Scam Related News (05/31/2007)

New scam involves ads for puppies
AZFamily (subscription) - Phoenix,AZ,USA
The scam artists are placing classified ads for puppies. There’s just one small catch. They’re out of the country — usually somewhere in Africa. …

Puppy Advertisements Could Be Scam
WIBW - Topeka,KS,USA
The Council of Better Business Bureaus and the American Kennel Club wants to warn you about a pet scam. Fraudulent web sites, MySpace postings and print ads …

Scam targets military families, Red Cross says
Syracuse Post Standard - Syracuse,NY,USA
A Red Cross news release says the scam goes like this: A caller, saying she represents the Red Cross, tells the wife of a soldier that her husband has been …

Warning For Pet Owners About Puppy Scam
CBS2 Chicago - Chicago,IL,USA
(CBS) CHICAGO There’s a warning for pet owners about a scam that tries to take advantage of their puppy love. CBS 2’s Dorothy Tucker reports the Chicago …

Authorities warn of jury duty scam in Luna Count
KOB.com - Albuquerque,NM,USA
DEMING, NM (AP) - The Luna County district attorney’s office is warning residents to beware of a telephone scam where a caller warns of a purported arrest …

Phishing scam targets Better Business Bureau
Secure Computing - Australia
In this scam, the spoofed email’s subject line refers to a “complaint case number,” according to Websense. The message body says, “You have received a …

Waterbury fire department warns against solicitation scam
WTNH - New Haven,CT,USA
(Waterbury-WTNH)_A warning going out to the public about a possible scam involving a Waterbury fire captain who was recently killed. …

Online Scam Targets Would-Be Puppy Owners
WKRN - Nashville,TN,USA
The scam begins with an adorable image on the internet and they’re posted by people who claim they are breeders, offering free or inexpensive puppies. …

39 convicted in fodder scam
Hindu - Chennai,India
… including former treasury officer KN Jha who is already serving a jail term after being convicted in five other cases in the multi-crore fodder scam.

Montreal man fined $1M for telemarketing scam
CTV.ca - Scarborough,ON,Canada
MONTREAL — A Montreal man was fined $1 million Tuesday for his role in a telemarketing scam that generated more than $136 million in fraudulent sales. …

How to Deal with Timeshare Scam Companies
By Veron
now, for something more lighthearted… how should we deal with these timeshare scammers in the first place? well, i stumbled upon jayson’s blog a few days ago. yet another of these timeshare scam companies, global trend this time, …

Weekly Scam Roundup
By mxw
Internet Puppy Scam Computer Crime Research Center - Ukraine The Council of Better Business Bureaus and American Kennel Club are warning consumers about a new scam involving ‘free’ puppies being promoted on MySpace, … …

Internet Scam Foiled
By Maria Langer
Back in 2004, when I sold my old helicopter, someone had tried a similar scam. They’d offer to pay you more than they owed you for an item you had for sale (in my case, an R22 helicopter listed for $110000) using a certified check. …

Nigerian Puppy Scam
By fracas
“And now for the latest scam from Nigeria: puppies.The Council of Better Business Bureaus and American Kennel Club were to issue a warning today about fraudulent Web sites, MySpace postings and print ads asking people to help save …

Don’t sign Jessica’s Law - Political Scam Targets Mentally Ill …
By ZMan!(ZMan!)
But the destruction to families and hype is so intense that I cannot sit on the sidelines silently and just let this one slip by without laying out the facts of what is no more than a public relations scam. …

scam: Blogs, Photos, Videos and more on Technorati
Everything in the known universe about scam … Cute Puppies Being Used to Scam People Out of… No one has claimed this blog …

Mr Jeeles Ouadrago

This is from leodra018@hotmail.fr and leodra007@yahoo.fr

Dear Friend,

I can’t imagine how you will feel receiving a sudden business letter from a remote country in far away Burkina Faso west africa and probably from some one you have not closely related with. But all the same, i believe we do not need to be of blood relatives before we can establish cordial/business relationship. Having said this, i think it is very important at this juncture to introduce myself to you.

I am Mr Jeeles Ouadrago the director in charge of Auditing and Accounting section of Bank of Africa(BOA) Ouagadougou Burkina-Faso west africa.

It is my pleasure to solicit your assistance in this business proposal. I am contacting you because, i do not want to transact the business with anybody who is known to any staff of this bank or anybody around here to avoid any possible blackmail or leakage at the end of the transaction.

The Proposal:

During our investigation and auditing in this Bank,i came across a very huge sum of money belonging to a deceased person who died on 25 july 2000,in a plane crash and the fund has been dormant in his account with this bank without any claim of the fund in our custody either from his family or relation before our discovery to this development.the said amount was US$7.5m (Seven Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) as it may interest you to know, meanwhile all the whole arrangement to put claim over this fund as the bonafide next of kin to the deceased, get the required approval and transfer this money to a foreign account has been put in place and directives and needed information will be related to you as soon as you indicate your interest and willingness to assist me and also benefit your self to this great business opportunity. In fact i could have done this deal alone but because of my position in this country as a civil servant(a banker),we are not allowed to opperate a foreign account and would eventually raise an eye brow on my side during the time of transfer because i work in this bank.

I will be monitoring the whole situation here in this bank until you confirm the money in your account and ask me to come down to your country for subsequent sharing of the fund according to percentages previously indicated and further investment, either in your country or any country you advice me to invest in.

All other necessary vital information will be sent to you when i hear from you. you could always get me on this my direct mobile number:00226 7608 6064.waiting for your call.

I look forward to receive your immediate response.

Yours Faithfully,
Mr Jeeles Ouadrago