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Swampy
| Posted on Saturday, April 14, 2007 - 12:30 am: |
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I need some Ideas on how to sting a Nigerian scammer. Heres what happened, I had some snowmobiles on Craigslist. I sold them locally of course. While they were posted on craigslist, I started getting the stupid emails from the Nigerians. They ask me my address (I don't care who shows up in my front yard, I've got a big swamp in the back) and a few weeks later (After the snowmobiles are sold)a cashiers check from Sterling Bank in Huston, Texas shows up UPS next day air. Its for $5000. There is absolutly no information in the envelope but the check and my address and the address on the front of the envelope is 1979 Bayshore LHC, Arizona 86404. Now two weeks later I get an email asking if I got the check and I respond back that yes I got the cashiers check but the snowmobiles have already been sold. And now I get this: Oh okay,well then get the check cashed and take 15% on it okay,and send the rest via western union to this info below: Abiodun Oyinlola name:5 Amosu street address:ijaye state:Lagos country:Nigeria zipcode:23401 Get back to me with the western union sending formation such as MTCN,sender's name and address,text question and answer. Thank you. Now what do I do? Should I come up with some elaborate story about a house fire and see if he will resend me another check? |
Vortec57
| Posted on Saturday, April 14, 2007 - 12:56 am: |
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Say your dog ate it and you need a new one. |
Danger_dave
| Posted on Saturday, April 14, 2007 - 01:24 am: |
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I wouldn't bother - but some of this stuff is creative. http://www.419eater.com Check the trophy room. (Message edited by danger_dave on April 14, 2007) |
Oz666
| Posted on Saturday, April 14, 2007 - 08:40 am: |
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Swampy, Anything mailed to you with or without your request is your property. Open a NEW bank account, deposit the cheque, and let it collect interest `till the issuing bank yanks back the original $5K - if the cheque is good, you will make some interest, if it's bogus, you won't lose anything. If nothing happens after a year, buy a new Blast! Oz "Nobody gets in to see the Wizard. Not nobody, not no how." |
Spiderman
| Posted on Saturday, April 14, 2007 - 09:19 am: |
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First, Make sure the check is legit! Any bank can verify. Then take the money, and send a roll of pennies to that address. |
Firebolteric_ma
| Posted on Saturday, April 14, 2007 - 10:26 am: |
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The check will be fake. My Brother in law fell for this.(he's not very street wise). same thing almost, selling his Guitar on Craigs list. he deposited check/m.o waited 2 weeks, bank says it is all good. he sends guitars and "the x-tra cash" that was included with the funds.(they sent 5k he was looking for 3k for his items) bank calls a week after that and tells him it is fake. he already sent out items/cash. he had there info and nothing ever became of it, town cops couldn't care less, state cops took the info and report. Live and learn....... |
Teeps
| Posted on Saturday, April 14, 2007 - 10:39 am: |
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It never ceases to amaze me that people still fall for this stuff. The tipoff is the excess funds offered/sent, with your promise to refund the difference... |
Ryker77
| Posted on Saturday, April 14, 2007 - 10:47 am: |
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Check is FAKE. Had one of them scamming ass polically incorrect work. Send me a bogus check. I took it to the bank and next day was told it was no good. I was honest with the bank and advised them upfront. Crazy thing was the scammer never once contaced me. Those guys send out hundred of bogus checks per day. All it take is 1% of the check/scam to work and they make a huge profit. Nigeria isn't to far from Iraq. Wouldn't take too much effort to place a few bombs up there ass. |
Fran_dog
| Posted on Saturday, April 14, 2007 - 11:24 am: |
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As many others here have said 'the check is fake, it is NOT legit." Whatever you do, DO NOT deposit the check in any of your accounts. I'm not sure who you should report the scammers to, but if they ever show up at your place, take them on a tour of your swamp. I'm not a hater kind of guy, but I hate scammers... |
Etennuly
| Posted on Saturday, April 14, 2007 - 02:38 pm: |
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If they contact you again tell them you conduct "Swamp Tours" for $5500. Explain to them that you will hold their check until the $500 shows up in the form of cash, then welcome them on the "Tour". Doesn't the FBI handle this kind of stuff? I would think that reporting it to them would be a good idea as it maybe a part of something that they are adding evidence on to pounce on these vultures. If you got it lots of others have too. |
Kdan
| Posted on Saturday, April 14, 2007 - 03:33 pm: |
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I got one. $5000 for a car I was selling for $2500. I sent them a picture of me standing by the car showing them I thought they were number one in my book. I also photocopied a US$1 bill wrote "$2000 bill" on it and sent the whole shooting match to their address. Swell bunch of guys. Never heard from them again. I giggled a lot after, so the $4 postage I think was worth it. |
Cochise
| Posted on Saturday, April 14, 2007 - 03:35 pm: |
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Contact John Ross at ABC and tell him about it, they did a story on it a few months ago and they got rid of a few of those dogs. |
Thumper74
| Posted on Saturday, April 14, 2007 - 03:54 pm: |
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I was selling my old 77 CB750k chopper and someone from England did a Buy It Now and attempted it, wanted to send me 3k for a $1000 bike... I told him to copulate with himself furiously |
Swampy
| Posted on Saturday, April 14, 2007 - 06:53 pm: |
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Thanks for the ideas guys, I knew form the beginning the Cashiers Check was no good. I think what I will do is send him this and see if he bites: Abiodun, It appears I have run into a problem, I have cashed the check but my bank account does not have enough in it to cover the $5000, and now the bank will not release the $5000 until my account is even. My account is short $500, If you could send me $500 in cash that I can deposit into my account to get your funds released. I will send to you as directed by your previous email. I am very sorry for this delay so as soon as you can send the cash the sooner I can send you the funds. So sorry Thank you for your understanding Whats the concensus? |
