Am i being scammed again

United States
October 31, 2006 1:05pm CST
I got this email today can anybody advise? Dear Charlotte, I've got very urgent news for you as regards payments which you will be recieving soon,you should start looking for our payments starting from today the 31st of October 2006,as a client has confirmed sending payments to you through FedEx courier service for the purchase of 16 bags of African Tea.The Payment will be in form of a Thomas cook (Mastercard Travellers Check) which is negotiable at any Bank anywhere In the USA.It is an Instant cash type of check and can be cashed at any check cashing establishment without any problems.The payment will amount to a total of $3,000:00 USD. HOW TO CASH: ONCE YOU HAVE RECIEVED THE CHECK THROUGH FEDEX COURIER SERVICE WITH TRACKING NUMBER *790103986742 * YOU SHOULD SIGN THE BOTTOM PART OF THE CHECK (s) EVEN BEFORE TAKING IT TO THE BANK.ONCE YOU HAVE GOTTEN TO THE BANK TENDER THE CHECK FOR CASHING AND IT MUST BE CASHED INSTANTLY.I HAVE MADE SURE THAT YOU RECIEVE AN INSTANT CASHING CHECK SO AS TO REDUCE YOUR STRESS OF PROCESSING. AFTER CASHING: ONCE YOU HAVE CASHED THE CHECK (s),DEDUCT YOUR 10% AS WELL AS THE COST OF CASHING THE CHECK (s) PLUS ANY OTHER CHARGE INCLUDING COST OF SENDING FUNDS. YOU SHOULD THEN SEND THE BALANCE TO THE SUPPLIER'S DIRECTLY.THIS IS TO REDUCE COST- THIS IS BECAUSE IF YOU DECIDE TO SEND IT HERE BEFORE WE RE-SEND IT TO THE SUPPLIER'S IN AFRICA IT WILL COST AT LEAST $200:00 EXTRA ON CHARGES AND THIS IS NO VERY GOOD FOR MY COMPANY. HERE ARE THE INFORMATIONS WHICH YOU WILL NEED TO MAKE THE TRANSFER.. NAME OF RECIEVER: OKOYA WILLIAMS. CITY: IJEBU ODE STATE: OGUN COUNTRY: NIGERIA TEST INFORMATIONS. QUESION: COLOUR ANSWER: YELLOW ONCE YOU HAVE SENT THE PAYMENTS,YOU SHOULD PLEASE SEND ME ALL INFORMATIONS WHICH YOU MUST HAVE GATHERED FROM WESTERN UNION SO I CAN FORWARD IT TO THE SUPPLYING COMPANY SUCH INFORMATIONS INCLUDE: 1.NAME AND ADDRESS OF SENDER 2.MTCN (MONEY TRANSFER CONTROL NUMBER. 3.TEST QUESTION AND ANSWER. 4.AMOUNT SENT. ONCE YOU HAVE DONE THIS I WILL RESPOND TO YOU BY E-MAIL AND CONFIRM RECIEPT.ALSO I LIKE TO INFORM YOU THAT YOUR $450:00 HAS BEEN PREPARED AND READY TO SEND TO YOU AS REGARDS YOUR BI-WEEKLY PAY.HOW SHOULD I SEND IT? PLEASE REPLY TO ME AS SOON AS YOU GET THIS MESSAGE. THANKS WILLIAM MORAN ............................................ What do you all think? i am not too sure about this, i was scammed out of $3000 before
16 responses
@rockbaby (805)
• Lebanon
31 Oct 06
bigggggggggg scam.. my dad worked in banks before and .. if u ever recieved a check.. do nottttttttttttttt sign anyyyyyyyythinggggggggggggggggg
• United States
31 Oct 06
thank you all, i am just amazed that they can get there hands on blank checks and do this, i have no deisre to go to jail, i thank you all and i will be stearing well clear of this.
• United States
31 Oct 06
This is a scam. When in doubt you can always check on www.snapes.com for scams and urban legends. Just search on that site.
• United States
31 Oct 06
ooooo thank you moon i will go directly there :)
@nancygibson (3736)
• France
31 Oct 06
Scam
• United States
31 Oct 06
thank you
@getjimmy (2242)
• India
31 Oct 06
object - object
looks like a modern scam to me.I mean new type of scam.Dont trust them else u will b in jail.
• United States
31 Oct 06
thank you
@Lushlie (572)
• United States
31 Oct 06
I worked for a bank for over 12 years and this is a scam that we saw ALL the time. I reccomend you print this out and take into the police. They have a way of tracking down where they came from and catching the bad guys.
• United States
31 Oct 06
and there was me thinking i was going to get rich !!! lol, I think you are right, i will take it to my bank tho as they have a fraund dept
• India
31 Oct 06
a big scam
• United States
31 Oct 06
thank you, how do these people do this? its a joke, if i get it i am going to take it directly to my bank and hand it in
@phyxius (3464)
• United States
31 Oct 06
That is scam city all the way!!!!!
@vipul20044 (5794)
• India
31 Oct 06
Well it doesnt seem to promising do one thing just report is as a spam please!
@sbeauty (5865)
• United States
31 Oct 06
I never even open e-mails unless I know who they're from. I just check things like this and report them as spam.
@mikeyxclare (1097)
• United States
31 Oct 06
Scamm!
@arun687 (517)
• India
31 Oct 06
absolutely scam!!
@kcbabez14 (967)
• United States
31 Oct 06
it sounds like a scam..if they left a number then i'd call them or respond and ask what excatly what this was all about!
@keriwebb (294)
• United States
31 Oct 06
Sounds like a scam to me. I would just delete the e-mail and forget about it. Don't even take the chance.
@micheller (1365)
• United States
31 Oct 06
sounds like a scam to me.
@Mahala4me (208)
• South Africa
31 Oct 06
Sounds like scam to me!!!!
• India
31 Oct 06
stay away.