New "Nigerian" Scam

[TripleMoonsExotic]

Got a kick out of this...They've now gotten smart about Money Orders and have switched to Paypal. :rolleyes_

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Dear Stephanie Kunder

My name Larisa Kovaleva and i am a manager of Ukrainian software-development company Daemian Soft.
You can visit our official site www.daemian.com and see our products.

We are processing payments online by merchant account, but
some of our clients want make payment via paypal.
PayPal doesn't work Ukraine, so we have no chance to open account there.
We use exchange services for paypal payments ( this service have high fees and takes 4-7 days).

So we are looking for a partner in USA.
Our client will pay to your paypal account, you will receive payments, then you will send money to our company via western union.

Your salary will depend on amount of paypal transfers you'll get.
You will get 7% from each transaction.
PayPal and western union fees will be covered by us.

Usually, there are 3-4 payments per week.
Each payment is about $999 - $2999

So you will earn about $1500-2500 for the first month.

We don't need any private info from you! You address
and phone only!
You also don't need any special experience, this is
simple job at all.

Thank you.
If you are interested or have any question please contact me at manager@norteks.com

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The email came from manager@daemian.com...Noteven the same one they say to contact them at. Both are blank domains. :rolleyes_ They're getting smart about looking legit too...The e-mail was a clean HTML e-mail blast template.

[John E Dove]

Their domain is registered.
Registrant:
Karen Deis
1080 Troon Dr East
Niceville, FL 32578
United States

Registered through: GoDaddy.com, Inc. (http://www.godaddy.com)
Domain Name: DAEMIAN.COM
Created on: 20-Oct-04
Expires on: 20-Oct-08
Last Updated on: 19-Jan-08

Administrative Contact:
Deis, Karen karendi7@alufard.com
1080 Troon Dr East
Niceville, FL 32578
United States
8508972658

Technical Contact:
Deis, Karen karendi7@alufard.com
1080 Troon Dr East
Niceville, FL 32578
United States
8508972658

Domain servers in listed order:
NS1.MYNS.BZ
NS2.MYNS.BZ

[The BoidSmith]

Another "smarter" move is that you are addressing it to you directly and not "Dear Sir or Madam". Thanks for the heads up! :)

[The BoidSmith]

Another "smarter" move is that they are addressing it to you directly and not "Dear Sir or Madam". Thanks for the heads up!

[TripleMoonsExotic]

Which really isn't hard to find my name. It can be found on a WhoIs lookup of any of my domains just like John showed for theres.

[The BoidSmith]

Yes, true, but most of the Nigerian scams I've seen are more of a bulk mailing type (PayPal, US Bank, etc.). Personalized is a little more dangerous as they may catch you off guard.

[John E Dove]

I am sort of curious how they could get away with the scam using Pay Pal.

[The BoidSmith]

Because the PayPal address is fake and the money goes to another account.

[TripleMoonsExotic]

And PayPal's known for providing refunds to non-deserving individuals who claim products not received...Or they can pay via "e-check" through PayPal and the funds can bounce after forwarding money via Western Union.