Eric Doreste/William Buckaway business proposal scam?

I received this email late Sunday night.

BUSINESS PROPOSAL
  
This business proposal is confidential and I request that it be treated as such. I must solicit your 
confidentiality and assure you that I am contacting you in good faith and this proposal will be of 
mutual benefit. I am William Buckaway, a solicitor at law. I am the personal attorney/sole executor 
to a client of mine, who died along with his family in a plane crash on the 14th of August 2005. 
  
My late client a formal Sub-Comptroller working with Chevron Texaco Oil here in the United 
Kingdom and had Left behind a deposit of Sixteen Million British Pounds Sterling only 
(£16,000,000.00) with a bank. After the death of my client, the finance company contacted me, as 
his attorney to provide his next of kin who should inherit his fortune this according to them is their
policy in sure circumstances.    
  
Since the death of my client, I have written several letters to the embassy with intent to locate any of 
his extended relatives whom shall be claimants/beneficiaries of his abandoned personal estate and all 
such efforts have been to no avail. I had to inform the finance company about my fruitless effort in 
locating my late client's close relative or his next of kin. 
   
The board of directors of the finance company now adopted a resolution and I was mandated to 
provide his next of kin for the payment of this money or forfeit the money as an abandoned fund. 
The company had planned to invoke the abandoned property decree of 1996 to confiscate the funds 
after the expiration of the period given to me but after an investigation in the finance company, I 
found out that some members of the company wants to divert this fund into their private accounts for 
their own selfish interest and only want, to use the excuse that since I am not able to look for 
someone to make the claim, the money should be made unserviceable and that means submitting the 
fund to the federal government of this country and some to the company management which is not 
their main intentions. 
  
By virtue of my closeness to the deceased and his immediate family, I am very much aware of my 
client's financial standing. I do sincerely sympathize the death of my client, but had thought it 
unprofitable for his funds to be submitted to the federal government of this country and the finance 
company where it is lodged. I have reasoned very professionally and I feel it will be legally proper to 
present you as the next of kin of my deceased client which is legally possible and would be done in 
accordance with the laws of the land.  
  
On this note I decided to search for a credible person and finding that you bear a similar last name, I 
was urged to contact you, that I may, with your consent, present you to the "trustee" bank as my late client's surviving family member so as to enable you put up a claim to the bank in that capacity as a 
next of kin of my client, so that the proceeds of this Bank Account valued at SIXTEEN MILLION 
POUNDS ONLY (£16,000,000.00) can be paid to you and then both of us can share the money, 60% 
to me and 40% to you. I know there might be other persons out there with the same surname as my 
late client, but after a little check my instinct tells me to contact you. Can I trust you on this? I shall 
assemble all the necessary documents that will be used to back up your claim.  
  
I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any 
breach of law. I will not fail to bring to your notice that this proposal is hitch-free and that you 
should not entertain any fears as the required arrangements have been made for the completion of 
this transfer. 
  
Like I said, I require only a solemn confidentiality on this. Please get in touch with me by my 
alternative email: william.buckaway@live.com   for better confidentiality and send to me your 
telephone and fax numbers to enable us discuss further on this transaction. Upon the receipt of your 
reply, I will send you an e-mail the next step to take. If this proposal is acceptable by you, do not 
take undue advantage of the trust I have bestowed in you. Thank you for your understanding. 
  
Sincerely,  
William Buckaway (Esq.).  


If it's too good to be true it is...

Nigeria family working with the missionary? Rent a home craigslist scam?

I was searching on craigslist for a home to rent that was perfect for my family.  I knew I wanted a low rent home, so I started searching on craigslist.  I found a 4 bedroom, 2 bath home in another town and asked for more information.  This was the email I received after 3 weeks.


