He's at it again my friends. Warn all who you can. This scammer hasn't stopped yet and so long as he has victims (unknowing and trusting people), he's going to keep it up. Be assured that I am keeping my eye out!

Abante International www.Abantehome.org - New Charity Scam - Same as Concordia - Beware!


http://www.abantehome.org/

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Ramona Kurylas
www.webnetpresence.com
Web Design & Online Technical Support
ramona@webnetpresence.com

i AM HOLDING A LARGE AMOUNT OF MONEY -RIGHT NOW WHERE I AM AFRAID TO WESTERN UNION BECAUSE i DONT' KNOW IF IT LEGIT-I WAS PICKED UP BY A POSTING ON CAREERBUILDER-WHAT SHOULD I DO

Do NOT send any money anyplace! Visit my website for more details at www.webnetpresence.com or contact me directly at ramona@webnetpresence.com for more information.

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Ramona Kurylas
www.webnetpresence.com
Web Design & Online Technical Support
ramona@webnetpresence.com

I just received a check in the mail for Abante International for $4500.00. I was instructed via email to cash the check an i will get instructions where to western union the money to.

I have the emails from the contact Robert Wilson. I read online that other persons have received these same types of cashiers checks and have had their banks advise them that the checks were bad.

I had a feeling that this "job offer" might be a scam // i was even more shocked when i saw a $4500.00 check come to me in the mail in my name.

i am ready an willing to cooperate in finding out who this person is as he is targeting people throuth career builder and other job seeker websites.

Please conact me to let me know how i can help, I am pretty sure that wherever i am instructed to western union the money to will lead to the person organizing this scam.
see this website for more info on others that have been scamed in the same way i have been.

http://www.webnetpresence.com/

Inga

I, too received a check. Since this came to me from Careerbuilder.com, I thought that it might be legit-I was still very leary, though. I went ahead and told Robert Wilson to go ahead and send me a check-thinking the whole time that I would take it directly to my bank and have them verify it first-That is exactly what happened-they confirmed that it is indeed a bogus check and they kept it-I also have every email and piece of mail that he sent-I hope that they can catch this jerk and hopefully, not too many people will have been duped by then-

I too received a check for $4500.00. It was a cashier's check and cleared my bank though. I even told them I suspected it was a scam and they never put a hold on it and it has cleared. So now what? Do I wait a while longer and see if it some how comes back un-paid? I was assured by my financial institution that it has cleared and can not bounce back on me at this point. I certainly do not want to get involved if it is a scam. So perhaps I should just wait a while longer? This really scares me. I have already lost over $5000 in scams of a different type but I became a little trusting when the check cleared my bank. I can see now that it really may not clear after all.
Lofnheidr

I got the $4500 check and actually wired money from it and now both of my checking accounts are frozen. I wish I would have done a little more research before I did it. I'm working on a way to sue someone for my lossses and then some, be it the scammer or the bank for prematurely clearing the fradulent check. I'll keep posting as I get farther into it.
Thank you all for opening my eyes to how bad it really is.

Yep... As for me... the check cleared then was put on hold and then came back rejected... and the money was removed from my account... and the bank is actually going to CLOSE my account... not just put it on hold.. but CLOSE it. Which means I can't even get my payroll direct deposit today to pay my bills. Nor will I be able to get my TAX return next week because it is supposed to be directly deposited.

I have just filed a complaint with www.ic3.gov. It is a site that works with the FBI to investigate online fraud. I suggest that you all do so as well if you haven't already because the more complaints they get the more likely they are to investigate it.

I got scammed to the tune of $4500.00; a local store cashed the $4500 cashiers check and I wired the funds to Ukraine. A week later the store contacted me that the $4500 cashier's check was bogus and wants me to pay the $4500.00 back. I have filed a complaint with www.ic3.gov and called the FBI; They say there are thousands of scams out there but what am I to do to repay the money which is now in Ukraine. I had read stories about the suffering of people in that country and thought this was legitimate. What a mess I got into!!!

Victim Of Charity Check-Cashing Scam Fights Back

February 16, 2006
Increasingly, scammers are targeting people looking for jobs on many of the established Internet job sites. One victim has spent the last few months fighting back.

"Initially I was contacted by email with the offer of a job with a 'charity' as a donations processor. The email was made to look like it came from Careerbuilder.com," Ramona Kurylas, a Colorado graphic designer, told ConsumerAffairs.com.

The email looked very official, with the Careerbuilder.com logo. It offered to hire Kurylas as someone who would receive large checks and deposit them for distribution to people in need.

"I received a Federal Express envelope with a cashiers check in the amount of $7,500 and was told to deposit it in my bank and let my superior know when I had the money available."

The bank released $100 immediately, which Kurylas wired to the scammer, but because the amount of the check was more than $5,000 they placed a hold on the rest.

Fortunately for Kurylas, the check was returned, stamped "counterfeit," five days later – but before she could wire the funds.

"I was shocked that it had happened to me. I thought I was pretty smart and could avoid any email scams. I was embarrassed and humiliated and thought, this just isn't right," she said.

