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Hello I'm New here! Joined: 04 Feb 2014 Posts: 3

Hey Guys,

I believe someone close to me has been getting scammed by the person below for hundreds of dollars. I want to exact revenge in the worst way. Not sure where to start or how to go about it so I stumbled upon this forum and thought it was a good place to start. Seems like there are some motivated individuals here who can take on the challenge!

My first email to them I got a passport and several other bits of choice information. I checked with the Ghananian Embassy and they told me the passport was a fake which I figured, but it was good to finally get the proof and have some evidence to show.

I'd love to have some of you guys try and take this person down. I can act as bait and keep communcation with them or just watch silently from the sidelines. PLEASE HELP!

Info is below:

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Ms. Eunice Addo Jan 31 at 10:14 AM
To

Dear XXXXXXXXX
Thank You very much for your reply and understanding,
i really appreciate your quick respond and concern to my
situation ,

this is my Full name as requested EUNICE ADDO
My address is 63 Abeka Road Lapaz Accra Ghana
We don't have anything like Social Security Number here in Ghana,
This is my bank account information but it has been short down,
since last year, for now am yet to open another if i get money or job,

STANDARD CHARTERED BANK
BRANCH: STANCHART, GHANA
P.O.BOX 59, ACCRA GHANA
Swift Code: SCBL GH AC
Further Credit A/C No: 8750102761803
Name: EUNICE ADDO

But i can still get account if you request for it.
This is my phone number +23326696031
Attach is a copy of my passport,

please if you want to send me money please use
this name... JUNLIANA OKYERE through western union
or money gram so i can be able to get it fast, my passport hard copy
is with the America embassy,

I will be glad if my request is granted, I also appreciate your effort on this,
i wait your response
best regard
Eunice

Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2014 22:52:43 -0800
From: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Subject: Re: my darling
To: [email protected]

Hi Eunice,

I'm sorry to hear about your situation and Im unfortunately not very well off myself, so I'm not in a good position to help. I will do what I can to send over some help, but I will need some information in order to do so.

Please send me your:
Full Name
Address
Social Security Number
Bank account information for wiring money transfers
Phone number where you can be reached
Photograph of your passport

Also please tell me about yourself because I don't know anything about you and I'd like to get to know you.

Hopefully we can talk soon

X

From: Ms. Eunice Addo <[email protected]>
To: XXXXXXXXXXXX
Cc: XXXXXXXXXXXX
Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2014 9:21 AM
Subject: RE: my darling

Dear Mike,
Is me Eunice your father wife to be, please i has been writing your father
all this while to support me come over to the state, and he keep on telling
me No money, i have done all my pepper work... am just look for little
money to clear my lock check here, please if you can assist me with
little amount of money as soon the check is cashed i will send it back
to you, you Dad has been complaining of staying in his house without heat
you know what that means, please consider me, i love him so much and
i don't want to loss him for nothing, he has been my joy and happiness
and i want always stay behind him as his getting to age now..he need
somebody by his side please assist me with love,

Yours sincerely
Eunice

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Posted: Tue Feb 04, 2014 4:44 am

Welcome to Eater charley_meng.
I've redacted the email address of the scammer in your post so that the Googlebots will not find it down here and to reduce the possibility that a mass bait is unleashed upon an innocent third party.

In a similar thread baiter Big Al said:

Quote:

Actually, your best bet is to go to our sister site scamwarners and contact a Moderator over there. That site is more geared toward helping victims.

http://www.scamwarners.com/

Then Read a bunch of the sticky's and apply for a Mentor down in the Cherry Mentor thread.

ETA: We don't recommend that you confront the scammers if they know your real life information. Even though the chance of them making good on their death threats is doubtful. It's just not a safe thing to do.

Can you post the evidence from the Ghanaian Embassy? I've never seen anything like that.

Hello I'm New here! Joined: 04 Feb 2014 Posts: 3

Thanks Connie,

The reply from the Embassy is below. Ill try to save off the image of the passport for context.

I basically just sent them the scan of the passport and asked them to verify it. I got an auto-response almost immediately saying that they would look into my request. Then a couple of days later I received this

-------------Reply from the Embassy-----------

Thank you for your email inquiry.

This is NOT an authentic passport; it is a fake. This is the picture of a well know Ghanaian actress.

I fear that you might be a victim of an Internet scam. Although you have not provided many details about your situation, such as how you met this person, it sounds similar to other scams we've seen.

I would not advise you to send money to a person that you have not met. I encourage you to try to verify all information before any money is sent. Once the money is sent, and if it is a scam, we have no way of helping you recover the money. Therefore, I encourage you to proceed with caution.

Please allow me to give you some information about the non-immigrant visa application process.

