fredag 22. februar 2013

Frank Rayhan at Rayhan law firm - SCAM


Got a message on Facebook today. Wow, are people supposed to get so stunned by these amounts that their brains stop working? Could even 1 out of 1,000,000 be so stupid?

Here is the scam message:

Frank Rayhan
Dear Kjeldsen! Kindly be informed that this email that came to your mailbox is not an error but was specifically addressed to you for your consideration. I am an attorney at law and the principal partner of Rayhan law firm. I have a business proposal of $8,950,000.00 USD (Eight million, nine hundred and fifty thousand USD dollars only) in the codicil and last testament of a deceased who happens to be my client by name :(Dr. G. E.Kjeldsen) I am hereby, contacting you because you are qualified by your name identity since you bear the same surname with the deceased and could receive the funds upon claims. Upon your unbiased and speedy response to this call, I will inform you with all the required/necessary details with the modes of the execution of this covenant. Contact me via my private email address: (frankrayhan2013@gmail.com) Sincerely, Frank Rayhan


onsdag 20. februar 2013

China Business Consulting

Got a call today from this number: +862151552000 - The voice was weird as if it was modified (as always with these scams). The person who called said that he called from "China Business Consulting" and he made it clear to me that this was NOT about selling and that I didn't have to make any commitment. They were curious about my company and it seems like they got my full name from the Norwegian Company Register.

I was not resisting at all and answered politely to all his questions. What he wanted to do was to get my permission to send me information about various companies. Business opportunities, I assume.

Unfortunately he had to hang up and said "Thank you, good bye" before I had a chance to say anything. Either he found me suspicious or he had spent enough time already. Time will tell, maybe they will contact me in a few days with some opportunities "I can not say no to".

This has SCAM written all over it. Here are some clues (Like I've pointed out so many times before):
- Silly company name that is so easy to understand, yet sound so big; "China Business Consulting"
- Scrambled voice on the phone (probably they don't want any of their staff to be able to be identified by their voice)
- They make it clear (multiple times) that "this is not selling". They all say this, these days. A lot of the same "companies" are started by the same people. They know how to get people to not hang up.

They claimed that they were expanding in my country, but if this was a company with serious intensions, I think they would have an office here. I also think they would have Norwegians call me instead.