Strange email got this morning

[john75]

Hi

We offer easy job to you.
We have contracts with 5 clients from UK.
They should pay our services only by bank transfer inside UK.
Our British representative has left for business trip.

You should have the account (or open new one) with one of this banks: HSBC,
Lloyds, Barclays.

Our clients will send money to your bank account.
You should withdraw cash in bank and take for yourself 10%.

You should send our 90% by Western Union or by MoneyGram to our office to
Russia.

PLEASE REPLY ONLY TO THIS EMAIL: [e-mail]


Thanks,
Andrey Gorilenko.
-
X-Stars Group Ltd.
23 Lenina Street,
St-Petersburg, Russia.


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book proposal, when I became aware of a presence in the room. I
is not Earth, for it flows like air, but it is

[burnt]

It's called spam

[Racylady]

This is a scam that's been doing the rounds for a while.

[lanciachris]

This is an excellent money making opportunity. I think you should go for it and let us know how it goes

[srebbe64]

john75 said:

discern a reason for such an occurrence. Then one day it came book proposal, when I became aware of a presence in the room. I is not Earth, for it flows like air, but it is

Hmm.. interesting proposal!

[rich1231]

If it was for real (which it isnt), then its called money laundering and involves a fair stretch inside.

[Plotloss]

Its a scam that exposes the flaws in the UK cheque clearing system.

You bank the cheque, check the funds which are now in your account. You draw a cheque and send it off only to recieve the original cheque with a FRAUD stamp on the front and then the funds disappear.

Loads of suckers have fallen for it, people who should really know better.

[dinkel]

Christmas Gifts

Printer toners

Poor Nigerian banker

Viagra (is there something with the opposite effect?)
"guy goes to the docters: Doc I use Viagra but all I get is a stiff neck. / Doc: "try swallow it a bit quicker!!!"

Lawyers / real estate / please read att. etc etc etc.

Funny thing is: since I stop browsing porn Spam is almost nill.

[ErnestM]

dinkel said:

Funny thing is: since I stop browsing porn Spam is almost nill.

...yes, but is your neck still stiff?


ErnestM

[dinkel]

ErnestM said:

dinkel said: Funny thing is: since I stop browsing porn Spam is almost nill. ...yes, but is your neck still stiff? ErnestM

dinkel said:

Viagra (is there something with the opposite effect?)

[tinman0]

OK, i know its a scam - but what if you take the money out - shove it in another interest bearing account and wait for the your bank to come back to you asking for their cash back?

you then hand the money back and keep the interest.

[Plotloss]

The money being in your account is just an illusion.

You dont earn interest on uncleared funds and whilst they show up on your balance they are uncleared.

[simpo two]

Plotloss said:

You dont earn interest on uncleared funds and whilst they show up on your balance they are uncleared.

I hold the banks responsible for these scams, as they show funds have been cleared when they haven't. If they were held liable they might smarten their act up a bit. To tell a client that they have (say) £1,000, and then say 'Oh no you haven't' seems like negligence to me.

[Mannginger]

simpo two said:

Plotloss said: You dont earn interest on uncleared funds and whilst they show up on your balance they are uncleared. I hold the banks responsible for these scams, as they show funds have been cleared when they haven't. If they were held liable they might smarten their act up a bit. To tell a client that they have (say) £1,000, and then say 'Oh no you haven't' seems like negligence to me.

I agree but then banks use cheques as a money maker themselves so aren't about to stop using them. Best way around it is never to use cheques!
Phil

[tinman0]

Plotloss said:

The money being in your account is just an illusion. You dont earn interest on uncleared funds and whilst they show up on your balance they are uncleared.

But to move the money on to the next person in the chain the funds have to be cleared in the first place.

Its the fact that it takes the bank up to 6 months to realise the mistake.

[ginge]

simpo two said:

I hold the banks responsible for these scams, as they show funds have been cleared when they haven't. If they were held liable they might smarten their act up a bit. To tell a client that they have (say) £1,000, and then say 'Oh no you haven't' seems like negligence to me.

I believe there is a bit in the small print that says that they can take the funds back if there is a mistake somewhere. I can't remember the exact wording but I remember watching a program about it not too long ago.

[Pigeon]

dinkel said:

Viagra (is there something with the opposite effect?)

Beer, famously.

[towman]

dinkel said:

Viagra (is there something with the opposite effect?)

Yes. You use the same pill. Just put it inside your shoe and it will make you limp.

Sorry.

[jolley]

towman said:

dinkel said: Viagra (is there something with the opposite effect?) Yes. You use the same pill. Just put it inside your shoe and it will make you limp. Sorry.

It must be late, because that really made me giggle!!


>> Edited by jolley on Wednesday 13th April 00:38

[sadako]

One surefire way to get spam is to have an email address linked to a webpage. They have spider programmes that trawl through web pages looking for addresses, much in the way that search engines do when looking for keywords.

bash.org said:

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