"Leatrice Parker" called again this evening. I answered and gave their system a few seconds to connect me with one of the women who are pushed by these robocalls to be "Leatrice Parker." When she did respond to my "Hello. Hello. Hello," it turned out that this number is now being used as a roof repair through insurance scam. She introduced herself as "Leatrice Parker" and took the time to be Southern cordial, accent and all, asking how I was doing this evening before getting to her scam script. She asked a poorly worded question about whether I had had my roof inspected because of the recent storms. (That would work in a large section of the country, but not here for a long period of time ? no violent storms, no hail, etc.) Something like "Have you had your roof inspected by your insurance company because of the recent storms?" (Not that they even know whether I am in a house!)

So I said in return, "I had my roof inspected but not by my insurance company. Are you asking if I hired my insurance company to inspect my roof?"

She went on to explain how that wasn't what she meant but, because I had trumped her "hook," she cut it short, asking how long ago I had had it done, if she might ask. I told her "three weeks ago" and she seemed genuinely surprised, saying, "Oh, just that recently! Well, have a nice day."

Once I understand the scam attempt, these kinds of selling a "service" attempts, I give the answers that tell them there's no potential mark here.

Answered. 6:23pm today. No response in 3 seconds. Hung up.

Coming here I see it's a number that has been used for various scams before but has been quiescent for a few months.

I've started taking the time to report these kinds of calls to the DNC once I learned that they had in fact shut down one of the multitude of "Card Services" scammers. We've got to pile on the complaints. Unfortunately that's the way it goes.

HOW ABOUT THIS ONE!


I'm with smith's promotional service I am inquiring about  trophies i
don't have specific trophies in mind, I will want you to send me an
e-mail with a list of all the trophies you have in your inventory or
send me a link to your  website where i can see all the trophies you
carry in your inventory and i will get back to you with what I find.
Please kindly send all your responses to my personal e-mail
Jstand987@yahoo.com You can reach me on 214-872-8135.

Best Regards.
smith's promotional service.
  214-872-8135

Mr John Smith

-----Original Message-----
From: John Smith <sstand987@gmail.com>
To: jevco2 <jevco2@aol.com>
Sent: Tue, Jan 7, 2014 11:40 am
Subject: Re: Inquiring

Hello Jim,

Thank you for the reply back, I will like to order 155pcs of those what will be the total cost include tax and excluding freight? I will be waiting for your total cost.

Thank you

John

Hello Jim,

I am sorry for responding late, I have received the quote, I am interested in purchasing the trophies for  my brother  in Italy.  My brother is actually in Rome right now and  is able to receive the trophies  Please I want you to call Euro Cargo  shippers and ask them how much it will cost to pick them up  from your store and send it to Rome. The package should be addressed to Daniel Smith, 68/A, v. Frezza - 00186 Roma (RM). Please call the shipping company and ask them how much it will cost for them to pick it up and send it to Rome as soon as you get the freight quote add it to the cost of the trophies and email me back the final cost so i can pay everything for them to come and pick it up.    The shippers contact below:   Euro Cargo Freight Shipping Company. Phone number:  1-678-701-8144  or  1-678-701-8278. Email: eurocargoshippers1841@hotmail. com   or   accountingeurocf1841@hotmail. com. Please call the shipping company with the weight or quantities and sizes of the trophies and get me the freight quote so i can make the full payment for you to order the trophies in for them to pick it up. Thank you very much for your understanding and hope to make more future orders with you.


Regards. John Smith
114 Rangeway Circle
78639 TX Kingsland
940-488-3952

I got a text message this morning about in 6:30am PST, stating they needed a Personal Assistant and that had a GREAT ATTITUDE, and to PLZ call (678) 701-5162.

I did not call or text, but contacted my cell company  AT&T.

Here was there message to me...Hello I am looking for someone to work with me as a Personal Assistant.Must have a GREAT attitude and be hungry to make some money!only text plzzzzzzz
(678) 701-5162.

