Nigerian Counterfeit Check Scammers are now targeting Daddy's Reviews

[Steven_Draker]

Since we have a wave of new escorts on the Board, I thought it might be a good idea to alert/remind everyone not to respond to any request for companionship like the one below, which I found in my inbox today.

 

 

Hey,

 

How are you doing today? My name is Alvin. I found your profile so cool and it caught my eye on daddysreview today. I am interested in you and i wish to have you as my companion during my Business trip to California in America for 10days.

 

I am going down there to sign a federal government contract. I am sure you are decent,kind,honest,trustworthy and secretive enough to protect my image and Name. No one must know what i am up to with you. I Just need you to come and give me some massages all over me and keep me warm throughout my stay in California. I am ready to offer you the sum of $2000 per day for 10days from my purse and you will also earn money from the sponsor of the contract as my colleague and assistant because i am going to tell the sponsor that you are my assistant, so that they will not suspect us.

 

The sponsor will pay you an upfront even before you leave your country. The sponsor is the Scotia Bank. All Necessary documents for the trip will be arranged for you by the bank Agent.

 

Get back to me only if you are interested and willing to go with me. Get back to me as soon as you can because i do not have too much time. All traveling documents must be worked upon fast.

 

 

Alvin.

Call: +44.........

Text: +1757.......

[Xander]

Come one he just wants massages and to keep him warm throughout his stay

[+ Gar1eth]

Since we have a wave of new escorts on the Board, I thought it might be a good idea to alert/remind everyone not to respond to any request for companionship like the one below, which I found in my inbox today.

 

I didn't know this was happening-WOW!! Has this been discussed before?

 

 

Gman

[rvwnsd]

I didn't know this was happening-WOW!! Has this been discussed before?

 

 

Gman

 

It has, actually. There are several variations on his scam. In addition to the exorbitant fee, there is the supposed businessman who needs someone to set up a local office for him. He will pay by cashier's check...he even overpays and requests a wire transfer of the excess. The cashier's check is counterfeit and bounces after the wire transfer for the excess amount is sent back to the scammer. There's the incoming wire scam where you send your banking information (so the scammer can send the wire transfer, you see) and then hijacks the bank account.

[JoeyBryant]

What about this:

 

Hey,

 

My name is Anthony Joseph.I am a Model. I wish to have you as my companion during my stay in California. I am going to San Ramon in CA for recruiting of new Models for a Deaf People organization concerning a new product for hearing aid that needs advert and the auditioning will be taking place in California for few days. I will like to know if you will be available to join me for about 5 days.

 

I will pay you $2000 per night. What i need most is massage and not necessarily Sex. I will also give you the opportunity to join the models for auditioning if you wish to work as a model or if you are already a model. Your age does not matter. The product is for everyone, so we need people of different age range to do the avert.

 

I will make sure you are chosen and you will earn good pay for any contract you sign. You will be modeling for us in America and other countries.I choose you contact you after screening several profiles all around America. Get back to me if we are on same page, so that we can go from there.

 

Anthony Joseph.

Deaf World Directory

Deaf Connect

Text: +(inserts phone number)

 

Moral of the story: escorting is FAST money...but not easy money. Certainly not as easy at $2,000 a day for a massage. I'll believe it when Joe Flacco himself calls me to accompany him to Disney World

[zeyfur]

Steven, stop being paranoid !! After all, the poor guy just wants a few massages and for you to keep him warm !! Just send him your bank details and you will be quids in !!

[+ Italiano]

For the past few years I have been selected by email at least once a week to be the lucky winner of a sum that goes from 2 million to 10 million. If I had accepted every time, I would now be megaultrazillionaire, for sure # 1 in Forbes.

 

How stupid of me to erase the email every time!!

 

(are there still people who fall for these scams?...)

