My Request to the Scammers

If you read my last blog entry, you will see that there is now a scam in which people are told that they can receive a portion of Michael Jackson’s estate. At the end of that blog I mentioned that I would now need to add another section to our message board, and now that I think about it I would need to add a new page to our website, with information on Dead Celebrity Scams.

This got me thinking about how this is a lot of work for all of the scam fighting sites to add a new page to our websites, with accurate information on how the scam works, the red flags to look for, plus a sample of one of the emails for our readers to look at. So, to help all of the scam fighting sites out, I would like to request that the scammers start sending out a press release when they create a new scam or a new variation. This press release should include the name of the scam, the date that the scammers are launching this variation, how the scam works or what older scam this is a variation on, the red flags that people should look for, along with a sample of one of the emails being used in this scam.

This would all be helpful because then as scam fighting websites we can just copy and paste this information into a new page of our websites.

Shawn Mosch
Co-Founder of ScamVictimsUnited.com
There is strength in numbers!

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Michael Jackson's name makes it's way into scam email

I never thought that I would be mentioning Michael Jackson’s name in a scam blog, but I guess this just proves that the scammers will stop at nothing and will use anything they think will get people’s attention. I found the following email in my spam folder the other day.

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From: bjohnbranca@yahoo.com.hkSubj: Hope
you receive this message!!!

Hope you receive this message!!!On
behalf of the Trustees and Executor of the estate of Late Michael Jackson. I
once again try to notify you as my earlier letter were returned undelivered. I
wish to notify you that late King of Pop. Michael Jackson made you a beneficiary
to his WILL. He left the sum of Five Million, Dollars (USD$5,000.000.00) to you
in the Codicil and last testament to his WILL. This may sound strange and
unbelievable to you, but it is real and true. Being widely entertainer, he must
have been in contact with you in the past or simply you were nominated to him by
one of his numerous fans abroad who wished you good. Late Michael Joseph Jackson
until his death was a member "MJFC" The Michael Jackson Fan Club and the
Institute of entertainer. Please if I reach you as I am hopeful, endeavor to get
back to me as soon as possible to enable me conclude my job. You are advice to
contact me with my personal email: barrjohnbranca@live.co.ukAwait your
prompt response.100Yours in Service, BARRISTER John Branca ESQ.

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I cannot believe it! I never even when to one of his concerts . . . I did purchase the Thriller album . . . but out of all of the people in the world to pick from, Michael Jackson picked ME to a beneficiary to his will.

I guess this means that I need to add a new section to our message board for Dead Celebrity Scams.

Shawn Mosch
Co-Founder of ScamVictimsUnited.com
There is strength in numbers!

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