Frequently Asked Questions about Advance-Fee Scams
Q) Why do I have to pay fees? Why can’t you fold the fees into my prize?
A) I used to get this question a lot. I got it again today (20-Jul-2011) for the first time in a long time. The real problem here is that the question asker doesn’t realize that it’s a scam. There is no prize. The whole intent of the advance-fee scam is to get ‘fees’ from the ‘prize winner’ in advance of them getting their prize, which they will never receive.
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alex
// Sep 14, 2011 at 10:00 am
where can we report this assholes???
Brian
// Sep 14, 2011 at 10:29 am
http://www.ic3.gov/complaint/default.aspx
ISA
// Oct 23, 2011 at 10:53 am
You’re working with spam , can advise the present creditors, who do not take pre-payment or any charges?
Brian
// Oct 23, 2011 at 2:42 pm
ISA: the answer is above.
Kimberly Brumett
// Mar 12, 2012 at 5:56 am
What if they give you all the information for the first payment of a western union transaction they sent. For instance:
Amount=====$4500usd
Text. Quest====the question
Answer====the answer
MTCN====the code
Sender—–the name
WHAT WE DO:
Receiver====the name
Country====Benin Republic
City====Cotonou
Amount===$175.00 usd
M.T.C. N.====blank
Sender====blank
All the information already shows up like the +229 9941xxxx but the sender and receiver are different and I don’t see anything listed so far in this format. I feel they stepped up their game with me because I nail them on the spot and let them know. I get about a hundred a day stupidly many with same numbers I reported them on after I told them I was doing so. They have even started calling my phone using that shows up the actual business number. How do I stop them because it is interfering with everything like they have completely took over my phone?
Brian
// Mar 12, 2012 at 9:18 am
Kimberly – they are lying to you, of course. They may give a MTCN for a payment that you could pick up but it’s just a lure to pull you deeper into the scam. The MTCN, while it exists, will already have been picked up.