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Scam Alerts
Claims of Being Stranded Swindles Consumers Out of Thousands of Dollars
The IC3 continues to receive reports of individuals' e-mail
or social networking accounts being compromised and used in a social engineering
scam to swindle consumers out of thousands of dollars. Portraying to be the victim,
the hacker uses the victim's account to send a notice to their contacts. The notice
claims the victim is in immediate need of money due to being robbed of their credit
cards, passport, money, and cell phone; leaving them stranded in London or some
other location. Some claim they only have a few days to pay their hotel
bill and promise to reimburse upon their return home. A sense of urgency to help
their friend/contact may cause the recipient to fail to validate the claim, increasing
the likelihood of them falling for this scam.
If you receive a similar notice and are not sure it is a scam, you should always
verify the information before sending any money.
If you have been a victim of this type of scam or any other Cyber crime, you can
report it to the IC3 website at: www.IC3.gov.
The IC3 complaint database links complaints for potential referral to the appropriate
law enforcement agency for case consideration. Complaint information is also used
to identity emerging trends and patterns.
Internet Solutions Corp - Job / Employment Scam Alert
These are some new domains for Internet Solutions Corp, a company that
used to be featured regularly on 419legal.org and has been exposed on WFTV for
their Veriresume and Instant Human Resources operations. This company has
reportedly been involved in Employment scams. See the video below.
Scammers are "hiring" people to write, sign, and mail checks. YOU ARE LAUNDERING DIRTY MONEY IF YOU DO THIS.
The bank accounts contain stolen money and/or drug money!
Contact Next Web Security or Fraud Aid IMMEDIATELY if you
or someone you know is in this situation ...
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RIGGS BANKS has been "resurrected" by Nigerian 419 Advance Fee Fraud
organizations to add credibility to their international scams. They are
attempting to solicit help from gullible business people to "move millions from
Chile's former dictator Pinchet".
Riggs bank, known in the past as the bank for US Presidents and diplomats, was
purchased in 2004 by PNC under the condition that scandal ridden embassy
business would be phased out. The name Riggs is no longer used by its owners
.
Nigerian scammers obviously have no problem with the stained name and use the
name and several Riggs bank web sites to add credibility to their scams.
Victims of this "Riggs Bank International" receive a user ID and login password
to "see the millions" and fake transactions via bogus internetbanking. For
these fake transactions, they must pay fees between $5,000 and $350.000
depending on the transaction which could be getting a loan, a lottery prize, a
government contract, or one of the hundreds of other Nigerian Advance Fee
tricks, or just the opening balance of $10,000 account with this fake bank.
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