Fresh E-mail Fraud Pledges Fake Refund

Police are cautioning of one fresh Nigerian e-mail scam that aims at customers of MoneyGram and Western Union (WU), published brisbanetimes on November 29, 2011.

Looking like one formal business letter, the e-mail apparently arrives from an investigator engaged in an examination task with EFCC (Economic Financial Crimes Commission) and WU, and which people, who wired cash to Nigeria, received.

Moreover, Brian Hay, Detective Superintendent says that the electronic mail addressing the recipient, informs him that during his wiring of money through WU, unscrupulous individuals conned him and that work is ongoing in collaboration with the company for tracing the scammers. 101.5fm reported this on November 29, 2011.

The e-mail, in addition utilizes one reply id not same as the sender's id. This one is used for spammers to receive responses despite the closure of the accounts from where spam originally went out. Also occasionally, the sender's id merely seems to be authentic, while solely the reply id that the scammers control is real.

Subsequently, the scammers suggest the e-mail recipients that they've contacted EFCC with whom a financial refund has been decided for the victim.

Hay further says that victims, alongside giving up their identifying credentials to the fraudsters, will also be required to pay administration-fees and taxes for claiming the refund. Certainly, this takes place whilst they're requested for calling WU alternatively e-mailing it on a given id providing their banking and other personal information. Thus Hay cautions users from getting conned via the convincing, urgent-sounding e-mails, while erasing the messages instantly.

Significantly, security specialists state that the Nigerian e-mail fraud by now has an association with WU bank, established, also during the 4th-week of November 2011. Herein, the fraud e-mail, apparently appearing as being sent from the Anti-Terrorist and Monetary Crimes unit of FBI, informs the recipient about the FBI's decision to terminate his bank account, detain him in 72-hrs and accuse him with drug-trafficking, money-laundering, and terrorism charges.

Meanwhile according to the specialists, if anybody has information regarding the above fraud that can help police in the investigation process, he should call 1800-333-000 alternatively write to crimestopper.com.au of 'Crime Stoppers,' anytime.

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