Scam Resources
Did you know that the Secret Service handles Nigerian scamming cases? The following information comes from www.Crimes-of-Persuasion.com
UNITED STATES ( and most other countries )
United States Secret Service,
Financial Crimes Division,
419 Task Force
950 H Street, NW,
Washington, DC 20001-4518
or telephone (202) 406-5850 fax: (202) 406-8203, (202) 406-6390
You can report this crime online to the U.S. Treasury Department Secret Service ( Nigerian Frauds ) e-mail .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
<419.fcd@usss.treas.gov>A list of local Field Offices for the Secret Service.
Materials sent in should still be labeled No Financial Loss - For Your Database if that is the case and Loss - and whether or not there is a US Connection - if there was a loss. If you are from outside the US, you should also note the country you are from.
If you receive such a letter in the mail, do not respond. Send it to:
Inspection Service Operations Support Group
Two Gateway Center, 9th Floor
Newark, NJ 07175-0001
For more about Nigerian scams, see:
http://home.rica.net/alphae/419coal/
http://www.snopes.com/crime/fraud/nigeria.asp
http://www.crimes-of-persuasion.com/Crimes/Business/nigerian.htm
I’ve written many times about scamming for money from singels, particularly the notorious Nigerian scammers. Read more of what I have written here.
From Your Romance Coach, Kathryn Lord
yes, i was recently scammed out of 400.00, which i know i will not get back. i was on match.com and was talking to a man by the name of micheal weinkauf, also known as mike edafe, he told that he had a son also. he also told me that he was in love with me very much, so like a fool he asked to send him some money so him and his son could come to the states, so i sent him 400.00. i did it for his supposedly son. he lives at 23 hotel bus stop there in ijeka, nigeria. this man needs to stop scamming and saying nice things that women would like to hear. i do not talk or communicate with this man anymore. i know i lost 400.00 and will never get it back, this money was to pay my bills with. i am stupid, for looking for love in the wrong places.
Posted by phyllis herring on 06/16 at 07:32 AM