tailieunhanh - International Financial Scams – Internet Dating, Inheritance, Work Permits, Overpayment, and Money- Laundering

As this document explains, we and our partners are now implementing a programme that combines laying firm foundations for sustainable improvement with other initiatives designed to have more immediate impact. The FSA alone will spend up to £10 million this year in supporting the programme. Taken together, these initiatives will reach many millions of people over the next five years. The programme takes specific account of the needs of people who may be excluded from the financial system. For example, we are working with organisations that provide outreach services to young adults not in education, employment or training, and we are giving seed funding to organisations to improve the financial capability of. | International Financial Scams -Internet Dating Inheritance Work Permits Overpayment and MoneyLaundering -----------------unaenng------------------- jL Introduction Background 2 Gorgeous People in Trouble - The Damsel in Distress 4 Long-Lost Inheritance - Windfall from a Deceased Relative 6 Work Permits - A Job Offer You Can t Refuse 7 Overpayment Refunds - Sorry Can I have my money back 8 Laundering Crooked Money - The Original MO 9 Appendix A Emails to Consulate Lagos from victims of the Gorgeous People in Trouble scam Appendix B IM transcript between Gorgeous People in Trouble scammers and their victims Appendix C Types of photos used by Gorgeous People in Trouble scammers Appendix D Types of fake passports visas used by Gorgeous People in Trouble scammers Appendix E Message from Long-Lost Inheritance scammer to potential victim Appendix F Supporting document used by Long-Lost Inheritance scammer Appendix G Supporting document used by Long-Lost Inheritance scammer 2 Appendix H Email string involving Work Permits scam Appendix I Message received by Lagos Consulate from a Work Permits victim Appendix J Fraudulent Nigerian work permit sent to Work Permits victim Appendix K Contract presented by Work Permits scammer 10 12 15 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 International Financial Scams - February 2007 Page 1 of 24 Introduction The . Department of State provides this brochure to address the burgeoning financial scams originating from overseas. While such confidence schemes have long existed the advent of the internet has greatly increased their prevalence. Individual Americans have lost considerable money on these scams ranging from a few hundred dollars to hundreds of thousands of dollars. The Department gets daily inquiries from victims of these scams. Our . Consulate General in Lagos alone received 3 000 inquiries from victims in one year and our posts in Accra London and Moscow similarly have received numerous inquires. We hope this brochure will help you identify .