formal letter with instructions of what to do enclosed is a check to be cashed at your local bank in which money is to be sent back to pay taxes on your prize. Once you have provided them with your banking information they will deposit the money into your account. Unfortunately the problem is the check is not valid, you haven’t won anything, there is no money, and if the check is cashed you’re responsibility is to the bank in reference to the money that has been outlaid. These scams are based out of country which the Maysville Police Department has no jurisdiction. What we want to do and can do is make you the citizen aware of the scam and to not get involved with it. It has been researched that most if not all of the money that goes through these scams goes to fund terrorism. The Maysville Police Department is providing this information to inform you and to assist you in not being a victim this Holiday Season or anytime.


Respectfully


Maysville Police Department

[canaco]

Awesome information, Thanks for sharing this with us.

[acoolmom777]

Thank you for the info...

[kdown]

Emails falsely claiming to be from the likes of Citibank, NatWest, and other reputable banking entities attempt to entice recipients into divulging their ATM/Debit card and PIN numbers. Those who click on the link will be directed to an authentic banking site, but a small window asking for pertinent account info will also be displayed. This small window is not from the banking site. Instead, it captures the sensitive data and sends it to the miscreants behind the malicious email.

Following is a sample of one such email:

Dear Citibank Member,
This email was sent by the Citibank server to verify your e-mail address. You must complete this process by clicking on the link below and entering in the small window your Citibank ATM/Debit Card number and PIN that you use on ATM. This is done for your protection -I- because some of our members no longer have access to their email addresses and we must verify it.

To verify your e-mail address and access your bank account, click on the link below. If nothing happens when you click on the link (or if you use AOL)p, copy and paste the link into the address bar of your web browser.

Unsuspecting users who click the link and enter the information requested into the small popup window will risk having their bank accounts compromised.
This banking scam is widespread throughout the world, affecting a large number of banks and their customers.

To protect yourself from such scams, remember the following:

A legitimate financial institution will never ask for your account information via an email
Do not follow links provided in an email requesting any form of financial information
Call your local bank and ask for verification before responding to any form of electronic correspondence alleging to be from your bank

[acoolmom777]

That is great info too Ken...Thanks

[dpolley]

Good info to have. How many of us have gotten similar emails from someone claiming to be from Ebay? You really have to be cynical these days. Most things aren't what they seem to be. Sad......

[Daphne]

If its sounds too good to be true then its probably not true. LOL

[kdown]

Another Scam, winning a lottery you never entered


LOTTO NL

INTERNATIONAL PRIZE AWARD DEPT.
REF Number: FAQ/231-
ILGI0431/05
BATCH No: EAPA/15/096/FAQ
TICKET No: 20511465463-7644
SERIAL No: 472-9768-98
LUCKY No: 8-66-97-22-65-99

RE: WINNING
FINAL NOTIFICATION

Sir, Madam

We are pleased to inform you of the
result of the Lottery Winners International programs held on the 6th of
December 2005. Your E-mail address attached to Ticket number
20511465463-7644 with Serial number 472-9768-98 drew the lucky numbers
8-66-97-22-65-99, which consequently won in the 1st category, you have
therefore been approved for a lump sum payout of US$ 1,000,000.00 (One
Million United States Dollars). This is from a total cash prize of
USD$10,000,000.00 Million shared amongst Ten International Lucky
Winners in the Category A + (Plus).

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

This lottery
is a promotional program by DE LOTTO, (Biggest lottery Organization in
the Netherlands) to advertise to the world its existence. All
participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from
over 50,000 companies and 2,000,000 individual email addresses from all
over the world, as part of our international promotions program, which
we intend to conduct several times a year.

Be informed that your
documents have to pass our authority to obtain a clearance, which shall
be attached to your document in readiness of the subsequent onward
transfer into your nominated bank account with 24 hours of completion
of the authentication.
Due to the possibility of unscrupulous
individuals filing a double claim, we suggest that you keep this award
strictly confidential until your claim has been processed and notarized
and your certificate of award obtained. This is in conformity with the
lottery claim regulations by our Organization & High Court of Justice.

