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Posted By: Michael J McMillan <mjmcmillan@NOSPAM.sisna.com> In Response To: Is this a Scam? Nikita Kamira... (Diane Waltman)
Saturday, 13 May 2006, at 4:04 p.m.
It's a scam alright-- or it will do until one comes along. Whatever you do, DON'T give these guys any of your banking information. Typically, you cash the check as instructed, send them the amount they indicate and so on--- then it turns out the check they sent you is BOGUS and you're left holding the bag. The other thing that might happen, and what this sounds like by the way, is money laundering. Their filthy money passes through your clean hands and is miraculously cleaned... and miraculously makes you part of a crime. This thing stinks to high heaven, and the other responses to this before mine are right.
> I received an email from a Person named Nikita Kamira IN Japan about Arts
> and Crafts and they are in need of representatives in the United States...
> being involved in Crafts myself... I decided to respond to the email and
> say I was interested. I then received another email requesting my name,
> address and phone number. I responded with that information. Then early
> this week I receive another email from a Melvin Camara saying he has just
> sent me a check for $17230.00. LOW and BEHOLD I recieved a check today
> made out to me for $17230.00 from a company called Hitachi Transport
> System LTD. included with it was Melvin Camara's phone number. He is from
> Canada by the way... Meanwhile I received another email from Nikita Kamira
> with bank routing information in Japan.... I called Melvin Camara and said
> what am I supposed to do with this check now? He said I am supposed to
> deposit it into my bank account, wait till it clears and then keep 10% of
> it and WIRE the rest of the money to the bank in Japan. And send a copy of
> the wire to him (Melvin Camara). Then they would send me another company
> check and I would do the same thing keep 10% and WIRE the rest to the Bank
> in Japan... and this would keep going like this.... IT ALL sounds
> WONDERFUL to keep 10% of these checks and WIRE the rest of the amounts to
> the bank in Japan. BUT AM I getting involved in a SCAM? Is this laundering
> money or something? I have no clue here about all of this??????
> What do you guys think?
> Thanks
> Diane Waltman
> dianewaltman@comcast.net
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