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10/02/2006 02:22:47 PM · #26 |
| There are several government departments that you can foward the email to. I don't rember which ones they are but they aren't hard to find if you do a websearch on how to report scams. They can sometimes track some of the info on the email and use it to catch these people. If you went down there you'd probably be on a boat to some foreign slave house within hours and they would steal all your money and maybe your identity. |
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10/02/2006 02:23:10 PM · #27 |
| My Uncle-in-law was recently contacted by one of these. We tried to tell him to ignore it, but he couldn't resist. They claimed to be in the UK and gave a UK phone number. He actually spoke to the person. The next time they gave him a Nigerian #. He might have actually fallen for it, had we not warned him in advance. Fortunately, he escaped with his bank account intact. |
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10/02/2006 02:23:16 PM · #28 |
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Hey! November 22 is my birthday, too! Cindy, wouldn't you rather come to southern California to do a birthday shoot? LOL! :D
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10/02/2006 02:43:50 PM · #29 |
Originally posted by idnic:
you can reach me on this mobile number +861060899829 |
If it were a genuine UK mobile number, it would begin +44. This on top of the poor grammar and spelling.
Check our //www.419eater.com for a laugh.
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10/02/2006 02:52:05 PM · #30 |
I've seen this one before. There are a few variations on it, ebayers, photographers. The newest one is targeted at small hotels and B&B's. I manage a condo hotel and we've gotten 3 attempts.
The hotel version claims that this person is looking for a place for their father, who happens to be a political outcast in their country. They claim that their only source of money is a UK bank since all of their other assets have been frozen by the fathers political rivals.
another one claims that they are attempting to get youths in their country experience in a certain line of employment. They offer to pay all expenses (including wages) in exchange for the chance to get the youths experience that will help their country.
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10/02/2006 02:58:43 PM · #31 |
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10/02/2006 02:59:47 PM · #32 |
wow lol, I guess someone was pissed and made that website
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10/02/2006 03:04:41 PM · #33 |
Originally posted by digitalpins:
wow lol, I guess someone was pissed and made that website |
Read around on that site. It's really quite hilarious.
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10/02/2006 03:59:20 PM · #34 |
This is my favorite by far
Joe Eboh
Thanks for the link
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10/02/2006 05:07:03 PM · #35 |
Even if you call the guy...how would they get money from you? Would they ask for your cc# ? If so, what lunatic would give their card # for a job that they were to make money on?
Skid
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10/02/2006 05:18:05 PM · #36 |
Originally posted by kenskid:
Even if you call the guy...how would they get money from you? |
See the explanation Mist posted at 1:21. |
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10/02/2006 05:23:56 PM · #37 |
Standard version of this scam is that they agree to pay you by cashier's check. They send you a check for more than your fee, asking that you send the difference to their party planner or some other third party. You agree, deposit the check, wait a couple days for the check to clear, and then send the funds on to said third party. A week or two later, the check turns out to be counterfeit, is returned to your bank, and your bank charges back your account. The third party now has the funds, and you are "on the hook" for your now VERY overdrawn checking account balance.
Please, don't fall for this.
~Terry
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10/06/2006 12:35:47 PM · #38 |
The scam is in the phone number. By calling it you open your phone up to be charged whatever that person has established as a toll and could be anything. Most scams I hear of (for he phone) can quickly ring up a $25K to $75K in just a couple of minutes.
buyer beware... |
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01/22/2008 03:07:43 PM · #39 |
| This is definitely a scam. I was foolish enough to fall for it.This guy is looking up any job posting site where innocent candidates are looking for jobs (different types of jobs) or things like that. Then he will reel you in and I was dumb enough to fall for it. It involves what I now know as a 419 scam. And when you are scammed NO ONE helps you ...not the police or anyone ...no one has time and no one bothers. They simply say you should have known better (which I guess you should) and you are left to cover any deficits in your bank account on your own. But I think that the government and financial institutions and public television should do more to make people and job seekers aware of these scams. America is loosing millions of dollars yearly to this nonsense and at a time like this people need to keep all the money they can. |
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01/22/2008 03:19:10 PM · #40 |
By the first line im already clicking the delete button..... "Greetings"
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01/22/2008 03:43:57 PM · #41 |
Almost as weird as resurrecting a 14 month old thread by a 1st
day member. LOL Welcome to DPC. Hope replying to this thead
wasn't the only reason you started your account Melinda. Maybe
you could enter the next exclusive challenge. hehehehe |
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01/22/2008 03:52:19 PM · #42 |
I suspect that if you google the scam, this is one of the hits.
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