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Monday, April 14, 2008
Crime & punishment
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Some reports filed with Sandy Springs Police over the past week.
Forgery and ID theft
A woman reported that her granddaughter applied for two student loans and listed her as the co-signer without her permission.
A woman reported that someone accessed her credit card number and made unauthorized transactions on it. She believes her monitor of her halfway-house area used the cards to pay for her DUI class.
A man tried to cash a check for over $800 at the Western Union on Roswell Road. The employee checked the number and saw the account was closed and then when he called the name on the check, the woman on the other end said the check had been stolen. (She didn’t report it until the officer told her to.) If you have checks, or anything else for that matter, that are negotiable and are stolen, report it as soon as you can.
The victim applied for a job with a local company. During the pre-employment check, the company representative told her that she had several delinquent accounts. The account fraud totaled over $12,000.
A woman reported that she received almost $400 of unauthorized charges on her credit card. She said this happened after she gave her son her credit card for his online gambling………I said: this happened after she gave her son her credit card for his online gambling…..(In police work, we call this a clue.)
THIS WEEK’S SCAM
(Grammatical errors have been left untouched for your enjoyment)
Retreival Of My Father’s Wealth.
Dear Belove one
Based on your profile, l am happy to request for your assistance because I beleive that you are not going to betrayed the trust which I am going to lay on you Dear Beloved i pray all is well with you and Other members of your family.
My name is Rose, 20 years old and the only daughter of my late parents Mr.and Mrs Mguma , My father was a highly reputable busnness magnet-(a cocoa merchant) who operated in the capital of Ivory coast during his days. It is sad to say that he passed away mysteriously in France during one of his business trips abroad on 12th.November 2005.Though his sudden death was linked or rather suspected to have been masterminded by an uncle of his who travelled with him at that time, but God knows the truth!
My mother died when I was just 6 years old (1994), and since then my father took me so special. Before the death of my Father on November 12th 2005 he called the secretary who accompanied him to the hospital and told her that he has the sum of (USD$17.5 000 000) Seventeen Milion five hundred thousand dollars left in a metalic trunk trunk box, wich he deposited in a Security Company here in abidjan, that he registered it as family valuable items for security reasons, he told the secretary that I should contact the Company for them to know me as his next of kin wich I have did as he instructed,
He also told the secretary that I should not let any of his relations to know about this because he was kiled by them and if they know about it, that they will do nothing but to kill me in other to take hold of every thing, He told her that I should seek for a foriegn partner abroad who will help me retreived the trunk box and also travel with him or her in other to continue my Live and Education and also to start a Bussines relationship with the person whom can take cear of me in the fucture,
My dear, this is why I have come incontact with you in order to help me retreive that trunk box from the Security Companys custody and send it direct to your country and also to make an arrangement for me on how I will come over to your country in other to continue my Live and Education and also to go into bussines relationship with you hence I am still a child and I dont know any thing about bussines,
I am just 20 years old and a university undergraduate and really don’t know what to do. this is because I have suffered a lot of set backs as a result of incessant political crisis here in Ivory coast. The death of my father actually brought sorrow to my life, My dear, I am in a sincere desire of your humble assistance in this regards and your suggestions and ideas will be highly regarded. Now permit me to ask these few questions:
- Can I completely trust you?
2.Can you accept me as your own blood Sister (Or Doughter)?
- What percentage of the total amount in question will be good for you?
Consider this and get back to me as soon as possible with your full assurance that you will not disapoint me in this issue so that i can give you the contact of the Security Company where my late Father deposited that trunk box for you to contact them on how the trunk box will be retreived from their custody and deliver to your country,
Thank you soo much for your understanding and may almighty God bless you and your Family to the Glory of God Almighty, My sincere regards, Miss Rose Mguma. (“I got your Ma-gu-mas right here pal!!)
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