It's the same phone number as used in a scam that has been hitting e-mails.  Do a Google search on the phone number.  You'll find a lot of comments from people who have received e-mails telling them that they owe taxes on shipments coming through Europe, specifically Spain.  UPS says it's a total scam.

I got an email.

I received an email today saying I had to call a UPS claims manager and to pay some tax on a package being held by Spanish customs. However, I did not order anything, so I didn't need to check this out.  The email was sent to an old email address I haven't used in quite a while...but was checking to see if anything was in there.  I deleted quite a few emails that were just ads.  WHenever I get a phone number I don't recognize, I google it to see who it's from.  When I googled this time, I was referred to this site and thought I should also leave a message.  I NEVER answer these emails before I check them out thoroughly.

I replied back with this subtle bit of humour before reporting them.  =)  They wrote back another generic email with an address to send my money.  I am going to try and extract as much info from them as I can.

Hello Jennifer Watson,

I received an email notice that my package has been held and I need to pay
duties on it before it gets released. Please tell me how I can make payment to
get my package (ref # Z81169145136). Thanks.
sincerely,
-Idun Buyit

344 Charlaton Ave.
Asiff, BC
4563347

PS-
UPS, FedEx, and the postal services NEVER change a tracking number!!

Of course, no EU nation or government organization charges taxes on shipments that might pass through a country or the EU in general.  They might tax goods that have a destination somewhere in the EU, but that notification would come from EU customs.

Reminder: Dear Customer, We regret to inform you that the delivery of your shipment has been suspended for the following reason. 1. In line with new laws, items transiting through the EU are to be fully taxed and are subject to postal inspection by transiting postal authorities. Concluding the inspection on the package it has been ascertained that adequate duties was not paid on the package. Your name and email address were on the package for contact details. Under new laws any package transiting through the EU is liable to full duties payment. The sender did pay the appropriate courier fee but did not pay adequate duties on the package .We are therefore requesting you pay full duty for the coverage of (?) 119 Euros on the package. To resume delivery, you are obligated to pay the duties on the contents of the package You should therefore contact your assigned claims Officer, Jennifer Watson to assist with the duty payment in Spain , where your package is currently being held Below is her contact information of your assigned claims Officer. Name: Jennifer Watson Email address:jewatson@terra.com Tel: 678 701 8046 Note: Duty coverage fees are payable to authorities through your assigned claims Officer.UPS® does not accept fees on behalf of foreign authorities. Your old tracking number has been suspended due to non payment of tax.When making contact with your assigned claims officer via email or phone please quote reference Z195156475L12 The status of your package can be tracked as soon as payment has been confirmed Copyright © 1994-2011 UPS Inc. All rights reserved.

Today I also got this nail!

Delivery Status:Case Z195156475L12


Reminder:

Dear Customer,
We regret to inform you that the delivery of your shipment has been suspended for the following reason.
1. In line with new laws, items transiting through the EU are to be fully taxed and are subject to postal inspection by transiting postal authorities.
Concluding the inspection on the package it has been ascertained that adequate duties was not paid on the package.
Your name and email address were on the package for contact details.
Under new laws any package transiting through the EU is liable to full duties payment. The sender did pay the appropriate courier fee but did not pay adequate duties on the package .We are therefore requesting you pay full duty for the coverage of (?)119 Euros on the package.
To resume delivery, you are obligated to pay the duties on the contents of the package You should therefore contact your assigned claims Officer, Jennifer Watson to assist with the duty payment in Spain , where your package is currently being held Below is her contact information of your assigned claims Officer.
Name: Jennifer Watson
Email address:jwatson@terra.com

Note: Duty coverage fees are payable to authorities through your assigned claims Officer.UPS® does not accept fees on behalf of foreign authorities.
Your old tracking number has been suspended due to non payment of tax.When making contact with your assigned claims officer via email or phone please quote reference Z195156475L12 The status of your package can be tracked as soon as payment has been confirmed Copyright © 1994-2011 UPS Inc. All rights reserved.

