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Paul Botha - Ruff Tung Fashion Show · 01-25-2007, 04:02 PM

I got an email from a guy claiming to be Paul Botha from Ruff Tung and needing models. I will post it after this...I filled it out and sent it in (why not right?) Well I got 3 money orders totaling $2550 sent to me today. I am afraid to cash them! I am 150% serious and I need some advice. I have to cash them and send all but my $500 (advance pay for the show) to a travel agent in Africa (where Ruff Tung is based). I get all my travel arrangements sent to me once the agency recieves the money. Then I get paid the other $500 after I work the show in NY. HELP! This is weird but they are real money orders. What do I do?!?!

Sara Joy
(See his emails below)
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Hello Dear,

RUFF TUNG FASHION is pleased to introduce you to yet another edition of our beauty /fashion show tagged 'DRY AND WINDY ' .We go around Africa/world yearly to recruit talented people like yourself because we believe in the saying that 'variety is the spice of life' ,Hence,we believe that when we have people from diverse backgrounds and diverse cultures which arises from different nationalities and different trainings in your specific field,it brings about more glamour and glitz to our shows.

The concept of our show is to bring a lot of talents from around the world.There will be loads of designers like Dolce&Gabanna,Tommy Hilfiger,Salvatore Ferragamo,TM Lewin&sons,Prada,Gucci,Ralph Lauren and a whole lot of others and you will work with them to make this show a success.

This show is gonna be held in NEW YORK for 3 days btw JAN 18th and JAN 21st.We are at the moment recruiting models,dancers,photographers,wardrobe stylists,beauticians,videographers,ushers,actors/actresses,etc.

All accomodation,flight and insurance will be handled by us for your full comfort.Moreso,you will be paid upfront.We will send the sum of $500 for now and you will receive the balance sum of $500 after the show.

You will be required to fill the form attached below and also send us a couple of your work for a brief review.Once that has been assessed,you will receive an email confirming your employment and also notifying you as to when you will your first instamental payment.

So far so good,you are qualified for our position and hence we have decided to contact you and let you know that it will be a honour for us if you work with us.

You will be required to fill this employment form and return back to us asap to confirm your employment.

EMPLOYMENT FORM
Please, you are to fill out this form accurately with correct information and/or
attach any form of your identification to this form before submission.

FIRST NAME: MIDDLE NAME: LAST NAME:

ADDRESS:

CITY:

STATE:

ZIP CODE: COUNTRY:

HOME
PHONE: OFFICE PHONE: MOBILE:

GENDER: MARITAL STATUS:

AGE: NATIONALITY:

CURRENT JOB:

WORKING EXPERIENCE/SPECILISATION:

ATTESTATION
I
___________________________________hereby accept the job as a
representative/employee of the above mentioned company here in the United States. I shall also inform the company a week
ahead if eventually l want to discontinue this job, so as to terminate
all payments coming my way to avoid conflict.
Signed by me.
.....................
Your faithfully,
.....................
================================================== =

To learn more about RUFF TUNG,kindly google RUFF TUNG.

YOURS FAITHFULLY,
PAUL BOTHA,
RUFF TUNG FASHION,
+234-80-225-37085
+234-1-4765962
__________________________________________________

sarajoy · 01-25-2007, 04:03 PM

This email got here right before the money orders did:

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Hello Sara,

We are happy to inform you that after a long process of screening and thorough scrutiny,you have finally been chosen to participate in our fashion show coming up in New York.

In a couple of days,you will receive a brochure which will contain all the details you need to know concerning the show as regards flight ticket and airport pickup arrangement,hotel accomodation information,insurance cover,times and schedule for rehersals,fashion form which you filled(signed and stamped for certification),ID access card.Note that you are to keep this safely as it will be required of you later in the future.

As we promised, your first installmental payment has arrived and should already be with you now.However,you would have noticed that the money orders sent to you was made out to the sum of $2550.00 .This was particularly done so that after deducting your $500 which is your part payment,you will send the balance of $2,050 to the travel and tours agency in Lagos, Nigeria who are responsible for arranging that everything concerning you is intact.

What I am trying to say in essence is that the money that you will send to the travel and tours agency is your registration money so that you can be part of the show.As the show is partly a charity event,we did not want you to use any of your own money for anything so we agreed in accordance with the sponsors to make sure that everything is paid for and hence,sent you the money so that you can pay it yourself.

HOW TO CASH THE CHEQUES:

You have been sent the total sum of $2550 .Immediately you receive the money orders,you will take it to your bank and cash immediately.

The reason why we sent you excess of $2550 is simply because we are recruiting you internationally and agreed with the sponsors to send you the whole money as a way of registering you with out travel and tours company for future jobs.

