Sometime back, I posted an article about a scam email that I got. Basically, it was from someone who offered to buy something from me. It turns out that they offer to send more money than the item is worth, provided you wire the difference back to them. The cashier cheque turns out to be forged, and you lose money in the deal. This time, it is from someone who wants to buy Land Rover Turbochargers in Uganda! I don't own nor sell Land Rover, nor any other 4x4 vehicle. However, my brother Omar has had successive Land Rovers and uses them for desert safaris in Egypt, for example, hare hunting or Rayyan Valley. As a matter of fact, he called me yesterday from Siwa where he was offroading with some friends. This seems to be how Mr. "Mathew" below have decided to catch my interest. Here is the text of the email I got : STAR MOTORS LTD PLOT 65/9 CONRAD HOUSE P.O BOX 1904 MASAKA TEL 256 71 881681 FAX 256 41345597Attn to sales Manager, Dear Sir/Madam. I am glad to introduce my self to you. I am called John MathewMANAGING DIRECTOR, living in Uganda and operating a business in thenames ofSTAR MOTORS LTD Is a well established company based in Uganda , EastAfrica dealing in land rover spare parts.I am inquiring whether you will be in position to supply us with 15 pcsof ORIGINAL TURBO CHAGERS FOR LANDROVER VEHICLES TDI 300.Please please quote cif ENTEBBE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.{EAST AFRICA} best regards, John mathew. Purchasing manager. C/O STAR MOTORS LTD PLOT 65/9 CONRAD HOUSE P.O BOX 1904 MASAKA TEL 256 71 881681 FAX 256 41345597 The IP address did check out to be from Uganda. The email however, was star_motorsltd@yahoo.co.uk. Sorry Mr. Mathew, but I will have to disappoint you on this.
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Anonymous (not verified)
scam email --rec'd today....
Wed, 2009/06/17 - 18:23Hello Friend,
I am Mr.Yi Kwan a transfer supervisor on investment in Standard Chartered Bank,Hong Kong, I have a transaction of mutual benefit worth Eighteen millions Five Hundred Thousand United State Dollars (18.5 Million USD)If interested please respond to my personal e-mail(yikwan_114@yahoo.com.hk)
Regards
Yi kwan
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Email sent using my WebMail access.
Anonymous (not verified)
Hi I have recived a same kind
Sat, 2009/07/04 - 12:33Hi
I have recived a same kind of mails froma company from uganda with the following add
BOB MIKE
KING TRADING COMPANY
PLOT 8 NAKASERO RD
P.O.BOX 250
KAMPALA , UGANDA E.AFRICA
kingtrading73@yahoo.com
Tel:256-712044888
Fax:256-414-235763.
He has placed orders for 100pcs laptops and payment by cheque
Anonymous (not verified)
Justin Taylor The Scammer
Mon, 2009/07/13 - 22:34Hi,
People like Justin Taylor, who thinks that making money is by scamming other people is an actual JOB. Well I'm here to tell you Justin or scammer as you best fit the name. People work hard, not to support you but there own family. Get a real job and earn your own money. Karma my friend or dick head, will bite you in the ass and believe me it will bite.
Anonymous (not verified)
SCUM
Mon, 2009/07/20 - 06:41I received this e-mail today and I suspect it to be a scum.I think hackers have hacked into this e-mail which belongs to my OB.
Fred Wanda
To: fwandaful2002@yahoo.com
Sent: Monday, July 20, 2009 12:28:06 PM
Subject: I NEED YOUR HELP PLEASE
Hi, How are you doing today? I am sorry i didn't inform you about my traveling to UK, but It has been a very sad and bad moment for me over here and the present condition that i found myself is very hard for me to explain, am really stranded in UK because i forgot my little bag in the Taxi where my money, documents and other valuable things were kept on my way to the Hotel am staying, I am facing a hard time here because i have no money on me to clear my Hotel bill, you are the only person i could reach at this point, i already spoke to the embassy here but they are not responding to the matter effectively. I have limited access to emails for now because i dont have money to go online here, i need you to help me out with a sum of $1,450 or any amount you can afford for now so i can pay the hotel bills, I need this help so much and on time because i am in a terrible and tight situation here, I don't even have money to feed myself for a day which means i had been starving so please understand how terrible it is.
Use the information below to send the funds
Name:Dr. Wanda Fred Masifwa
ADDRESS:16 Leinster Square,
CITY:Bayswater, London
COUNTRY:UK
ZIPCODE:W2 4PR
Please kindly help me send the money today, immediately you have the money sent to me, kindly help me scan a copy of the receipt paper given to you at the bank or western union outlet, or you help me write out the necessary details on the receipt paper out for me.
Sender full name and address:
10 Digits Money transfer control number:
Total amount sent:
Send this so i can get the money and receive it and promise to pay back your money as soon as i return home
Please i will be waiting to hear from you soon...
Sincerely,
Dr. Wanda Fred Masifwa
Senior Research Officer
National Fisheries Resources Research Institute (NAFIRRI)
P.O. Box 343
Jinja
Anonymous (not verified)
Scammer Still Active using their old tricks in New Countries.