Why does everybody copy the bloody scam mail again and again?
And another thing: 119 Euros is probably an amount psychologically tested to be just under some ouch threshold...
And... I don't think Jennifer Watson has a family to f*** :-)

Hello!

Today i got also this E-Mail!!

Reminder:

Dear Customer,
We regret to inform you that the delivery of your shipment has been suspended for the following reason.
1. In line with new laws, items transiting through the EU are to be fully taxed and are subject to postal inspection by transiting postal authorities.
Concluding the inspection on the package it has been ascertained that adequate duties was not paid on the package.
Your name and email address were on the package for contact details.
Under new laws any package transiting through the EU is liable to full duties payment. The sender did pay the appropriate courier fee but did not pay adequate duties on the package .We are therefore requesting you pay full duty for the coverage of (?)119 Euros on the package.
To resume delivery, you are obligated to pay the duties on the contents of the package
You should therefore contact your assigned claims Officer, Jennifer Watson to assist with the duty payment in
Spain , where your package is currently being held
Below is her contact information of your assigned claims
Officer.
Name: Jennifer Watson
Email address:jwatson@terra.com
678 701 8046

Note: Duty coverage fees are payable to authorities through your assigned claims Officer.UPS® does not accept fees on behalf of foreign authorities.
Your old tracking number has been suspended due to non payment of tax.When making contact with your assigned claims officer via email or phone please quote reference Z195156475L12
The status of your package can be tracked as soon as payment has been confirmed
Copyright © 1994-2011 UPS Inc. All rights reserved.

kind regards,
Conny

Oh man, I also received this fake email. And here I was SURE that I was going to get that 1,000,000.00 check that I was promised because the President of some country invested money and needed to send some to ME of all people!!!!   haha  Do these things really work?  Be careful out there-be very careful.

hello every body be aware from this person he worte me the same message
I have been requested to help with the delivery of you shipment .Your package contains an ATM card

We apologize for any inconvenience, however the tax imposed is out of our control and requested by authorities.

Kindly make payment through our trusted 3rd party payment processors ,WESTERN UNION Transfer Services .You can visit any WESTERN UNION Agent Location

The fee you are to pay is (?)119 Euros

The fee should be payable to finance agent RF546738 : Mendez Raquel:

RECEIVER'S NAME: Mendez Raquel
ADDRESS:7,Calle Barcelona,
28786 Madrid
Spain

Once the payment is made,kindly email the payment MTCN reference number given to you by WESTERN UNION and the sender's name address and contact number to
(jwatson@terra.com ). Upon confirmation of payment we shall process and release the package for delivery immediately .


Jennifer

ODC 2817

i know this is a grand bosterd i will f*** her family member that same fraude like person so be aware dont trust to any one good luck

I too was just contacted and I believed it to be a scam.  The following is the e-mail I received.

Name: Jennifer Watson
Email address:jewatson@terra.com
Phone:678 701 8046
Note: Duty coverage fees are payable to authorities through your assigned claims Officer.UPS® does not accept fees on behalf of foreign authorities.
Your old tracking number has been suspended due to non payment of tax.When making contact with your assigned claims officer via email or phone please quote reference Z195156475L12

Below is a email I just received. Good thing I googled the info and the alert came up on 800notes. We send out a lot of packages different places but I am leary of anything like this because if it was truly UPS then they would have called. Plus I put the tracking # in on UPS.com and that was the first alert because it wasn't enough numbers. So don't fall for it. Its a SCAM!

