He is up and running his fake check scam again, this time it is www.amaliahome.org. Warn as many as possible.

Thanks,
- Ramona
www.webnetpresence.com

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Hey Romona,
All this jerk is doing is to simply changed the site name and registered or maybe not registered the so called new site. He ought to be caught or stop by now.

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Domain ID116388330-LROR
Domain Name:WWW.AMALIAHOME.ORG
Created On:13-Feb-2006 01:59:20 UTC
Last Updated On:14-Feb-2006 23:11:00 UTC
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Scam Targets Homebodies

Denise Ellen Rizzo
Tracy Press

Work at home and make easy money.

That is the introduction to the latest scam to hit e-mail inboxes, and police say people are unfortunately buying into it.

The scam invites people to work at home using one of two different ploys.

Some people are invited to work for an investment company cashing checks for their clients. Once they have the cash, they’re told to wire the money to an overseas account.

The problem with this job is that the checks are using someone else’s bank account number. Those duped into cashing them are usually caught by police and then considered to be a suspect in the scam.

“Checks average $1,000 to $2,000 (each),” Detective Marc Bergman said. “They are told they can keep 10 percent of the check and the rest is to be wired.”

The other scam angle invites people to buy goods over the Internet to be sent to overseas locations. The problem with this job is that the purchases are being made with stolen credit card numbers.

Bergman said he is currently investigating Tracy residents who have been reeled in both as victims and as unknowing participants.

Bergman said the red flag in this scam is the overseas locations connected with the jobs. He said the conmen in these scams usually want the money or goods sent to Russia, Nigeria or Romania.

One Tracy woman told Bergman she read about a work-at-home job reading a popular job market listing.

She said she soon found herself being asked to cash checks for a so-called investment firm.

To reinforce the scam, applicants are sent numerous e-mails praising their work with promises of a promotion — the workers are told they must work at least a year to be eligible for better jobs.

He said the check-cashing scam has a small success rate, because most people are caught and usually won’t try it a second time.

Bergman said he traced a stolen Tracy credit card number to a Concord apartment. He said a note on the door regarding Internet-purchased shoes told him he was at the right place.

The woman living there said she began making Internet purchases for a company in mid-November. Although she never got paid, she did receive some clothing.

She told officers she had no idea the credit card number was stolen. She said she felt bad for the person running the ad, because he was posing as a Nigerian pastor.

Since officers can’t trace the case back to the scam artists, the woman is still considered a suspect.

“It’s a worldwide problem. People are looking for a way to make some easy money from home, but it’s all bad,” Bergman said.

“If it’s too good to be true, it probably is.”

Police are urging anyone that receives a too-good-to-be-true e-mail offer should contact police at the Internet Crime Complaint Center at www.ic3.gov.

? To reach reporter Denise Ellen Rizzo, call 830-4224 or e-mail drizzo@tracypress.com.

http://www.tracypress.com/local/2006-02-09-Scam.php

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I received a recruitment email addressed to my name from a Michael Phillips from Amelia Foundation for some part time work at home taking care of donations. The email was on careerbuilder letterhead and had an account ID and “Message From Job Poster” logo.

There is mention of being paid by taking 7% of any donations I process.

I checked careerbuilder, and neither Amelia Charities or Amelia Foundation have jobs listed. I don’t know why there are two company names on the same email.

The company website is www.ameliahome.org so I checked it out. Nice website but some things are odd. The first thing I tried to do was click on donations. Got another page that I had to search around for donations then clicked again. Again I got another page and the best that could be done would be to send them an email to ask about donating. I found no location for this foundation on the website. Sure is hard to give this foundation some money. You would have thought that name, address and credit card boxes would have popped up, but no.

Under career opportunities there are 3 high level jobs posted, the first being for a Chief Technical Officer. That is an unusual way for a company to solicit a CTO.

Website blah, blah states that they have been doing good for people since 1987 so you can imagine my surprise when I searched out the site information and found that the website was newly created April 2, 2006, or less than 2 weeks ago. Seemed to be listed as Denmark but had some ties to France.

A Google search on both company names came up with nothing, so that is one of the reasons that I’m starting this thread.

If I was interested in this opportunity, I was to email Michael. This looks too much like it might involve processing counterfeit checks, so I won’t be contacting him.

If you get one of these emails, proceed with caution.

Update:
The website above is the latest in a string of multiple scam charity websites. I found on "Charity Scams" that there are about 8 sites. Another is www.cameliahome.org which is the same site as I reported except for the heading "Camelia" on the top. Pretty much confirms that this is a scam.

http://www.scam.com/showthread.php?p=196802#post196802

Amelia is a scam along with 12 others that look exactly like it. The 2 company names may have appeared due to an error when they did a search and replace with the company name in their e-mail and/or website. You'll see what I mean when you take a look at the 13 websites that they have running concurrently (listed below). This scam has claimed over 650 victims since it's beginning sometime back in 2005. I have been keeping details and following this scam since then. Feel free to visit my website to see more at www.webnetpresence.com. You may also visit my partner website at www.peopleschronicle.org.

(4-11-06)
WWW.ADELYHOME.ORG

(4-11-06)
WWW.DAIRAHOME.ORG

(4-11-06)
WWW.ELENAHOME.ORG

(4-11-06)
WWW.ELSIEHOME.ORG

(4-11-06)
WWW.ELAINEHOME.ORG

(4-10-06)
WWW.ALMARYHOME.ORG

(4-5-06)
WWW.CAMELIAHOME.ORG

(4-3-06)
WWW.GOLSONHOME.ORG

(3-22-06)
WWW.CORDIAHOME.ORG

(03-21-06)
WWW.ALBERTAHOME.ORG

(03-20-06)
WWW.ELYNAHOME.ORG

Blessings,
- Ramona

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www.webnetpresence.com
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ramona@webnetpresence.com

This scene sounds so familar. See below the emial I recieved. I almost fell for it. I guess something spoke the sender....




From : WILLIAM MCDONALD <williammcdonald_2010@yahoo.co.uk>
Sent : Thursday, June 22, 2006 5:16 PM
To : (I took my name and email out)
Subject : UPDATE....

| | | Inbox


Dear (I took my name out),

Thank you for your recent update. I am happy you are doing everything possible to ensure the account is set up immediately. It gives me confidence in dealing with you. From your email, the account will be available tomorrow (23rd June, 2006)

I would want you to make sure the account s ready so payment can commence immediately.

Below are the information needed once more:

NAME.....................................................

RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS.........................

AGE........................................................

SEX:........................................................

STATE/COUNTRY.....................................

HOME TELEPHONE NUMBER...................

CELL PHONE NUMBER............................

OCCUPATION..........................................

COMPANY NAME...................................

NAME OF YOUR BANK..........................

ADDRESS OF BANK..............................

NAME OF ACCOUNT HOLDER...............

ACCOUNT NUMBER................................

I shall be expecting the above information as soon as possible.

Regards,
William McDonald


ACTEXO TEXTILE LIMITED
678 Windermear Way Prestwich
Manchester
EC4N 6JP
England
Telephone: +44-703-184-2933
Telephone: +44-702-401-6697

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