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Message: <blockquote data-quote="AtulaSiriwardane" data-source="post: 4070160" data-attributes="member: 120286">Fraud recovery scams This variant targets former victims of scams. The scammer contacts the victim saying that their organization can track and apprehend the scammer and recover the money lost by the victim, for a price. Alternatively, the scammer may say that a fund has been set up by the Nigerian government to compensate victims of 419 fraud, and all that is required is proof of loss (which usually includes personal information) and a processing and handling fee to release the amount of the claim. The scammer is counting on the victim's dire need to recover their lost money, as well as the fact that they have fallen victim before and are therefore susceptible to such scams. Often, these scams are perpetrated by the same scammer who conned the victim in the first place, as an attempt to ensure the scammer gets every penny possible from the victim. Alternately, the original scammer will "sell" a list of the people he has scammed but who have ceased contact to another scammer who runs the recovery scam. Sometimes the scammer impersonates the foremost "fraud related crime-fighters" in Nigeria, the EFCC (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_and_Financial_Crimes_Commission" target="_blank">Economic and Financial Crimes Commission</a>), which not only adds credibility to the scam, but tarnishes the reputation of the EFCC once this second scam is discovered.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advance_fee_fraud#cite_note-36" target="_blank">[37]</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advance_fee_fraud#cite_note-AbidjanEmbassy-13" target="_blank">[14]</a>  Puppy scams Another such scam is based on the adoption of a puppy (usually <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_Bulldog" target="_blank">English Bulldogs</a> or <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yorkshire_Terrier" target="_blank">Yorkshire Terriers</a>; a cute, expensive breed coveted by families who cannot afford them) or an exotic pet. A scammer first posts an advertisement or sets up a web page offering puppies for adoption or for sale at a ridiculously low price, most often using stolen pictures from other websites and respectable breeders. When a victim responds to the ad and questions the lowered price or the reason for giving up such an adorable and expensive pet, the scammer first explains that they have recently moved to Nigeria or Cameroon from the US for work (usually volunteer work as missionaries) or for studies, and claims either to have no time to properly care for the pet, that the weather has had such a terrible toll on the pet or that they have too many pets to care for. The scammer and victim will exchange a few emails to build trust. Once it is established that the victim offers the right home for the pet, the scammer will then offer to ship the pet and requests that the victim only pay for shipping. The victim, who now has an emotional attachment to the pet, feels obligated and even happy to do so, as shipping is a small price to pay compared to the pet's full price at a shop or breeder. The scammer requests Western Union to keep the deal going in a timely fashion as the pet is ready to go to a new home and the victim is now excited. However, after wiring money, the victim will not receive the pet (as the pets don't exist), and if the victim does hear from the scammer again it is only for more money (to get puppy out of airport holding, or to pay unexpected vet bills that have come up) until the victim stops responding.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advance_fee_fraud#cite_note-37" target="_blank">[38]</a></blockquote>

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