Almost overnight, Kurylas became an anti-scam crusader. She converted her personal Web site (www.webnetpresence.com) into a warning about the charity check processing scam. It wasn't long before she began to hear from fellow victims.

"Since October I've been contacted by 200 people who have been victimized by this same scam. This difference is most of the people contacting me lost a lot more money."

Kurylas believes the scammer has started sending smaller checks, usually about $4,500, because banks must release funds for checks under $5,000 right away. In her case a delay gave the bank time to discover the forgery. More recent victims haven't been so fortunate.

Kurylas says the scam mutates almost like a virus, changing the name of the organization and the contact person frequently. But she says the scammer continues to mine job search sites for potential victims. Her advice?

"Interview the person offering you the job, just like they should interview you. Ask them how long they've been in business, who founded the company, ask for references," Kurylas said.

"If you are posting your resume online, do not ever put any of your contact information in the body of the resume."

Careerbuilder.com provides a link at the bottom of its home page labeled "fraud," which goes to a page warning consumers about a number of online frauds and how to avoid them.

"I don't think that's adequate. I think that fraud link should be at the top of the page, and in bold print," Kurylas said.

http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news0...am_victim.html

A serious message to pseudonym of Richard Miller.

You hide behind a false email, a false charity organization, and a false existence of manhood. Working people in this world get actual jobs and earn their living as best they can. What is your excuse for what you do? Does your mother know what you do for a living? Does she know her son? How does it make you feel to have innocent people lose their hard earned money to you, having their bank accounts closed, causing all sorts of undue stress and heartache from putting their trust in you? Especially, when they think they are helping those even less fortunate around the world.

In all seriousness, you need to listen to this and remember it one day. This is not mindless insult. You are alone. You don't have any kids or close family members. But you may someday, unfortunately. And you will have to tell them about your youth and career as a lawless internet scammer. You will have to live with this atrocity for the rest of your life. Its already too late to do anything about it. When you are old and dying, you will reflect on this time with an insurmountable amount of guilt and sorrow. Go ahead and laugh, and show this message to all your conspirators. They will laugh too. But one day, the laughing will stop. Your cronies will turn on you. Mistrust will occur. You will all go your separate ways with your money, and you’ll be watching your back till you die. Is money really that important? Then, you will be alone again. Or you will confess your sins to your wife and your children, God fobid you ever convince a companion to love you and have biological offspring with you. On your death bed, you will weep and beg God for forgiveness. You will want to return all the money you stole from hard working, innocent people. But it will be too late. They will all be dead or unavailable. You think about this for a little while...and then go back to what you do best. Hide behind a computer and rip people off without even speaking to them on the phone or meeting them face-to-face like a spineless coward. You are not only pathetic, but you are also sad, because anyone with the kind of childhood you have had, and the catastrophic parental failure that altered your life forever, you really had no other place to go with such a frail and weak mind. It will be a real shame if you do have kids one day, because they will be permanently stamped with your failure as a human being, and will sadly go down the same path you chose. It is important of course that you are caught and given life imprisonment, instead of being allowed to go on and have children, and you must not let yourself poison your offspring by creating them. This is very important sir, you already know how unbelievably selfish you are, as well as sinfully greedy; do NOT impose your selfishness on what would become your child. There are very few individuals on this planet that should be less allowed to have offspring, than you. I beg you not to ruin a child’s life. Just think about some one else for once in your life beside yourself. If you should reach a point in your life where you can actually feel the human emotion of “love” for another human being, be it male or female, there is only one thing you should do. Turn yourself in to the authorities before you hurt someone. Or, kill yourself with well planned methods to reduce your own pain.

Your illegitimate life of crime will catch up with you my friend. And there is only one being you will have to answer to. What will you say to the face of God when you die? He'll send you on an express elevator to hell. Rolling your eyes because you think this is religious rhetoric? Just wait and see...only one person in this will be laughing in the end. It will not be you.

Probably because of websites like this, Mr. Miller and Adeona are off the air. I'm sure we'll hear soon from more victims when he uses a new name and website. Keep going *******, you're going to get caught. I know this for a fact. Get ready for a huge prison sentence, possibly life. Was it all worth it? Maybe to your buddy in the Ukraine it is. Will he come visit?

i TOO was a victim of this fraud scam...i deposited the money back in february, western unioned the money to the Ukraine and took my 7% profit. about a month later i received a letter from the post office informing me that they believed that i was a victim of fraud and a questionnaire to fill out and asking me if i was willing to testify in this matter. at the time i still didnt think it was fraud because everything had went thru and i had no problems whatsoever. now 4 months later my checking account is negative $4000. i called the bank and they stated that they just received the check back as no good the check i received was for $4500 but i already had $500 in my account so now im @ssed out of my money (which was my rent money none the less) i went online and filled out the complaint form with usps.com...and i noticed from a couple other post that people are going on www.ic3.gov to put in a complaint also which i will do shortly....other than that i have no clue on how to proceed or get my money back....has anybody gotten anywhere with this investigation?