VIRUS ALERT!! We got a FAX with this phone number on it, that say they're from WALL STREET INTERNATIONAL. The fax was specifically targeted to our company and my boss, asking if you would be 'receptive to having your story told on Fox Business News or Bloomberg TV', at our company.

I tried to check it out, Googling 'Wall Street International', and immediately our virus checker went crazy with all the stuff that was coming at my computer!! There were worms and trojans and spyware galore! It took 2 days to get rid of it all--STAY AWAY, is my advice!!!

MR LIONELL CARTIER - SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT does not exist, all this company does is create fake names of so called senior vice presidents and give you a disclaimer with no guarantees of finding a buyer for your company. Anyone outside the U.S. pays in (Euros) of 30,000 Euros to 45,000 Euros to get started to prepare paper work to present your company to private equity firms in the U.S. who may not even care or have absolute no interest in buying your company. Read about the so called chairman's (Steven West) history of conducting business at this links: http://www.browardpalmbeach.com/2002-08-29/news/wild-wild-west/  AND I QUOTE."Rachel jumps up and asks if she can help. When a request is made to see West, she says she'll check with him. But before she has a chance, he emerges from an adjoining room. Somewhat handsome in pictures from the Robert Hall days, West now looks rundown. His approximately five-foot, nine-inch frame is sagging and pear-shaped, as if his pectoral muscles got tired and decided to rest around his waist. His paunch is nearly camouflaged by an attractive black suit, crisp white shirt, and conservative tie. He looks something like a used-car dealer in an Anne Rice novel might -- an effect accentuated by his meticulous if unusual coif. Ungodly amounts of hair gel hold four separate spiky points of blue-black hair tight to his forehead, as if a giant eyelash has been inverted and glued to his skull."

So i am on reception, with a fax machine, and constantly receive fax's from the so called 'Wall Street Golbal' (every other day) asking my MD (correct name and company) if he is interested in selling the company, signed by Richard Solera, Senior Vice President. Hmm somewhere along the line our fax number has been put/sold onto a spam list, however there should be a way to opt out, and yet the website at the bottom of the fax; www.thefaxremovalservice.com - is a no go, as you can't input the number correctly and from what i have read this would just make it worse, but this is sucha waste of our toner/paper & if anyone can figure out how to get these stopped...it would be much appreciated!!

received the fax in adelaide australia today.......! took all of 2mins to work out it was a scam..how do people get caught up in this stuff???

Up yours Lionell

We have received faxes from: Wall Street Global (a real firm, apparently), Mergers & Acquisitions Department, and Partner Finders USA. All letters are similar in that they bear a person’s name, and the company name. Both names are repeated at least 3 times within the body of each letter; this makes them seem more personal.

You might ask: how could they know a person’s name, if they are not legitimate? In our firm’s case, we can be located via www.corporationwiki.com. Many names are associated with the record for our business. The site provides phone numbers, and a link to our website.

There are probably many other, similar sites available to scammers. I located “corporationwiki” by Googling our business name, and the individual to whom the scam letter was directed.

All of this information is free. It can’t be very hard for these pimply-faced scammers to then contact us, innocently asking for a fax number. Then the fun begins. Of course, they can probably get a fax number from some other “free site,” too.

It is fruitless to attempt to out-scam these people. Remember, they have a game plan that has already been well thought out. If given the chance, they will simply draw you into their game. Read this about a different, but similar incident in the November 2011 issue of The Atlantic, entitled “Hacked!” by James Fallows: http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2011/11/hacked/8673/.

Consider this: the only truly worthwhile solicitation is the one that you have initiated.

Greeting from the Black Forest in Germany. We just got the same fax.

Italy is on target tooWall Street International Mergers & Acquisitions, received on 19th Jan 12 from Lionell Cartier, SVP.and it's not the first time.goes into the paper bin, see ya Lionell