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Monday, August 15, 2011

Scam Email: Jasmine Anthony

The thing I found odd about this scam email is how the scammer seems to have used a "reply" to paste in to their main email (notice all the carets at the beginning of the lines). They also put their intended victim's email in the BCC field (I saw this when I looked at the full headers). I guess they were trying to cut some corners but it seems odd. The content is all the usual stuff we see over and over again.

From: Jasmine Anthony (jasminefashionboutique@googlemail.com)
To: jasminefashionboutique@googlemail.com
Subject: Enquiry

>
> Dear Sales,
>
> I got your contact through an international fashion network.
>
> My name is Mrs Jasmine Anthony, a store owner in Ivory Coast, Africa.
> I'm really interested in your product and would like to be one of your
> international customers.
> My business is five years old and steadily growing. We purchase all
> kind of women clothing,jeans, t-shirts , jewelries & accessories etc
> and resell them to our local customers and it has been very profitable
> for me.
>
> If you are considering selling to me, then send me some of your scan
> collections with the wholesale prices.
>
> Ordering should be easy as I could just note down the style
> numbers and e-mail you my order list. I do hope you'll accept my Visa
> or Master credit cards  as my only payment option and also hope you can
> ship Internationally
> to Ivory Coast.
>
> I look forward to hearing from you soon.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Mrs Jasmine Anthony - Owner
> Jasmine Fshion Boutique
> Rue 47 Immeuble Diallo-Avenue Houdaille
> Abidjan-Ivory Coast.
> My Company Reg N°: R.C N° 2856516-CC.N°020567896

Posted by KatieMoe at 10:18 AM
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10 comments:

  1. I received this email few days ago. She gave me her cc number. What is this all about? can I get more info?

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  2. Basically, these scams work like this: the scammer pretends they are buying something or several things from you. They may spread out the details of what they are doing across several emails or do it all at once. They like when potential victims reply to their email so sometimes they can be pretty cryptic upfront.

    But eventually the core parts of the scam will be revealed. They will offer to pay with a check, certfied money order, or lately credit card numbers. The checks are fraudulent, the money orders faked, and the credit cards are typically stolen numbers that have not yet been reported as such (we often seen when one comes back as bad, the scammer will just provide another one). The second part of the scam is they will ALWAYS eventually say they will use their own shipping company. Sometimes they have elaborate (fake) information about this supposed shipper and sometimes they don't bother to say anything about them.

    They will tell you they are paying for the items plus the shipping fee their shipping company will charge them and they has you to take your amount and forward the rest to the shipper. They sometimes have an elaborate story as to why it's set up this way and sometimes they just skip the story.

    They will ALWAYS ask this difference be sent to the shipper via Western Union. Again, sometimes they have a story as to why and sometimes they don't bother explaining.

    So. They check or credit card numbers are fake or stolen but you deposit the money (or process the credit card), forward the difference to the shipper via Western Union and because there is no shipper, it is just the scammers at the other end and their goal is to pick up that money before you or the bank or the credit card company figures out their money is fraudulent. Once the money is picked up from Western Union, it is completely untraceable.

    Now you see why we get so many of these emails? It's just a numbers game and the average take per victim ranges from $1500 to over $4000 sometimes.

    Now that you know, you don't need to communicate with them any further, not even to tell them you know they are a scammer. Report the credit card number to the credit card company so the owner can know their number has been stolen. And that's about all we can do.

    I'm glad to hear you didn't fall for this!

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  3. We received the same email (pretty much) yesterday! You can usually tell they're a scam with the wording and the fact that they haven't mentioned our company name or the type of products that we sell!

    Dear Sales,

    I got your contact through an international fashion network.
    My name is Mrs Regina Anderson, a store owner in Ivory Coast, Africa.
    I'm really interested in your product and would like to be one of your
    international customers.

    My business is five years old and steadily growing. We purchase all
    kind of women clothing,jeans, t-shirts , jewelries & accessories etc
    and resell them to our local customers and it has been very profitable
    for me.

    If you are considering selling to me, then send me some of your scan
    collections with the wholesale prices.
    Ordering should be easy as I could just note down the style
    numbers and e-mail you my order list. I do hope you'll accept my Visa
    or Master credit cards as my only payment option and also hope you can ship
    Internationally to Ivory Coast.

    I look forward to hearing from you soon.

    Thank you,

    Mrs Regina Anderson - Owner
    Regina Fashion Boutique
    450 Marcory Residential
    Abidjan-Ivory Coast.
    West Africa.

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  4. Goodness, we just got scammed please be aware this is another email I recieved today.

