First it was our email accounts that were bombarded and now I get this one today posted on my Active Rain account.

They are going to great lengths to try to con some poor unsuspecting person out of a lot of money, they are getting very creative, the other day I heard on the Clark Howard show how some lady recieved an evil email saying that and I quote, that they had been hired to do a "Hit" on her and if she paid $30,000 to he the Hitman he would tell her who had ordered her to be killed. My goodness how low will they sink? Can you imagine how upsetting it would be to get an email like that?

Anyway I have copied the email I got on my Active Rain blog and here it is, is this just the begining or are others out there getting these now through AR?

 If you have any suggestions how we handle these please let us know, apart from deleting it?

Name: Email Address: Subject: IP: Message:
Reuben Nkea
nkeaareubenn@yahoo.fr
From Reuben Nkea/Bank Credit Officer, (Cote'd Ivoire West Africa.)
41.207.0.240
From Reuben Nkea,
Bank Credit Officer
(Cote'd Ivoire West Africa.)

Hello Alison Scott ,

First, I must solicit your confidence in this transaction, this is by virtue of it's nature as being utterly CONFIDENTIAL and TOP SECRET. Though I know that a transaction of this magnitude will make anyone apprehensive and worried, but I am assuring you that all will be well at the end of the day.We have decided to contact you through your box due to the urgency of this transaction.

Let me start by first introducing myself properly to you. I am Reuben Nkea, CREDIT OFFICER, in our Bank here in Abidjan Coted Ivoire West Africa. I came to know of you in my private search for a reliable and reputable person to handle this confidential business which requires maximum confidence.

THE PROPOSITION:

A foreigner physician of 68 years old, late Dr. GEORGE BRUMLEYJr, from Atlanta ( USA )an Oil Merchant/Contractor with the Government of Libya, until his death in KENYAN air crash in July 2003 with his entire family;Banked with us here in our Bank, and had a balance of USD$4.500.000 dollars (Four Million Five hundred thousand usd) which the bank now expects a next of kin to claim as beneficiary, Valuable efforts are being made by our Bank to get in touch with any of the BRUMLEY'S family or relatives but to no success.

It is because of the perceived possibility of not being able to locate any of late Dr. GEORGE BRUMLEYJr next of kin {he had no wife nor children that is known to us}.

The management under the influence of our Chairman and members of the Board of Directors, are making arrangement for the funds to be declared "UNCLAIMED" and will be lost to the Government or subsequently be donated to the Trust Fund for Arms and Ammunition to further enhance the course of war in West Africa.

In order to avert this negative development, some of my colleagues and I now seek your permission to have you stand as a next of kin to Late Dr. GEORGE BRUMLEY Jr so that the funds (USD$ Four Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars) would be released and paid into your account as the beneficiary next of kin.


All documents and proofs to enable you get this fund will be carefully worked out. We have secured from the probate an order of mandamus to locate any of deceased beneficiary and more, so we are assuring you this business is 100% risk free involvement.

Your share stays while the rest would be for myself and my colleagues for investment purposes. According to agreement within both parties.

We have resolved that 30% of this money will be for you as foreign partner, in respect to the provision of a foreign account, 5% will be set aside for expenses incured during the business and 65% would be for me and my colleague. There after I and my colleague will visit your country for disbursement according to the percentages indicated.


If this proposal is acceptable by you do not make undue advantage of the trust we have bestowed on you, then kindly get to me immediately.

For more informations about Dr. GEORGE BRUMLEYJr tragic story, please search the following WEB SITE:
http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/07/20/kenya.crash/index.html

Best Regards,

Reuben Nkea.

Credit Officer.

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Alison Scott 770-755-4060

 
Posted by Alison Scott on 05/11/2008 04:30 PM   Comments (15)   con artist, email  
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15 Comments on I am so fed up with these con artists, now they are infiltrating Active Rain, how do we stop them?

MAY
11
2008

Wow it never ends.
4:31pm • #1

I get them almost daily, I dont know how to make them stop either, I just delete them.
4:34pm • #2

I get them all the time and have noticed they are using names like John Smith or Sue Jones as the sender.  My email is really good about putting it in junk from the start.  I recognized it and delete them now without ever reading it.
4:39pm • #3
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Now that hit man one is scary.  I just think of my grandma and great aunts on the internet and it makes me worry. 
4:41pm • #4

I got a similar type thing the other day. People have too much time on their hands.

Dave
4:41pm • #5

They are obviously cruising AR now to try to get to us that way, is nothing sacrid?
4:46pm • #6

What will they come up with next...it amazes me.
5:04pm • #7
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Unfortunately, stuff like this happens and I doubt there is any way around it. It is bothersome, but all we can do is delete it and move on.

Sean Allen
5:06pm • #8
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Alison.. Can you report this to ActiveRain?  They might be able to trace the I.P.  and see where it comes from and report it to the proper athorities.  Just a thought. 
5:21pm • #9
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I just delete them.  I hate the ones that are trying to get better rankings by emailing your website email address
5:29pm • #10

No way to stop it except set your spam filters very aggressively. Even then public profiles are even more susceptible.
5:34pm • #11
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I get these all the time.  I do know one person who got scammed, but really who would believe this. Make sure that you report it as spam to your internet provider.
5:39pm • #12

This one did not come through my email it was directly posted on AR, in my email inbox I as you say, just ignore them and delete, this shocked me as it was like a post in my AR blog
5:39pm • #13
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I guess that I would add my voice to the chorus of the deleting of these con artist emails.
6:23pm • #14
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Wow!  The music is a little overwhelming!
11:59pm • #15


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