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Oly United Kingdom. Feb 12 2010 11:36. Posts 3585 | | |
Yesterday I nearly got scammed. I am looking for a new house, which I have now found, but before moving into my current abode I accepted an offer from someone else. That offer seemed too good to be true and there were some scam like things I've seen elsewhere which raised my suspicions, so before I went any further I did a little research, and found his IP address relates to that of a known nigerian scammer.
Today he sent me an email asking for a deposit, which would definitely have ended things since I haven't even seen the house yet lol, but I haven't replied yet. I must say his previous messages were a lot more normal than this obvious scamming crap. Here it is:
How are you doing today ? I just got word from the city council regarding the tenancy form approval and am glad to let you know that your tenancy form has been reviewed and accepted so you have been approved to rent one of the rooms available. What i was told to tell you is for you to pay the required deposit to the below information. All you have to do is to log on to www.westernunion.com and register, after doing that, you click the send money in minutes button and then fill the form, the confirmation will be sent to your phone or emailed to you. Once you receive that, you are to call and activate the transaction. Email me with the transfer info.
Receivers Name: Terry Lane
Address: 133 Edward Street Brighton BN2 0JL
Once you have sent the deposit, kindly attach and e-mail me with the deposit slip been given to you after the transfer or e-mail me with the below info.
And after the deposit has been made you just get back to me with the below information..
Senders name:
Sender address:
Mtcn Number:
Amount sent: £300
Once i receive the details, I will send you the receipt, residency approval and rent agreement confirmation immediately i receive the deposit. I would be waiting to hear from you to know if you got my
email or not.
Thanks for your time and effort!
Sincerely,
Terry Lane
So I'm looking for suggestions on how to stitch him right up... I am aiming for humiliation here...
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taco Iceland. Feb 12 2010 11:42. Posts 1793 | | |
Get a picture of him with a shoe on his head. |
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Oly United Kingdom. Feb 12 2010 11:49. Posts 3585 | | |
Terry,
Thank you very much for your reply. That's great news, I really like the house! Is it just the deposit you want and not the first month's rent also? I don't think I can commit quite yet though - it's a bit fast. I don't even know who I'm living with! Do you have a picture of yourself you could send me? Thanks.
kindest regards,
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Oly United Kingdom. Feb 12 2010 12:03. Posts 3585 | | |
Terry,
Thanks for your quick reply. That's ok, I'll wait until you finish work, I'm in no rush.
Oly
Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2010 16:59:33 +0000
From: sarwr44@yahoo.co.uk
Subject: RE: Approval Arrangement
To: xxxxxxxxx@hotmail.com
Thanks for the mail, am sorry i don't have any on my PC here because am currently at work.
Kindly email me with the transfer information once you've done it, and you will pay the rent on your move in date.
Thanks
Expecting your reply.
Sincerely,
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vlseph United States. Feb 12 2010 12:05. Posts 3026 | | | |
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luddite United States. Feb 12 2010 12:17. Posts 398 | | |
show it to the city government/police and let them take him down. |
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NewbSaibot United States. Feb 12 2010 12:18. Posts 4944 | | |
tell him you need him to send you $50 first to help cover the cost of transportation and pc use and whatever the fuck... point is you send him photo of $50 bill on your titties |
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whamm! Albania. Feb 12 2010 12:38. Posts 11625 | | |
ask if you can pay through pokerstars transfer and let him make a real money account first and play real cash before even being granted access to fund transfers LOL
u can also ask his username id if he wants it fast and just chipdump the funds in a heads up game for show and actually rape his scamming ass |
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Jedeye United Kingdom. Feb 12 2010 12:45. Posts 188 | | |
id just go to the police tbh, save more trusting people from being scammed. |
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Steal City United States. Feb 12 2010 12:51. Posts 2537 | | |
first tell him u tried to do it buvt couoldn't ask him to explain
when he does ask him to make a video or slide show et cetera
if you get him to spend a little time on it he'll feel more committed and u'll get more complliance to do a bigger thing
it's foot-in-the-door
you should study this stuff
http://www.archive.org/details/Scambusters
click on PLAY top right (it starts 5 mins in) if you really want to get him ask for advice on that forum, it's what they do |
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Critterer United Kingdom. Feb 12 2010 13:02. Posts 5337 | | |
my friend had exactly this happen, didnt fall for it either tho |
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thumbz555 United States. Feb 12 2010 13:13. Posts 3281 | | |
Similar thing happened to me when I sold a Taylor guitar on craigslist, Some scammer from Africa tried to get me to ship it over there, offering to pay twice as much, even had fake paypal-looking emails sent to confirm he'd paid in advance. I tried to score a down-payment on shipping, but eventually just turned him over to paypal fraud =/ |
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Oly United Kingdom. Feb 12 2010 13:55. Posts 3585 | | |
Wow, I've been looking it up too now, and there's hilarious stuff out there lol |
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Fujikura United States. Feb 12 2010 14:05. Posts 1795 | | |
lol 419eater is so good. Look up the one where the guy gets wooden carvings sent to him and photo shops an art gallery LOL |
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Etherone Canada. Feb 12 2010 17:50. Posts 753 | | |
| | On February 12 2010 11:51 Steal City wrote:
first tell him u tried to do it buvt couoldn't ask him to explain
when he does ask him to make a video or slide show et cetera
if you get him to spend a little time on it he'll feel more committed and u'll get more complliance to do a bigger thing
it's foot-in-the-door
you should study this stuff
http://www.archive.org/details/Scambusters
click on PLAY top right (it starts 5 mins in) if you really want to get him ask for advice on that forum, it's what they do |
this is soo hilarious loool |
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Daut  United States. Feb 12 2010 20:37. Posts 8955 | | |
put both his phone number and email address on craigs list looking for men and write some really dirty shit |
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