Reminder:
Dear Customer,
We regret to inform you that the delivery of your shipment has been suspended for the following reason.
1. In line with new laws, items transiting through the EU are to be fully taxed and are subject to postal inspection by transiting postal authorities.
Concluding the inspection on the package it has been ascertained that adequate duties was not paid on the package.
Your name and email address were on the package for contact details.
Under new laws any package transiting through the EU is liable to full duties payment. The sender did pay the appropriate courier fee but did not pay adequate duties on the package .We are therefore requesting you pay full duty for the coverage of (?)119 Euros on the package.
To resume delivery, you are obligated to pay the duties on the contents of the package You should therefore contact your assigned claims Officer, Jennifer Watson to assist with the duty payment in Spain , where your package is currently being held Below is her contact information of your assigned claims Officer.
Name: Jennifer Watson
Email address:jewatson@terra.com
Tel: 678 701 8046
Note: Duty coverage fees are payable to authorities through your assigned claims Officer.UPS® does not accept fees on behalf of foreign authorities.
Your old tracking number has been suspended due to non payment of tax.When making contact with your assigned claims officer via email or phone please quote reference Z195156475L13 The status of your package can be tracked as soon as payment has been confirmed Copyright © 1994-2010 UPS Inc. All rights reserved.

DITTO DITTO DITTO

This scam is making the rounds once again... /shakes-head

1a. Don't call numbers you can't verify via a google search.
1b. Don't call numbers when the google search sends you to this web site! :)

2. NOBODY is looking to give away MILLIONS of dollars and only needs your bank transit information.

3. NOBODY is selling name brand goods at 96% off... Unlike the others this last one is 'technically' not a scam but a way to trick people into buying LOTS of 'bids' that you then use up in an attempt to get an iPhone 4 for $19.21 ... Yes someone does eventually 'win' the product and it DOES cost them $19.21 however all of the LOOSING BIDS are KEPT by the site running the 'auction' and the site profits HUGELY. You could get very very lucky and win something... however the same can be true with taking your life savings and putting it all on RED or BLACK, ODD/EVEN etc at the casino.

To quote one of the last great TV shows: 'Hey, let's be careful out there."

I have the message too and passed it to fraud@ups.com

I received the same email. I hope UPS will contact FBI to start investigate the fraud.

Reminder:

Dear Customer,
We regret to inform you that the delivery of your shipment has been suspended for the following reason.
1. In line with new laws, items transiting through the EU are to be fully taxed and are subject to postal inspection by transiting postal authorities.
Concluding the inspection on the package it has been ascertained that adequate duties was not paid on the package.
Your name and email address were on the package for contact details.
Under new laws any package transiting through the EU is liable to full duties payment. The sender did pay the appropriate courier fee but did not pay adequate duties on the package .We are therefore requesting you pay full duty for the coverage of (?)119 Euros on the package.
To resume delivery, you are obligated to pay the duties on the contents of the package
You should therefore contact your assigned claims Officer, Jennifer Watson to assist with the duty payment in
Spain , where your package is currently being held
Below is her contact information of your assigned claims
Officer.
Name: Jennifer Watson
Email address:jewatson@terra.com
Phone:678 701 8046
Note: Duty coverage fees are payable to authorities through your assigned claims Officer.UPS® does not accept fees on behalf of foreign authorities.
Your old tracking number has been suspended due to non payment of tax.When making contact with your assigned claims officer via email or phone please quote reference Z195156475L12
The status of your package can be tracked as soon as payment has been confirmed
Copyright © 1994-2011 UPS Inc. All rights reserved.

I am waiting for a package from china that I paid 25$ USD, and UPS was asking me 119 Euros for the duties... I wrote to them and she even answered. Then I wrote to my vendor our specified he did'nt use UPS!

We have the same tracking number...isnt that odd? lol


Delivery Status:Case Z195156475L12
...
From:    
UPS®Customer Services <no_reply@ups.com>
...
Add to Contacts
To:         
Reminder:

