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The "I Love You" Scam
Being this is the internet we can mostly know about the person we meet only by what he/she presents himself/herself to be. There are many hiding in the cloak of anonymity of the internet. There are individuals who have pure intentions of just connecting to other people but sadly there are many who are just in for the "fun", or worse, to scam.
There are different types of people who seem to do this scam. There are the cunning ones and there are the very obvious ones (those who supposedly fall inlove with you only after 1-2 emails). The cunning ones are harder to distinguish. It starts as a seemingly innocent email offering or asking for friendship after awhile the person pretends to have romantically fallen for you. It's normal, you say? Of course, there are true love stories that happen this way. But the story doesn't stops:
The person starts asking you to cash checks or money orders for him. He'll pretend that he is temporarily in a foreign country (commonly in any of the African countries) for work or business and needed some checks or money orders to be cleared in your country (mostly they target people living in Western countries). He'll need you to wire him money or send money through Western Union immediately. He'll pad his lies with sob stories so you will be sympathetic and willing. The problem is that the check or money order he sent you is fake. Once the bank discovers the fraud, you will be responsible for repaying the bank. Or
the person ask you to receive packages for them and forward them to wherever country they are. Don't ever do this! You might be unknowingly participating in a scam and might get in trouble yourself. Many scammers use stolen credit cards to shop online and they look for people to receive the packages for them because it raises a red flag to online merchants if they have it shipped to their country (such as Nigeria). Who knows where some of these packages come from? Or
you agree to meet and she ask you money for "fees" and visa sponsorship to get to your country. Or
the sob stories start pouring in. She/he might tell you that she/he is very poor, lost his/her parents, living in a refugee camp, or other heart-wrenching lies. She/he will probably even tell you that she/he only thinks about you everyday and wants to talk to you on phone but she/he cannot afford it. Oh, can you please send her/him money so she/he could buy one? And while you're at it can you send some money for tuition fee, books, food, etc. etc. etc.
Other red flags:
she starts sending you seductive photos
she/he professes love just only after 2 emails or a short length of time
she never really answers your questions or acknowledges what you write in emails and instead talk about something else
Women also get victimized by this type of scam but mostly these scammers are males posing as girls and preying on lonely guys. They could even be a group of people! They will send you pictures which probably are stolen on the net. They will string you with their lies and their primary concern is to milk you money or visa sponsorship. The bottom line is that NEVER send money.
The "Job Recruitment/Work in a Hotel" Scam
This is a twist. Instead of going after the "rich" people I noticed that these scammers mostly use this tactic to those people from poor countries such as African countries, India and Pakistan. An individual will tell people that she/he works or has connections in a hotel (usually based in Canada) and the said hotel is currently hiring. They will conduct "interviews" via email and you will just have to answer simple questions. You will be then referred to a lawyer/immigration officer. You will be asked to send personal documents such as a copy of your passport and Social Security number (who knows what they could do with these information?) and pay fees to process your visa application. More and more fees will be asked from you and fake documents will be provided to you. The reality is there's no job opening, no visa processing being done and the said scammers are not even based in Canada (or whatever country) but mostly from Africa.
Here's an example of an email sent by a scammer:
From: grandroses_christana@yahoo.ca
HOTEL OMNI CANADA
Complements of the day. I Mrs. Rose Christina grand form Canadian hotel kindly require that you are to get at least two to five people with you to work at Omni hotel Canada. I will assist you people in coming to Canada hotel as a tourist. Because of the new Immigration laws. The New Government laws did not favour more migrants again for security purposes, that is why I have to assist in bringing you people in as a tourist. If you will accept to work with me at hotel Canada. I will also help to process all you document through the Canadian immigration home office in toronto Canada. That you are visiting Canada as a tourist after processing all your entire documents at the immigration. The chief immigration officer will send to you all the necessary travelling document s that you all will need to obtain a visa at the Canadian embassy in you home country.
thanks from hotels staff of canadian hotels
SIGN BY HOTEL OMIN
Thanks,
Manager of OMIN hotels,
Mrs Rose Grand Christana
The "Job Recruitment/Work in a Shipping Line" Scam
Here is another job recruitment scam. These scammers promise jobs in Astra Tourist Ship-Line or Shipping Line in Canada.
Here's an example of an email sent by a scammer:
ASTRA TOURIST SHIPPING LINE ASTRA TOURIST SHIPPINGLINE
ULTIMATE EXPERIENCE
275 SLATER STREET
SUITE 900 OTTAWA
ONTARIO K1P 5H9
CANADA.
Fax.14435685478
THIS COMPANY NEED MUCH PEOPLE TO WORK IN THE SHIP
Your income level in the Astra tourist ship Line depends on the Astra line job that you are operating and your job description. ..Our website at ...com. Again your income level is negotiated between you and the Astra line manager for employments, but keep in mind that the faster you resume the higher you could be and you have to make a group of 5 person or more to reduce our needed applicants visa process.
ASTRA TOURIST SHIPLINE JOB VACANCIES AND WE DO PAY MONTHLY TO OUR WORKERS
1.Executive office 3300 Dollars
2.Corporate office 3200 Dollars
3.Front of House 2000 Dollars
4.House keeping 1800 Dollars
5.Engineering 16000 Dollars
6.Culinary 3000 Dollars
7.Food and Beverages 2450 Dollars
8.Sales and marketing 2300 Dollars
9.Cruise Line Jobs 3800 Dollars
10. Chief cooker and food server 2400 Dollar
11. Entertainment and casino department 3400 Dollar
12. Welding department 4400 Dollars
13. Electrical department 3.850 Dollars
14. Security department 2.800 Dollars
15.Painting department 2.800 Dollars
16.Cybercafe and telecomunication department 2.560 Dollars
17.Medical staff 6.320 dollars
18.Cleaning and loundering department 1.839. Dollars
19.Sallors in the ship 3.200. Dollars
20.Waiters 3500.Dollars
THANKS AND GOOD LUCK
ASTRA MANAGER
MRS BROEND FRIGS
CANADA
To know more job recruitment scams, you can read FraudWatcher.org's Job and Employment Offers forums.
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