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RE: Possible Scam??? - 9/24/2007 12:25:30 PM

pal gal

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Please also contact your local law enforcement and they should contact the FBI. There are cases already reported that they can relate your experience too and hopefully get a little closer to prosecuting these guys.

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RE: Possible Scam??? - 9/24/2007 1:38:01 PM

machinist

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I just got this today.

Dear Customer,

Thank you for your interest in using Global World International Cargo Shipping Company for your shipping needs.

We checked on shipping unladen weight of (1) 4'x8'x12" skid 950 lbs (approx) from your location to Accra, Ghana 00233 and the shipping costs is going to be $1,800.00 That includes international airway taxes(I.A.T) , Tarrifs and custom's clearance duties. It takes approximately 7 days for delivery from the day of pick-up.

And the shipping company will only schedule the pick up with you but will come to your location to pick up the goods from your location as soon as it is ready instock to be picked up and so the payment has to be prepaid so you need to get payment from the Customer and make the payment to us

We will also like you to know that for you being the shipper, you are the one supposed to make the payment to us. The only method of payment we accept is via Western Union Money Transfer to our financial manager in the delivery location.

If you wish to proceed with this shipment, we would require that you make the Western Union ( www.westernunion.com ) payment to our financial manager in your delivery location at the address below:

FINANCIAL MANAGER
Name: Mr Suleman A Aziz
Address: 38 Shipping Ave.
City: Accra
Country: Ghana
Zipcode: 00233

As soon as funds have been transfered, we will also require that you provide us with the following information below:
1. Sender's Name
2. Total Amount Sent
3. MTCN #
4. Test Question
5. Test Question Answer

As soon as payment is confirmed by our financial manager in the delivery location we would then contact you to give us a specific date and time for us to come for the pick-up. You can contact us back anytime you need anything.

We look forward to serving you to your fullest satistfaction.
Thank You
Suleman A Aziz
Global World International Cargo Shipping Co

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RE: Possible Scam??? - 10/4/2007 11:26:16 AM

CabinetGirl

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I came across this forum doing a Google search on Pistel & Co., Inc. I am soooo glad I did. I have been contacted by Bill Garry with the following email:

Thank for the email reply back and i will like to order ITEM 1 SCE-204818: CHEMICAL STORAGE CABINETS, CORROSIVES UNIT PRICE: $1051.00 US EACHfor of 8pieces and i will like to know the total cost.I will appreciate it alot if you could be shipping to my new company in Ghana. The address is below and i will like you to us The Express & Shipping company Limited for the shipping, and the contact name is Mr Solomon Mensah and their email address is EXPRESSFREIGHT@COOLTOAD.com or just send them an email with the size/type and quantity of the materials to be picked up and shipped ,shipping and pick up location address and they will provide you with a shipping quote. I recommend them because they have handled all my shipments from USA, Canada and Australia to my company in Ghana and i am completely satistfied with their services. Let me know the shipping charges as soon as you e-mail me with the total cost of 8408 , And as soon as you get the charges from the freight company i will like you to add to your charges and provide me with all amount so that i can provide you with my master card for you to run for the charges
SHIPPING ADDRESS
Pistel & Co, Inc
440 airport residential area
Accra, Ghana 00233 wide

We do not take credit cards for international purchases and we will no prepay the freight.

Also, I have received the following from a Reverend Kelvin Douglas from The Salvation Church --

Greetings, My name is Rev Kelvin Douglas,working with The Salvation Church,Tucson,i will like to order for the below Cabinets: A145 - 45 Gal. Flammable Storage CabinetSelf-Latch Standard 2-Door........qty.........3 A160 - 60 Gal. Flammable Storage CabinetSelf-Latch Standard 2-Door..........qty.......3 A390 - 90 Gal. Flammable Storage CabinetSelf-Close,Self-Latch Safe-T-Door..........qty........3. A110 - 16 Gal. Flammable Storage CabinetSelf-Latch StandardDoor.........qty.......2 But i will like to know if it can be shipped directly from your base to The Salvation Camp in Kumasi-Ghana if pick up is arrange with my freight company who will pick them directly from your base and have them shipped and delivered to my address?These items are needed for a project.Please e mail me back the total quote for the above cabinets with the major credit cards you accept.I will await your immediate response. Looking forward in doing business and God Bless You. Best Regards:Rev Kelvin Douglas I have not heard back from the Reverend since I emailed him our quotation. I would love to be able to help catch these guys. Is there anyone specific I should contact regarding these?

