posted on October 10, 2000 09:58:45 AM new
Okay, as some of you know, I received a letter from a scammer who wanted me to take money from his clients through ExchangePath. I understand that OTWA has been working with a person who bit on this line. If you are working on this or know who is, please let me know. Thanks!
Here is the letter:
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Hello,
I looked at your feedback profile on the EBay.com and think you can help me.
I live in Holland and selling accounting software. For now, I have some clients from USA, who want to buy software and will pay by Exchangepath.
I visited Exchangepath's web page and clearly understood that I can't register, because I'm non-US resident.
My offer: My clients will send money to your Exchangepath account. You withdraw money and wire transfer it to my offshore bank account in the XXXXX Bank ( http://www.XXXX.com ). Your interest from a total amount is 10%
Total amount will be about $6000, maybe even more.
All transactions will appear within 3 (three) days.
If you're agree, please send me your confirmation and Exchangepath's account e-mail address.
XXXXX
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posted on October 10, 2000 11:23:23 AM new
Thanks for your quick response, Labbie1!
The US Federal Government, particularly through the FTC and the FBI are VERY VERY VERY concerned about maintaining the trust and integrity of the online auctions, and I believe that they would be very interested in this email you received.
posted on October 10, 2000 12:04:34 PM new
There is a secure web site from which we can report actual, and suspected Internet fraud.
Welcome to the Internet Fraud Complaint Center. The Internet Fraud Complaint Center (IFCC) is a partnership between the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the National White Collar Crime Center (NW3C).
"IFCC's mission is to address fraud committed over the Internet. For victims of Internet fraud, IFCC provides a convenient and easy-to-use reporting mechanism that alerts
authorities of a suspected criminal or civil violation. For law enforcement and regulatory agencies at all levels, IFCC offers a central repository for complaints related to Internet fraud, works to quantify fraud patterns, and provides timely statistical data of current fraud trends."
I'd suggest this is the place to start of this and the mentioned issue on that other board, as well as a starting place for any and all similar issues.
Ken
http://auctionusers.org
edited to fix the &%#!^ ubb
[ edited by Pantheus on Oct 10, 2000 12:06 PM ]
posted on October 10, 2000 01:01:29 PM newPantheus Thank you. That is a very valueable piece of info. Thanks so much!
toyranch Thank you. I have been in touch with them and their risk management team has the e-mail with complete headers and are following up with the state police who will take it further to the FBI I am told.
