[Rhodes22-list] New Job Offer

[elle]

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elle

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 1992 Rhodes 22   Recyc '06  "WaterMusic"   (Lady in Red)


--- On Fri, 6/27/08, Brad Haslett <flybrad at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Brad Haslett <flybrad at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] New Job Offer
> To: "The Rhodes 22 Email List" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> Date: Friday, June 27, 2008, 7:16 AM
> 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
> eBay<http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/pcworld/tc_pcworld/storytext/147575/28018350/SIG=10mlohcf4/*http://www.ebay.com/>overpayment
> 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
> > > will not take up your time nor will you have to
> use your
> > > own resources for the position.
> > >
> > > The job does not entail anything stress full, you
> can do
> > > this while you still continue with your full time
> job or
> > > school. All you need is to devote about 5 hours
> of your time in a week in
> > 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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