All Ghanaians need a US visa to travel to the US. If a person would like to visit the US then they would need to apply for a Non-Immigrant visa. The only fee associated with this visa is a $160 non-refundable Machine Readable Visa (MRV) fee which is to be paid at EcoBank in Ghana. Once this fee is paid the person would get a receipt from the Bank. Once she has the receipt then she would need to schedule an appointment online and complete the application online. The applicant would then appear for their scheduled interview (no one can appear on behalf of the applicant). There are no medical reports, examination, declaration fees, travel insurance, police clearance, basic travel allowance (BTA), PTA, HIV tests, blood tests or vaccinations that are required for a Non-Immigrant visa.
A travel agent or travel/tour company would not be able to acquire a visa for a traveler. The person who is traveling would have to appear in person for their interview. A travel agent would only be able to arrange air travel, ground transportation and hotel/motel reservations not the visa.
The only thing that the Ghanaian, who wants to travel, would need to get from Ghana Immigration Service is a Ghanaian passport. A Ghanaian passport generally costs about $35-$70. There is no declaration fee or certain amount in a bank account that is required by the Ghana Immigration Service and/or the Ghanaian Government before a Ghanaian would be allowed to board a flight and leave the country.

For additional information, please refer to our website at http://ghana.usembassy.gov/niv_application.html or visit the U.S. Department of State website, visas section at http://travel.state.gov/visa.

United States citizens should be alert to attempts at fraud by persons claiming to live in Ghana who profess friendship or romantic interest over the Internet. Correspondents who quickly move to discussion of intimate matters could well be the inventions of scammers. If they are after your money, eventually they will ask for it.

Once a connection is made, the correspondent typically asks the U.S. citizen to send money for living expenses, travel expenses, or "visa costs". Sometimes, the correspondent notifies the American citizen that they or a close family member has suffered an “accident” and is in need of immediate monetary assistance to cover medical bills. Other variations of this confidence scam have emerged of late.

Unfortunately there are several types of Internet scams that the Embassy hears about every week; all with the principle goal of soliciting money from the U.S. citizen. In the majority of cases reported to the embassy, the correspondent turned out to be a fictitious persona created only to lure the U.S. citizen into sending money. Several Americans have reported losing thousands of dollars through such scams. The anonymity of the Internet means that the U.S. citizen cannot be sure of the real name, age, marital status, nationality, or even gender of the correspondent.

Once you have realized that it is a scam it is best to stop communicating with the person/persons.
International Financial Scams

The Consular Affairs Bureau receives daily calls about international scams involving Internet Dating, Inheritance, Work Permits, Overpayment, and Money-Laundering. Many scams are initiated through the Internet; victims range in age from 18 to 81 and come from all socio-economic backgrounds.
If you feel you have been a victim of an Internet scam, please consult our consular publications for help and send all direct reports of Internet fraud to the Federal Bureau of Investigation at: http://www.ic3.gov/ . If the scam originated through a particular website, notify the administrators of that website.
International Financial Scams Brochure - for information on Internet Dating, Inheritance, Work Permits, Overpayment, and Money-Laundering
Consular officials cannot, however, investigate crimes, provide legal advice or represent you in court, serve as official interpreters or translators, or pay legal, medical, or other fees for you.
We hope this information is helpful to you and please let us know if we may be of further assistance.

Kind regards,
U.S. Embassy Accra
Consular Section

Posted: Tue Feb 04, 2014 5:30 am

Welcome to Eater, Charley!

That warning from the embassy is well worth posting; thanx for the info.

Posted: Tue Feb 04, 2014 6:41 am

Thanks for posting that Charley meng. I marked the passport as a fake so that it will not be used against another victim.

I hope that you have gone over to our sister site and posted your information there. We generally suggest that if a scammer has your personal information that you drop all contact.

Pull up a chair, get a mentor and bait safely. I think you will fit right in.

If you wish, you can unredact the email address or I will if you ask.

Edit- English

Posted: Tue Feb 04, 2014 1:27 pm

Welcome to the forum,great work so far.

Hello I'm New here! Joined: 04 Feb 2014 Posts: 3

Connie, go ahead and un-redact the email from my original post. Ill repost the pertinent info here as well.

Unleash the hounds!

Sorted- Connie
---------Scammer Info--------------

Ms. Eunice Addo <[email protected]>;

My address is 63 Abeka Road Lapaz Accra Ghana

STANDARD CHARTERED BANK
BRANCH: STANCHART, GHANA
P.O.BOX 59, ACCRA GHANA
Swift Code: SCBL GH AC
Further Credit A/C No: 8750102761803
Name: EUNICE ADDO

This is my phone number +23326696031

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Posted: Tue Feb 04, 2014 6:46 pm

Wow! That email from the Ghanian Embassy really covers a lot of ground. Sadly the only victims likely to see it are ones who have already suspected a scam, but... it's progress.

Posted: Wed Feb 05, 2014 9:41 am

I am really pleasantly suprised to see that someone from the embassy has taken the time and effort to compose such a helpful and informative message.

Thank you for posting it charley_meng.

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