DG'ERS BEWARE OF A NEW SCAM

Got mine this morning. I get these type of messages in my email very frequently and mostly from ****. I do a shift + delete and answer Yes and they are permanently deleted. Just like that.

Tim

Thanks for reading the post, now I know it helped

Randy, jimmybtx, Elix, You guys. I am liking your styles. Yeas, even you Randy!!! Did you collect from your tenant? I didn't get a call from the jail for a bail bond so you must be sipping a frosty one!!!...Jan

I just received the same message and I immediately deleted it from my inbox.

Just keep a look out. Anything from out of the country I would be extremely cautious. If it seems to good to be true then you know it probably is.

Jeremy

Deleted them both. Thanks Jan for looking out.

Sandra

I got the same thing I was happy at first but I sow that it was a scam

thanks for the heads up .we have been getting almost the same e-mails for the past three months and delete them.

Thanks for the warning!!!

Hey I sent Vivian a email letting her know I was interested and how do I contact her directly and she sent this hehe:

Dear Sir,
I thank you for your mail and also for your kind response towards my request for your noble assistant. Following your mail, I will gladly appreciate if you will contact the lawyer who will handle this transfer on our behalf. Below is the contact of the lawyer,

Fogan Aka
Fogan Aka and associates chamber abj ci
Telephone: +225 06 55 65 65
Email: [email protected]

I have discussed with the lawyer and also informed him. He is waiting to hear from you. He will direct you on how to get the money transferred to your account. See attached copy of the deposit certificate issued to my late father when he deposited this money in the bank.
I will be waiting to hear from you to let me know of your discussion with the lawyer.
Sincerely,
Vivian.

Reply to this message Delete this message List messages

BEWARE, If I was you I would be careful. No one their right mind sends PM to everyone wanting to give money away. EVEN though her name shows up on the user list their is no info in her profi. When it sounds to good to be true it is.

Randy

Yea,
I knew it was a scam the first second I saw it I just wanted to see if she would respond and she did lol why do these people think we don't see straight through them? Lol

These scammers will track down people anywhere! Delete!!!

Kristin

Never reply or be internet cop

Thanks Jan for posting this

I tried to report it but could not get the system to work.
Thanks for protecting us
Theresa

theres also alot of scams on craigslist where the guy will tell you he's from the UK and is coming to america to work for an agency for the year.They'll string you along acting like their really interested in leasing a home from you.It all sounds really legit until the check arrives and they tell you to wire them the money for a plane ticket.so if you get a check from anyone out of area from craigslist make sure to call and verify it is indeed a real check.I have recieved 3 fake checks already.If they were indeed all legit I would have made about $11,000 dollars."Dangit"scams

Only you!!!! Hehehe I don't mind getting hacked to find out more info for my dg fam.. Loll just kidding

This was bigger than I thought. Truly so much effort put in to scamming people. At one point, they will get theirs I'm sure...Jan

So glad to see you back. And no jail, Bit when I showed up Monday morning the house was empty but everything was clean. You see evictions are easy southern stile.

Randy

Now this, my friend, is comedy!

Love it!

Angela

Looks like most everyone got this piece of crap in their pm's.
Little do they know, we're smarter than that! We're family, don't they think we talk to each other? Thanks Jan!

Dawn

They mentioned if I send them $20k until they got back on their feet, they'll make me a Prince.

Time to get out the checkbook

A ****n puppy scam almost got me. I actually sent the money to **** through Wells fargo. The money was to pay half the shipping to get the Toy Yorky puppies to America. Luckily there was a big time difference between here and there. After sending the money, I continued investigating and discovered it was a scam. I was able to put a stop order on the money before Wells fargo opened in **** the next day. A good website to check for scams is www....rip....off....report....dot....com.(remove dots)

****n Letter or "419" Fraud

****n letter frauds combine the threat of impersonation fraud with a variation of an advance fee scheme in which a letter, mailed from ****, offers the recipient the "opportunity" to share in a percentage of millions of dollars that the author, a self-proclaimed government official, is trying to transfer illegally out of ****. The recipient is encouraged to send information to the author, such as blank letterhead stationery, bank name and account numbers and other identifying information using a facsimile number provided in the letter. Some of these letters have also been received via E-mail through the Internet. The scheme relies on convincing a willing victim, who has demonstrated a "propensity for larceny" by responding to the invitation, to send money to the author of the letter in **** in several installments of increasing amounts for a variety of reasons.

