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Scammers from Goods for Sale

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island_sands

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It has come to my attention recently the amount of people trying to scam money off people who genuinely trying to sell their diving goods.

Has anyone else received emails from

jane_pear2000@yahoo.co.uk who said she was from the UK but her English was like this...
Hello Seller
My Name is Jane am 32 year from United Kingdom I'm interested in the Video System for Sale .Kindly get back to me with the full details of the Car
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(the car?? was selling an underwater camera...)
or
fra_white2@yahoo.com (read this)
(yeah, likely story?) or what?

or
deekoms@yahoo.com
and further (it gets better)
I WILL STILL LIKE TO BUY IT ONLY IF U ARE READY TO SELL TO ME .
PLS I WILL LIKE TO PAY U BY SENDING U A CHEQUE BCOS AM TOO BUZZY TO COME WITH THE CASH.
SO I WILL ASK ONE OF MY EGENT TO SEND U A CHEUQ FOR THE PAYMENT ASAP.

THANKS DAYO.
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then
THAT WILL NOT BE A PROBLEM SINCE I LIKE THE CAR I GO ANY LENGTH WITH IT SO I WILL ADD THE $100 .I LIVE AT NEWARK NEW JERSEY OK. AND I WILL LET U KNOW I SOON AS I SEND THE CHEQUE OK.I WILL LIKE U TO SEND IT BY FEDEX OK.
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the car?? another one who thinks it's a car?? rofl - and after pointing out it was actually a camera he said
SO SORRY ABOUT THAT I WAS CARRIED AWAY BY SOMEONE I WAS ON PHONE WITH ,OK. SO THIS IS MY ADDRESS IN NEWARK
343 SCHLEY STREET APT D8
NEWARK NEW JERSEY
ZIP CODE 07112
DAYO CHRIS.
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who, after a series of emails going back and forth and trying to get my address, passport number and bank details, then sending him a breakdown of costs to ship it there he said:
AM SORRY TO TELL U THAT ,U ARE A SCAMMER OK SO I ADVICE U TO CHECK ANOTHER PERSON THAT WILL FALL FOR U .
BCOS AM NOT A KIND OF PERSON U ARE.
FUCK OFF.
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Upon a little more investigation, I see that they are Nigerian shop owners and here is an amusing link:
Welcome to the 419 Eater

Be careful of people trying to buy your goods on false pretences!
 
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Thanks babexx
 
Why does it always seem to be Nigerians on the scam? The amount of emails I get from the High-Ambassador-Excellency-whatever of Nigeria asking me for all my bank a/c details so they can conveniently share with me $20 million that their dead hamster stole from Chief bangabooboo........I dunno, some idiots fall for it.
 
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*giggle* rofl

True isnt it? When i worked in Barcelona a scammer actually took the time to write me a letter and send it by post to my office! (Posted from Johannesburg....) I rang them up to see what happens, and got given a different number to ring, and then a fax number... so then typed up a little poem of my own and sent it by fax rofl
 

I have actually decided to train as a "baiter". If you look at Welcome to the 419 Eater and read the letters, you might wet your pants laughing. I snorted out coffee from my nose a few times .

I just got a scam mail sent to me today. I am baiting him and telling him that I am Reverend Clinch Michiques

A
 

Reverend Clinch Michiques......Ha, ha, ha!!!! Nice one
 
Bla bla bla...But when my great friend Jeff Ubaka, chairman of the Nigerian National Petroleum Agency, will endorse some 20 million USD on my own bank account, you morons will be still here joking, and I will be a millionaire!!! Ho ho ho!!!
All I have to do now is fly to Lagos tomorrow, sign up some papers to certify that it was my company to build the Port Harcourt Refinery, and give 10.000 euro to Jeff for bribing some government people. He ask me to bring the 10.000 euros in cash ("it's safer", he said) and hide them under my clothes: no worry about the customs agents because, as Jeff said, african people still have respect and fear for white men, so they won't dare to touch my body. Zero risks, Jeff said.
I can't wait to be on that plane! Nigerian millions, wait for meeee!!!!
 
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Dear Sara, Please send me your bank account number 'cause I want to get rich quick. They might as well say that, right?

The check scam works if the person accepts the check, and sends the difference in a transfer to the "seller" without waiting for the seller's original check to clear. Some friends selling their boat here in Spain almost fell for it. The seller's check obviously never clears.
 
Spaniard said:
Reverend Clinch Michiques......Ha, ha, ha!!!! Nice one
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christ i must be blonde
took me about 10 reads to get that one rofl rofl

trouble with being bilingual i suppose cos i kept trying to figure out Mi-Chiques..? mee-chics? (girls?) Michi-ques? :head :head what a twit! rofl

Nice Juan Spaniard
 
They are so full of effort and persistance in the delivery of these scams that if they just went straight and got a real job they might do okay!rofl
The problem is that even some UK companies have the accomplices of this lot working in their admin/wage/HR departments (sometimes this work is sub-contracted out) and I urge you to be careful when you receive calls from your own companies. It is happening...:rcard
 
i got this today
i asked, which bank, where? immediately got this reply

ROYAL BJ ROAD!!?? wow, sounds just up my street rofl rofl
 
Adrian Posted
'The check scam works if the person accepts the check, and sends the difference in a transfer to the "seller" without waiting for the seller's original check to clear. Some friends selling their boat here in Spain almost fell for it. The seller's check obviously never clears.'

Thats right but there is another scam where they use a stolen cheque book, they 'accidentally' send too much money for a deposit then ask for the difference back in cash once the cheque DOES clear. When it is eventually found the cheques have been stolen (could be days or weeks!!) the person who put the cheque in the bank is liable!!
 
Ladies and Gentlemen

I have a small estate in Somerset of around 800 acres and would like to invite all of you for a stay at my stately home (Somerset House).
The house comprises of 6 reception room’s 2 kitchens and a main banqueting hall along with 12 bedrooms on the second floor with 4 two bed apartments on the upper floor.

All I need in return for this offer is as many of you as possible to mail me all of your details.
Home address so I know where it is safe to burgle when you’re not there, home and mobile telephone numbers so I can scam all of my long distance calls, all of your credit card details along with any passwords and security numbers you may have, and of course your bank details so I can give you all a share of my millions after I’ve ripped it all out of you in the first place.

Could you all please use my alternative mail address for all correspondence.

scaming-bastard@ripyouoff.co.uk

And my I finish by thanking you all for my children’s university costs and the world cruise that you’re all about to pay for.

rofl rofl rofl rofl rofl

 
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Best scam I saw was a setup on TV the accomplice enters a valet style car park and has trouble and gets help from the single attendant. Another scammer takes his place and gets the keys of the car about to park next and gives the customer a fake ticket. he thens drives off with the car but on this occasion he notices the cars sat nav and types in home. He now has car not yet reported stolen they keys to the house and knows the guys not at home.When the customer returns with his fake ticket only then does he realise he has been scammed.
 
I received an email from "NaWest bank" asking for my bank details! rofl
 
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