    Dear Sales,

    I am Mrs Tracey Miller owner of (Chic-Chic star boutique) I am interested in your products, kindly pls get back to me so that I can be able to make selections if you are interested in selling to me,

    My method of payment is Visa Or Master Credit card Payment method, and kindly pls don’t hesitate to reply back if you accept my method of payment,

    Bellow is my shipping

    210 ABOBO Rue 567
    Abidjan ,Ivory-Coast,
    West Africa.
    Tel;002266868725

    Best Regards

    Mrs Tracey Miller

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  5. I just received this same email, thinking it was a scam i googled the company name and here I am

    BUYER BEWARE

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  6. I have received these emails: BEWARE

    Kindly let me have the invoice before the close of the day so that i can make provision for your money including the cost of shipping to Abidjan.
    Find my Billing and Shipping address below;
    Boulvard de Cameroun 76, Marcory
    Abidjan. 00225
    Ivory Coast.
    Tel; 0022566897239
    Thanks for your coperation.
    Best Regards
    Susan Mcanthony (Mars)

    Quoting Susan Mcanthony :

    Dear Sales,
    I am Mrs Susan Mcanthony the owner of (susantony Sexy Boutique ) I am
    interested in your products, kindly pls get back to me so that I can
    be able to make selections if you are interested in selling to me,
    My method of payment is Visa Or Master Credit card Payment method, and
    kindly pls don’t hesitate to reply back if you accept my method of
    payment,
    Bellow is my shipping
    Susan Tony Boutique Store
    Boulvard de cameroun, Rue 76 Marcory
    Ivory-Coast, West Africa,
    Tel; 0022566897239
    Best Regards
    Mrs Susan Mcanthony

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    1. I received this exact email. Googled her telephone number and it led me to this page. This person actually replied to my emails and sounded pretty interested. But I just didn't feel right about it. Glad that I now know that it is definitely a scam.

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  7. THANK YOU GUYS WE ALMOST GOT SCAMMED!
    My boss was insistent, call her she wants to ship ups, call her now. I was weary something wasn't right specialty since ups ship was almost 500 usd. He actually emailed back and forth and got an order. At first glance, It reminded me of the Australia scam emails, so I goggled and found you guys. My boss at first didn't believe me since we do legitimate work with Lagos...after several Google searches he is convinced!

    Thanks again guys!

    See email bellow.


    From: AKFB FASHION BOUTIQUES [mailto:dgestar1981@yahoo.fr]
    Sent: Monday, February 13, 2012 12:29 AM
    Subject: I Am Intresting In Your Product

    I Am Intresting In Your Product

    Hello

    Good day, am Mrs Ajoua Kakro am specialized mostly on fashion apparel i have 4 stores here in Abidjan, and in the other cities here in Cote D'Ivoire.I am interested in your products, kindly pls get back to me so that i can be able to make selections if you are interested in selling to me

    The Brand That i carry

    1)Store Name; AKFB FASHION BOUTIQUES

    2) Womman Clothing Like ; Dress, Tops, T-Shirt, Jewelrys,Footwares& Jeans ,

    3) Men Clothing Like ; Polo, T-Shirt ,Shirt, Jewelrys Footwares & Jeans

    4) Children Clothing Like : Dress, Tops, T-Shirt ,Shirt, Jewelrys Footwares & Jeans

    My method of payment is by Visa Or Master Credit card Only .


    Mrs Ajoua Kakro
    AKFB FASHION BOUTIQUES
    NO 14 AVENUE 220 AJAME
    Abidjan,Ivory-Coast,
    West Africa
    Zipcode;00225
    Email:customerscare96@rocketmail.com

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  8. Dear ....

    The following enquiry for your company was entered by Company/Name Reobert vanessa.

    We hope this is a good sales lead for you:

    From:
    Company/Name Reobert vanessa Email Address: robertvanessa16@yahoo.com
    Phone number +22506303831

    Message:
    Dear Sales
    I saw your products and I like it.I want to know if you can sell to me so
    that I can buy.
    I will pay you with my company credit card.

    Best Regards

    My shipping address :
    Mrs Vanessa Roberts
    Vanessa Boutique
    Lot 206 Ilot 801
    01 BP 4578 Abj 01
    Abidjan- Cote d'Ivoire
    Tel : +22506303831

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  9. Just received today. Identical to the one above but with different name and store name/location.

    From:
    Company/Name Christie Jones Email Address: christiejones93@yahoo.com
    Phone number +22506303831

    Message:
    Dear Sales
    I saw your products and I like it.I want to know if you can sell to me so that I can buy.
    I will pay you with my company credit card.

    Best Regards

    My shipping address :
    Mrs Christie Jones
    Beni Boutique
    Lot 206 Ilot 801
    01 BP 4578 Abj 01
    Abidjan- Cote d'Ivoire
    Tel : +22506303831

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