by Katharina
Tue Aug 23, 2011 7:45 am
Note: The emails were submitted to us by a reader; unfortunately, he left out the address of the initial contact.
From the fake shipping agency:
Note: The scammer will give you the stolen details of a credit card. Eventually the owner of the credit card will find out, you will lose your money and probably have to face prosecution.
On 8/10/2011 5:35 AM, Bodo nitte wrote:
Hello xxxxxx xxxxxx,
Thanks for the total quote of my order.The total cost of my order is quite correct and okay by me and I'm ready to pay the bills I shall inform my freight forwarder who will be coming to pick up the order to hold on and come immediately you inform me that the items are ready for pick up then i can give you a call on that day to get the items packed for pick up and they will call you on their arrival at your address.Also I want you to help me Charge another $1,500.55 from my card for the freight forwarder who will be coming to pick up my ordered items from you.
The $1,500.55 that will be sent to the freight forwarder is for the shipping of my order and other items i ordered from different part of the country which is to be picked up by them and should be deducted from my credit card.Also, I'm compensating you with the sum of ($150.00) for the transfer fee and for your efforts.
Please note that i should have given the shipping agency my credit card for him to deduct the freight charges but he told me that he doesn't have the facilities to charge or debit credit card , so that's why i bring my vote of confidence in you and i want you to assist me in this measure,so i want you to transfer the funds to him after you have make the charges and the money charged from my credit card is in your account,then you can now make the transfer to the agent via western union or you can send money through Money Gram..i will have love to do this my self but there are no western union here around me bcos am out of town to monitor my estate construction at a remote village,So Here is the breakdown of the total amount of money you are expected to charge from my credit card :
Order Total cost : $7464.00 US Dollars
freight forwarder Agent fee: $1,500.55
Transfer Fee with compensation Fees : $150.00
THE GRAND TOTAL COST : $9114.55 US Dollars
Note that my credit card will be charged for the amounts above.Please do get back to me if you are in the office right now so that i can forward my credit card details to you, then you can charge the funds.
PLEASE CONFIRM SO PAYMENT CAN BE MADE TODAY AT YOUR CONVENIENCE.
Am waiting to hear back from you ASAP.
Thanks for your co-operation.
Regards
BODO NITTE
On 8/10/2011 12:42 PM, Bodo nitte wrote:
Thank you for the mail response,i will appreciate your effort in business transaction if you could help me to convince your boss in my requested assistane so that we can have a long torm business relationship.
Looking forward to read from you soonest.
BODO NITTE
From the fake shipping agency:
Subject: LSLCA/2031/ 8161/05 SHIPMENT FOR JEFF STONE (INVOICE)
Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2011 09:05:30 +0000
From: felicia kerry <[email protected]>
To:
Hello xxxxxxx xxxxx,
MY NAME IS ROBERT COHEN FROM PSI Logistix Ltd,MR JEFF STONE IN FIJI ISLAND GAVE ME YOUR EMAIL TO CONTACT YOU, REGARDING THE ITEMS HE WANT TO PICK UP FROM YOUR STORE, I WANT YOU TO ADVISE ME WITH THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION,
1, Your Company Name and Address ?
2, Time the package will be ready for pick up with your convenience
time and date?
3, Contact Person for the pickup arrangement ?
4, Telephone Number ?
5, Weight of the package and how many boxes are they ?
SO THAT WE CAN START MAKING ARRANGEMENT TO COME FOR THE PICK UP,HE ALSO TOLD ME YOU WILL BE SENDING THE SUM OF $1,500.55 USD THROUGH WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER BECAUSE THAT IS THE ONLY TERMS OF PAYMENT WE ACCEPT FOR NOW DUE TO UPGRADE OF OUR ACCOUNTING,
AND QUICK PICK UP BOOKING INTO OUR SYSTEM WE I WANT THE SHIPPING AMOUNT FEES TO SEND VIA WESTERN UNION TO THIS FOLLOWING INFORMATION GIVEN BELOW,
Freight forwarder transfer details
Receivers Name: ROBERT COHEN
Address:
110 Warbler Lane
City: Big Pine Key
State:Florida
Zip-code:33043
Country:USA
Pick Up Fee:$1,500.55 USD
I await the confirmation WESTERN UNION transfer details for the shipping amount and also need the scan copy receipt for the transfer with the pick up requested info.
Thanks for your busniess and also find the attachment for the invoice.
THANKS
PSI LOGISTIX LTD
ROBERT COHEN/ACCOUNTANT
516-612-8798/866-552-5204
E-mail Address:[email protected] or [email protected]
Note: The scammer will give you the stolen details of a credit card. Eventually the owner of the credit card will find out, you will lose your money and probably have to face prosecution.