Dear Customer,
We regret to inform you that the delivery of your shipment has been suspended for the following reason.
1. In line with new laws, items transiting through the EU are to be fully taxed and are subject to postal inspection by transiting postal authorities.
Concluding the inspection on the package it has been ascertained that adequate duties was not paid on the package.
Your name and email address were on the package for contact details.
Under new laws any package transiting through the EU is liable to full duties payment. The sender did pay the appropriate courier fee but did not pay adequate duties on the package .We are therefore requesting you pay full duty for the coverage of (?)119 Euros on the package.
To resume delivery, you are obligated to pay the duties on the contents of the package
You should therefore contact your assigned claims Officer, Jennifer Watson to assist with the duty payment in
Spain , where your package is currently being held
Below is her contact information of your assigned claims
Officer.
Name: Jennifer Watson
Email address:jwatson@terra.com
Note: Duty coverage fees are payable to authorities through your assigned claims Officer.UPS® does not accept fees on behalf of foreign authorities.
Your old tracking number has been suspended due to non payment of tax.When making contact with your assigned claims officer via email or phone please quote reference Z195156475L12
The status of your package can be tracked as soon as payment has been confirmed
Copyright © 1994-2011 UPS Inc. All rights reserved.

oh my god - thank you so much for this discussion!

I just got this email and it gave me a heart attack x___X  (I just ordered a few days ago something from Asia)

you guys saved me from losing money - thank you so much!

just got the same email.  i am waiting on a package from europe, so it did freak me out. of course i googled the name 'jennifer watson' and this site came up first.  
scary. will send this to ups.

It is still going on as of 2/5/11. DO NOT call the number listed and do not reply to the email. It is a total scam.  I have never ordered anything that had to be shipped from overseas and can attest to the fact that this is total BS.

If you get this scam forward the header and message to fraud@ups.com, sales@us.corp.terra.com, and telefonica.com. They need to know their domain is full of scammers and do something about it. Below is the header of the scam I received and how to Sherlock Holmes a scam email:

The originating email IP is web1.frut.lv [91.90.234.4]. LV is the Latvia domain suffix. Eastern Europe is scam central. This is likely the actual location of the scammer.

The reply-to email is jwatson@terra.com. Terra is a legit Latin American host. Terra is based in Dade County: http://www.terra.com/info/copy_en. Miami is the epicenter of online fraud in the US.

Terra is a subsidiary of the Madrid based Telefonica: http://whois.domaintools.com/terra.com



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I also was sent an email from customerservices@ups.com claiming I had to pay some fees on a package in Spain.  It gave me this number.  Scam.

send them to UPS  - they have had over 5000 complaints on this - I got this today, and I live in Spain !!!  - gona go find this scum bag

Dear Customer,We regret to inform you that the delivery of your shipment has been suspended for the following reason.1. In line with new laws, items transiting through the EU are to be fully taxed and are subject to postal inspection by transiting postal authorities.Concluding the inspection on the package it has been ascertained that adequate duties was not paid on the package.Your name and email address were on the package for contact details.Under new laws any package transiting through the EU is liable to full duties payment. The sender did pay the appropriate courier fee but did not pay adequate duties on the package .We are therefore requesting you pay full duty for the coverage of (?)119 Euros on the package.To resume delivery, you are obligated to pay the duties on the contents of the packageYou should therefore contact your assigned claims Officer, Jennifer Watson to assist with the duty payment inSpain , where your package is currently being heldBelow is her contact information of your assigned claimsOfficer.Name: Jennifer WatsonEmail address:jwatson@terra.comTel: 678 701 8046Note: Duty coverage fees are payable to authorities through your assigned claims Officer.UPS® does not accept fees on behalf of foreign authorities.Your old tracking number has been suspended due to non payment of tax.When making contact with your assigned claims officer via email or phone please quote reference Z195156475L12The status of your package can be tracked as soon as payment has been confirmedCopyright © 1994-2010 UPS Inc. All rights reserved.

received e-mail today for same. certain things were a dead giveaway. 1) the e-mail stated they got my name and e-mail from the package, but the e-mail was addressed to "Dear Customer" not Mr.********. 2) there were grammatical errors in the e-mail. 3) I've never known UPS to "suspend" and "re-assign" tracking numbers. I printed the e-mail out with all of the sender info and turned it over to the local police. not that there is much they can do about it at the moment, but at least it's been reported and they are aware.