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 Post subject: IP Relay Scams/ Originating from Nigeria, Ghana, West Africa
PostPosted: Tue May 30, 2006 10:31 pm 
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I'm drawing your attention to the IP Relay scams coming via telephone from an IP Relay operator. Nigerians are using IP Relay to contact prospective victims of all walks of life (Ebay, counterfeit cashiers checks, Online for sale ads, businesses, etc...).

IP Relay is a federally funded service that makes telephone communication available to people who are deaf, and they use an operator to communicate their calls from a computer (where the operator is) to people who can hear on the phone. The relay operator relays the conversation back and forth- speaking for the person who is deaf and is typing, and typing back what the person is saying to them from the phone.

Nigerians have HIJACKED this service. They call anyone and everyone they can find online who has something to sell, or who they meet in online dating sites, etc... It's incredibly widespread. Millions of people have been scammed this way. They will call you using Relay, try to buy what you have for sale using stolen credit cards or forged cashiers checks, and after you have sent the item either directly to Nigeria, or to a shipper they are using inside the US as a safe drop point, you find out too late that the Credit card is stolen, or the check is bogus. Try to google the words "Nigeria IP Relay Scams" and see what you come up with.

How do I know all this? I'm a relay operator. I have had to facilitate these scam calls for years. But try to remember, I'm a good guy. I try to call victims on my off time to warn them about the scam each and every time. But there are operators who are too scared to call victims. We could lose our jobs in doing this. It's directly against the rules of the FCC. (that's a very long story).

If you have any questions, there is a newly formed IP Relay operator's website that discusses the scams in depth. I am a moderator at this forum. Here is the link:
http://relayscams.aimoo.com
If you have been scammed, please come there and tell us about it. We can help!

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 Post subject: Watch out for checks from Benin
PostPosted: Fri Aug 11, 2006 10:56 pm 
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I received a check from Benin written on a Wisconsin Bank for 3400.00. I called the bank and found out that they had received 36 of these checks and the Bank President assured me the check was a fake check. so when the person using the yahoo Id kelly_brown-more who said she was born in florida but was living in Nigeria contacted me about where her money was, I told her that the bank President thanked me for turning her name over to the bank and that the bank would be contacting her about these other 35 fake checks, she accused me of stealing her money and threatened me by stating she would turn me over to the FBI. I informed her I had already mailed the check to the bank in her envelope so they could turn it over to Interpol and take fingerprints and that she was the thief and I wished her well when Interpol caught up with her. So now if anyone contacts me on yahoo messenger and states they are from the states but living in Nigeria or one of the other western African countries, I tell them I nolonger visit with anyone from those countries and say good bye. Because of the laxfiduciary laws in those countries and let's face it, the front people are always lovely women who start a "relationship with you , however, withing 10 minutes they are telling you they love you and in another ten are hitting you up for money. So beon your toes and stay alert, do not cash checks for anyone from any western African country and in fact, save yourselfsome headaches, do not add anyone form those countries to your friends lists...


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 Post subject: Re: Watch out for checks from Benin
PostPosted: Sat Aug 12, 2006 9:49 am 
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I received a check from Benin written on a Wisconsin Bank for 3400.00. I called the bank and found out that they had received 36 of these checks and the Bank President assured me the check was a fake check. so when the person using the yahoo Id kelly_brown-more who said she was born in florida but was living in Nigeria contacted me about where her money was, I told her that the bank President thanked me for turning her name over to the bank and that the bank would be contacting her about these other 35 fake checks, she accused me of stealing her money and threatened me by stating she would turn me over to the FBI. I informed her I had already mailed the check to the bank in her envelope so they could turn it over to Interpol and take fingerprints and that she was the thief and I wished her well when Interpol caught up with her. So now if anyone contacts me on yahoo messenger and states they are from the states but living in Nigeria or one of the other western African countries, I tell them I nolonger visit with anyone from those countries and say good bye. Because of the laxfiduciary laws in those countries and let's face it, the front people are always lovely women who start a "relationship with you , however, withing 10 minutes they are telling you they love you and in another ten are hitting you up for money. So beon your toes and stay alert, do not cash checks for anyone from any western African country and in fact, save yourselfsome headaches, do not add anyone form those countries to your friends lists...


why cash checks for anyone, no matter their country?


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