How low will scammers sink ? - this is an example

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Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2007 12:22 pm

A standard scam for a victim to receive funds into an account in the USA and then leave him/her out of pocket after the funds are transmitted and the victim is left with nothing but a debt.

The twist with this one is that the e-mail is using the name and spoofed addie of a real charity helping the sick and poor in Africa, and trying to to sell the scam on the basis that the victims will be supporting it.

This is a quote off the REAL website

Quote:

CAFOD believes that all human beings have a right to dignity and respect, and that the world's resources are a gift to be shared equally by all men and women, whatever their race, nationality or religion.

I am neither Catholic nor religious in any way, but the scammers are neither poor nor underpriveleged either, or they wouldn't be attacking the organisations trying to help - would they ?

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Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2007 04:03:25 +0200
Message-Id: <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Subject: CAFOD INCOME OFFER
From: "CAFOD WORLD...Just One World" <[email protected]>
Reply-To: [email protected]
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit

Quote:

Hello,

The Entire staff and Management of CAFOD are pleased to invite you into
our team of World Wide Life-Savers.CAFOD has been fighting poverty in
developing countries since 1962.

This is an opprtunity for you to help promote human development and social justice while you earn a rewarding weekly income.

In the world we live in, an appreciable percentage of children- mostly
orphans and destitutes in Third world regions especially AFRICA, LATIN
AMERICA, ASIA, MIDDLE EAST and EASTERN EUROPE, suffer from neglect and psycological isolation.

CAFOD has been in assistance to such programmes with vast projects
which include Fund Raising and Campaigning to save these lives, over the
years.

However, It is the determined work of agencies like CAFOD that has
helped put third world poverty at the heart of the political agenda at the
start of the new millennium.
As a result of these projects, we do receive generous donations and
fundings from all over the world most especially from the USA.These
fundings are made mostly in US Money Orders as regards the source.

Presently, we just concluded a research project in The Tropical regions of West Africa regarding "Drainage System Planning and Management". We were also granted fundings to carry out this project which is due to be released to us on completion of this project.
Subsequently, this funds have been designated for charity purpose to
The African Children's Funds.The purpose of the this funds would be to
render assistance to African children suffering from child-hood diseases such as Polio, Malaria, Chicken pox, Kwashokwo and an endless list of other diseases.

Your willing to work as a Payment Representative for us in the US now
will help and save time so that funds can be remitted as soon as possible
and I am ready to get you started.
We would be willing to employ you on contract basis as a Payment
Representative back in the States. This way we could have our clients
issue and make these Money Orders out to you, you could then cash them
easily, deduct 10% of the total amount on these payments as your commission and then send the balance over to The Children's Trust Fund in West Africa, through Money transfer.

We would be glad if you accept our proposal and we intend to commence
on starting as soon as you are ready. If you are interested, please kindly fill your details in the order of the Application Form attached below this mail and have it sent to me via email, then we'll make the necessary arrangements on how you'll get started.

Thanks and God bless.

Hope to hear from you soon.

GRACE BAINES
HR MANAGER
CAFOD

NB: Do have all correspondence sent to "[email protected]"

APPLICATION FORM

FULL NAME
��..

HOME ADDRESS (NOT POST OFFICE BOX)
��..

CITY ��

STATE ....................................................

ZIP CODE ��..

COUNTRY ��........................

PHONE NUMBER (S) ��

GENDER ��..

MARITAL STATUS��.

AGE ��....

OCCUPATION��.

(Information included in this application form is confidential between
you
and me, and the full name and contact info should be included as it
should
be written on the payments being issued over to you, you should also
include a valid phone number for easy contact)

ATTESTATION
According to how you have been briefed earlier by me. You are required
and
mandated to receive payment on behalf of the above mentioned firm. You
are
to deduct 10% of all funds processed on a particular order and forward
the
balance payment via Western Union Money Transfer as I would be
instructing
you on receipt of my payments.
You will notify me a week ahead if eventually you want to discontinue
this
job so as to terminate all payment coming your way to avoid conflict.

NOTICE: This e-mail message and all attachments transmitted with it may
contain legally privileged and confidential information intended solely
for the use of the addressee. If the reader of this message is not the
intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any reading,
dissemination, distribution, copying, or other use of this message or
its
attachments is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message
in
error, please notify the sender immediately by telephone or by
electronic
mail, and delete this message and all copies and backups thereof. Thank
you.

CAFOD is the official overseas development and relief agency of the
Catholic Church in England and Wales
and part of the Caritas International Federation.
CAFOD, Romero Close, London SW9 9TY, UK reg. charity no. 285776 Tel: 00
44
20 7733 7900 Fax: 00 44 20 7274 9630 Email: [email protected]

Wannabe Baiter Joined: 19 May 2007 Posts: 87

has anybody told CAFOD about this?

Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2007 1:20 pm

I got a similar one but it was a bit more suss...

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Dear honourable,

WESTERN UNION (western africa) in collaboration with the war victims association organizes from may 15th to september 30th 2007, a fund collect for the war victims of Ivory Coast.
In deed millions of people have suffered from the civil war in this country which has to be forgotten.
Since,some have lost one foot ,one arm, one eye ,some are disfigured or disabled for life.
Today, for the reconstruction of our country, we want these people to feel integrated in the society.So we want to provide them psychological and financial support in order to enable them to find back their houses and villages to start a new life.
That's why we ask you to listen to your heart by sending a donation to the war victims association of Ivory Coast through WESTERN UNION.

Please send your donation to the manager of the association :
This is his e-mail address : [email protected]

Thanks and God bless you.

Yours faithfully,

Chritoph Jussier
Spokesman & assistant manager

Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2007 1:56 pm

Quote:

In the world we live in, an appreciable percentage of children- mostly
orphans and destitutes in Third world regions especially AFRICA, LATIN
AMERICA, ASIA, MIDDLE EAST and EASTERN EUROPE, suffer from neglect and psycological isolation.

Eastern Europe is a third world region ? Give me his address, Gomer, I'll give him a geography lesson Evil or Very Mad

Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2007 2:02 pm

i have a scumbag using Aid Africa organization as his jumping off point-ive alerted them but have heard nothing-i will jerk this anal wart over big time-Hey Gomer-just sent your boy a letter too

Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2007 2:04 pm

Gomer, thanks for reminding us all why we should never feel sorry for these guys.

Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2007 2:30 pm

I have just had a couple purporting to be from the Kanu Heart Foundation (again).
These lads just get lower and lower into the cesspit.

Go to Hell-online.it.tc and post them on the guestbook. Twisted Evil

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