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RE: Possible Scam??? - 10/21/2007 10:09:15 PM

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I just found this forum while researching a "too good to be true" email I received today. I am very grateful to have been saved an enormous amount of work and distress because others are sharing this information. I will post part of the email message here with the hope of helping others...

[Thank for the email reply back and i will like to order for the price of $1500. of 3 pieces and i will like to know the total cost.I will appreciate it alot if you
could be shipping to my new company in Ghana. The address is below and i will like you to us The Express & Shipping company Limited for the shipping, and the contact name is Mr Solomon Mensah and their email address is CARGOFREIGHT@COOLTOAD.COM or just send them an email with the size/type and quantity of the materials to be picked up and shipped ,shipping and pick up location address and they will provide you with a shipping quote. I recommend them because they have handled all my shipments from USA, Canada and Australia to my company in Ghana and i am completely satistfied with their services. Let me know the shipping charges as soon as you e-mail me with the total cost of 4500 , And as soon as you get the charges from the freight company i will like you to add to your charges and provide me with all amount so that i can provide you with my master card for you to run for the charges
SHIPPING ADDRESS
Pistel & Co, Inc
440 airport residential area
Accra, Ghana 00233 wide ]

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RE: Possible Scam??? - 11/1/2007 5:51:05 AM

gilliesm

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This morning, we received a phone call from a foreign gentleman asking for our email address, the line was very bad, and we ended up hangin up on him after giving out our email address.

He emailed within twenty seconds with this:-

Hello Tara
Thanks for your time and patience with me over the phone i will like you to email me with the pick up price for a 6 x 8 timber garden sheds ,as inclusive of tax ,as well as your forms of payment and your full contact details so we can procee with the order........ Thank You
Mr Elvis Moore
Moore and Company Limited
070 240 720 80 ...............
It seems to me that it is most likely another scam.I'm going to email him back with a price and see what he says.

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RE: Possible Scam??? - 11/1/2007 6:30:16 AM

gilliesm

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I recieved a reply:-

Hello Tara this is my   My mailing address 652 Warwick Rd, Tyseley,
Birmingham, B11 2HJ phone number
070 240 720 80   also i will like you to email me back with the total cost of 5 pieces okay and i will also like you to exclude delivery becaue as i said earlier on it will be picked up and that is i am having a shipping company which will be picking them up from your location okay so just go ahead and then email me back with total cost so that i can provide you with my pick up and delivery info as well as my shipping companys info and then you can contact them and then get me the shipping cost as well as then i can make full payment altogether also i will like to know wether you accept credit cards as your payments so we can proceed
Thank You
Mr Elvis Moore
Moore and Company Limited
070 240 720 80 ...............  The email address is using is elvis_limited@yahoo.com Beware

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RE: Possible Scam??? - 11/3/2007 1:37:52 PM

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Thank you Pallet Board for your informative posts. I am Betty from skids4kids, We sell pallets to purchase used clothing, furniture, and provide food assistance to families in need.
Well I don't know how this Rev got the idea we had clothing lots for sale but he approached us also. We were looking for a supplier for large bales of clothing and two days later we got the email.
The next day i got an email that said ' Also we need pallets too. Could you send me total costs for everything for payment."

This guy is unbelievable. We are having a hard enough time to find funding for our project as it is and he wants to sell money for us.....

They must have a connection with the phanton shipping company?

_____________________________

www.skids4kids.com
Helping kids & their families,
one skid at a time.

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RE: Possible Scam??? - 1/18/2008 7:36:56 PM

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Hello! I'm not in the pallet biz, but sell farm equipment. But doing a google search on a recent customer contact led me to this thread.

I was approached by a Rev DOuglas Kennedy with The Salvation Church in Tucson. The deal started out normal, even with a $3000. deposit paid by CC. But the deal got fishier as it progressed. There were so many alarms going off in my head, that I got up late one night and started googling every name. And I found your experiences. A side note, we talked to Master Card, and the CC used was under someone else's name.

Many thanks to the group from East Texas!