Kdan
| Posted on Saturday, April 14, 2007 - 07:01 pm: |
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Oh that one is good. Don't wait for a response by the mailbox, but Abiodun's gonna stand there and go, " Shit." |
Cochise
| Posted on Saturday, April 14, 2007 - 07:11 pm: |
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$1000, then you've got a deal. Just get one of those fake money pens. |
Froggy
| Posted on Saturday, April 14, 2007 - 07:59 pm: |
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The part i can't figure out is why that in 2007 it still takes about a week for a check to clear. |
Swampy
| Posted on Saturday, April 14, 2007 - 09:48 pm: |
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Well my friend....Thats the real SCAM! |
Swampy
| Posted on Sunday, April 15, 2007 - 08:59 am: |
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And lovingdan09@yahoo.com is not biting....this is what he sent me overnight: Hello... Okay...well tell the bank to get you $3000 now cos the money is needed for the treatment of y lawyer there,he's sick now in the hospital needed the money for treatment,he is handling my company there,and you must have heard alot about it there,i dont want anything to happen to him and my business too. So please let the bank give you $3000 at least okay and send it in 2 places cos they wont allow you transfer more than $2000 at once.so you can transfer $1800 first then the rest which is $1200,so you are gonna have 2 sending info to send to me so that i can foward to y lawyer to enable hi have the money for his treatment... Hope to hear from you soonest.
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Kdan
| Posted on Sunday, April 15, 2007 - 09:09 am: |
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If my lawyer was sick, I'd have a real hard time raising any cash too! On the other scam, I deposited a check from a lawyers office on 4/07 for a significant amount and my credit union put a hold on it until 4/13. 5 business days they said cause it was so much. So I paid my Credit Union credit card in full. From the account that had the held check in it. They called me pretty quick. I think they almost exploded something! |
Cochise
| Posted on Sunday, April 15, 2007 - 09:12 am: |
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You could say something to the effect of, if you are helping me to lie to my bank, how do I know you aren't lying to ME about this money? Are you trying to scam me? |
Swampy
| Posted on Sunday, April 15, 2007 - 02:03 pm: |
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This is what I sent him back: Abiodun, I am sorry, what does this have to do with the treatment of your lawyer? This is about you sending me a cashiers check for $5000, and not being able to withdraw said funds from my account until I have enough in my account to cover the $5000, of which I am short $521. So Like I asked in the earlier email, if you would send $521 in cash, I will then deposit it in my account so that I have enough to cover the $5000, so that I can withdraw that. I hope the best for your lawyer, but the sooner you send me the $521 in cash, the sooner you can begin the necessary treatment of your sick lawyer. Thank you for you understanding. Lets see how he handles that one, its pretty to the point but next time I can make up a story about my sick lawyer.. And just in case any Spammers are watching out there: lovingdan09@yahoo.com |
Cereal
| Posted on Sunday, April 15, 2007 - 02:09 pm: |
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Etennuly is right. The FBI has been tracking these type of scams for a while. Go to the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) and file a complaint. The more people that report them, the better the FBI will be able to handle it. http://www.ic3.gov/ |
Swampy
| Posted on Sunday, April 15, 2007 - 02:36 pm: |
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No crime has been commited....yet.... |
Loose_cannon_1203cc
| Posted on Sunday, April 15, 2007 - 02:55 pm: |
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What's this guy talking about a sick lawyer for, at first it was for a snowmobile I thought? |
Kdan
| Posted on Sunday, April 15, 2007 - 04:38 pm: |
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Swampy, Good letter. I think it will be lost on the "English as a tertiary language" crew. |
Court
| Posted on Monday, April 16, 2007 - 05:48 am: |
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You gotta be kidding me . . . this is not legit? I sent the check.
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Swampy
| Posted on Monday, April 16, 2007 - 02:16 pm: |
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Well, I did ask the ic3.gov website if they were interested in this information and I can tell from the automated response that they are not. The ic3 is for "crimes" that have already happened. This situation has not yet developed into an actual crime, it is nothing more than an internet sporting event. I would happily report this to anybody, but there is no "police" agency with juristiction in Nigeria, to persue persons who forge cashiers checks and send them to people in this country(even though it appears to be sent from AZ) Any other ideas? Oh yeah, Spammers, have at it: lovingdan09@yahoo.com |
Scottykrein
| Posted on Monday, April 16, 2007 - 05:06 pm: |
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http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1710265/context/ tag:collegehumororiginal You never know, he could be legit........ |
Ryker77
| Posted on Monday, April 16, 2007 - 05:15 pm: |
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A pre-imptive strike on Nigeria should be implemented. More Americans have been effected by theses scamming ass nigerians than 9/11. What pisses me off is they prey on our elders or those less educated. Shouldn't be to far from Iraq for a jet to drop a few bomb. 1800Marine to fix them right up. |
Brewtus
| Posted on Monday, April 16, 2007 - 10:21 pm: |
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Keep it up Swampy! If you could get 50 bucks out of the guy it would be priceless! "What pisses me off is they prey on our elders or those less educated." Man ain't that the truth. |
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