Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Scam Email: Cadella Joel

Another lazy scammer, nothing is personalized, sent to an "undisclosed" list, and really - what the heck name is that at the end of this letter?
Subject: Inquiry
To: undisclosed recipients:
Return-path: [jedidiahboutique@yahoo.com]
From: jedidiah boutique [jedidiahboutique@yahoo.com]
Reply-To: jedidiah.boutique@btinternet.com

Jedidiah Boutique and
Show Room.
Plateau 14 Wesintress Rue B 774
Abidjan
Ivory-Coast,
Tel:00225-670-22-414

Dear Sales,
 I am interested in your
product, kindly reply back if you are interested in selling to my company and i
will be glad to be one of your best customers . My prefered method of payment is by my credit card  you
can ship to my location via USPS,or FEDEX let me know if you are willing to
sell.

Regards,
Cadella
Joel
at

24 comments:

  1. AnonymousJune 6, 2011 at 11:45 AM

    I got the same email from a different name.

    Dear Sales,

    I am intrested in your products, kindly reply back if you are intrested in selling to my company and i will be glad to be one of your best customers . My preferred method of payment is by my credit card you can ship to my location via USPS express or FEDEX. let me know if you are willing to sell.

    Regards,
    Lucy Pieere

    Lucy Boutique and Show Room.
    Adjame Wes Rue B 674 Abidjan
    Ivory-Coast,
    Tel:00225-673-22-415
    Fax:00225-49-35-94-77

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  2. Ingrid BJuly 11, 2011 at 11:43 AM

    I received this as well:

    "Dear Sales,

    I am intrested in your products, kindly reply back if you are intrested in selling to my company and i will be glad to be one of your best customers . My preferred method of payment is by my credit card you can ship to my location via USPS express or FEDEX. let me know if you are willing to sell.

    Regards,
    Lucy Pieere

    Lucy Boutique and Show Room.
    Adjame Wes Rue B 674 Abidjan
    Ivory-Coast,
    Tel:00225-673-22-415
    Fax:00225-49-35-94-77"

    Total Scam!!!

    ReplyDelete
  3. AnonymousJuly 11, 2011 at 9:43 PM

    Anne, I received this same scam on July 11,2011 worded exactly the same way

    "Dear Sales,

    I am intrested in your products, kindly reply back if you are intrested in selling to my company and i will be glad to be one of your best customers . My preferred method of payment is by my credit card you can ship to my location via USPS express or FEDEX. let me know if you are willing to sell.

    Regards,
    Lucy Pieere

    Lucy Boutique and Show Room.
    Adjame Wes Rue B 674 Abidjan
    Ivory-Coast,
    Tel:00225-673-22-415
    Fax:00225-49-35-94-77"

    ReplyDelete
  4. AnonymousJuly 14, 2011 at 6:44 AM

    Received same thing here,
    Can they at least do a spell check before sending?

    Dear Sales,

    I am intrested in your products, kindly reply back if you are intrested in selling to my company and i will be glad to be one of your best customers . My preferred method of payment is by my credit card you can ship to my location via UPS, USPS express or FEDEX. let me know if you are willing to sell.

    Regards,
    Lucy Wilkey

    Lucy's Boutique
    Abobo Wes Rue C 674 Abidjan
    Ivory-Coast,
    Tel:00225-673-32-425
    Fax:00225-48-35-97-77

    ReplyDelete
  5. KatieMoeJuly 14, 2011 at 6:46 AM

    The good news is that they DON'T do any spell check. Makes them easier to spot!

    Thanks for sharing yours.

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  6. AnonymousJuly 15, 2011 at 7:10 AM

    I received the exact same email and Mrs. Lucy even went to the trouble of completing a wholesale account information form.
    Some people have no dignity.

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  7. AnonymousMarch 13, 2012 at 6:51 AM

    I just received this email and I returned the email just to have a little fun because I had some down time lol but yeah these people need to get a life! Thanks for this site to let other people aware of what is going on

    Dear sales,

    I am Mrs Ann Melton am intrested in your products We purchase all kind of women clothing, Dresses,jeans, t-shirts , jewelries & accessories. kindly reply back if you are intrested to sell to my company and i will be glad to be one of your best customer . My preferred method of payment is by my credit card you can ship to my location via UPS, or FEDEX. let me know if you are willing to sell.