[operalover21]

Is anyone dumb enough or gullible enough to sign up for this stuff? I had an interesting experience with a guy from Ghana -- as it turned out -- a couple of weeks ago. I found a profile on RJ that I liked and messaged a the guy who listed his city as "New York." We chatted, via e-mail a bit, found we had a bit in common. He suggested getting together. I said sure. Next thing he said was that he was in Ghana and would be returning in a week. Could I pick him up at the airport? I knew at this point it was a scam (as soon as he said Ghana) but I decided to play along to see how far it would go. Next e-mail said the plane was $1708 but he was only asking for half. I told him I was unable to do that, sorry. He got a little huffy and said he wasn't asking me to pay the whole thing. I didn't respond. The next day he said his parents got him the money and he'd be arriving on Saturday. Could I send him money for the Amtrak ticket. I responded by telling him I could arrange a ticket for him and gave him a confirmation number and everything and the times (I made it up) and said "see you Saturday." The next day he said something had come up and he wasn't coming back to New York just yet but that he'd keep in touch.

 

It was somewhat well done but I knew it wasn't real. Normally, I'd just drop it but just wanted to see where it was going to go. Just this morning I got a message from him saying he has a job in Ghana now but still hopes to see me someday. LOL.

[jgoo]

It was somewhat well done but I knew it wasn't real. Normally, I'd just drop it but just wanted to see where it was going to go. Just this morning I got a message from him saying he has a job in Ghana now but still hopes to see me someday. LOL.

 

Email him back and say that you would like to visit him in Ghana. Only thing is you need him to send you a few hundred by WU to help pay for your flight.

 

I admit that in the past I have gotten some enjoyment out of playing the game with these guys. Once I even got one of them to admit that it was a scam.

[operalover21]

Email him back and say that you would like to visit him in Ghana. Only thing is you need him to send you a few hundred by WU to help pay for your flight.

 

I admit that in the past I have gotten some enjoyment out of playing the game with these guys. Once I even got one of them to admit that it was a scam.

 

If I do that, he'll go away and I'm still having too much fun. I suppose there are people sad and lonely enough who would have sent him the money. Otherwise, he'd stop doing this.

 

Of course, it would be hysterical if he turned out to be real ... NOT.

[Jaker27]

I had an acquaintance fall for it a few years ago. The deal was him depositing a cashier/mo check into his Bank of America account for $10,000 and wiring back $8,000. $2,000 just for his efforts. Easy money right? So he deposited it but wisely enough tried to stall for awhile but they started calling him every other hour saying this had to be done like right now with some BS story. So he withdrew the money and wired it as directed. He thought that because BofA accepted it that meant the check was good. He didn't know it wasn't till about 5 days later. So of coarse they immediately collected his $2,000 and he got nothing. That and a bill for $8,000. He was pissed. Even went to the police. His defense was that he was a victim too.

[leigh.bess.toad]

(are there still people who fall for these scams?...)

 

Unfortunately, I'm sure there are. There is a seemingly unlimited supply of gullible people. And there always seems to be a desire for easy money for no work that draws the suckers in. If this never worked, it would eventually disappear. The fact that it is still going on should show us all that it is, sadly, still working. Just remember the old saying "If something seems too good to be true, it probably is".

 

Thank you Steven for alerting us to the fact it is still going on. You always bring so much to the forum and I am so glad you are around. Can't wait to see you in 6 weeks. Travel safely, my friend.

[rvwnsd]

I had an acquaintance fall for it a few years ago. The deal was him depositing a cashier/mo check into his Bank of America account for $10,000 and wiring back $8,000. $2,000 just for his efforts. Easy money right? So he deposited it but wisely enough tried to stall for awhile but they started calling him every other hour saying this had to be done like right now with some BS story. So he withdrew the money and wired it as directed. He thought that because BofA accepted it that meant the check was good. He didn't know it wasn't till about 5 days later. So of coarse they immediately collected his $2,000 and he got nothing. That and a bill for $8,000. He was pissed. Even went to the police. His defense was that he was a victim too.

 

OUCH!

 

A gullible friend of mine came close to falling for a somewhat similar scam. He was looking for an office manager job and came across an ad on Craigslist. The jist was that a wealthy busnessman from out of town wanted to set up a West Coast office. The businessman didn't have the time or expertise to look for office space, buy supplies, etc, so he would hire a young, eager person from the local city to do all of those things and become the local manager. The selected candidate would receive a cashier's check/wire (I don't remember which one) to cover expenses plus a payment for their time. Any excess was to be wired back to the businessman. Long story short, my friend told me about this the day before he was planning to accept an "offer" from the guy. I explained why this was a bad idea and likely a scam. I suggested he ask the businessman to send him the money via Western Union. He asked and never heard from the guy again.

