Red Devil
17-07-2006, 09:26 AM
Find those spammers and fraudsters!
Whilst it appears that 'the fraudsters' are in London/UK they rarely are. They use the veneer of London/UK to add kudos to their Scams. The fraudsters use technology to hide their true whereabouts and identity. All information they have provided about themselves will likely be false.
Payment systems such as Western Union are used because it means there is no fixed location for the individual, and the money can/will be collected anywhere in the world using false identification. Even if the money is collected in the UK, it will be sent out again within minutes. The large number of Western Union / Money Gram outlets causes a problem. There are over a thousand in London alone.
The telephone numbers used are normally Platform numbers (Number starting with 070 or from international call's 004470) These numbers are set up via the Internet with various providers and unfortunately can be answered, again, anywhere in the world. The details given re setting up these account are, of course, again false.
However to help us trace the E-mail account or Web sites involved in these Scams we need additional information i.e. The original E-mails & the FULL internet headers.
If you forward the E-mails to use without the Internet headers then most of the Internet Service Providers will NOT close the Accounts down.
To find the Internet Headers you need to look on the original e-mail that was sent to you. I have attached a Web link which explains how to find them.
http://www.johnru.com/active-whois/trace-email.html (http://www.johnru.com/active-whois/trace-email.html)
or if using a Macintosh
http://www.mind.net/hpage/omacheader.html (http://www.mind.net/hpage/omacheader.html)
Once you have found the Internet Headers you need to copy and then paste this information into your message to us. This then enables us to trace the origin of messages and then if possible close the Website or E-mail account down.
Please note that without this information there is little we can do to help stop this situation being repeated again and again.
Whilst it appears that 'the fraudsters' are in London/UK they rarely are. They use the veneer of London/UK to add kudos to their Scams. The fraudsters use technology to hide their true whereabouts and identity. All information they have provided about themselves will likely be false.
Payment systems such as Western Union are used because it means there is no fixed location for the individual, and the money can/will be collected anywhere in the world using false identification. Even if the money is collected in the UK, it will be sent out again within minutes. The large number of Western Union / Money Gram outlets causes a problem. There are over a thousand in London alone.
The telephone numbers used are normally Platform numbers (Number starting with 070 or from international call's 004470) These numbers are set up via the Internet with various providers and unfortunately can be answered, again, anywhere in the world. The details given re setting up these account are, of course, again false.
However to help us trace the E-mail account or Web sites involved in these Scams we need additional information i.e. The original E-mails & the FULL internet headers.
If you forward the E-mails to use without the Internet headers then most of the Internet Service Providers will NOT close the Accounts down.
To find the Internet Headers you need to look on the original e-mail that was sent to you. I have attached a Web link which explains how to find them.
http://www.johnru.com/active-whois/trace-email.html (http://www.johnru.com/active-whois/trace-email.html)
or if using a Macintosh
http://www.mind.net/hpage/omacheader.html (http://www.mind.net/hpage/omacheader.html)
Once you have found the Internet Headers you need to copy and then paste this information into your message to us. This then enables us to trace the origin of messages and then if possible close the Website or E-mail account down.
Please note that without this information there is little we can do to help stop this situation being repeated again and again.