Scam in Ivory Coast Pierre Duval
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Peter
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vivi.cl Posted messages 11 Status Member -
vivi.cl Posted messages 11 Status Member -
Hello,
internet scams are thriving and anyone can fall for them!
The proof!
I posted a car for sale on a UK website, and I received several responses from Côte d'Ivoire, all more suspicious than the last, but I still fell for it by giving them my banking details.
Just goes to show...
The names used: Pierre Duval, Armand Kouassi, Arnold Lamarque (see the scam), Michel le Blanc, etc.
The idea is to take your banking details in order to use them later as a guarantee in scams. It is true that when selling something, you are quite open to giving information.
internet scams are thriving and anyone can fall for them!
The proof!
I posted a car for sale on a UK website, and I received several responses from Côte d'Ivoire, all more suspicious than the last, but I still fell for it by giving them my banking details.
Just goes to show...
The names used: Pierre Duval, Armand Kouassi, Arnold Lamarque (see the scam), Michel le Blanc, etc.
The idea is to take your banking details in order to use them later as a guarantee in scams. It is true that when selling something, you are quite open to giving information.
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othanga
it is easy for you to go to the bank and ask for whatever you want about this
asking this question on a site where scammers and their victims are lurking looks rather suspicious..
one clearly gets the impression that you want all the information needed to take action yourself! -
Hello,
excuse my ignorance, but I don't see how giving them bank details gives them the means to scam us. Can you elaborate on this?
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Othanga, I'm sure your question comes from a good place.
But I don't think it's very legal to provide an answer to your question...
One thing is for sure, the less you leave your bank details lying around, the better. -
I'm sorry, but as long as I haven't seen the demonstration of "why it's dangerous to share your bank details," I won't be able to accept that idea.
Asking me to accept something without evidence or demonstration is nothing short of elementary obscurantism.
As an aside, how is providing me with information, warning me, or educating me illegal? -
Bank account details from a bank statement, for example, can be used to contract services remotely, just like a credit card number. Possibly, I don't know, I'm just saying this at random, a PayPal account. So please be very careful... Do not throw away such information without having thoroughly destroyed it. And of course, only share it with people above any suspicion. Perhaps you have already had issues with an "ISP" (for example) that withdrew whatever it wanted from your account, thanks to such data.
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Euh...
Okay, I'm starting to imagine some schemes trying to take advantage of the ease with which banks operate, but I can't imagine a bank easily allowing a masked direct debit authorization associated with a real bank account number. But I still don't see the scenario that Peter fell victim to, and that's what I would like to understand.
For Paypal, I found out how to deposit money into my account but not how to withdraw (or debit) it. As for the others, I won't comment
...but I can't calm my St. Thomas side. Do something!-
Since no banking institution will verify the signatures of the account holder, having a direct debit executed with a bank account number is child's play.
Of course, you will file a complaint, the bank will reimburse you (see the timelines and conditions), but what a hassle, worry, and time wasted! Not to mention the possible overdrafts this may cause... but that's another story.
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Well, dig a little deeper into your brain. In any case, do what you want, but I take care of my banking information, despite the reassuring pro-commerce speeches from some banks.
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Hello
Detecting an internet scam attempt is very simple
All advertisements and responses with an address in Benin (00229), Côte d'Ivoire (00225), Cameroon (00237), Togo (00228), Nigeria (00234), Mali (00223), and Burkina Faso (00 226) are 99.99% scam attempts
So you just need to know their landline number, not the mobile one
Similarly, 00470.... They are the same ones who claim to be in England. They have invested in a relay company -
The scam is not so much that you are going to give your bank details, but that the person will send you more than the requested amount (often under the pretext that their wife is on site... or that their employer is paying for the entire rental + flight... or any other reason just so that they actually "force" you to return the overpaid amount... and that’s when you get into the game of "money laundering"! I have written several articles on my blogs and one of them has many comments left by my readers with examples of emails received and the addresses and phone numbers... but also the emails of malicious people who would "be there to help you!!!
Senegal has made followers because you can have this type of "mishap" with people from the United Kingdom, Algeria in addition to the other countries already noted. http://awanekkinnan.blog.mongenie.com/index.php?idblogp=927778 -
One funny thing about these requests: our apartment is always SUMPTUOUS!
They want to come and take a WELL-DESERVED vacation for a minimum of 4 MONTHS (I wish I had the same leave).
They don't ask about the price but want to immediately book for unlikely dates (spring or autumn in the mountains - winter for the sea, etc...).
I also really like the street names meant to reassure us:
Boulevard Francois Mitterand in Bamako OR Avenue Pompidou in Abidjan. I checked on Google Maps and they don't exist.
Despite all these signs, some are still lured by the temptation of profit... What a shame!
Stay vigilant!
