Scam Tip Report #85771 - ...New Zealand Oil and Gas (NZOG) and we are presently offshore in New Zealand Taranaki Basin on kapo project
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| Megan
Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
2017-03-15 22:13:34
Social Network Scam
1 |  +8 ...New Zealand Oil and Gas (NZOG) and we are presently offshore in New Zealand Taranaki Basin on kapo project Someone sees your comment on the Tauranga Rental Properties & Flatmates page and msgs you via FB saying their friend is keen to rent the room you have available and yet the person msging you has no FB profile picture and only one friend (alarm bells). You msg "Katherine Ann Weir" back and ask for this friends full name. You email "Rebecca Mayo" at rebmay12345@gmail.com telling her about the room you have available (alarm bells again) and this is the reply:
Hi,
Thanks for responding to my request, I am 36 year old non smoker lady . i work with New Zealand Oil and Gas (NZOG) and we are presently offshore in New Zealand Taranaki Basin on kapo project and i have limited time to surf the internet and also phone calls is also strictly limited due to nature of my work. I will like you to make the arrangement for the total cost covering the available dates rent together with bond from the date the house will get to be available. I will also like you to get back to me with your apartment address for me to forward it to my luggages mover to calculate the total cost of moving my little stuffs from USA also send more pictures to me and state the present condition of the property. I will be waiting to read back from you.
Cheers.
Rebecca
(you are still a bit suspect but email her back again with a rental agreement and pictures of property requesting more of her details and that she sign the form before you will provide your bank details for rent/bond)
This is the next email:
Hi
Thanks for the response has you ve know i work with New Zealand Oil and Gas (NZOG) and we are presently offshore in New Zealand Taranaki Basin on kapo project and this made my schedule so busy and this is one of the reason i wont be able to come over to view and total cost for 3month rent i hope i can trust you with any fund send to you?
Kindly get back with the rental agreement and your pay-pal details or your bank details.. i can also make payment from my pay-pal to your bank account and exact amount you are expecting me to pay so i could proceed with the payment
to get a paypal is easy to setup and use you can set one up with 4minute at www.PayPal.com and send me your paypal email,and full name only
i will want you to accept that is been rented to me so kindly remove the posting Thanks Rebecca
ALARM BELLS RINGING... The "New Zealand Oil and Gas (NZOG) and we are presently offshore in New Zealand Taranaki Basin on kapo project " thing was cut and pasted from previous email so I checked into the NZOG and was lead straight to this page - thank goodness!
These scamming assholes make me so mad-----its the old story "if it sounds too good to be true, it probably isn't" ----my email reply was: Hi Rebecca or whoever you are?
This is a scam and I will passing on your email address to the NZ Police. You have also been emailing a NZ Government address and I will also be passing on your information to our investigators to follow up.
(hope this puts the shits up them) but I doubt it.
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Follow Ups/Extra Information. Most recent is listed first.
| Hank (Sydney, New South Wales, Australia) Added the following extra information on :2018-12-12 19:08:15 |
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Replied to my property for rent ad on gumtree.com.au
I went further and I was sent a photo passport. But the birthday is 1980 which makes her 38 now(2018), she said she was 36 in the copy and paste email. The photo is not a normal passport photo, there's a bright light in the background on one side and her head is tilted sideways. I was always told to face directly into the camera when taking a passport photo and to have a plain background.
CLS Offshare is a UK company but the email is sent from PST(California time)
The last email looks to be hand written because it has lower case "i"s
Scam Email
| ec (Sydney, New South Wales, Australia) Added the following extra information on :2018-06-05 22:01:47 |
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On gum tree website.
Tuesday, 05 June 2018, 07:06PM +10:00 from Janet Nicolas janicholas1013@gmail.com:
Thanks a lot for the email. I am away at sea at the moment,i work with New Zealand Oil and Gas (NZOG) and we are presently offshore in New Zealand Taranaki Basin on kapo project. We do not have access to phone at the moment,its 5days off and 25days on,which is why I contacted you with internet messaging facility. Where is it located at the moment? I am buying it for my for my holiday and i want it delivered before my arrival.I won't be able to come for the inspection due to the nature of my work and i would have called but our calling is restricted.Regarding the payment,pls get back to me with your final asking price and your paypal details so i can process the payment,you can alternatively send your bsb and acct number if you have no paypal acct.I have also contacted my courier who will come for pick up after the whole fund has been cleared into your acct.
