I received the follow e-mail:
Hello,
Compliments, I am Graham Harrison, CEO, Managing Director of KraftKolour Fibres & Fabrics LTD AU. I have acquired your email address as a person who is actively involved in or would be interested in an online business opportunity that would be in form of a part time job and compliment your current earnings. At KraftKolours F & F, we provide the fabric enthusiast with all the needed materials at a competitive price for us its a feast of Colour, Fibres and Fabrics. We have a very wide range of Fabrics (Cotton Cellulose, Wool, and Silk) and Dyes. We could provide a catalogue for your perusal. If you will like to work for us online from the convenience of your home and get paid weekly without having to leave or lose your present job, Email Us Back at ([email protected]) for more information. You will be required to work as our payment representative and process payments on behalf of KraftKolour Fibres & Fabrics. You will earn ten percent of each transaction you process If you are interested, kindly get back to me at my private email ([email protected]) ASAP with the details required below. Full name: home address (no p.O. BOXES): CITY: STATE: ZIP CODE: COUNTRY: CELL NUMBER: HOME NUMBER: WORK NUMBER: GENDER: AGE (Optional): CURRENT JOB: What is your preferred mode of communication? Phone/e-mail After which you will be sent a step by step guide and an attestation Form for our records.
Thanks.
Graham Harrison
[email protected]
After receiving this e-mail I did fill out the requested information thinking this might have some means of extra income. For a while I did not hear anything. Then on the 9th of April I received a delivery from Mr X, Detroit, Michigan, using a UPS cardboard envelope which contained Albertson Moneygrams each worth $950.00 for a total of $5700.00. The was nothing else in the envelope. No letter, No bill, No reference, No order number, NOTHING??? At the time I had no idea who or what these were for. I then called the FBI. I was connected to the Agent on duty. It was a female Agent. I explained what I had received and how I received them. She was giving me the impression of being disinterested. Her solution was to send them back to the address they came from. Her reasoning was, as she stated, Some is probably trying to get your banking information. I did not except that answer, but I simply said, Thanks and hung up. I told my wife what she said, and we both agreed that it would not be possible to get that kind of information from cashing a money order.
My next move was as follows: I looked up the phone number from the money gram of the company that issued these money orders. It was Travelers Money grams. I called the company ad got the office that was able to look up these numbered orders. She looked each one and remarked that it of the M.O.'s were cashed the week before. That the M.O.'s I had were counterfeit. I asked what she wanted me to do with them, she remarked, destroy them. We hung up after a brief conversation. A few days later I had the opportunity to chat with a FTC Rep. She was interested and asked me to send her the actual M.O.'s. Unfortunately I had already destroyed them so she couldn't do much after that.
Let this be a lesson, don't destroy any evidence without first checking with authorities that might have a interest. Now comes the best part, I then receive another e-mail asking for money, this is that e-mail:
"Hello Michael,
Hope you are doing ok?
I have not heard from you since you received the payment that was sent to you by my customer.
The payment tracking shows that the package has been delivered to you so i expect you should have sent the balance 90% after deducting your 10% and western union charges.
Please i am expecting the western union details from you as I need to confirm payment so I can ship out the items for my customers.
Thanks For Your Total Understanding.
David Kane
Managing Director
KraftKolour Fibres & Fabrics LTD, UK"
Well, since I now have knowledge that this is a scam, I replied as follows:
"Thanks for the $5700.00 dollars, I'm keeping ALL OF IT!'
I'm hoping to get a rise from this jerk so that he might reveal more info that I can forward to the FTC.
I do not hear anything for a few days then I get another e-mail which reads as follows:
"Hello Michael,
Hope you are doing ok?
I have not heard from you since you received the payment that was sent to you by my customer.
The payment tracking shows that the package has been delivered to you so i expect you should have sent the balance 90% after deducting your 10% and western union charges.
Please i am expecting the western union details from you as I need to confirm payment so I can ship out the items for my customers.
Thanks For Your Total Understanding.
David Kane
Managing Director
KraftKolour Fibres & Fabrics LTD, UK'
It was a duplicate of the previous e-mail. I replied with the following:
"To: David Kane
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: Re: AWAITING TRANSFER DETAILS (RESPOND ASAP)?
You Are as ignorant as your scam. I can't believe there are schmucks that actually fall for your B.S. So those people probably deserve to get scammed!
The Travelers Money Gram people are on to you and it's just a matter of time before YOU WILL BE DOING TIME for the counterfeit money grams. Thanks for being stupid enough to E-mail me again,
It is making it easier for them to eliminate the addresses. And as far as I'M DOING? Well, lets say it's a helluva lot better than you will be."
As of today 4/14, I have not heard from my fried. I will update you if I hear from this chaps again.
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