Payment of taxes, bribes to government officials, and legal fees are often described in great detail with the promise that all expenses will be reimbursed as soon as the funds are spirited out of ****. In actuality, the millions of dollars do not exist and the victim eventually ends up with nothing but loss. Once the victim stops sending money, the perpetrators have been known to use the personal information and checks that they received to impersonate the victim, draining bank accounts and credit card balances until the victim's assets are taken in their entirety. While such an invitation impresses most law-abiding citizens as a laughable hoax, millions of dollars in losses are caused by these schemes annually. Some victims have been lured to ****, where they have been imprisoned against their will, in addition to losing large sums of money. The ****n government is not sympathetic to victims of these schemes, since the victim actually conspires to remove funds from **** in a manner that is contrary to ****n law. The schemes themselves violate section 419 of the ****n criminal code, hence the label "419 fraud."

Some Tips to Avoid ****n Letter or "419" Fraud:

If you receive a letter from **** asking you to send personal or banking information, do not reply in any manner. Send the letter to the U.S. Secret Service, your local FBI office, or the U.S. Postal Inspection Service. You can also register a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission’s Consumer Sentinel.
If you know someone who is corresponding in one of these schemes, encourage that person to contact the FBI or the U.S. Secret Service as soon as possible.
Be skeptical of individuals representing themselves as ****n or foreign government officials asking for your help in placing large sums of money in overseas bank accounts.
Do not believe the promise of large sums of money for your cooperation.
Guard your account information carefully.
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Impersonation/Identity Fraud

Impersonation fraud occurs when someone assumes your identity to

Yep, I am the Las Vegas partner that -e mentioned a few posts back. Her name is Vivian Koffi, and from what I've been reading in all of your posts, it looks like she's infiltrated the DG Family. I spent about 2.5 weeks writing back and forth to her, and the final straw was when she directed me to get in contact with her lawyer...he proceeded to ask me some of the common SCAMMER questions:

Your full name
your address
your occupation
your phone number
country
(and the one that sent up the BIGGEST red flag)
A copy of your ID card

Needless to say, the only information she ultimately received from me was my screen name, and the knowledge that I was a professional real estate investor who would be open to helping her invest her (late father's inheritance) into properties here in the USA.

Then my mothers' Private Investigator background jumped into play...we did some searching and I came across this website: www.419.bittenus.com -- it explained ALL that I needed to hear about the MULTITUDE of these kinds of SCAMS that are out there these days. I suggest anybody check out this site if you or someone you know is contemplating working with these SCuMMERS.

I'm very happy to see that "we" as a family can overcome these types of beings. This business is demanding enough for us Newbees, we DON'T need to fall for one of these "Get Rich Quick Scams". Determination in this business will prevail!!! We just gotta work it one step at a time.

Vivian Koffi will get what's coming to her...I'm just glad that all of you (and myself included) didn't have to fall! In this information based society, PLEASE, be extremely careful where your 'personal information' goes, know who has access to it, and also be aware of what they can do with it!

Happy & Healthy Investing

Jonathan & Roxanna
Flippen Investor, LLC

I wanted to say that I have a ****n friend who is a serious and honest business man. Actually he is a multi millionaire and is on my buyers list of commercial buyers. I have not looked at doing this as of yet. However, I shared this thread with him and here is what he had to say and I quote him...

The name Koffi is a widely used name in ****n scam circles. ****ns think most americans are just unintelligent. They know that there is no way for the american justice system to locate them and it is for this reason that the ****n scams are so widely used. Be verey careful of these individuals, they are extremely dangerous and have been known to have organized crime ties here in the United States. There is a ****n mafia that is very active in the US with no way to stop them.

These kinds of emails/pm's have been around for almost 10 years now. I'm surprised people still try this silly stuff.
I actually had a guy respond to me one time when I outted him. He still had the nerve to ask me for money anyways...

Oh and mods, I need my Bronze medal back!

Where's Al Pacino when you need him?

I got the thing Sunday night, and since I haven't made my first deal yet, I didn't want ol' Viv to lose her money because of my inexperiance, so I beggrd Dean to help me. I even told him I'd split the money with him. Luckily,olsonj69 set me straight Monday AM. I guess I have a bad habit of taking everyone at their word. It's nice having Family looking out for you. Thanks again. Boy. Talk about Gullibles travels.

Guess I should've used spell check. On the 2nd line that should be begged Dean, not beggrd Dean. I'll loin someday.

Johnny, I got a contract on the Golden Gate Bridge. If you can find a buyer, we'll split the fee ok???

Just jokes