Hello,

I can see you are interested in the ad I have posted, I am currently in Nigeria with my family where we work as a volunteer with the Missionary. We spent less time in the States so we could not get a hold on any Realtor to handle this rent issue, although it was when we knew how long we are going to stay in Nigeria that we decided to rent out the house. However, the initial plan was to sell out the house. which we tried, but sometimes the agents inflates the price and it takes longer to sell we are telling you this in case you find the house on another website, that is the old advert So we need a tenant to take care of it but since we are out of the state now, we have received some proposals regarding the rent because it is located in a very good area, but we still have to make sure it is rented out to someone who can take good care of it.The keys to the House are right here with me and i could send it to you after all necessary agreement has be accepted by my family,It includes facilities such as water and heat laundry facilities, air condition, internet and telephone access and a car park and other necessary facilities, also comes with trash collection, pets are allowed as well as long as they are not destructive,we also want you to let us have trust in you as we always stand on our word.So if you know you are capable of the task,It is available for a long lease.The monthly rental fee is $800 per month including the utilities and the security deposit is $500 which is refundable back to you at the end of your stay if nothing is damaged from my properties.It is not the money that is the main problem but we want you to keep it tidy all the time so that we will be glad  to see it neat when we come for a check up.You will only be able to drive by the house for now but not have a look at the interior until we send the keys and documents of the house to you.So we wouldn't want any violation on our property if finally rented by you.


RENT QUESTIONNAIRE

RENT APPLICATION FORM.
FIRST NAME:__________?
MIDDLE NAME:__________?
LAST NAME:__________?
DATE OF BIRTH:_________?
PROFESSION:__________?
PHONE:
(CELL)PHONE__________?
(WORK)PHONE__________?
(HOME)PHONE__________?
MARITAL STATUS:__________?
KIDS _____ (YES/NO), HOW MANY________
PRESENT ADDRESS:_____________________
CITY:_______________
STATE:______________
ZIP CODE:____________
HOW LONG?___________IF RENTING
WHY ARE YOU LEAVING__________?
IF THIS HOUSE IS BEING GIVEN TO YOU,
HOW LONG DO YOU INTEND STAYING?____________?
WHEN DO YOU INTEND MOVING IN?______________?
IF YOU HAVE A PET,
KIND OF PETS:_____________?
HABITS
DO YOU SMOKE______________ ?
DO YOU DRINK______________?
DO YOU WORK LATE NIGHT?____?
HOW SOON CAN YOU MAKE THE MOVE IN DEPOSIT REQUIRED ($500):____________?
WHEN AND WHERE DO YOU WISH TO RECEIVE THE KEYS AND DOCUMENTS OF THE HOUSE:_______________?

Looking forward to hear from you with all this details so that we can have it in my file in case of issuing the receipt and contacting you. Await your reply so we can discuss on how to get the document and  the key to you.Please Note that your rent only starts counting after you have finally moved into the house,so you need not to worry about making the deposit payment now and not moving in immediately,all you're doing is securing the house in your favor in order not to loose it to other interested applicants..

Here is my number +234-816-988-6815 OR 011-234-816-988-6815 I will be expecting to hear from you soon.

Feel free to call me anytime for more information and arrangements.

Thanks so much.

Please be cautious.  I do not recommend sending money to anyone promising to rent you an apartment over seas or even in another state.  If you are not able to walk through the home to view it.... it's probably a scam.  It would be nice to not be scammed every single day of our life- Please be careful... do not trust these people.

Are you still interested in being a caregiver.. Fred/Wayne Craigslist Scam?

I've been looking for employment for months now and decided 2 months ago I would post my resume on craigslist.  My resume included my name, email address and phone number.  I intentionally left out my address as it's no ones business unless they offer me a job.  Three days ago I received an email that said:

Dear Juniper,


   Are you still interested in being a caregiver?


Fred

I received an additional email 1 hr later with exactly the same message, except it was from a man named Wayne which stated:

Dear Juniper,


   Are you still interested in being a caregiver?


Wayne


I did not see the second email at first and since I am serious about getting some form of income, I responded to Mr. Fred asking him to send the details of the job ( a job scope), pay scale and what not.  I received this email a few minutes later.

