Carter, This is definitely a scam and should be reported to the US Secret Service as I think they would have jurisdiction in this case. They can be reached at 503-326-2162 in Portland, OR. You have the Internet headers so it is trivial to track this email to its source, just requires some legwork (and maybe a couple of warrants). The basic scam is that you are asked to forward the money. However, they want you to forward it using Western Union within 24 hours. Once you have done that your money is gone. However 3-5 days later you will find that the check sent to you is a forgery or otherwise invalid. So you are out whatever you are forwarded. A similar scam works in EBay where they demand immediate delivery of the product paying with bogus cashier's checks. Jay ӿլ Jay Swofford Internet Security Architect Corillian Corporation 503/629-4603 jswofford@private Quis Custodiet Ipsos Custodes? NOTICE: This communication may contain privileged or other confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient, or believe that you have received this communication in error, please do not print, copy, retransmit, disseminate, or otherwise use the information. Also, please indicate to the sender that you have received this email in error, and delete the copy you received. Thank you. -----Original Message----- From: owner-crime@private [mailto:owner-crime@private] On Behalf Of Carter Ames Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 2004 8:43 AM To: crime@private Subject: CRIME Fwd: Scam - www.webbizhelper.com -- Need help shutting it down I got this in my email box this morning and would like some help reporting it. First, I have not subscribed to http://www.webbizhelper.com - nor do I know who this Steven Polson is. After getting the email, I did visit the webbizhelper.com site and read the FAQ. I could not believe the site is still up and operating. This is absolutely a sham. Summary - you accept money from someone out of the country and are required to send it via western union within 24 hours to someone else in the US. They claim you get $150.00 per transaction, regardless of the amount transferred. I can only imagine this to be the same scam as the ebay scam where an international certified check is sent to you which turns out to be a fake. Also, suspiciously the domain according to allwhois.com is registered to someone in the Ukraine. Can anyone help shed light on this or let me know who I can report it to? Thanks. -Carter --- polson@private wrote: > X-Apparently-To: offto@private via 216.136.172.23; Tue, 11 May 2004 > 22:45:29 -0700 > Return-Path: <offto@private> > Received: from 209.239.34.27 (EHLO > host8.globalnameservers.com) (209.239.34.27) > by mta194.mail.dcn.yahoo.com with SMTP; Tue, 11 May 2004 22:45:29 > -0700 > Received: (from offto@localhost) > by host8.globalnameservers.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) id > i4C5gKHs029557 > for offto@private; Wed, 12 May 2004 01:42:20 -0400 > Received: from smtp.mail15.com (www.cora1s.com > [161.58.99.231]) > by host8.globalnameservers.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with SMTP id > i4C5gKnq029553 > for <carter@private>; Wed, 12 May 2004 01:42:20 -0400 > Date: Wed, 12 May 2004 01:42:20 +0300 > From: polson@private > X-Mailer: The Bat! (v2.01) > Reply-to: polson@private > X-Priority: 3 (Normal) > Message-ID: <666441658.20040512014220@private> > To: carter@private > Subject: Please, reply ASAP > MIME-Version: 1.0 > Content-Type: text/plain; charset= > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit > Content-Length: 506 > > Hello , > My name is Steven Polson, I have signed up at www.WebBizHelper.com as > a member 2 days ago. > Today I've got $950 on my paypal account. You have promised me 10% of > this transfer, but recently you have changed your membership > agreement. > Now you say that you will pay your members $150 for each money > transfer regardless of the total amount. So, will I get $150 or only > $95 for this transaction ? > > Please, reply ASAP > > -- > Best regards, > Steven Polson > mailto:polson@private > > > >
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