This is part of our security protocol measures to avoid double
claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some participants/non
participants.
All winnings must be claimed not later than 18th of
December 2005. After this date all unclaimed funds will be included in
the next stake. Anybody under the age of 18 is automatically
disqualified.

To file for your claim, please contact our /your
processing agent
Mr. M. de Bruijne.
Tel: +31 647 826 212
Email:
agentdebruijne@netscape.net

NOTE: All winnings must be notarized and
a certificate of award must be obtained from the High Court of Justice
to complete the claims process, this certificate can only be obtained
through legal representation so winners will be referred to a lawyer to
assist in this process. Winners are to cover the legal charges for the
notarization of the claims form and the acquisition of the certificate
of award not DE LOTTO.
In order to avoid unnecessary delays and
complications, provide the following when replying:
Name:
Nationality:
Country of residence:
Tel number:

Delays will compel us to disperse
your funds, in other words, we shall divert your funds as stated above.
Kindly remember to quote your reference number numbers in all
correspondence.
Finally, you call on us and make sure that you save a
copy of this mail and note every letter clearly as stated for we will
not be held responsible should there be any complications in this
transaction due to laxity on your part.

Congratulations once more from
our members of staff and thank you for being part of our promotional
program.
Yours truly,
Wendy Witkamp.
Lotto.nl

[ponto]

This really great to see the community come together and share information that can help us all.

Special thanks to the Maysville Police Department.

[Sunshine]

I received one of these emails today mine was from England and it said I had won 500,000 pounds I deleted it I guess I just threw all that money away.

[mark]

I received one of these emails today mine was from England and it said I had won 500,000 pounds I deleted it I guess I just threw all that money away.

Hmmmm, I might have told them to send it on over here anyway, less any shipping & handling fees.

I bet they would have deleted you then! ..............see ya mark

[snowtiger]

My boyfriend was playing with those people last year (I told him not too), but they got in contact with him through some sites where he had posted his old '50's' cars for sale. Well, he knew they were scams, but he wanted to mess with them......When he went to US Bank to show them the fake cashiers check or money orders or whatever they were, they weren't too interested in trying to do something about it. We thought we might try to help catch them. Maybe they don't have the resources, but I thought they would be a little more interested in someone trying to scam their bank. But since my boyfriend would have been the one to end up paying out, since the check was fake, I suppose they wouldn't have lost anything. Anyway, the scammers say that they will send you a check (for a lot more than the amount of the car) and then you are supposed to cash that check, then send some towing business the money (which would end up being your own check) so your not only having to pay back the bank (when they find out it is a fake check) but then whatever money you sent to this bogus towing company. It's a sad thing because I think a few people got cheated last year through the same kind of scams.
My boyfriend emailed the guy back and told him that he had sent the FBI all the material he had on them. Well....it was a lie, since we really didn't have anything that could lead back to them, but they were severely upset and sent him back a very nasty email, LOL.

[towboatinwife]

I wish I would have read this a couple of days ago it would have saved me alot. We recieved 2 letter through regular mail with a real 3,750.00 check enclosed. The check would have been cashed at US Bank after talking to them and probably would have cleared according to some other internet report. I called the people on the check and was told that the check was a counter fit and had been stolen from them and even though they knew this the money would have been in our account, but then they would effentialy come to us sometime down the road to get it back! My letter says it is from the Australian Lottery Corporation. I was able to talk to an agent and everything. Boy did I ever call them back to confront them! After getting kindof pee-o-d with them and telling them I would like the FBI and my local police check it out they kept hanging up on me. I just hope no one else falls for this like we almost did.