Fred williams happyday3671@gmail.com	Jul 18
to me

Hello, thanks for your response to my job posting on craigslist. I
will be needing the service of a caregiver for my mom, here is little
introduction about myself and my mom.

My name is John, I am 36 years old, divorced and no kids, am a
business man, I own group of company in Europe, UK and America, my
business is in the energy sector, furniture and provision of services,
I am a native of Anchorage, AK. my mom's name is Rita, she is 66 years
old, but she does not look her age, she looks 25, lol. My mother is in
good state of health, she just goes to the hospital regularly for
medical check up, thats all.

She has been living with me here in the UK, we moved to the the UK
about 5 years ago from Chicago, IL. The reason we moved here is
because of my business. I am planning to relocate back to Colorado-
virtual/remote/at home, and am considering Colorado- virtual/remote/at
home, I want her to come down to Colorado- virtual/remote/at home,
before me, because I will have to go to France before coming to
Colorado- virtual/remote/at home, she will be leaving here for
Colorado- virtual/remote/at home, in less than 2 weeks, she will be
residing in a hotel which she will decide on when she gets to
Colorado- virtual/remote/at home, pending the time I join her so we
can then move to my house that I just bought in Bird in Hand, which is
still under renovation.

So this is where your job comes in, I need someone that will be caring
for her pending my arrival, and the person will still continue with
this position even when I arrive, its a permanent position. There is
nothing much to do for her, just be with her for 4 hours daily, this 4
hours is flexible depending on when you can be available, and it does
not have to be direct 4 hours at a go, you can split it to your own
convinience, within this 4 hours of your work, I want you to care for
her like your own mother, ensure she takes her medication at the right
time, and add other profession experience as a caregiver to ensure she
is well taken care of.

I will like you to answer the following questions below so I can hire
you as her caregiver,

1. How long have you been doing caregiver job?
2. Do you have certificate?
3. How would you react to emergency of any type?
4. How old are you?
5. Do you have any other job doing? and if yes, whats your profession?
6. What is your sex?
7. From what time to what time daily do you think you would be able to work?
8. Are you trustworthy and reliable?

Here is the breakdown of your wage, you are to work 4 hours daily, $40
per hour, 5 days in a week, making 800 dollars weekly.

I will also appreciate if you can help to pick her at the airport and
also help search for a good hotel closer to you where she could stay
pending my arrival, I am still making arrangement with her flight
agent to handle her flight, I am talking with a couple of them and
have not yet decided on which of them to use for her flight down to
Colorado- virtual/remote/at home, I will inform you as soon as I
decide on the flight agent to handle her traveling.

Please answer the above listed interview questions in order it has
been listed, I will be needing you for immediate employment, and to
show how serious I am about employing you, I will be making payment
for your first week of work, I will need the following information
below in order to make the payment out to you ASAP:

1. Your name(as it will appear on payment)
2. Your address(p.o box not accepted)
3. Your direct phone number

The required information above is needed for the first payment to be
issued to you, all you will have to do when you get the first payment
is Deduct your wage of 800 dollars, and send the remaining balance to
my mom's flight agent in the States for her flight down to Colorado-
virtual/remote/at home, the reason why you are getting your money as
well as the flight agent's money is because I have not decided on the
flight agent to use and to avoid any delay whatsoever is why am
sending you the agent's money as well so you can just help send it to
the agent once agreement is reached with the agent. I will notify you
of this and send you the agent's details so you can just send the
money to the agent. Once all this is done, then I can forward you her
flight details so you can know the day and time her flight is coming
in, so you can help to pick her at the airport and take her to a hotel
nearest to you for your
convinience.

I will be looking forward to your information requested so payment can
be made out to you soonest by my account payable officer in the
States.
Thank you

I responded to the next email from Wayne asking him to send the job details and... oddly it was identical once again.  So I emailed Fred back with the least amount of information.  Basically I gave him my parent's address and told him I would contact him again once the check arrived.  I plan to take this check to the nearest bank- get it looked at and then proceed from there.  