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RE: Possible Scam??? - 2/27/2008 9:23:54 AM

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To all concerned,

Thank you for your posts on the subject of the scam going around. I am a printing company in Columbus, Ohio who was approached for a large order to be sent to Africa. Nothing out of the ordinary for me, but something didn't feel right. I started google searching and found this forum. A copy of their correspondence follows. I contacted Mastercard and they have started an investigation. I asked them if I should call the police or FBI and was told "NO", but I think I will anyways.

Hello Jeff
     God bless you for the time and patience you had for me regarding this order.I will like to inform you that,i have a Carriers that are incharge of picking the order up when they are ready for pick up to be schedule.Also will like to recomend you with the Carriers for you to contact them and get me the freight cost for the shipping the order from your location to the destination,where the new orphanage home is located.Below is the Carriers Information:  International Mfreight Company Ltd.
Contact Name is Mrs.Mariam Husein
Contact email address is mfreightco@gmail.com
Contact phone number is +233 243479269 I want you to email this carriers with your company address(you pick up address),the size and dimension and the weight of the order and also with the destination address which is below:   Rev.Kelvin Mourison
Pentecoastal church orphanage home
P.o.box 854
69 Kanda High way
Accra-Central
WestAfrica-Ghana
Zip code 00233 I want you to go ahead and contact the carriers with the details and get me the freight cost for this shipment,so that i can go ahead and make the total Payment for the order as well as the shipping,then order can proceed.I look forward working with you and hope to have the fullest satisfaction of a customer from you.
     Stay Blessed
Rev.Norbit Rice

Dear Customer,

Thank you for your interest in using International M freight Company for your shipping needs.

We checked on 9.5"x17.5"x12",38 pieces at an approximate weight of fifty pounds (50#) per carton for a combined weight of approximately (1,900#) from your location Columbus Square Quickprint,5668 Columbus Square,Columbus, Ohio, USA 43231 to Accra, Ghana 00233 and the shipping costs is going to be $2,800.00 That includes international airway taxes(I.A.T) , Tarrifs and custom's clearance duties. It takes approximately 7 days for delivery from the day of pick-up.

And the shipping company will only schedule the pick up with you but will come to your location to pick up the Order from your location as soon as it is ready instock to be picked up and so the payment has to be prepaid so you need to get payment from the Customer and make the payment to us.

We will also like you to know that for you being the shipper, you are the one supposed to make the payment to us. The only method of payment we accept is via Western Union Money Transfer to our financial manager in the delivery location.

If you wish to proceed with this shipment, we would require that you make the Western Union ( www.westernunion.com ) payment to our financial manager in your delivery location at the address below:

FINANCIAL MANAGER
Name:    Mr Abdul Fatau Mahmud
Address: 38 Shipping Ave.
City:       Accra
Country: Ghana
Zipcode: 00233

As soon as funds have been transfered, we will also require that you provide us with the following information below:
1. Sender's Name
2. Total Amount Sent
3. MTCN #
4. Test Question
5. Test Question Answer

As soon as payment is confirmed by our financial manager in the delivery location we would then contact you to give us a specific date and time for us to come for the pick-up. You can contact us back anytime you need anything.

Note;Our Compan Only Accept Payment from the Pick up location and the payment has to be prepayed.The customer will make the payment to you and you will also make the payment to us for the Shipment.

We look forward to serving you to your fullest satistfaction.
Thank You
Madam.Mariam Husein
International Mfreight Co.LMT

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RE: Possible Scam??? - 2/28/2008 9:03:40 AM

lildominic

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im looking for a new appartment online and i was approached by a Rev. kelvin moore. he wanted me to rent his toronto appartment and send money to him through western union to africa lol im still talking to him now. He sent me an application to fill out. i dont know if its the same guy all of you are talking about. it just seemed really fishy to me....

Hello Laurence,
Thanks so much for the mail.....and i am so glad and happy to hear that you will be taking very Good care of the house .The house is 1350 SQ FT.
Below is the Rent Application form, Kindly fill it and send it back to me. In case you don't have a scanner or Printer, Click on the reply button , fill the form and send it back to me. or you print ,fill attach and send it to. so i can have it my file when issuing you the receipt and sending the document. Since you are interested in the house i will advise you fill the below rent application form so we can proceed on how to get the keys and Documents to you Via UPS EXPRESS.
Secondly as you already know am in Africa on a Christian missionary, you will have to send the rent fee to me via western Union money Transfer or Money gram so i can send you the keys and documents to the house. More so as i have said earlier there is no one to show you the house that was why i sent you the pictures.
NOTE IN THE RENT APPLICATION FORM WHERE YOU WILL FIND A TO FILL IN YOUR Social Insurance Number & Driver's License or BCID # PLEASE LEAVE IT BLANK BECAUSE I DON'T NEED THAT .