Regards
Tuesday, 05 June 2018, 07:39PM +10:00 from Janet Nicolas janicholas1013@gmail.com:
Thanks for the payment details and am happy to proceed with the payment, however i got a confirmation mail from the shipping agent now that i will need to pay for the freighting fees before they can schedule pre-shipping/ pickup date,they charged $950 for the pick up and delivery, but the problem is they only accept western union money transfer as form of payment which is sent to their HQ.
I need a credit card to personally take care of that but I didn't bring it along as I am currently on duty and had thought there would be no need for bringing it along.
As you are well aware of, due to the nature of my work am away and do not have access to western union, will it be ok with you if I add the $950 to the amount I am transferring? and you can help me make the western union transfer of the freighting fees through western union transfer? You are not obliged to help me, but i will indeed appreciate your help as I am a little incapacitated here.
Thanks
Tuesday, 05 June 2018, 08:26PM +10:00 from Janet Nicolas janicholas1013@gmail.com:
I have just made the payments into your account now and i expect PayPal to have emailed by now if not you can check your jelovea2003@hotmail.com
Spam or Junk folder for the Payment Confirmation email, i sent $1,580 in all, i added $1,000 meant for pick up and delivery and the western union fee also, so you will need to send $950 to the pick up agent Headquarters via western union transfer, PayPal said they have emailed you to this effect, i added extra $50 to cover the western union charges which shouldn't be more than $50, so $1,580 will be credit to your account.
Here is the pick up agent info needed to get the money sent through Western union transfer:
PS: If you didn't receive the payment receipt in your email? kindly check your email Spam/Junk folder because that was where i found the copy of my receipt.
Name: LI LIU
Address:Dongfeng Nanlunanshili jujia 16
City:Beijing
State:Beijing
Postal Code:100016
Country:China
I will need the details of the transfer once you have sent funds and you can also make the transfer online via westernunion.com.au.
Thanks
The fund is currently on hold with PayPal on their database that's why it's not showing up in your account, you are to send the mtcn of the transfer details across to PayPal for verification and as soon as its verify and confirmed, the funds will be released into your account immediately because right now the money has already been deducted from my account and can't be reversed back since the transaction has been authorized.
Thanks
Scam Email
| Anonymous () Added the following extra information on :2017-11-14 20:02:49 |
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Yes still operating through NZ FLATMATES, - although they sent me a warning notice.
!!! See full headers below. !!!
Katherine Ann
To:
XXXXXXXXXXXX
14 Nov at 10:33 PM
Hi,
Thanks for responding to my request, I am 36 year old non
smoker lady . i work with CLS Offshore and we are
presently offshore and i have limited time to surf the internet and
also phone calls is also strictly limited due to nature of my work. I
will like you to make the arrangement for the total cost covering the
available dates rent together with bond from the date the house will
get to be available. I
will also like you to get back to me with your apartment address for
me to forward it to my luggages mover to calculate the total cost of
moving my little stuffs from USA also send more pictures to me and
state the present condition of the property. I will be waiting to read
back from you.
Cheers.
Kat
Scam Email
| Anonymous () Added the following extra information on :2017-11-06 08:30:56 |
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Exactly same scamming emails came to me on 6th of Nov 2017, thank god I visited this page before passing any further information to her
How can we complain to Police about it . I am bit scared
here is one more ID tagged to kathy's ID
kiqaqy@duck2.club
| Anonymous () Added the following extra information on :2017-11-03 18:41:39 |
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This Fellx contacted me on FB indicating her friend is looking for a house to rent, and then I started an email conersation with Kat, which is exactly the same as the reported scam. I'm pasting the emails below.
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Hi,
Thanks for responding to my request, I am 36 year old non
smoker lady . i work with CLS Offshore and we are
presently offshore and i have limited time to surf the internet and
also phone calls is also strictly limited due to nature of my work. I
will like you to make the arrangement for the total cost covering the
available dates rent together with bond from the date the house will
get to be available. I
will also like you to get back to me with your apartment address for
me to forward it to my luggages mover to calculate the total cost of
moving my little stuffs from USA also send more pictures to me and
state the present condition of the property. I will be waiting to read
back from you.