Again, please be careful who you give your information to.  Do not trust any job, opportunity or lottery that asks you to wire them back money.  Beware of anyone who asks you for the following information- if it's too good to be true, chances are it IS.  Good luck to those who are seeking employment as I am, I hope we all find what we are looking for.

ATM CARD COMPANY SCAM?

The following email was sent to me yesterday- after carefully reading it I decided it was a scam.

Royal City, Lagos, Nigeria.
Handling Officer: MR.DENNIS UWUGA

Royal City, Lagos, Nigeria.
Handling Officer: DENNIS UWUGA

=====================
Winning NO: 2012/01/NIG
Batch NO: 014/2012
Ticket No.:ATM-647-5451
=====================

Dear Winner,

We happily announce to you that Your e-mail address have been Chosen by The 2012 FREE LOTTERY DONATION on the 18TH of JULY 2012, To Ticket No.:ATM-647-5451 which is held once in every four years interval, And is also organized to encourage the use of internet and computers. The donation is as result to compensate GMAIL users,all the people using that have been scammed in any part of the world, this includes every foreign contractors that may have not received their contract sum, and people that have had an unfinished transaction, or international businesses that failed due to Governmental problems etc and it is organized by The Department of Homeland Security, Washington, USA, UNITED NATIONS and GMAIL CUSTOMER SERVICE. We are proud to say that you have therefore been approved to claim The ATM Card Donation of $110,000.00 USD Dollars in cash. The lottery 2012 is proudly sponsored by the Microsoft Corporation, GMAIL, Facebook, Toyota, Toshiba. For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential until you claim your prize money.This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program. Please be warned. Fill out below information. In response to your email,You are to furnish us with the following information below to enable us complete your payment process and prepare your payment.

This is to acknowledge the receipt of the order from the senate house, in respect with the provision act of decree 114 of the 1999 constitution; I am Dennis Uwuga, i am writing to inform you that your payment verification and confirmations is correct. Therefore, we are happy to inform you that arrangements have been concluded to effect your payment as soon as possible and in our bid to transparency. The Department of Homeland Security, Washington, USA, UNITED NATIONS and the BANKS INVOLVED has been having a meeting for the passed 7 months on how to compensate all the people that have been scammed in any part of the world, this includes every foreign contractors that may have not received their contract sum, and people that have had an unfinished transaction or international businesses that failed due to Governmental problems etc, the meeting ended up last week.

The Department of Homeland Security, Washington, USA, UNITED NATIONS and the BANKS INVOLVED, has agreed to compensate you with the sum of ($110,000.00 US Dollars) in ATM MASTER CARD. And is also organized to encourage the use of internet and computers.We are proud to say that you have therefore been approved to claim The ATM Card Donation of $110,000.00 USD Dollars in cash.

It is my pleasure to inform you that ATM Card Number; 4278763100030014 have been approved in your favor. Your Personal Identification Number is 2900. The ATM Card Value is $110,000.00 US Dollars Only. You are advised that a maximum withdrawal value of $8,000.00 USD is permitted on withdrawal per Day and we are duly Inter Switch and you can make withdrawal in any location and ATM Center of your choice.

Fill out below information. In response to your email,You are to furnish us with the following information below to enable us complete your payment process and prepare your payment.

Your Full Name: ----------------------------------------------------
Age: ---------------------------------------------------------------
Home Address: ------------------------------------------------------
Next Of Kin: -------------------------------------------------------
Company Name and Address if any: -----------------------------------
Phone Number: ------------------------------------------------------
Fax: ---------------------------------------------------------------
Valid Phone /Mobile number: ----------------------------------------
Country:------------------------------------------------------------

======================================

======================================

MR.DENNIS UWUGA
Managing Director Payment Department,

COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN PAYMENT.

