Monday, March 30, 2009

Wire transfer, Western Union Scam, Brian Fields

I received a check for $995.76 via UPS with no real information about the sender and nothing else enclosed in the envelope. I then received emails from "Brian Fields" stating that I was to cash the check at my bank and then wire transfer most of it (less my fee as a Mystery Shopper) to him via Western Union.
I was smart enough to figure out the scam before I cashed the check. I had a great time wasting "Brian's" time and money over the next four/five days. I had him so convinced I sent him the money that when I had "problems" finding the tracking number, he called me from Africa (although he told me he was calling from a payphone in Florida). After many days and dozens of long, drawn-out, mildly confused phone calls where I played it just dumb enough, I finally tipped my hand and blasted him with the threat that our calls had all been being traced by the FBI and Interpol. He hung up promptly :-)

SCAM ALERT!!!
Correspondance from:
Mystery Shopper LTD.
jeffthrasher@rogers.com
mysteryshopperltd.brianfields@gmail.com
all fraudulent!

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