 

Here's another scam: Applying for a "job" and being brought on as a part owner or principal, instead of as an employee or independent contractor. Owners are not required to pay themselves, but they are required to pay their employees and contractors. Happened to the same friend. He now has a diploma from Hard Knocks University. Sadly, subsequent actions indicate he might need to enroll in their Masters program in order to learn his lesson. Sigh.

[down_to_business]

I had a friend who fell for these scams as well. He actually flew to Russia to meet his mail order girlfriend on the first scam and was suprised when she failed to show up at the train station (he had wired money to her to purchase her and her mother a train ticket). The second involved the money order deposit scam but luckily he had enough sense to insist on the banks clearing the checks first and not just depositing them- so he was out virtually nothing when they bounced.

[corndog]

There is an interesting web site, http://www.419eater.com, dedicated to "scambaiting." The people who post there go to great lengths to string along the scam artists and beat them at their own game.

[rvwnsd]

There is an interesting web site, http://www.419eater.com, dedicated to "scambaiting." The people who post there go to great lengths to string along the scam artists and beat them at their own game.

 

 

"Scambaiting" is a very bad idea. Those "random" account and bank routing numbers the web site suggests providing could be someone's actual banking information. If the information leads to an actual crime and gets traced back to the "scambaiter" that person could find themselves in a world of trouble. Rightfully so, in my opinion.

 

If you want to catch bad guys, I suggest investing in training and finding a job as a fraud investigator. The positions tend to pay well and it is a growing field.

[JoeyBryant]

They are getting even more bold. I've now been getting text messages saying they've seen me on daddys and then when I get the email, it's a big scam.

 

I'll say it's one of the most annoying aspects of the business...For awile I was left alone but now they seem to be appearing out the woodwork. I guess they figure its so easy to make up a story when it pertains to escorts. Frankly I'm getting a bit fed up, how do I report these numbers? I going to be emailing all of the escort administrators and telling them to put warnings up on their websites. Craigslist did it a long time ago.

[Mikebiz]

Here is the example we provide to our members of typical Nigerian scams in the RentMen email system. To limit the amount of spam / scams our members receive and to protect any new novice Escorts from being victims we have implemented a keyword blocking system (engineer, Martin, etc) that sends the email to the webmaster for review before it is delivered to our member. We send it along if its not from our buddy Martin ;-)

 

Typical email:

 

Hello,

How are you doing Man? Its Martin Here from London, Though im a Canadian But presently working in London,im 42yr old. I'm a Gay and i will need you on my Business Trip To Africa/Nigeria on the 15th of April. We are visiting Africa for 7days, i need someone who is decent,trustworthy and secretive just to protect my Name and personalty.

Keeping me warm and massaging me is all i need from you. 2,000Pounds is what im willing to offer you per day, this should hit you at a high spot..lol. And Upfront will be made available to you even before you leave your country..Okay? All Necessary documents will be arranged for you, so feel free to get back to me only if you are interested and willing to go with me. Cant wait to read back from you.

Engineer Martin Bilo

+447024061659.

 

This has been going on for the 6 years we've been in business, very common so beware please.

 

Mike

[Jaker27]

 

Typical email:

 

Hello,

How are you doing Man? Its Martin Here from London, Though im a Canadian But presently working in London,im 42yr old. I'm a Gay and i will need you on my Business Trip To Africa/Nigeria on the 15th of April. We are visiting Africa for 7days, i need someone who is decent,trustworthy and secretive just to protect my Name and personalty.

Keeping me warm and massaging me is all i need from you. 2,000Pounds is what im willing to offer you per day, this should hit you at a high spot..lol. And Upfront will be made available to you even before you leave your country..Okay? All Necessary documents will be arranged for you, so feel free to get back to me only if you are interested and willing to go with me. Cant wait to read back from you.

Engineer Martin Bilo

+447024061659.

 

This has been going on for the 6 years we've been in business, very common so beware please.

 

Mike

You'd think after 6 years someone like Engineer Martin would be smart enough to find someone with decent writing skills to help him out.

