Fraudes por Internet

Hay un alud de correos electrónicos en los que se ofrecen millonarias cantidades de dinero, loterías avisando que ganaste quien sabe cuantos millones de libras esterlinas, viudas de un rey africano, abogados que necesitan entregar una herencia, chinos que tratan de sacar dinero de su país, muchos.

Claro que son pura trampa, nadie regala dinero. ¿Cómo te vas a sacar la lotería inglesa si nunca compraste el boleto? algunos de los textos dicen:
"Dear Friend,
Due to your effort, sincerity, courage and trust worthiness you showed at the course of the Uk Online Lotto Winning cheque shipment to your location, I want to compensate you and show my gratitude to you with the sum of $1.200,000.00.USD (One Million Two Hundred Thousand United States Dollars)I have authorized the finance house where I deposited the money to issue you an international certified bank draft cashable at any bank in your country" Aquí, ofrecen una suma de un millón 200 mil dólares.
Luego, piden tus datos:
1. Full Names:
2. Residential Address:
3. Phone Number:
4. Fax Number:
5. Occupation:
6. Sex:
7. Age :
8. Nationality:"
Pedir tus datos completos es una constante.

Otro mensaje ofrece dinero enviado por Western Union:
We have concluded to effect your payment ((USD$2.1M) Two Million One Hundred Thousand Dollars through Western Union Money Transfer. But the maximum amount you will be receiving daily starting from tomorrow onward is $7,100.00 until the funds is completely paid out to you.

Si alguna alma inocente se traga esta farsa y manda sus datos, el siguiente paso es pedirle una comisión del 70% después de que haya recibido el depósito, es importante que la víctima tenga una cuenta de cheques para depositarle.

Éste es otro ejemplo:
"PETER CHIANG & ASSOCIATES
SOLICITOR AND ADVOCATES
NO. 101, JALAN PUDU RAYA,
TAMAN DESA RAYA
MALAYSIA
Email: barr.peterchiang12@gmail.com

I am Peter Chiang, an attorney at law. I discovered your email and information through internet search, I know this sounds like a scam because of lot of activities going on the internet. But I assure you that this is real.

A deceased client of mine, that shares the same last name as yours, who died as the result of a heart-related condition in March 12th 2005. His heart condition was due to the death of all the members of his family in the tsunami disaster on the 26th December 2004 in Sumatra Indonesia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_Indian_Ocean_earthquake

I have contacted you to assist in distributing the money left behind by my client before it is confiscated or declared unserviceable by the bank where this deposit valued at Eighteen million dollars (US$18million dollars) is lodged. This bank has issued me a notice to contact the next of kin, or the account will be confiscated.

My proposition to you is to seek your consent to present you as the next-of-kin and beneficiary of my named client, since you have the same last name, so that the proceeds of this account can be paid to you. Then we can share the amount on a mutually agreed-upon percentage. All legal documents to back up your claim as my client's next-of-kin will be provided. All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us see this transaction through.

Éste otro viene aparentemente del FBI
"Anti-Terrorist And Monetary Crimes Division
FBI Headquarters In Washington, D.C.
Federal Bureau Of Investigation
J. Edgar Hoover Building
935 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, D.C. 20535-0001

Attn: Beneficiary,
ABOUT YOUR $10 MILLION USD ONLINE LOTTERY PRIZE WON
This is to Officially inform you that it has come to our notice and we have thoroughly completed an Investigation with the help of our Intelligence Monitoring Network System that you legally won the sum of $10,000,000 USD from a Lottery Company outside your country. During our investigation we discovered that your e-mail won the money from an Online Balloting System and we have authorized this winning to be paid to you via a Certified Cashier's Check.
Normally, it will take up to 5 business days for an International Check to be cashed by your local bank. We have successfully notified this company on your behalf that funds are to be drawn from a registered bank within the United States Of America so as to enable you cash the check instantly without any delay, henceforth the stated amount of $10,000,000 USD has been deposited with Bank Of America.
We have completed this investigation and you are hereby approved to receive the winning prize as we have verified the entire transaction to be Safe and 100% risk free, due to the fact that the funds have been deposited at Bank Of America you will be required to settle the following bills directly to the Lottery Agent in-charge of this transaction whom is located in Lagos, Nigeria. According to our discoveries, you were required to pay for the following -
(1) Deposit Fee's ( Fee's paid by the company for the deposit into an American Bank which is - Bank Of America )
(2) Cashier's Check Conversion Fee ( Fee for converting the Wire Transfer payment into a Certified Cashier's Check )
(3) Shipping Fee's ( This is the charge for shipping the Cashier's Check to your home address and this fee includes Insurance )
The total amount for everything is $500.00 (Five Hundred-US Dollars). We have tried our possible best to indicate that this $500.00 should be deducted from your winning prize but we found out that the funds have already been deposited at Bank Of America and cannot be accessed by anyone apart from you the winner, therefore you will be required to pay the required fee's to the Agent in-charge of this transaction via Western Union Money Transfer Or Money Gram.
In order to proceed with this transaction, you will be required to contact the agent in-charge ( Mr. David Johnson) via e-mail. Kindly look below to find appropriate contact information:

Name To Contact: David Johnson
Email Address: davidoffyce001@gmail.com
PHONE NUMBER: +234-8023418913

Thank you very much for your anticipated co-operation
in advance as we earnestly await your urgent response
to this matter."

BEST REGARDS
Anti-Terrorist And Monetary Crimes Division
FBI Headquarters In Washington, D.C.
Federal Bureau Of Investigation
J. Edgar Hoover Building
935 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, D.C.
20535-0001, USA Email: agentnancy@mailpersonal.com"

Pero si te fijas, los correos no son del FBI, son gratuitos, de gmail y de mailpersonal. Aquí el timo está en pedir 500 usd para poder cobrar diez millones de usd.

Este otro, te deja un 40%, se supone que un 10% es para gastos y el abogado que te invita al negocio se lleva un 50%.
"From The Desk Of Barrister John Williams John & Associate Chambers
37 Sathorn Tai Road,
Bangkok Thailand
Email: barrjohnwilliams_bangkok@yahoo.com.hk

Upon receipt of the fund, I will come over to your country to meet with you for the disbursement of the fund and then you and I will share the money in this order: 50% will be for me, 40% will be for you.While 10% is for execution of the fund incase of any expenses you encountered during the process of the fund into your account. I have all the necessary legal documents that can back our claim we will make with the Finance House."

¿Dónde está el fraude? fácil, te dicen que te van a hacer una transferencia electrónica, pero en realidad te depositan un cheque en algún lejano país, como Singapur, Nigeria; te llaman, te presionan, checas tu estado de cuenta y aparece ya el depósito de, por ejemplo, diez millones de dólares. Entonces te piden que les pagues su parte, tal vez el 60%, (Si tienes el dinero), entonces les pagas el 40% de los diez millones, o lo que tengas, si dices que no tienes toda la cantidad, entonces te piden que les des lo que sea, mediante una transferencia. Unas dos semanas después, te enteras de que se depositó un cheque por diea millones de dólares sin fondos, además el banco te cobra una lana por ese cheque y pierdes lo que les transferiste