Cheers.
Kat
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Hi
Thanks for the response has you ve know i work with CLS Offshore and
this made my schedule so busy and this is one of the reason i wont be
able to come over to view
i hope i can trust you with any fund send to you?i am renting for
12month but i will like to know the total cost for 3month
Kindly get back with the rental agreement and your pay-pal details or
your bank details.. i can also make payment from my pay-pal to your
bank account and
exact amount you are expecting me to pay so i could proceed with the
payment
to get a paypal is easy to setup and use you can set one up with
4minute at www.PayPal.com and send me your paypal email,and full name
only
i will want you to accept that is been rented to me so kindly remove the posting
Thanks
Kat
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| Anonymous () Added the following extra information on :2017-08-29 18:23:26 |
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Hi,
Thanks for responding to my request, I am 36 year old non
smoker lady . i work with New Zealand Oil and Gas (NZOG) and we are
presently offshore in New Zealand Taranaki Basin on kapo project and i
have limited time to surf the internet and also phone calls is also
strictly limited due to nature of my work. I will like you to make the
arrangement for the total cost covering the available dates rent
together with bond from the date the house will get to be available. I
will also like you to get back to me with your apartment address for
me to forward it to my luggages mover to calculate the total cost of
moving my little stuffs from USA also send more pictures to me and
state the present condition of the property. I will be waiting to read
back from you.
Cheers.
Kat
Scam Email
| Anonymous () Added the following extra information on :2017-07-26 14:22:10 |
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"A friend of mine(Rebecca) is keen to rent your place,Kindly contact her via rebmay12345@gmail.com ,pls do not reply here i may not have access to it .Thanks"
then I received the following reply:
Hi,
"Thanks for responding to my request, I am 36 year old non
smoker lady . i work with New Zealand Oil and Gas (NZOG) and we are
presently offshore in New Zealand Taranaki Basin on kapo project and i
have limited time to surf the internet and also phone calls is also
strictly limited due to nature of my work. I will like you to make the
arrangement for the total cost covering the available dates rent
together with bond from the date the house will get to be available. I
will also like you to get back to me with your apartment address for
me to forward it to my luggages mover to calculate the total cost of
moving my little stuffs from USA also send more pictures to me and
state the present condition of the property. I will be waiting to read
back from you.
Cheers."
Scam Email
| Anonymous () Added the following extra information on :2017-04-20 15:36:13 |
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I'm posting this here in case anybody else receives an email from this address: georgeeddiegreen@gmail.com
The name "Valerie Elizabeth" whose profile picture was yellow tulips and had no friends on facebook messaged me saying this:
"A friend is willing to rent the place you have for rent and his not
on Facebook,kindly email him at georgeeddiegreen@gmail.com or better still send your email address for him to contact you."
They were responding to an advertisement I had placed on a CLOSED facebook group advertising my room for subletting, I purposely only advertise on closed facebook groups to attempt to avoid these people but alas here we are.
I reported the email to google as phishing and blocked their email and reported their facebook account and messages there also. I'm sure they can easily create more fake accounts but hopefully this helps someone! If anything it made me laugh as I would never fall for an email like that especially when he miraculously decided to rent my room within 5 minutes of me sending details and pictures!!
Scam EmailHi
Thanks for the response, I am okay with the price and I am happy with the condition. you need to know i work with New Zealand Oil
and Gas (NZOG) and we are presently offshore in New Zealand Taranaki
Basin on kapo project and this made my schedule so busy and this is one of the reason i wont be
able to come over to view and total cost for 3month rent
i hope i can trust you with any fund send to you?
Kindly get back with the rental agreement and your pay-pal details or
your bank details.. i can also make payment from my pay-pal to your
bank account and
exact amount you are expecting me to pay so i could proceed with the
payment
to get a paypal is easy to setup and use you can set one up with
4minute at www.PayPal.com and send me your paypal email,and full name
only
i will want you to accept that is been rented to me so kindly remove the posting
Thanks
Cheers Eddie
