Scam Alert!!!

Hi Fellow KB Peeps,

I am not sure if you have received such scam emails mentioning that the sender is a dying cancer patient and is asking for some help to donate her money to different charities and churches etc...please be informed that this type is obviously a scam and will later get your personal information then will try to lure you to send some money to a certain bank account explaining that it is the fee needed (commission or processing fee)  to be able to get the  millions of dollars blah blah blah...

Please be very vigilant when receiving messages as scammers are now penetrating our site particularly the private messaging or email contact forms.

To the admin, fyi.

I have attached some screenshots of the said email for your reference and security.

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I received an email telling me that he wanted to hire me as his personal assistant. He's asking for my personal information because he wanted to send me money to buy him some items in Korea.According to him, he's now in California so he couldn't meet me in person. His name is Douglas.

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Hope this helps,

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And for Anel,

Fake Cheque Scams

They often claim to be in another country. The scammers say it’s too difficult and complicated to send you the money directly from their country, so they’ll arrange for someone in the U.S. to send you a check.

They tell you to wire money to them after you’ve deposited the check. If you’re selling something, they say they’ll pay you by having someone in the U.S. who owes them money send you a check. It will be for more than the sale price; you deposit the check, keep what you’re owed, and wire the rest to them. If it’s part of a work-at-home scheme, they may claim that you’ll be processing checks from their “clients.” You deposit the checks and then wire them the money minus your “pay.” Or they may send you a check for more than your pay “by mistake” and ask you to wire them the excess. In the sweepstakes and foreign money offer variations of the scam, they tell you to wire them money for taxes, customs, bonding, processing, legal fees, or other expenses that must be paid before you can get the rest of the money.

 

The cheques can look real, and you can get the money in a few days but they can bounce after a couple of weeks and then the person that cashed the fake cheque is responsible for any money withdrawn.

 

Be careful.