I received this by email. The bank details reveal that there is something fishy going on:

Are you healthy and wealthy? You are lucky! Sick children who are considered to be
incurable live near you. They parents refused of them and nobody can help them except
you.Nowadays contemporary medicine can completely treat them, but it requires money, a
lot of money. Together we can help them.
Universal Children Relive Fund (UCRF) asks you to provide an adequate material
assistance. We will be appreciating for any of your donation from private person or
from organization. Remember, transferring money you are saving thousands of children
life's. Please, help us and you will find a lot of young friends, who became happy thanks to you.
Don't delay your assistance; don't think that it can be done without you. Regardless
of the contribution size your name or the name of your organization will be forever written
down in our Helping Book. Show your name or name of your organization in details of payment
of your transfer.

Details for transfers (in USD):
Beneficiary: UCRF, acc.# 456845-4520009499
Beneficiary's Bank: LATEKO BANK,Riga,Latvia,SWIFT: LATB LV 22
Beneficiary's Bank account: 04-097-495
Intermediary Bank: BANKERS TRUST COMPANY,New York,USA,SWIFT: BKTRUS 33
Details of Payment: your name or name of your organization

they don't even give you a site w/ more info...
I bet you this IS a scam:angry: :angry:

Are you healthy and wealthy? You are lucky! Sick children who are considered to be
incurable live near you. They parents refused of them and nobody can help them except
you.Nowadays contemporary medicine can completely treat them, but it requires money, a
lot of money.

Just after that I was sure it was a scam. Especially since you received it in your email, maybe if it came by snail-mail I would have found it to maybe be credible, but nah, it's a scam

If it looks like a scam, smells like a scam, walks like a scam; it most likely is a scam.

I would never give an unknown organization access to my bank account via a wireless funds transfer.

Never.

just wondering how you guys make out this is scam :confused:

I can bet my life that its a scam, absolutly NO reputable charity would ask you to transfer money from one account to another. Exp. to a account outside of the USA..

Originally posted by Dylan
Universal Children Relive Fund (UCRF)Relive Fund? Some kind of re-animation project?

Seriously, if this were a real organization in Latvia (as the bank information suggests is the location), their name wouldn't be in English so this could be a crude translation. But, then they wouldn't be using an acronym like UCRF, would they?

Actually it's not any one thing that cries out "fraud;" it's the whole package including the request for a bank transfer instead of for a check or credit card contribution like any other charity does; and including the absolute lack of any contact or background information. Even if the organization really exists, there's no way to know how responsibly they'd use your donated money.

This one is even less credible than the "Nigerian money laundering" scam. If you're not sure if something is a scam, it almost certainly is.

just wondering how you guys make out this is scam


Are you for real :confused:

Does it look credible to you?

Originally posted by MattF


Are you for real :confused:

Does it look credible to you?

actually i have never donated anything on internet except sep.11 relief fund.

also i never read any spam or such emails i just delete them. so i am very new to all such scams. :(

I can tell because I probably get 300 spam emails in my hotmail account per week. So I've picked up the skill of being able to tell what's spam (Or a scam) and what's not.

BTW my most received spam email I get is probably the one that goes....

Hi Inogenius,
You've recently been referred to me as someone that is in need of a financial break through.... yadda... yadda... yadda