Wed, 2009/11/04 - 04:34I too have just recieved an EMAIL from justintaylor009@gmail.com it was a relay message from the advertizer i use so he was hoping for a reply from me (Which he did not get) Thanks to this Thread.
It would seem he/they have a way of obtaining a valid IP address for the country they are opperating the potential scamm in, as in this case the source IP was infact a New Zealand assigned address.
Sender's IP that initiated the "email to seller" link in the advertizment Webpage : 210.55.34.194
A copy of the mail is below, As you can see it is still the same wording with only the values adjusted.
Sellers Beware!!
-----Original Message-----
From: ????????????@?????????.??? On Behalf Of justintaylor009@gmail.com
Sent: Wednesday, 4 November 2009 8:59 p.m.
To: ???????@????.???
Subject: ?????????????????????
Hello there,
I just need to tell you that this is a very lovely bike you have gotten here and I am interested in buying it outrightly. For a quick sale, I will pay you $12,500.00 for this bike and pick up will be arranged.Let me know if my offer is accepted so that we can finalize this ASAP.
NB: Honestly, I do not know the actual worth of this bike,If my offer is not ok, Let me know so i can shoot up abit or bring it
down as the case maybe.
Hope to hear from you soon.
Justin.
Justin
Anonymous (not verified)
At it again 2010
Sat, 2010/01/09 - 09:00Justin Has sent the exact worded email to myself for the purchase of my car. He is claiming to be an petroleum engineering buying the car for his father. Payment via Paypal!! Thank you for your website as it helps weed out disgusting people like Justin from this process
Anonymous (not verified)
Attention Sales, This is Mrs.
Tue, 2010/01/19 - 04:41Attention Sales,
This is Mrs. Ssenyonga, Managing Director Phiona Enterprises. We have clients who are working on their projects deep down in the villages where there's no power. They need solar panels amounting to 5KW that can generate power to sustain their work loads. Could you please quote the Kyocera, BP, Sharp or any other brands panels you have in the following ranges:
Wattage (12v)
=========
1. 85 Watts
2. 120 watts
3.140 watts
4. 200 watts
ANOTHER ONE FAKE ORDER FROM UGADA
Please quote them for us as soon as possible.
Thanks and hope to hear from you soon
Regards
Mrs. Phiona Ssenyonga
Managing Director
Phiona Enterprises
Plot 22 Kampala Road
Kampala Uganda
East Africa
TEL\Fax: + 256-414-235763
Mobile: +256-772-479933
Anonymous (not verified)
Mrs. Phiona Ssenyonga
Tue, 2010/02/23 - 07:31Mrs. Phiona Ssenyonga go **** your country. These scammers have made Africa a continent that has become erased from the social and economic connections throughout the globe.
These African scammers have made this continent an invisible piece of land for all the traders throughout the globe and NO ONE is ready to work with them any more.
Joe (not verified)
Purchase
Thu, 2010/01/28 - 22:43Dear Sir/Madam,
We would like to purchase Aspartame and Saccharine, from your company,
Please get back to us, with your current prices below CIF Entebbe International Airport , Uganda .
Hoping to hear from you, as soon as possible.
Thanks and regards,
Kenneth
Intertech Computers ( Uganda ) Ltd
Plot 12, Bombo Road
P. O. Box 27566
Kampala-Uganda
Tel: +256-752-888228
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 2010 00:17:13 -0800
From: intertech_computer@yahoo.com
Subject: Re: profoma invoice.
dear sar, we thanks for your e-mail, plz below is our order:
Saccharin--3000kgs
Aspartame--3000kgs
plz send us the profoma invoice cif by air to entebbe airport kampala uganda east africa
and the payment is by draft in advance, plz send us the payees"name and full mailing adress.
thanks
yours
kenneth.
Intertech Computers ( Uganda ) Ltd
Plot 12, Bombo Road
P. O. Box 27566
Kampa
la-Uganda
Tel: +256-752-888228
Fax: +256-414-235763
Geert (not verified)
fraud from uganda
Wed, 2010/02/03 - 07:21this was another scamm mail i got. i called him and he picked up!! 'because of problems with the bank he will send a cheque' he said he uses the name jademar electronics ltd.
original mail:
Thank you fo the reply,Its ok with 50pcs
Please send me proform invoice so that
we can be able to prepare your payment
as soon as possible.And confirm payee name
as well.
Regards
Alex Maw
JADEMAR ELECTRONICS LTD
P.O.BOX 7801 KAMPALA (U)
PLOT 103 INDUSTRIAL AREA
TEL:+256715484441
FAX:+256718125841
Email:jademar_electronicsltd@usa.com
Its Ok you can supply us 42inch.
As below is our order.
MODEL QUANTITY
42" Touch Panel 50pcs
Kindly calculate the charges of the order plus the CIF ENTEBBE AIRPORT UGANDA,
and send us the total costs by proforma invoice so that we can arrange to send you the payment soon,
Also confirm us payee name,Thank you
waiting for the soonest reply
Regards
Alex
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