Momey laundering scams

[Richard Clayton]

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In article <q6PqYhBjJZa9Ewqn@perry.co.uk>, Roland Perry
<roland@linx.net> writes

>In message <l03102801b98ef2932577@[192.168.1.2]>, Ian Miller
><Ian_Miller@singularis.ltd.uk> writes
>>>According to NCIS: "If you receive a 419 letter, hand the letter or email
>>>into your local police station, marked for the attention of the Fraud
>>>Squad. Emails should be printed out in full, including the header and
>>>complete sender details. Please do not send them to NCIS, as intelligence
>>>on this crime is now collated on a regional basis before being forwarded to
>>>NCIS. If you have lost money to this fraud, please immediately contact the
>>>West African Organised Crime Section direct on 020 7238 8012."
>>>
>>According to http://www.met.police.uk/fraudalert/419whattodoif.htm you
>>should send a copy of 419 e-mails to <fraud.alert@met.police.uk>.
>
>That's if you live in the Met area. It's their way of letting you
>communicate direct with the Met Fraud Squad. If you live in almost any
>other area, you'll probably have to visit your local police station (and
>follow the NCIS advice).

in fact (and Roland was at the same meeting yesterday) the "line" on
this has now changed...    the previous advice to visit your local desk
sergeant, have the local fraud squad check it isn't a local crime and
then have a photocopy sent off to NCIS is now seen to be inadequate.

Instead, the Met accept that since they're receiving email from all over
the country, they might as well admit this and drop the "pretence" that
it's for Londoners only...

So the current best advice is that if you receive an Advance Fee Fraud
email and wish to report it to someone in the UK then you should use the
Met police address:

        <fraud.alert@met.police.uk>

It is vital that what you send includes the headers of the incoming
email (because they will analyse these to find the true source).

There is absolutely no need to add any covering note of your own; hence
"bouncing" the email (a Turnpike user like myself would call this
"forward as is") to the Met is just fine.

There is no need to do any traceability analysis of your own to
determine where it is from - they're all set up to do that...

... to be absolutely honest, I'm not sure if they really understand
quite how many emails they will receive with this new reporting scheme
[I'm preserving all I receive and have been averaging one a day for the
last two months - and that's with several long gaps, three a day when
they are targeting my part of the alphabet looks normal].

However, with a lot of data (and appropriate automation) they should get
a good feel for patterns of activity.... and of course lots of
individuals will feel they have "done their bit".


If for some reason you don't wish to use the Met (and of course not
everyone who reads this list is in the UK) then:

    US citizens are encouraged to contact the Secret Service

        http://www.secretservice.gov/alert419.shtml 
        fax and phone seem to be preferred, though there is a web form

    the Nigerians have their own site

        http://www.nigeriapolice.org/419.html
        and email contacts of fpro@nigeriapolice.org
                              419@nigeriapolice.org

    there's a clearing house in Norway

        http://www.africaservice.com/fraud/
        web reporting at:
            http://www.africaservice.com/fraud/reportingform.html

    and if you want even more links try

        http://home.rica.net/alphae/419coal/fighters.htm

Note that if you have lost money on a 419 scheme (and UKCrypto readers
are unlikely to be either greedy and gullible!) then you should be
consulting these sites for better ways than mass email addresses for
reporting your particular circumstances.

Doubtless this will all be appearing on suitable Official websites soon.
In the meantime... you heard it here first :)

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richard                                              Richard Clayton

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