[CLUE-Talk] Fw: Got a fraudster on the line...

[rrarabie at attbi.com]

You could contact the US Department of Treasury.  They have an office here in Denver.  I got a similar email about two years ago and had previously heard of the scam on TV.  The show (60 min., Dateline, whatever) said the Secret Service were doing investigations.

Anyway I called up the local office and they just asked me to print the email and mail it in to them.  I never heard anything else from them.

Randy
> Apparently, this did not get through...  Retrying...
> The nickname of the scam this person is trying to perpetrate on me is the
> "Nigerian Scam".  I have conversed with him just enough to be sure he's
> serious.  (Serious enough to ask for account numbers anyway)
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "David Willson" <DLWillson at TheGeek.NU>
> To: <clue-talk at clue.denver.co.us>
> Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2001 10:17 AM
> Subject: Got a fraudster on the line...
> 
> 
> > Hey guys,
> >
> > Attached is my third contact with someone attempting to perpetrate a
> > fraud.  I have done the legwork, and as soon as these guys get the
> > victim's account number, they empty it...  This fraud is so common it
> > has a nickname, which I can't remember off-hand, but anyway...
> >
> > Here's what I need:  Your advice.  I want to get this lying bastard
> > arrested.  I want to pull a 60 Minutes on his ass.  I know his email is
> > good, but I don't know whether his ISP is in on it, or (for that matter)
> > whether he IS the ISP...  I am stumped as to how to "set the hook" so to
> > speak without actually losing all my hard-earned money.  Any ideas?
> >
> > David Willson
> >