[anita]

;) “Tis” The Season……..Scams




kkikk

The Maysville Police Department would like to inform the community about money scams. We have been fielding a great number of calls referencing these award claim scams. This is how the scam works. You the citizen receive information via mail congratulating you on winning (Hundreds, Thousands, even Millions of Dollars) and all you have to do is claim it. The company sends you a formal letter with instructions of what to do enclosed is a check to be cashed at your local bank in which money is to be sent back to pay taxes on your prize. Once you have provided them with your banking information they will deposit the money into your account. Unfortunately the problem is the check is not valid, you haven’t won anything, there is no money, and if the check is cashed you’re responsibility is to the bank in reference to the money that has been outlaid. These scams are based out of country which the Maysville Police Department has no jurisdiction. What we want to do and can do is make you the citizen aware of the scam and to not get involved with it. It has been researched that most if not all of the money that goes through these scams goes to fund terrorism. The Maysville Police Department is providing this information to inform you and to assist you in not being a victim this Holiday Season or anytime.


Respectfully


Maysville Police Department

I hate this kind of thing going on . Thanks for warning the public .

[kdown]

Overseas Telemarketers Using Fake Credit Card Offers to Steal Money and ID

19 Mar 2008
Raleigh, NC -- The Attorney General's office warns that scammers are using robo calls that promise better rates on credit cards to try to steal identity and run up charges in victims' names.

The Consumer Protection Division has gotten hundreds of reports from North Carolina consumers about prerecorded telemarketing calls from outfits with generic sounding names like "account services," "customer accounts" or "card services."

The telemarketers have no intention of giving consumers better interest rates on their cards and instead use the information to commit identity theft and run up unwanted charges.

The Attorney General's office is investigating the scam which appears to originate overseas, probably using voice-over internet technology. The scammers have used several different "spoofed" caller ID numbers that don't belong to a particular telephone account. Telemarketers who answer those numbers have been trained to not give out information that would help investigators track down their operation.

[acoolmom777]

Thanks kdowns...I found that asking for "their" number throws them off...If I am every in question about something like that...then I call the company back..I do the same thing if a county or state person comes to my door, even our maysville finest...(if i don't know them)...it is bad when you have to second guess everything now days...

[mark]

...........the best thing I've found that works best is.......do NO business with anyone that trys to sell you something on the "net", especially with "interest rates".
They can't verify my credit card numbers, etc. because I have no credit cards. I quit funding the banks & playing their games several years ago. I'll pass on the free T-shirts, hats, money back & free "airline" miles that I'll never redeem.
I will only do mortgage business with someone I can look at across their desk.

Finally, if someone receives any kind of check for any amount that isn't expected, do yourself a favor & sent it back to them.

There simply is no free money...........see ya mark

[wmjsmallwood]

i had a car for sale on the net last year and i bet i took a half dozen checks to detective fuller(some were us postal money orders) ,all were fake,the first one i tried to cash and was embarrased at the bank of maysville,,boy did i feel dumb!!!

[mark]

i had a car for sale on the net last year and i bet i took a half dozen checks to detective fuller(some were us postal money orders) ,all were fake,the first one i tried to cash and was embarrased at the bank of maysville,,boy did i feel dumb!!!

I went thru that once too.
What a hassle.

I now meet the buyers at the bank of their choice &
let him cash his check, then he can hand over the cash.

There isn't a problem...IF....they have the funds.......see ya mark

[kdown]

Last week, the Federal Trade Commission shut down one of the biggest and most flagrant telemarketing scams ever.

The automated calls (known as robocalls) pitched extended car warranties. They went to phones across the country, including cell phones and home phones on the national Do Not Call Registry. Federal law prohibits such calls.

[acoolmom777]

Good cuz I was gettin tired of them calling...

[rosebud]

Last week, the Federal Trade Commission shut down one of the biggest and most flagrant telemarketing scams ever.

The automated calls (known as robocalls) pitched extended car warranties. They went to phones across the country, including cell phones and home phones on the national Do Not Call Registry. Federal law prohibits such calls.

hmmm, guess that answers the question of what happened to my daily early morning wake up call. They always called around 6am.