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Hot Off the Presses! Friday, May 11, 2007
The US Department of Health &
Human Services issued a consumer alert for seniors and people with disabilities.
A scam known as the "$299 Ring" has emerged. This is where a telephone call is
received by an elder who is asked for $299 and checking account information in
order to enroll in a fake prescription drug plan. The victims are talked into
giving bank account and other personal information over the telephone.
Legitimate Medicare drug plans will not ask for payment over the telephone or
Internet. The drug programs bill for the monthly premium, typically as an
automatic withdrawal from the monthly Social Security Check. Any questions
or concerns about Medicare or a drug plan can be answered by calling
1-800-MEDICARE. (Thanks to the
National Association of Bunco Investigators for forwarding this alert.)
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Wednesday, September 27, 2006 Okay, fraud-fighters. What's WRONG with the following email? Try to pick out the red flags as you read this. We'll give you the answers at the end.
From: Mihail Crookovich [mailto:m.crookovich@movemail.com]
We are the world's largest global Trading company, operating in more than 18 countries and territories and employing 200 people worldwide. Many Internet auctions and stores in the US do not ship the products overseas. As the result thousands of customers in Europe and Asia are not able to access the large market and purchase high-quality merchandise at so low prices. Our service is in the ever-growing demand.
Today we have more then 80 merchandise managers on
the territory of the United States and Canada but quantity of our customers
increases and we plan to expand.
REASON: Most customers prefer to pay within their
own country and it's much faster than sending an international Money Order. IMPORTANT: Payments have to be cashed out same day received and our company's 90% share sent to our clients same day payments clear in the bank! Make sure you can handle it before submitting the form!
Benefits of working with us: free working schedule -
usually no more than 1-2 hours daily! Okay, fraud-fighters. What's WRONG with the following email?
FIRST OF ALL...why does a huge company have to use a
FREE email account? They actually also provided their website, but we decided to delete it. The only thing that you really need to know about it is that they included a whole lot of links to the companies they do business with. Like E-Bay. RIGHT!!!!!! What would happen to you if you applied for this JOB? Well, first they would confirm that you had a valid bank account. Then they would figure out how hard they could hit you. And then SLAM. They send you a $30,000 "payment" and ask you to "process it" and forward them $27,000 by WESTERN UNION. THEY have the money in THEIR hands before YOUR bank blasts THEIR check right back at YOU. $27,000 is not a bad haul for a days work. Sadly, it's YOUR $27,000 and it gets paid for THEIR day of work.
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