Scam Awareness: Customs Official From Afar
November 3, 2007
Please don’t fall for this crap…
From: Tuulik
Subject: CONTACT ME
Hello,
I am writing to request your attention to act as beneficiary of customs seized
asset.As senior customs official of my country in Eastern Europe am in good
position to facilitate the asset to you only if you will agree on the agreed
percentage to you.Let me have your response soon and we can discuss further.
Tuulik.
Tell-tale signs:
- Ridiculously too good to be true.
- Bad grammar and punctuation.
- Conveniently too far away to verify in-person.
Just flag it as Junk Mail and delete it.
The scam artist will con you into making a money transfer. He’ll need some amount from you as either a sign of good faith or to pay a supposed tariff or storage fee. Then you’ll never hear from him again.
Don’t be tempted by this nonsense and make sure to educate your parents and elderly relatives who might fall for something like this.
As always, please share your tips.
-BD
puH-LEEEZ. There must still be money in this for them to persist. I wish I had a dollar for every one of these that’s come through my mailbox and inbox: I”D be the millionaire!
Good tips, Bad Dad