[+ Gar1eth]

Over the last two months, I've received 4 or 5 emails from the email address of a colleague who died 2 years ago. I was quite shocked to receive the 1st one. There is no message to the email, but there is a link in the message which I have not gone to. I've found out several people have received these emails. While it's not pleasant for me, I'm really upset at the thought of his widow and sons receiving them. It's a Southwestern Bell domain. Since they took over AT&T- I'm not even sure who to try and contact about this to get them to delete that email address.

 

Gman

[jgoo]

Over the last two months, I've received 4 or 5 emails from the email address of a colleague who died 2 years ago. I was quite shocked to receive the 1st one. There is no message to the email, but there is a link in the message which I have not gone to. I've found out several people have received these emails. While it's not pleasant for me, I'm really upset at the thought of his widow and sons receiving them. It's a Southwestern Bell domain. Since they took over AT&T- I'm not even sure who to try and contact about this to get them to delete that email address.

 

Gman

 

Something somewhat similar happened to me. The wife of a good friend sent me the following email:

 

"I just arrived in Cyprus , the trip was sudden. I am in a fix and I need your help. Can I get a loan of $2000? You'll have it as soon as I get home next week. It's really urgent, please get back to me asap, I'll advise on how to send it. I lost my bank card, I can't access the atm as planned. I'll appreciate what ever amount you can give if not all."

 

Long story, short....her account was hijacked and it was not her at all. It smelled funny to me so I called my friend who was amazed to learn of what happened.

[+ deej]

Over the last two months, I've received 4 or 5 emails from the email address of a colleague who died 2 years ago. I was quite shocked to receive the 1st one. There is no message to the email, but there is a link in the message which I have not gone to. I've found out several people have received these emails. While it's not pleasant for me, I'm really upset at the thought of his widow and sons receiving them. It's a Southwestern Bell domain. Since they took over AT&T- I'm not even sure who to try and contact about this to get them to delete that email address.

 

Gman

 

There's nothing anyone can really do. It's REALLY easy to send email "from" any address. Heck, you can do it in a macro inside MS Word with just a few lines of code.

 

Spammers actually do two different types of mailings: one is to verify that an address is valid because known valid email addresses are more likely to make it through spam filters. Once it's known to be valid, it'll be used (eventually) as a "from" address in the kinds of bulk mailings you received. Your deceased friend probably accidentally verified his address somewhere along the way, possibly by automatically sending out a requested "return receipt". (This is the default behavior in some email programs.)

[Guy Fawkes]

I have cheaper friends, mine only needed $1,800.00

 

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Something somewhat similar happened to me. The wife of a good friend sent me the following email:

 

"I just arrived in Cyprus , the trip was sudden. I am in a fix and I need your help. Can I get a loan of $2000? You'll have it as soon as I get home next week. It's really urgent, please get back to me asap, I'll advise on how to send it. I lost my bank card, I can't access the atm as planned. I'll appreciate what ever amount you can give if not all."

 

Long story, short....her account was hijacked and it was not her at all. It smelled funny to me so I called my friend who was amazed to learn of what happened.

[gallahadesquire]

A high school friend of mine died a couple of years ago. His wife announced on Facebook that she'd keep his page alive for awhile then remove it, which she did.

 

Now he shows up on my IM list. It's very strange and, of course, I can't contact Facebook because their contact info is at the bottom of an infinitely scrolling page.

 

Very odd.

[Guy Fawkes]

Opps... Spoke too soon... $2,000 friend just showed up... Right Name, Wrong Email, Wrong Phone number... My reply: "and your username?"

 

I really hope you get this fast. I could not inform anyone about our trip, because it was impromptu. we had to be in Manila Philippines for a program. The program was successful, but our journey has turned sour. we misplaced our wallet and cell phone on our way back to the hotel we lodge in after we went for sight seeing. The wallet contained all the valuables we had. Now, our passport is in custody of the hotel management pending when we make payment.

 

I am sorry if i am inconveniencing you, but i have only very few people to run to now. i will be indeed very grateful if i can get a loan of $2,000 from you. this will enable me sort our hotel bills and get my sorry self back home. I will really appreciate whatever you can afford in assisting me with. I promise to refund it in full as soon as I return. let me know if you can be of any assistance. Please, let me know soonest. Thanks so much.

 

 

I have cheaper friends, mine only needed $1,800.00

 

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