    Regards,
    Ann Melton

    Ann Boutique and showroom
    342 Adjame Rue 846 Abidjan
    Ivory-Coast,West Africa
    Tel:00225-67147177
    Fax:00225-48-35-97-77

    ReplyDelete
  8. AnonymousMarch 16, 2012 at 11:52 PM

    Same thing with my company. Thought I would check it out to see if it was a scam. Turns out I was right, thanks for posting!

    ReplyDelete
  9. AnonymousMarch 21, 2012 at 5:33 PM

    We just received the mail below. Thanks for making this avaliable


    Dear sales,

    I am intrested in your products kindly reply back if you are intrested to sell to my company and i will be glad to be one of your best customer . My preferred method of payment is by my credit card you can ship to my location via UPS, or FEDEX. let me know if you are willing to sell.

    Regards,
    Ann Melton

    Ann Boutique and showroom
    458 Abobo Rue 846 Abidjan
    Ivory-Coast,West Africa
    Tel:00225-67147177
    Fax:00225-48-35-97-77

    ReplyDelete
  10. AnonymousMay 2, 2012 at 8:59 AM

    I got the same email for my company but signed by Mrs Doris Copeland. Thank you for verifying it.

    ReplyDelete
  11. AnonymousJune 4, 2012 at 9:09 AM

    I received a similar but not sure if it is spam. Thought I publish to see if anyone got this version as well.

    From: Johnson Brown
    Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2012 12:38:37 +0000
    ReplyTo:
    Subject: ORDER INQUIRY

    Dear Sales,

    We are UNICON-BOUTIQUE located in West Africa (Côte d'Ivoire) We are specialized mostly on fashion apparel We have 4 stores here in Abidjan, and in the other cities here in Cote D'Ivoire.

    We are interested in your products, kindly get back to us so that we can be able to make selections.

    The Brand that we carry:

    1)- Woman Clothing Like; Bags, Dress, Tops, T-Shirt, Jewelries, Footwear & Jeans, Bags

    2)- Men Clothing Like; Bags, Polo, T-Shirt ,Shirt, Jewelries, Footwear & Jeans, Bags

    3)- Children Clothing Like: Dress, Tops, T-Shirt ,Shirt, Jewelries, Footwear & Jeans

    4)- Can you export your products: towards Africa VIA UPS, EMS, FEDEX or EXPRESS POSTAL SERVICE?

    5)- Can you give us wholesales price?

    6)- Have you and ELECTRONICS TERMINAL for CREDIT CARD PROCESS?

    NB: Please confirm all this by mail (uniconboutique@yahoo.com) so that we can make our order.

    Regard,

    MR.JOHNSON BROWN
    UNICON-BOUTIQUE
    AVE 1010 RUE 10 BIETRY
    ABIDJAN.(COTE D'IVOIRE)
    TEL: +22566732285
    Email: uniconboutique@yahoo.com

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. AnonymousJuly 14, 2012 at 10:22 AM

      Just received the same. So glad everyone is getting together and posting about these! Thanks everyone!

      Delete
    2. AnonymousSeptember 9, 2012 at 7:12 AM

      I have been getting different versions of these emails but just got the one from Mr. Brown today. Thank you for the post.

      Delete
    3. AnonymousSeptember 9, 2012 at 9:34 AM

      I got this same email today and knew it had to be spam. Whats so bad is it was sent to me thru as a sales lead so I will be contacting the company that sent it.


      Dear Sales,

      We are UNICON-BOUTIQUE located in West Africa (Côte d'Ivoire) We are specialized mostly on fashion apparel We have 4 stores here in Abidjan, and in the other cities here in Cote D'Ivoire.

      We are interested in your products, kindly get back to us so that we can be able to make selections.

      The Brand that we carry:

      1)- Woman Clothing Like; Bags, Dress, Tops, T-Shirt, Jewelries, Footwear & Jeans,

      2)- Men Clothing Like; Bags, Polo, T-Shirt ,Shirt, Jewelries, Footwear & Jeans

      3)- Children Clothing Like: Dress, Tops, T-Shirt ,Shirt, Jewelries, Footwear & Jeans

      4)- Can you export your products: towards Africa VIA UPS, EMS, FEDEX or EXPRESS POSTAL SERVICE?

      5)- Can you give us wholesales price?

      6)- Have you and ELECTRONICS TERMINAL for CREDIT CARD PROCESS?

      NB: Please confirm all this by mail (uniconboutique@yahoo.com) so that we can make our order.