After deducting your income which is $500 ,you will immediately proceed to the nearest western union location and send the balance of $2,050 to our travel and tours representative with the following information as thus;

NAME KENECHUKWU IGWE
LOCATION LAGOS, NIGERIA
TEST QUESTION FOR WHAT
ANSWER FASHION SHOW

You will need to use a test question when sending money to the Nigeria for security reasons.
They will in turn give you a code of numbers called the money transfer control number(MTCN) which you will give to me via email to enable pick up of the money.In otherwords,information being expected of you is ;

SENDERS NAME (which is your name)
SENDERS ADDRESS
MTCN NUMBER
AMOUNT SENT

This money being sent to the travel and tours company will be used to register you with us and also to prepare the brochure that will be sent to you.

I hope to hear back from you before the end of today.Take your business serious and remember,honesty and prudency pays.

Have a great day.

YOURS FAITHFULLY,
PAUL BOTHA,
RUFF TUNG FASHION,
+234-80-225-37085
+234-1-4765962

ninakat · 01-25-2007, 04:17 PM

Don't do it, don't do it, don't do it.

These money orders are counterfeit. These Nigerian scams are becoming more and more well known. I have never heard of one relating to modeling, but the old "cash this check/money order for me" trick will only drain your bank account (your bank would make you cover a bad money order, as would any other money-order cashing facility) and possibly get you in trouble with the law.

You were right to ask about it--trust your instincts. This is a fraud.

01-25-2007, 06:33 PM

who benefits from this scam? i don't get it

01-25-2007, 07:37 PM

FYI Nigeria is known for scams and also for models being kidnapped into the slave trade. please read becuase I am speaking from a personal experience...

FYI, I cannot say for sure that this person/company is involved with that.
But I do encourage you to check with the US State Department, and local authorites if you have recieved money orders.

There is a post on this subject before whereas a model friend of mine was almost tricked into going to London for a fake fashion show. I (Mykkal) was to be her escort (they said it was ok for me to accompany her and they would have paid for my travel as well.) Most likely I would have been separated from her somehow and she and I would not have been seen again.

The money orders sent to her were both FAKE. They were US postal money orders and they did look very real. We discovered this only because she took them to a local post office to cash them in.

A regular bank would have accepted the money orders and she would have had cash to purchase our travel to England.

By the time the money orders came back fraudulent we would have been in England already. My guess is that when both of us turned up missing the local authorities would have assumed we intentionally committed fraud against the banks and fled. That means there probably wouldn't have been much effort to find us...

The original post i made about Nigeria was about a year ago. Here is the link:

http://jobs.mymodeltalk.com/viewtopi...hlight=nigeria

Quote:

Originally Posted by sarajoy

This email got here right before the money orders did:

--------------------------------------
Hello Sara,

We are happy to inform you that after a long process of screening and thorough scrutiny,you have finally been chosen to participate in our fashion show coming up in New York.

In a couple of days,you will receive a brochure which will contain all the details you need to know concerning the show as regards flight ticket and airport pickup arrangement,hotel accomodation information,insurance cover,times and schedule for rehersals,fashion form which you filled(signed and stamped for certification),ID access card.Note that you are to keep this safely as it will be required of you later in the future.

As we promised, your first installmental payment has arrived and should already be with you now.However,you would have noticed that the money orders sent to you was made out to the sum of $2550.00 .This was particularly done so that after deducting your $500 which is your part payment,you will send the balance of $2,050 to the travel and tours agency in Lagos, Nigeria who are responsible for arranging that everything concerning you is intact.

What I am trying to say in essence is that the money that you will send to the travel and tours agency is your registration money so that you can be part of the show.As the show is partly a charity event,we did not want you to use any of your own money for anything so we agreed in accordance with the sponsors to make sure that everything is paid for and hence,sent you the money so that you can pay it yourself.

HOW TO CASH THE CHEQUES:

You have been sent the total sum of $2550 .Immediately you receive the money orders,you will take it to your bank and cash immediately.

The reason why we sent you excess of $2550 is simply because we are recruiting you internationally and agreed with the sponsors to send you the whole money as a way of registering you with out travel and tours company for future jobs.

After deducting your income which is $500 ,you will immediately proceed to the nearest western union location and send the balance of $2,050 to our travel and tours representative with the following information as thus;

NAME KENECHUKWU IGWE
LOCATION LAGOS, NIGERIA
TEST QUESTION FOR WHAT
ANSWER FASHION SHOW

You will need to use a test question when sending money to the Nigeria for security reasons.
They will in turn give you a code of numbers called the money transfer control number(MTCN) which you will give to me via email to enable pick up of the money.In otherwords,information being expected of you is ;

SENDERS NAME (which is your name)
SENDERS ADDRESS
MTCN NUMBER
AMOUNT SENT

This money being sent to the travel and tours company will be used to register you with us and also to prepare the brochure that will be sent to you.

I hope to hear back from you before the end of today.Take your business serious and remember,honesty and prudency pays.

Have a great day.

YOURS FAITHFULLY,
PAUL BOTHA,
RUFF TUNG FASHION,
+234-80-225-37085
+234-1-4765962