Several folks on the list contacted me directly concerning my recent $34,000 check, either wondering if I had cheated myself out of a good money-making opportunity, or wanting to know how they could help me.
One question was, how did I conclude that this was a scam? For starters, the company name given to me (with offices in the UK, China and Singapore) could not be found in internet telephone listings in any of those countries. Nor any variation of the name. I contacted a couple banks and asked them what they needed in the way of documentation to make them confident of my legitimacy. Their response was that foreign companies did not have their agents collect checks from their customers for them to put into that agents personal checking account. If the domestic customer ordered a product, sent me a check as payment, and did not receive the product, I would be held personally responsible. The fact that this (supposedly) UK company would have a $34,000 check sent to me without knowing anything about me made me wonder. How did they know I wouldn't deposit the money, withdraw it and take off? Shoddy business practise, at best. Once I got the money, why should I send them any? They had no contract with me with my signed agreement to give any of the money to them. Without an employment contract, I also could not prove that this money was not all taxable to me. With no legal documentation, I could not prove to the gov't that it was from a legitimate company, and not just drug money being laundered through my account. I only comment further on this here on the list because of the several emails I received from list members, and because others of you may receive similar kinds of propositions. In fact, I received another one today (I must be on some kind of This-Guy's-A-Sucker mailing list!). This one is from a man who says he is an "account officer" for a bank that held the account of a man who was recently killed in a plane crash. (see next line) http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/502503.stm It seems he cannot find any next-of-kin, and has offered the position to me. "Having made a very frantic and exhaustive search for any family member that would lay claim to this fund, I decided to take my chance with you. I now seek your permission to have you stand as next of kin to the deceased as I have all documentations including his certified Death Certificate that will facilitate your stand as next of kin to him as he had a closing balanced of 5,500,000.00 lbs (pounds sterling) here in our bank in London." (About $13 million Canadian!) All I have to do is give him my name, address and phone and he will send me the money. Do I believe it? No, but I didn't expect to see a $34,000 check either. Anyone know what to do with a $13,000,000 check? ______________________________________________________________________ Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca -- The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org To post, address your message to: silver-list@eskimo.com Silver List archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html Address Off-Topic messages to: silver-off-topic-l...@eskimo.com OT Archive: http://escribe.com/health/silverofftopiclist/index.html List maintainer: Mike Devour <mdev...@eskimo.com>