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RE: Possible Scam??? - 3/5/2008 3:50:17 AM

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I received this email this morning:-

Hello,Am Garry and would like to Order Security Cabins and would like to know the types and sizes you have in stock as well as the prices and the types of credit cards that you take for payment's more over would like it to be shipped to West Africa Ghana.Thank you and waiting...Garry

<garryoffice@yahoo.com> garry hasla

Now, this is the third time we have been contacted by this ring of scammers, the first time we were naive and believed it to be a real order. Went as far as to take money off a credit card that they had supplied the number to, but now its a bit ridiculous. Last time they contacted me, i made sure to get all the contact details, but I don't know what to do. I am in the UK, so do I report them to the local police or leave it? Do I just keep getting as much info from them as I can until i refuse to confirm the order that they want? Has anyone been conacted more than once by this ring of scammers?

Help.

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RE: Possible Scam??? - 3/5/2008 7:38:25 AM

gilliesm

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I received a reply to say:

Thank you for your mail and now i would like you to contact a shipping company who will be picking the unit's up below is their address

westcoast_shippers2@garffiti.net

The delivery address is
441 High street
Accra-Ghana
00233

Wha I'm going to do is get more details from him. Has anyone got any ideas about wha to do about being contacted by te same ring of scammers for a third time? Any help would be much appreciated.

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RE: Possible Scam??? - 3/5/2008 8:22:03 AM

gilliesm

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I sent his email:-

Hi Mr Hasla,

Do you wish to place an order? If so, I need all your contact details -
address, phone number and full name please.

Many thanks

he replied

Thank you and am my name is Garry Hasla my contact number is 07024039083 thank you...

I have since asked for an address in the UK, to process his order

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RE: Possible Scam??? - 3/5/2008 8:28:26 AM

gilliesm

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Reply about invoice address

Thank you and the invoice address is
1575 york ave
10028 Manhattan New York
U S A

Contact the shipping company now and get me the freight cost now so that i can make payment..waiting

Im going to ask him again for an address in the UK

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RE: Possible Scam??? - 3/7/2008 1:27:24 PM

dmc

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i got a request for filters to be sent to West Africa, Ghana. I ask the person to please complete a credit application for our records and he doesn't seem to want to do this. I already seem skeptical about the order sent to me. I got a request the same as someone else did. It was requested by a Rev. Norbit Rice. He says he is in Minnesota. I still don't feel right about this.

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RE: Possible Scam??? - 3/7/2008 2:57:24 PM

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Follow up to Rev. Norbit Rice:

- Is a character played by Eddie Murphy in the movie Norbit who grew up in an orphanage
- Places big order
- Wants money transferred by Western Union for "shipping" up front to a secondary company who appears legitimate at first glance
- You send money and get taken in credit card scam

The credit card companies actually want you to verify purchases even if you're given what appears to be good credit card info. I spoke with my credit card processing company and they said if the credit card info was entered into your system, you should immediately do a refund and call Visa or Mastercard Fraud & Securities. I was told NOT to contact police by the credit card company, but ... First and foremost call the credit card company if you think something's "not right" with a credit card purchase.

Norbit provided me with credit card info that I told him would not post to my account for 3-4 days after I processed it. That was my buffer in case there was a problem. He mostly emailed, but he did place calls to me. I tried the call back feature but it would not connect. He avoided all my attempts to find out a good phone number for contacting him. I got a partial number (2332434792) from the caller id on a couple of calls. He called daily to see when I would send the money as I strung him along waiting for the credit card investigation team to call (they never have). I finally told him the credit card company declined the purchase and he immediately hung up on me. I haven't heard from him since. Good thing I didn't purchase the materials for his order and/or send him any money.

Looking back I remember the shipping company's email came back really quickly. If they're an international business, my quote would have been last in line. Norbit knew when that email was sent to me because he followed it with a phone call. I thought why would a guy from Minnesota order from me in Ohio and ship it to Africa. After reading through the posts I have a feeling the guy's name is Kelvin Mourison or something close to that. The name may have been said in one of our calls, I don't remember.

