help me pls

[mirneo515]

hi

I'm Prasanth, recently I've recieved a mail to my mail id that I've won one million dollars. I was asked to contact one man named Joris Casper so i did. Later I cam e to know that he is a fraud.
The problem is gave my information and drivers license as identification. What should I do now.

pls help me anyone

[John Fairheart]

Hi mirneo515,

Welcome to FraudWatchers. The first thing to do is to stop all communications with the fraudsters, and don't panic or do anything rash. I have taken these chapters from the FAQ to assist you with your questions:-


http://www.fraudwatchers.org/forums/faq.php?faq=fw_faq_main#faq_how_14
I sent them my personal information/scan of my passport, what can they do with it? - They will probably use these to try to scam others by using your name and details. In most cases, this will not affect you directly in any way, since it is rare that the details used are taken further to commit serious crimes.

However, the details received could also be used for other types of identity theft which can cause a lot of problems for you, but most 419 scammers rarely have any of the additional knowledge required to make this happen. We do recommend, just to be on the safe side, that you attend your local police station and make a police report.

http://www.fraudwatchers.org/forums/faq.php?faq=fw_faq_main#faq_how_13
"I sent my bank details and address, what should I do?"
Contact your bank immediately.

[mirneo515]

I've got a mail from joris casper(joriscasper@netscape.net)

[mirneo515]

hi
I'm prasanth right now I'm one of the targets of fraudster and he's still in contact with me. can u guys help me.

[Nyla]

Welcome and well spotted. That email address is associated with lottery scams on several sites. The hits for the address in the search engine Google can be viewed by clicking on this link. http://www.google.com/search?q=joriscasper%40netscape.net

The name and email seem to be matched with a rather generic lottery scam (the lottery company doesn't seem to be named in the format I found at all), and "Joris Casper" is supposedly the "claims agent". If contacted, the "claims agent" would claim that you need to pay taxes and/or fees in order to receive your prize.

Below is one of the formats posted on the net. Is this the same format you received?

The mail was sent using a MSN account (prizeaward12@msn.com) and had the following contents:

FROM THE DESK OF THE DIRECTOR INTERNATIONAL PRIZE AWARD DEPT

Attn Lucky Winner,
WINNING NOTIFICATION FOR CATEGORY “A” WINNER
ONLY
We are pleased to inform you of the result of the last final annual draw of
our Lottery International Programs.
The online cyber lotto draws was conducted from an exclusive list of
25,000,000 e-mail addresses of individual and corporate bodies picked by an
advanced automated random computer search from the internet. No tickets were
sold.
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
After this automated computer ballot, your e-mail address emerged as a
winner in the category “A” with the following numbers attached Ref Number:
PW 9590 ES 9414,Batch Number: 573881545-NL/2005 and Ticket Number: PP 3502
/8707-01
You are therefore to receive a cash prize of $1,500,000.00. (One Million
Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) from the total payout
CONGRATULATIONS!!!. Your prize award has been insured with your e-mail
address and will be transferred to you upon meeting our requirements,
statutory obligations, verifications, validations and satisfactory report.
To file in for the processing of your prize winnings, you are advised to
contact our Certified and Accredited claims agent for category “A” winners
with the information below:
*************************************
Name: Joris Casper
Email:joris_caspe@myway.com
: joriscasper@netscape.net
Tel: +31 621 911 823
*************************************
You are advice to provide him with the following information:
Names:
Telephone/Fax number:
Nationality:
Age:
NOTE: All winnings must be claimed not later than 14 days, thereafter
unclaimed funds would be included in the next stake. Remember to quote your
reference information in all correspondence.
You are to keep all lotto information confidential, especially your
reference and ticket numbers. (This is important as a case of double claims
will not be entertained).Members of the affiliate agencies are automatically
not allowed to participate in this program.
Furthermore, should there be any change of address do inform our agent as
soon as possible.
Congratulations once more from our members of staff and thank you for being
part of our promotional program.
Yours Faithfully,
Walter Jones.
Lottery Coordinator.
Thank you and congratulations!!!

[jasnrichrdsn]

Hi Prasanth,

Can you tell me more about the scam? Does it involve a lottery or a bank account? Have you sent any money to the scammer? I'll need a little more information before I can suggest a course of action.

[mirneo515]

I havent gave them money but I gave my personal information to them and I gave photocopy of my drivers license to them. Right now they r in still contact with me.
want more i can post the interaction between me and them.

[FW Admin]

Note: I have merged this thread together with the others started in the 'Welcome' and 'Warnings received' Forums to avoid possible confusion.

[jasnrichrdsn]

Since you sent your driver's license it is best that you contact your local police (as noted above). They can direct you further.

Good luck!

[PRS_ABDUL]

Prasanth Are you from INDIA if so please do contact DEPT OF FORIEGN EXCHANGE and lodge a complain with them cos they might use your address for any illegal money transaction into india which can draw you into the foriegn exchange act.see they can open an account here with your ID PROOF so act quick

[Frazzle]

Prasanth,

You cannot stop the scammers contacting you. They will keep sending you emails so long as they think there's a chance that you will pay them money.

You could send them an email saying that you know that they are filthy scammers and won't ever give them any money. Or you could simply delete any emails you receive from them. They will eventually give up.

You should also realise that you're likely to get more scamming emails. Firstly, "Joris Casper" got your email address somehow (maybe you've posted it somewhere on the Net?) Other scammers may also find it and send their scamming messages to you. Secondly, because you responded to "Joris Casper", he know that your account exists and is read. He will try you with other scams, and probably sell your account details to other scammers.

If you find it difficult to identify scam email or dealing with this stuff is difficult for you in some way, you may wish to close that email account and open a new one that you only provide to friends and family and so on.

[GeeH]

I would not condone any further communication with the scammers as they have your personal information. Simply cease communication with them entirely. Block the email addresses from your email client and mark them as spam. If you have sent bank details or indentification, contact your local police station.

[Sarah]

Another thing you can do is block the scammers email messages.

edit - Oops, I missed GH's reply. :oops:

[sand]

i too recieved a mail sayaing Batch N0: P2/0056/2008
Ref N0: KPL/09-002/JA is it true rly me soon

[ThatGrrl]

Hi there sand,

No, it's not real. That's a lottery scam you've got there. Have a look at the Google results for the same Ref No. you received http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=KPL%2F09-002%2FJA&btnG=Search&meta=

Any email you receive telling you you've won a lottery is a scam. Please delete and other such emails you receive.

TG