Hello. My name is Sunny(Jasnain Singh). A person emailed me some days ago saying he works for an Art gallery in England. He wanted to cash his payments here in US $'s and keep 10% of it and send the rest through Western Union or Moneygram. The first payment I sent was not picked up, but the checks came out to be counterfeit. I have returned that money to the bank because my account was in -. But I've sent one more payment and it has been picked up and now the person wont contact me. If I dont get the money back, my account will be in - again, and its around -2000.00$'s and I will be doomed. How can I resolve this. Im afraid if I file a complaint on Internet Fraud website then they might call my house and ask me all sorts of questions. Please anyone help me. I am very worried. Thank you.
202662
Not to be mean, but you are pretty much out of luck.\nDo NOT respond to any kind of e-mails like that.
76742
Don't even respond to it is scam, and certainly don't give aout any bank information or private informarion to somebody you don't know of. I' had those mails also and i run no bussiness, at first when i used the net, i didn't know better then to open because it was adressed to me in person. I never reacted to it, but in the future if you recieve such notices again, just spam them. Good luck.
122809
Best thing for you to do is to delete the message straightaway. I'm from UK and too many scams by post as well as by the internet... there's no new about that... it's just one of the problems around UK, so don't mind that.
641132
It sure is a scam. You should report it to : \nhttp://www.fraudwatchinternational.com/\nThey will take action.
230543
This is a classic scam.  It's known as an advanced fee fraud.\n\nThe way it works is they send you a letter/email or phone you and say you've won a competition or lottery.  You're due a huge cash payout!! (with the exclamation marks and everything).  There is a fly in the ointment however as you have to pay a small handling fee/fedex charge/local tax.  It's never that onerous, although inexplicably it can't be paid out of your winnings.  You send your money through to them and they vanish.\n\nThe key questions to ask yourself are \n1)  Did I ever enter an online International Lottery?\n2)  Why can't the fee be paid out of the winnings?  Better yet have them pay the fee and keep 10% say as a 'handling charge' and send you the rest (it's still over 200k).  I bet they won't do it.\n\nSeriously though, if you have sent them money it's probably gone forever.  Your national law enforcement agency will probably be interested in this and you should probably let them know.\n\nIf you haven't sent them any money, great, keep your money in your pocket.
180498
It sounds like an email that you received which is a scam. You should only play the lottery if you are in the UK and you buy a lottery ticket.\n\nPaying charges is definitely a no no!\n\nIf you get emails asking you to send money, ignore all of them.\n\nTo check, pick out some of the key words or phrases in the email and search google. Then you will have a better idea who else is getting the same email and whether it's a scam
572365
Contact E-Bay, by phone or computer and explain what you have done. This is why you should use Pay-Pal. They will contact the seller and see what he says, also take the receipt back to Western Union and see if the MO was cashed and by whom.. If it has then contact (or  try) the seller. If nothing is worked out then he is a Federal case, and you might point this out to him. transactions over State lines ending in fraud, falls in there jurisdiction....good luck
514862
I have the same question.  I received something from them asking to "be of service".  It sounds like a money laundering scheme.  I have not been able to find anything on them.  It sounds too good to be true! The person that send it to me was named Art but in everything else is the same.
550656
Money Orders can take up to six months for the company that issued it to verify it.\n\nYou're on the hook for the money.\n\nThis is an old scam.
435270
to continue where the first answerer left off:\n\nAdditional information: Hello Yazid bara,\nThis email confirms that you, lelyazz1, transferred $46.45 to tcason523@msn.com by PayPal.\n\nHello Yazid bara,\nThis email confirms that you sent a payment of $7.50 USD to tcason523@bellsouth.net\n\nThis transaction will appear on your bank statement with the remark :PAYPAL *TCASON523.\n\nGood evening, that's completely untrue, I never received anything. But I paid for my 5 Garth Brooks DVDs. What should we do? Thanks.
217601
Keep on persisting w/ paypal, however, they usually side with the buyer so be careful.  If you prove to them that the person is a classic out of country crook, they may refund your money, but depending on how many other crimes this person has done, that person may go free.
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It is an old trick and  I am surprised there are still people falling for it. Even after the check is cleared and your account is credited, the transaction can still be reversed. The banks make sure they never lose. \n\nAll the countries in Africa seem to be getting into this scum now. Apparently the $billions we give in aid are not enough to keep them in sufficient luxury. Most of it goes to their leaders. But keep quiet about this as the liberals will start shouting "racism". \n\nAs regards your case, you have the name and address of the buyer and of the carrier, so take it up with the police. Also ask for a meeting with your bank manager and tell him his bank is implicated and what help is he going to give? The check can be traced backwards.
390605
It's a scam. \n\nThey want two things from you - \n1. Your ID details so they can impersonate you; and/or\n2. Your money\n\nBasically they will either ask for your details (including bank account details) so they can transfer the money to you - and of course what they will actually do is steal money out of your account\n\nAND/OR\n\nThey will ask you to send them money for such things as "registration fees" or "money transfer fees" etc etc.\n\nRemember:-\n\nNO-ONE EVER WON A LOTTERY THEY DIDN'T ENTER!\n\nThere is no money. You haven't won anything!\n\nWHAT TO DO:-\n1. The simplest of all - DELETE it. Never reply, even to say "ha ha I know you're trying to scam me" This just confirms that you have a functioning email address and the scammer will then try to sell it on to someone else - and what you will get is more scammer emails!\n\n2. If the email comes from an email provider that you recognise and trust, like Yahoo, Hotmail, Netscape etc then forward the message headers to the email provider with a note of the complaint. [The message source maybe faked but often a contact email address is quoted in the message the scammer actually writes to you.]\nTo do this on Outlook Express:-\nRight click the message and select Properties\nClick on the Details tab\nClick on Message Source\nRight click the mass of code you see and click Select All to highlight the entire message\nRight click again and click Copy\nPaste into your message to Yahoo, Hotmail or whoever\n\nThe address to email this to is "abuse@(the email provider) eg. abuse@yahoo.com
673590
Scam, scam, scam.  I got the same thing.  Look up Lotto scams on the net and look up their name.  You'll see.  Sorry, I know it's a bummer.
359357
Contact your local police or if you are in the US, contact the FTC (Federal Trade Commission) but don't get your hopes up--- you fell for a scam and the scammer knows what he/she is doing. It will be very hard to track her down; every account she has provided (Yahoo, Western Union, etc) can be obtained anonymously.
518962
It's a typical scam.. Good thing you checked it out first before you went nuts and lost your money.  Face it, NO ONE is going to just up and send you a check in the mail for no reason.  This is scam city big time.
669820
Sorry to tell you but you probably got scammed. You better check your bank account and think about changing accounts. You let out your most vulnerable piece of information, these people may be on a shopping spree with your money.  Giving out your debit card number on line is like saying here's all my money, take it. \n\nNext time, do what I do.  Purchase a prepaid visa or mastercard, almost all banks and currency exchanges have these. You only put on it what you want to spend. These are disposable cards and have none of your information on them. \n\nCALL YOUR BANK NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!