British 419 scammers, you're gonna burn
Oct. 8th, 2002 09:18 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
camwynFake bank website cons victims
West African criminals have used a fake version of a British bank's online service to milk victims of cash, say police.
The fake site was used to squeeze more money out of people they had already hooked.
The site has been shut down. But UK National Criminal Intelligence Service, (NCIS), said at least two Canadians had lost more than $100,000 after being taken in by the fake website.
The scam behind the fake web domain was the familiar one that offers people a share of the huge sums of money they need moved out of various African nations...
Here's the important bit: one of the relevant links in the margin.
National Criminal Intelligence Service West African Organised Crime Section
If you receive a 419 letter, hand the letter or email into your local police station, marked for the attention of the Fraud Squad. Emails should be printed out in full, including the header and complete sender details.
Please do not send them to NCIS, as intelligence on this crime is now collated on a regional basis before being forwarded to NCIS.
If you have lost money to this fraud, please immediately contact the West African Organised Crime Section direct on 020 7238 8012.
419 emails are very common, and you may continue to be sent them. Please do not send them direct to NCIS unless you have lost money. Instead, send a copy to the Internet Service Provider from where the 419 email originated. These emails should be addressed to:
abuse@ 'the ISP name' (for example abuse@yahoo.com, abuse@hotmail.com, abuse@onebox.com)
By this method, the ISPs can terminate any accounts that abuse their systems.
I'm sure they'll centralise at some point, but for now - have fun handing this in. These guys suck.
West African criminals have used a fake version of a British bank's online service to milk victims of cash, say police.
The fake site was used to squeeze more money out of people they had already hooked.
The site has been shut down. But UK National Criminal Intelligence Service, (NCIS), said at least two Canadians had lost more than $100,000 after being taken in by the fake website.
The scam behind the fake web domain was the familiar one that offers people a share of the huge sums of money they need moved out of various African nations...
Here's the important bit: one of the relevant links in the margin.
National Criminal Intelligence Service West African Organised Crime Section
If you receive a 419 letter, hand the letter or email into your local police station, marked for the attention of the Fraud Squad. Emails should be printed out in full, including the header and complete sender details.
Please do not send them to NCIS, as intelligence on this crime is now collated on a regional basis before being forwarded to NCIS.
If you have lost money to this fraud, please immediately contact the West African Organised Crime Section direct on 020 7238 8012.
419 emails are very common, and you may continue to be sent them. Please do not send them direct to NCIS unless you have lost money. Instead, send a copy to the Internet Service Provider from where the 419 email originated. These emails should be addressed to:
abuse@ 'the ISP name' (for example abuse@yahoo.com, abuse@hotmail.com, abuse@onebox.com)
By this method, the ISPs can terminate any accounts that abuse their systems.
I'm sure they'll centralise at some point, but for now - have fun handing this in. These guys suck.