      Regard,

      MR.JOHNSON BROWN
      UNICON-BOUTIQUE
      AVE 1010 RUE 10 BIETRY
      ABIDJAN.(COTE D'IVOIRE)
      TEL: +22546329030
      Email: uniconboutique@yahoo.com

      Delete
  12. AnonymousJuly 10, 2012 at 9:28 AM

    Just received the exact same email, pretty sure it is a scam:



    Dear Sales,



    We are UNICON-BOUTIQUE located in West Africa (Côte d'Ivoire) We are specialized mostly on fashion apparel We have 4 stores here in Abidjan, and in the other cities here in Cote D'Ivoire.



    We are interested in your products, kindly get back to us so that we can be able to make selections.



    The Brand that we carry:



    1)- Woman Clothing Like; Bags, Dress, Tops, T-Shirt, Jewelries, Footwear & Jeans, Bags



    2)- Men Clothing Like; Bags, Polo, T-Shirt ,Shirt, Jewelries, Footwear & Jeans, Bags



    3)- Children Clothing Like: Dress, Tops, T-Shirt ,Shirt, Jewelries, Footwear & Jeans



    4)- Can you export your products: towards Africa VIA UPS, EMS, FEDEX or EXPRESS POSTAL SERVICE?



    5)- Can you give us wholesales price?



    6)- Have you and ELECTRONICS TERMINAL for CREDIT CARD PROCESS?



    NB: Please confirm all this by mail (uniconboutique@yahoo.com) so that we can make our order.



    Regard,



    MR.JOHNSON BROWN

    UNICON-BOUTIQUE

    AVE 1010 RUE 10 BIETRY

    ABIDJAN.(COTE D'IVOIRE)

    TEL: +22566732285

    Email: uniconboutique@yahoo.com

    ReplyDelete
  13. KatieMoeJuly 10, 2012 at 9:59 AM

    I'm thinking its 99.9999999% a scam too. Has all the format and language of this particular template scammers use. Thanks for writing in and sharing!

    ReplyDelete
  14. AnonymousAugust 30, 2012 at 12:14 PM

    i exchanged emails with an "Anne Brown"

    this person used the same address as in one of your posts so i found it that way when i googled the address and art

    but i would not say on your blog, incase they continue to use the address and it helps someone else find out too

    From "Anne Brown"

    "Hi,

    Hope this message finds you well. I saw these creative works on your website and i will like you to get back with more details if they are still available for purchase.

    _________________

    Hi

    Thanks so much for your response to my query about those creative works. i must commend you are really doing a great work.

    I will like to proceed with the purchase of those beautiful pieces.

    Can you please confirm the actual price for those beautiful pieces with discount if there is any provided, so I can know how best to proceed.

    I will also like to know what inspire you to make the pieces.

    Looking forward to hearing from you soon.


    Best Regards,
    Anne

    ________________________________

    Hi ,

    Good to hear back from you. Yes, I will like to proceed with the
    purchase of artworks. I think they are lovely works and I hope to give them good home.

    I am presently away in Cancun for my twin sister's wedding even
    though it comes at a time when i was preparing for a big move and also expecting a baby but it means so much to her. I should be back in few days.

    Meanwhile, I will like you to forward your mailing address and phone number so i can inform my husband still shuttling between our home in New Jersey and London on where to forward the payment. He has just been transfer to head the IT section of their head Office in London.

    I can also forward your contact info to the local cartage company that will be moving all our house decors so they can get in touch with you to arrange shipping details. They can arrange FedEx pick up of the artworks from your studio.

    I will look forward to hearing from you so i can know how best to proceed. Cheers.

    Best Regards,
    Anne
    ________________________________

    Hi ,

    Hope this message finds you well. Thanks so much for your patient regarding the transaction. It has been a very difficult time with a lot of things on the plate. Anyway, i will like to inform you that the payment was sent by my husband's assistant on Friday via Royal mail and he was advise that you will receive it early this week so try and be on the lookout for it.

    I will also like you to have our address; you can add it to your
    mailing list. I will like to hear about your future works and art shows. Our address in Newark is...

    215 Walnut Street,
    Newark NJ 07105

    While our new address in UK is....

    68b, Bryantwood Road,
    Holloway, London, N7 7BE
    UK

    Meanwhile, i sent your contact info to the Moving agency that will be handling the shipment of all our house decors yesterday and he promise to get in touch with you. Try and make shipping arrangement with them and keep me updated with details.

