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[Brad Haslett]

Say it ain't so!  This news just in this morning.  Now I have to go to work
again today!  Brad

Woman Gets Two Years for Aiding Nigerian Internet Check Scam (PC World)

   - Posted on Wed Jun 25, 2008 8:30PM EDT



  - A Washington woman was sentenced on Wednesday to two years in prison and
five years of supervised release for her role in an Internet counterfeit
check scheme.

Edna Fiedler pleaded guilty in March to attempting to defraud U.S. citizens
in a scheme known as a Nigerian check scam.

Fiedler helped her accomplices in Nigeria send fake checks to people who had
agreed to cash the checks on behalf of the sender, keeping some of the
proceeds and sending the rest back.

The Nigerians found people willing to cash the fake checks via e-mail. They
would send their names as well as fake documents that looked like Wal-Mart
money orders, Bank of America checks, U.S. Postal Service checks and American
Express traveler's checks to Fiedler. They told her how to fill out the
checks and where to send them.

The recipients most likely thought they were helping out someone who needed
a person in the U.S. to cash a check for them, according to the U.S.
Department of Justice. They were able to get the money by cashing the
checks, and sent most of it to either Fiedler or her Nigerian accomplices.
However, once the checks were discovered to be fake, the people who cashed
them were responsible for the full amount.

All told, Fiedler sent out US$609,000 worth of phony checks and money
orders. When U.S. Secret Service agents investigating the case searched
Fiedler's house, they found additional fake checks worth more than $1.1
million that she was preparing to send out.

At a recent conference in Seattle, a representative from the U.S. Postal
Service and Washington State Attorney General Rob McKenna described ways
they're working to shut down these kinds of scams, particularly because they
often involve people who don't realize that they're taking part in illegal
activities.

The U.S. Postal Service recently sent 15 postal investigators to Lagos,
Nigeria, and during a three-month period there, they helped intercept
counterfeit checks, lottery tickets and
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schemes with a face value of $2.1 billion, Chris Siouris, a
cyber investigator at the U.S. Postal Inspector, said at the recent
conference. Siouris, McKenna and others are pushing for ways to better
educate Internet users so that people don't unwittingly help out in these
kinds of e-mail scams.


On Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 10:58 PM, Herb Parsons <hparsons at parsonsys.com>
wrote:

> You can tell it's a scam. Everyone knows that Paul Williams is a
> songwriter....
>
> Brad Haslett wrote:
> > Damn, I gotta change my spam filter.  Who knows how many good deals like
> > this get "junked" without me having a chance to capitalize on a new
> career.
> > This one looks really sweet because he's going to use FedEx, so as a
> > stockholder, I collect twice!  Brad
> >
> > (from the UK not Nairobi so it may not be quite that good)
> >
> > --------------------------
> >
> > Hello, I hope this email meets you in good condition of health, but I
> feel
> > quite safe dealing with you in this mutual beneficial transaction.
> Though,
> > this medium (Internet) has been greatly abused, I choose to reach you
> > through it because is still remains the fastest.
> >
> > I am Paul Williams and I draw and paint for a living, I am 33 years old
> and
> > have been drawing for 13 years. I am married with 2 kids.
> >
> > I have a vacancy in my company. As I am just setting up in
> > the USA I will be requiring Rep to work on a part time
> > basis. I sell Arts all over the world, have sold to galleries and to
> private
> > collectors, I am always facing serious difficulties selling my art works
> to
> > Americans, they are always offering to pay with either Money
> orders/cashiers
> > check, which is difficult for me to cash here in United Kingdom.
> >
> > I just need some one that could help me, This position
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> > own resources for the position.
> >
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> a
> > given period of time.
> >
> > The payment will be sent to you via regular mail or FedEx.
> > When you get this payment which are for my Art Works, you will cash it at
> > your bank, deduct 10% of the money for your effort and have the rest
> wired
> > to me via western Union or money gram.
> >
> > Also you need to have a BANK ACCOUNT where check can be
> > cleared and most important you need to be HONEST with me, my painting
> starts
> > from $2500USD and above and this contract will last for about 6 months
> till
> > am fully established in the USA.
> >
> > Kindly let me know if you will be interested in the Job Offer
> >
> > Regards
> > Paul Williams
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