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Canadian Interac E-transfer Scam

So... my friend forwarded me this. If you want a good laugh and learn how not to get scammed by interac e-transfers, keep reading.

Step 1. List something on Kijiji.

Step 2. Respond to a text message.

Step 3. Get this phishing email.

From: "Service@Paypal" <onlineaccountconsultant@in.com>
Subject: INTERAC e-Transfer from Brad John System
Date: 5 October, 2013 10:33:27 AM EDT
To: [your email]

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Dear  [your name] , 
Brad John sent you an INTERAC e-Transfer (previously INTERAC Email Money Transfer).
Amount: $1200.00 CADPayment sent to:  [your email]
Sender's Message: A message was not provided
Expiry Date: 06 Oct 2014
Action Required:
To check and withdraw your payment, click here: https://etransfer.interac.ca/
NOTE:
This INTERAC e-Transfer payment has been deducted from the buyer's account and has been "APPROVED" but will not be credited to your account until the postage reference/tracking number is sent to us for verification so as to secure both the buyer and the seller. Below are the necessary information requested before your account will be credited.
Send postage tracking number to us or email us through this e-mail onlineaccountconsultant@in.com our Customer security service center will attend to you. As soon as you send us the postage tracking number to us for security purposes and the safety of the buyer and the seller,the money will be credited to your account and a "CONFIRMATION EMAIL" INTERAC e-Transfer Team will be send to you with the PAYMENT REFERENCE NUMBER needed to check and withdraw your payment from the link above:
PLEASE NOTE
Once item has been shipped and the tracking number sent to us,
You will receive a "CONFIRMATION EMAIL" from  INTERAC e-Transfer Team informing you that the Fund has been credited.
Trouble with the link? Type it into your web browser address bar.
Need help?
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What is an INTERAC e-Transfer? (previously INTERAC Email Money Transfer).  If you use online or mobile banking at a participating financial institution, you can send and receive money quickly and easily.
Email or text messages carry the notice while the financial institutions securely transfer the money using existing payment networks.  If your financial institution does not yet offer INTERAC e-Transfer, you can still deposit transfers to any bank account in Canada.
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Pour voir les d?tails du virement en fran?ais, cliquez sur le lien ci-dessous :
https://etransfer.interac.ca/fr/

Step 4. Click on the fake link. Contact him about it not working.

Step 5. He demands you send it because he already paid.

Step 6. You say you don't have the money and is not an idiot to send him the item.

Step 7. He says you must and threatens you with this hilarious email.

From: jack mark <jackmark394@gmail.com>
Subject: Royal Canadian Mounted Police of Investigation From INTERAC e-Transfe
Date: 5 October, 2013 11:21:50 AM EDT
To: [your email]
Dear   [your name], We're contacting you concerning the money sent from Mr. Brad john INTERAC e-Transfer account.  NOTE : It is important we know the status of the transaction, otherwise, legal action may be taken against you since the buyer sent the money for theItem purchased from you including the shipping and handling fees. We believed you entered into agreement by requesting money through INTERAC e-Transfer from Mr. Brad john. Therefore, we advice you to get the item shipped out and if the item has not been shipped, you will have to face theconsequences of LEGAL ACTION You are advice to ship the item within 12Hours and get back to us with the shipment tracking number and receipt, we will credit your account with thefund(s) pending.
Failure to abide to this means your Name, Picture and Address will be forward to the Law Enforcement Agency in your country to get you arrested, because you are practicing Fraud, and your account with INTERAC e-Transfer, Bank or Credit Card linked to your INTERAC e-Transferaccount will be BLOCKED and SUSPENDED , In order to free yourself from this, get the item shipped within 12hours and send the shipment tracking number and receipt to us so we can Verify the shipping and to release the fund(s) into your account. If you have any comment on this issue do not hesitate to contact us. If the information you wish to provide pertains to an emergency situation, please contact us atonlineaccountconsultant@in.com  
**PLEASE NOTE**
Once item has been shipped and the tracking number sent to us,
You will receive a "CONFIRMATION EMAIL" from  INTERAC e-Transfer Team informing you that the Fund has been credited.
Trouble with the link? Type it into your web browser address bar.
Need help?
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What is an INTERAC e-Transfer? (previously INTERAC Email Money Transfer).  If you use online or mobile banking at a participating financial institution, you can send and receive money quickly and easily.
Email or text messages carry the notice while the financial institutions securely transfer the money using existing payment networks.  If your financial institution does not yet offer INTERAC e-Transfer, you can still deposit transfers to any bank account in Canada.
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Pour voir les d?tails du virement en fran?ais, cliquez sur le lien ci-dessous :
https://etransfer.interac.ca/fr/
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