    I will look forward to hearing from you soon as you receive this email so i can be sure we are on the same page. Thanks for your patient.

    Best Regards,
    Anne
    ______________________________________



    I stopped contact with them after this.

    Thanks again

    Best,
    Doug

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  15. AnonymousSeptember 5, 2012 at 8:20 PM

    An "Anne Brown" contacted me the same way, with the same story, language, and bad english. What dirt bags! They used this email address: annebrown1111@yahoo.com I'm going to report them on the FBI site: http://www.ic3.gov/default.aspx Thanks for alerting me to this!

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  16. AnonymousSeptember 9, 2012 at 8:27 PM

    My company has been hit by these people also, 2x. This was from my Hotfrog site! I do not even sell weapons, just ladies clothing! Thanks for the back up, I knew it was some how bogus!

    ReplyDelete
  17. AnonymousSeptember 18, 2012 at 8:53 AM

    I just got a email to specifically buy 7 of my artworks from annebrownn@yahoo.com and it was signed Ann no e. She said it was urgent! Thanks for being there as I checked it out first!

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  18. AnonymousSeptember 27, 2012 at 10:44 AM

    When it seems too good to be true...I've had about 10 email exchanges with Ms. Anne/Ann in which she made all sorts of inquiries about artwork she referenced by title. Willing to send me a personal check via post.

    Hi,

    Hope this message finds you well. I saw these creative works on your website and i will like you to get back with more details if they are still available for purchase.

    Hi,

    Good to hear back from you. Yes, I will like to proceed with the purchase of the artworks. I think they are lovely works and I hope to give them good home.


    I am presently away in Cancun for my twin sister's wedding even though it comes at a time when I was preparing for a big move and also expecting a baby but it means so much to her. I should be back in few days.


    Meanwhile, I will like you to forward your mailing address and phone number so I can inform my husband still shuttling between our home in New Jersey and London on where to forward the payment. He has just been transfer to head the IT section of their head Office in London.


    I can also forward your contact info to the local cartage company that will be moving all our house decors so they can get in touch with you to arrange shipping details. They can arrange FedEx pick up of the artworks from your studio.


    I will look forward to hearing from you so I can know how best to proceed. Cheers.


    Best Regards,
    Ann

    ReplyDelete
  19. KatieMoeSeptember 27, 2012 at 12:30 PM

    Ah yes, the twin sister's wedding in Cancun - this fake story has been around for quite some time now, I guess it is effective for the scammers.

    Glad you didn't fall for it.

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  20. AnonymousOctober 2, 2012 at 10:46 AM

    Yes I was one of her target's too on Sept 21st. I did feel fishy knowing she was insisting that I send her my address first to set up for FEDEX pickup. here is her last email.
    Thank you for posting the scam! READ BELOW:
    FROM annebrownn1@yahoo.com
    Hi,

    Good to hear back from you. Yes, I will like to proceed with the purchase of the artworks. I think they are lovely works and I hope to give them good home.
    I am presently away in Cancun for my twin sister's wedding even though it comes at a time when I was preparing for a big move and also
    expecting a baby but it means so much to her. I should be back in few days.
    Meanwhile, I will like you to forward your mailing address and phone
    number so I can inform my husband still shuttling between our home in
    New Jersey and London on where to forward the payment. He has just been transfer to head the IT section of their head Office in London.
    I can also forward your contact info to the local cartage company that will be moving all our house decors so they can get in touch with you to arrange shipping details. They can arrange FedEx pick up of the artworks from your studio.

    ReplyDelete
  21. AnonymousJanuary 25, 2015 at 12:31 PM

    I got a similar e-mail.. beware !!

    Dear Seller,

    I am LimOdelle by name, I am the owner of (CHEZ BAM CULTURE), and the products that I sell are Male & Female Clothes, Bag & Jewelries, Children dresses including Shoes.

    I went online and saw your contacts details in an exhibitors list in of the exhibition show, in fact I really love to do business with your company. I will be very happy if we can purchase wholesales from your store.

    Do you accept Visa or Master card Payment method, kindly reply us back so that we can continue with a strong business relationship.


    Waiting to hear from you soon, You can also contact us with jdmac128@gmail.com

    Mrs Lim
    23 Adjame Rue 8
    Abidjan,
    Ivory Coast.

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