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RE: Possible Scam??? - 3/12/2008 11:26:57 PM

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Would machinist please contact me via email rather than the Forum, this is in reference to Brian who recently contacted us. troy@bush-league.org I think we can help in your quest.

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RE: Possible Scam??? - 3/14/2008 10:46:38 AM

dmc

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These are the requests i received. If anyone else has received something from this man, please e-mail me and let me know. Thanks dcason@farrarfilter.com

1st request

Hello Dina
        This is Rev.Norbit i will like to Order same pleated air filter( air Filter ) and i want you to go ahead and quote me the total pick up price plus tax Exlcuding shipping on the Size 20 by 25 thickness of 2 Pleated air filter and price on a quantity of 500 pieces on the same sizes and let me know if you accept all major credit cards as the form of payment so that i can arrange my payment information asap.. Stay Bless..
Best Regards..
Rev.Norbit Rice

2nd response

Hello Dina
     God bless you for the time and patience you had for me regarding this order.I will like to inform you that,i have a Carriers that are incharge of picking the order up when they are ready for pick up to be schedule.Also will like to recomend you with the Carriers for you to contact them and get me the freight cost for the shipping the order from your location to the destination,where the new orphanage home is located.Below is the Carriers Information:  International Mfreight Company Ltd.
Contact Name is Mrs.Mariam Husein
Contact email address is mfreightco@gmail.com
Contact phone number is +233 243479269 I want you to email this carriers with your company address(you pick up address),the size and dimension and the weight of the order and also with the destination address which is below:   Rev.Kelvin Mourison
Pentecoastal church orphanage home
P.o.box 854
69 Kanda High way
Accra-Central
WestAfrica-Ghana
Zip code 00233I want you to go ahead and contact the carriers with the details and get me the freight cost for this shipment,so that i can go ahead and make the total Payment for the order as well as the shipping,then order can proceed.I look forward working with you and hope to have the fullest satisfaction of a customer from you.
     Stay Blessed
Rev.Norbit Rice

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RE: Possible Scam??? - 3/14/2008 12:44:23 PM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: dmc

These are the requests i received. If anyone else has received something from this man, please e-mail me and let me know. Thanks dcason@farrarfilter.com

1st request

Hello Dina
       This is Rev.Norbit i will like to Order same pleated air filter( air Filter ) and i want you to go ahead and quote me the total pick up price plus tax Exlcuding shipping on the Size 20 by 25 thickness of 2 Pleated air filter and price on a quantity of 500 pieces on the same sizes and let me know if you accept all major credit cards as the form of payment so that i can arrange my payment information asap.. Stay Bless..
Best Regards..
Rev.Norbit Rice

2nd response

Hello Dina
    God bless you for the time and patience you had for me regarding this order.I will like to inform you that,i have a Carriers that are incharge of picking the order up when they are ready for pick up to be schedule.Also will like to recomend you with the Carriers for you to contact them and get me the freight cost for the shipping the order from your location to the destination,where the new orphanage home is located.Below is the Carriers Information:  International Mfreight Company Ltd.
Contact Name is Mrs.Mariam Husein
Contact email address is mfreightco@gmail.com
Contact phone number is +233 243479269 I want you to email this carriers with your company address(you pick up address),the size and dimension and the weight of the order and also with the destination address which is below:   Rev.Kelvin Mourison
Pentecoastal church orphanage home
P.o.box 854
69 Kanda High way
Accra-Central
WestAfrica-Ghana
Zip code 00233I want you to go ahead and contact the carriers with the details and get me the freight cost for this shipment,so that i can go ahead and make the total Payment for the order as well as the shipping,then order can proceed.I look forward working with you and hope to have the fullest satisfaction of a customer from you.
    Stay Blessed
Rev.Norbit Rice

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RE: Possible Scam??? - 3/25/2008 9:12:58 PM

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Funny how these ****s all use religion to scam. I just got taken by one of them. I printed 50,000 flyers. I called the credit card company and the bank assured me the credit card was valid, so I printed the job. I sent an email to the customer stating that the job was ready for pickup and he wanted me to ship it with one of his shipping companies. The shipping companies he wanted to use only would take Bank Transfers or Western Union for payment and of course the payment could only come from me. Boy do I feel stupid. But I did get the IP address from the emails. Maybe that will help.

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