======================================

Mr. Dennis Ewuga. Tell: +2347066355012

We have to be very careful what we click on- give our information to and etc.  Who knows... we may fall into a massive amount of debt due to someone stealing our identity.  Who knows what they would gain from this information but one thing I know for sure is I am not willing to risk it.  Beware everyone!

I have responded to this email- with my brief information.  I do not know exactly what this scam is but I will update once I find out.  


UPDATE:  I have discovered how they try to scam you.  After you fill out the form below, they send you an email giving you a few different shipping offers for this 110,000 atm card (lol it's so ridiculous that they believe anyone would fall for that).  The shipping through UPS (according to this scammer lo) is 100,00; through FEDEX is was 164.00 but it got to your house faster.  They want you keep in mind you can only withdraw 8,000.00 in their first email but in this last one they want you to keep in mind that you you can't withdraw more than 800.00.  Hahah, they can't even keep their facts straight.


Please do not fall for this scam.  Have a great day.

Craigslist scam? Alvarez Mccoy

A few months back I posted my resume on craigslist seeing if I could find a virtual job.  I have never gotten a response until this morning (around 3am).  The first email from Mr. Mccoy asked if I was still looking for work?  I responded yes.  Then I received this email:

From: Alvarez Mccoy

Thanks for getting back to me and request to know more about our
company. Experience is not necessary within this position as we are
willing to train the right candidate who is Honest, Trustworthy,
Reliable and able to work hard who will handle the printing of my
Co-Workers Payroll-Check and Dispatching them on payroll list of the
company co-workers and which will be done under the authorization of
the company in which we will be approve you to dispatch the
Payroll-Checks to our client in various destinations through Courier
services like UPS/FedEx and we will take care of the shipping and
handling of the payrolls on Daily Basis.

Your task are:

Printing and Dispatching; so I will like to know if you will be
trustworthy enough to entrust you with our clients vital information,
please I want you to be sure that your salary is $600 bi-weekly for a
start, if you performed very well, we will increase your salary to
$1200 as your performances impress the company after a couple of weeks
you get started so, please get back to me today to know your interest
in the job. You will need the following materials for the payroll
printing .. If you are ready, here are the list of  materials you will
need to start the job.

Materials Needed for Job

1)... Versa Check Business Paper (form 1000) {Sold in Office Max at
the rate of $21}
2}:   VersaInk Nano {Sold in Office Max at the rate of $40}


The materials stated above are less sold in any local store in your
city which are: Office Max or Wal-Mart, also you will be reimbursed
for the money spent on the materials on your first pay day.

So i will want you fill the below employment form to get stated:

1) Full Name: ....................
2) Contact Address ....................
3) CITY: ....................
4) State: ....................
5) Zip code: ....................
8) Current Job: ....................
10) Cell phone Number.................. ...
11)Yahoo Messenger ID....

PAYMENT TERMS

1) Payment Method? ( is it 1099 or Regular Payroll)
2) Can we trust you with our co-workers payroll list?
3) Do you have a good or bad record?

Note: I can best be contacted by email or chat with me online on my
yahoo IM my screen name is {alvmacc0@yahoo.com). I will be expecting
your response soon.

Thanks
I await your response soon..

you can also text me on (614) 427-3531

I'll tell you the reason why I believe this is a scam.
1. Printing checks from your own home is unheard of.
2.  He already has my resume from craigslist why would he need any of the other information from the 1-5,8,10,11 questions.
3.  What happened to 6,7,9?
4.  I responded to his email asking what the companies name was and I received no response.

This tells me this is a scam.  Beware- with the bad economy and low pay these cubical/building jobs give... it's ridiculous. But do not trust anyone who wants you to print checks from your home- deposit checks and then wire them the money.  If it's too good to be true- it is. Note: when I responded to his first email asking if I was still looking for work, it took him seconds to send me this email but I haven't heard one peep since I emailed him asking what company this is.  Beware.