John Brent, Johnson Jones ripoff fraudligent money grams and international postal money orders Lagos, Nigeria
I was sent travlers express money grams from him cause he said he needed someone in the states to cash then for him, I thought I was helping this person out, but come to find out I was scammed here. The money grams totaled of $10,000.00 which i took to a cashing place, got cashed and tried to send to africa. i really didnt know about any of the scams going on over there but i do now,but anyways i got left holding the bag for $5000.00 while he walks, which isnt fair but this is how it goes, then he desides to send more international post office money orders totaling to $7000.00, which i took to the post office and they werent any good either. So now the postal inspecter is looking into this. He also claims he has a construction company in Lagos, Nigeria by the name of JBCC,
Beth
McConnelsville, Ohio
U.S.A.
2 Updates & Rebuttals
Nadine
South Haven,Michigan,
U.S.A.
Warning
#3Consumer Comment
Sat, January 20, 2007
Anything Nigeria is a scam. period. Web meeting places, you supposedly won the lottery were your e-mail was randomly drawn, or someone with fraud and deceit is trying to proposition you to become next of kin in some fraudulent story is no more then a fraudulent, criminal scam attempt to rid you of your money in one way or another.
Further, Nigeria is not the only place of scams also China, the UK, Canada, Russia, Rumania and many more.
My Bank has warning posters at every counter with FBI warnings to such scams. The mottoif it is too good to be true.your scammed and the best thing due NOT OPEN these mails just spam and block them. After a while you have peace again and you get less and less mails like this.
Michelle
Kingman,Arizona,
U.S.A.
Nothing is for free!!
#3Consumer Suggestion
Mon, July 25, 2005
I receive, on average, anywhere from 3 to 10 of these email scam letters every month. The author always claims to be one of the following: the agent for someone deceased, who left millions in an unclaimed bank account who's entire family was killed along with them, and has no traceable relatives, OR: the family member of someone who was killed in a car accident, who is looking for someone to help them smuggle millions out of the country, so that a corrupt government doesn't steal it from them, etc...
They will hound you continuously if you so much as respond to an email. NEVER EVER give them any personal information or bank account numbers. Don't give them your phone number. They will send FAKE credentials that look authentic, but trust me, they are NOT. You will be left responsible for the repayment of the bad checks to whatever bank or check cashing place you present them to. The checks appear legit and it takes several days or even weeks for them to be returned.
Just remember - you are helping someone try and do something illegal in the first place, do you really think there are people in AFRICA (Nigeria is part of Africa) who have all these millions of dolloars lying around unclaimed when the majority of the country is poor, diseased and starving, or dying of AIDS? NO. This is a SCAM trying to get you to send money from the fake checks and you are the only one that can be prosecuted for your part in this scam (cashing a bad check) since they are out of the country and using fake names. NOBODY GETS MONEY FOR FREE!!! Don't be a dumbass!