Scary and Dangerous
By momof3kids
@momof3kids (1894)
Singapore
February 18, 2012 7:06pm CST
I received an email supposedly from liberty reserve with its email address stated exactly like what liberty reserve will send. I happen to receive it in an email address that I did not register with Liberty reserve so that was lucky for me.
These cheaters will think of all ways to cheat people when in this age its already so easy to earn money. Even if its slow all we do is sit here and type. They disgust me!
And also admin, I am pasting the exact message I receive so that we will know what link to avoid and maybe to keep note of the cheater's liberty reserve id number.
So enough with my rant, here are the details.
The email came with an address
no_reply@libertyreserve.com
With the header
LibertyReserve Investment Plan This Month!
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Please note that in all e-mails from Liberty Reserve we will:
Always address you by your first name.
Never send you any links or attached files.
Never ask you to send us your password and/or login PIN.
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Dear Libertyreserve Customer,
Since 2002 Liberty Reserve has made considerable progress and improvement.
Serving you with most sophisticated electronic payment solutions possible
We\'re glad to announce that our service has become the leading e-currency in market
Liberty Reserve services are being improved continuously.
Recently we have established a very important relation with leading investment fund traders
Our co-operation opens a possibility to make terminal-dividend investments in short term dates
This is our first publicly launched investment program. In order to participate read the terms below
GET 155% RETURN IN 2 DAYS!
Minimal deposit is ($20) while the maximum is ($20 000) per investment.
Terminal payout rate is 155% leaving you an opportunity to earn $155 USD after $100 USD deposit.
Rate is fixed and your investment funds are fully risk-free, warranted by Liberty Reserve
Make 155% out of your capital for 2 day and become a partner of our trustworthy associates
In order to participate make a deposit to
General depository account U3323103 (LibertyReserves Investment), - https://sci.libertyreserve.com/?lr_acc=U3323103
The 155% payout will be withdrawn back to your Liberty Reserve USD purse.
All transactions are settled without any delay.
Pay-outs from Liberty Reserve S.A funds are fully automated, paid-out without any additional fees
Thank you
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Do not reply to this e-mail
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See how the message did not comply with the warning? Maybe we should report the id number to liberty reserve. Maybe if there is enough people reporting, liberty reserve will take action faster.
What do you think? Shall we report this?
5 responses
@varier (5685)
• Indonesia
26 Apr 12
We can report this, but I think it will hardly affect that scammer. Because creating a Liberty Reserve account is so easy, and anyway they allow us to own multiple accounts - so even if LR close that scammer's account, he should be able to open a new one easily :(
Perhaps the best way for now is just to be extra careful, and also spread the awareness about this issue so that we can prevent another people from falling into this trap.. 
@momof3kids (1894)
• Singapore
27 Apr 12
Yes I agree. We have to get wise up fast about this. But the scammers think of everything. They try different ways. It almost seems that there are more scammers than honest people on the net.
@varier (5685)
• Indonesia
27 Apr 12
Yes, and I think it's not only on net, but also on real life as well. Bad people are everywhere. But still I don't give up yet with honest people around. There still lots of honest people around me, and we should be able to be that kind of person, anyway. It helps. 
@smacksman (6053)
•
19 Feb 12
This is a typical punt for an HYIP program.
High Yield Investment Programs are ponzi programs where the early investors are paid out by later investors and eventually the program closes with the later investors loosing their money.
If you can get into these programs early then you can make money but the risks are very high. Some programs never pay out to anybody and others last only a few days.
Liberty Reserve are one of the few online money processors who allow dealings in HYIP. You will never see an HYIP program paying in PayPal, for instance. E-gold was a big player in HYIP till the Feds closed the 'bank'.
@smacksman (6053)
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20 Feb 12
Liberty Reserve is good and working well. It is registered and operates outside the US and so should keep clear of the Feds. It is pretty casual about getting accounts so there is probably a lot of money laundering going on there.
You are not cheating working HYIP any more than you are cheating working Forex. You can make money with both as long as you keep a very close eye on the situation and are clever enough, and work hard enough, to work each system to your advantage.
An old saying is - 'A fool and his money are soon parted'
@momof3kids (1894)
• Singapore
20 Feb 12
Ahh I wondered what happened to e-gold. Liberty reserve must be quite desperate for business. But I am also guilty because I do engage in hyips. The things I do for money hopefully do not cross to cheating others.
@digidogo (444)
• Philippines
19 Feb 12
Something like this did happened to me before, in a different kind of email, but it was not on Liberty Reserve, it was on Paypal instead. Here is what happened. I was sent an email that they made my paypal account limited for some reason I do not know why. I am a frequent user of paypal for availing of online coupons and was bent on getting my account back to normal. I entered the page via the link in the email and the whole website was similar to paypal, I mean everything and I did not suspect anything. They requested credit card information to verify my account so it could be returned to its normal state. The credit card used by my paypal was my mother's so I entered information regarding what I knew and waited for my mother to arrive home. Thank God I grew tired of waiting and keeping the tab open that I decided to close it. When my mother arrived, I entered the paypal homepage by typing in the address and then there had been nothing wrong with my account.
It was a close call for me and I have learned my lesson very well. I pity those who fell for it. Trouble given due to ignorance.
@momof3kids (1894)
• Singapore
20 Feb 12
Imagine that they took such trouble to come up with the exact page as PayPal. I hope, in time, they receive what is due to them. I now read warnings that these companies sent. I hope I am wiser now 
galeys, my yahoo email account got hacked once. I agree it was scary. The hacker sent emails through my account. I think such scams are happening to many people because I received two such emails from two of my friends.
galeys, my yahoo email account got hacked once. I agree it was scary. The hacker sent emails through my account. I think such scams are happening to many people because I received two such emails from two of my friends.
@deodavid (4150)
• Philippines
20 Feb 12
Hi there,
Wow this is absolutely a big bogus from the beginning till end, they are seriously asking money for promised squat , i think this are very common and most people would not even entertain this but it would be nice if somehow we can nail this guys to the wall right, because not everybody is smart enough not to fall for this kinds of scams but we cant blame them for wanting easy cash but arming yourself with info's would not hurt. That is why i love being a lotter they get you informed and protect you unconsciously by mere advices about this stuff, yepp too bad we cant do shoot about this but one day they'll get busted!!!
@momof3kids (1894)
• Singapore
20 Feb 12
I love mylotting also and all the info i get through here. You may say that I am paying it forward...
@duke1000 (100)
• United States
19 Feb 12
There is also a similar scam going on right now with paypal. Some people are sending emails out saying you need to reset your password through paypal and here is the link to do it at. Stupidly they sent it to one of my null accounts and not the account i use for paypal. These types of scams seem to be more and more prevalent and will continue to grow unless someone starts doing IP tracking that is accurate and arrest these people. But of course that is expensive and time consuming.
@momof3kids (1894)
• Singapore
20 Feb 12
Like you he has sent the email to where I did not register my liberty reserve account in. But what if he hit the nail on the head?
I suggest that if you are curious enough (sometimes I stupidly am), copy the link and paste it in a new browser. I did that once to a link which is sent with the exact graphics of facebook. The link (which did not seem to be 'hidden' by html, it was a long link with various letters)lead to a void page. I was again lucky that it did not seem to do more harm to my precious PC.
