Friday, May 27, 2011

Scam Email: Lin Williams

Another stupid oversight on a scammer's poor ability to understand language. No real person would sign their email with just their last name. The rest of their email is just the same old line so many of the scammers use. This scammer get pretty darn quickly right to the core of the scam - that they need to use a third party shipper of their choice (who doesn't exist, by the way) and they don't place orders online so they can use a stolen credit card number and process the real target of their scam - the amount will include the shipper's fee and they will ask you to forward that amount (often thousands of dollars) to the shipper who for some silly reason can only accept Western Union (which is untraceable).

Who is at the other end of Western Union to receive your good money? The scammer. They are careful to use credit card numbers that are stolen online but not yet reported as such - but you will end up with a chargeback. They don't care about the product - the shipping address is never real either. They only care about you taking your good money and forwarding it to a Western Union account and then they pick up their "profit". And they didn't spend any real money to get that money. That's why there are so many scammers out there trying to trick people out of their good money.

This email source traced back to Iran with the IP number of 85.198.1.90.
Return-path: [rojit@live.com]
From: LIN WILLIAMS [lin.williams40@gmail.com]
Subject: ORDER NEEDED

Hi Sales,
Am ordering from Dubai.I want to place an order from you. I know the difficulties encountered when shipping internationally, But that will not be a problem because i am registered with a shipping company whom i have used severally without any delay nor problems with my goods.Before i place this order, i want you to notify me if i am able to place the order and most important If i can make payment with my credit cards Visa/Mc (Issued in the United States) because that is the only way we are set for payment now without no delay. I don't place online orders ,can i e-mail my ORDER needed then you can give me a quote here and make charges to my cards manually on your end ? Pls Clarify. Looking forward to your swift response then we can proceed further as soon as possible.
Regards.
Williams.
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4 comments:

  1. KatieMoeMay 27, 2011 at 1:37 PM

    This scammer is having some trouble keeping track of their work. I just received yet another copy of this very same scam email, and still sourcing from the same IP number in Iran.

    It's either that or my email is on multiple sources he has scoured from the internet and that would be unfortunate.

    It stinks that it costs the scammers nothing to send all these emails out and the poor server companies that *do* pay for the bandwidth to send these.

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  2. AnonymousJune 22, 2011 at 12:25 PM

    Thank you so much for posting this!!! I was in the midst of dealing with "Lin" and lots of back/forth about getting the credit card number to charge. My suspicions were raised once Western Union was brought into the picture. I can't believe I wasted time on this order!! Feeling like a bit of a fool, but glad I googled "Lin Williams" to see what came up.

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  3. AnonymousNovember 20, 2011 at 11:17 AM

    I just received this E-mail today and laughed ate the audacity of the individuals that send them.

    Here is what they sent.

    Attn: My Dear:

    I write to inform you that I have deposited your funds to Central Bank Benin republic, Your funds will be transferred to your account once you send your account information to the bank, You know that this transaction has taken a longer than expected and I think that wire transfer is the best and easier way for you to receive your funds worth $2.5 million US Dollars. Now Contact the below

    person who is in position to release your fund into your nominated bank account within 48hours.

    Prof, Edward Okeke,
    Director Central Bank
    Benin Republic Foreign
    Operations department,
    Central Bank International Plc.
    Office Telephone: +229-96701622.
    Fax: 0022993155695
    Email; - ( centralbank_beninplc455@yahoo.com.hk )

    You are require to forward the below information’s to them to avoid transfer of your funds to a wrong person.

    (1)Beneficiary name................................
    (2)Your bank name..................................
    (3)Your account number: .................................
    (6)Your home address: .......................................
    (7)Your age and occupation...................................
    (8)A copy of your passport: ........................................
    (9)Your private cell/working number..................................

    Please forward the following information’s to them now in there email I gave to you and let me know when you do so and also when you receive your funds you let me know, So. contact central
    bank Benin republic for your transfer.

    Please make sure you don’t make any mistake with those informations, so that they will not transfer your funds to a wrong person, i am very happy because i strongly believe that God is in control.

    Good Luck

    Best regards
    Mrs. Joyce Linda

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  4. AnonymousAugust 4, 2012 at 10:48 AM

    Thanks for posting this. I got something similar and thought I would do a search for the body of the email before I passed it on to our accounting office. Here is the text of the version I got:
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    Am ordering from Poland . I want to place an order from you. I know the difficulties encountered when shipping internationally, But that will not be a problem because i am registered with a shipping company whom i have used severally without any delay nor problems with my goods.i will like to know If i can make payment with my credit cards Visa/Mc (Issued in the United States) can i e-mail you my ORDER.
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