Posted on 01/14/2009 8:31:09 AM PST by Red Badger
Here’s another one to be aware of:
We listed a carpet for sale on Craigslist. We got an e-mail basically saying “I’ll buy the rug, a check along with shipping instructions are in the mail.”
The guy wanted us to deposit his check, then immediately get a money order to send to his “shipping company”, but the amount he was “paying for shipping” was more than the value of the rug. My wife and I looked at each other and said “This has got to be a scam”.
She started by tracking down the check - it was one of a batch which had been stolen from a credit union in Minnesota, so she got the URL info from the scammer and made contact with the FBI, where she was told that there wasn’t anything they could do about it.
The object of the scam was to get us to deposit a worthless check and send a money order. By the time the worthless check didn’t clear, the money order would have been cashed and the perps would be on to the next victim.
Be aware! If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.
I heard you the first time. LOL
http://forum.419eater.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=10
Some people are probably still looking literally for the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow or leprechaun.
The only people that get taken in by these scams are both greedy and stupid.All the con games work because the "mark" foolishly hopes to get rich with no effort.
Ok, that's it. I'll never say "a lot of money" ever again.
“bear in mind that this reference was to London, Ontario, which is about an hour’s drive from where he lived.”
No, the article says he FLEW to London. You don’t fly to London, Ontario, from Leamington, Ontario. And the article is in the Windsor, Ontario, newspaper, so the writer knows the geography well enough—if he put in “plane ticket to London” then he meant London, England.
Stupidity and greed make a terrible combination and it seems to be genetic.
or as Barney Frank would say, “a buttload of money.”
They were thinking, "Wow, $12.8 million is a LOT of money..."
why we have dems in government.
The parallels are exact.
One is just easier for some to discuss in polite company.
No one drives around with a bumper sticker on their car, saying “I lost $$$$ to Nigerian Scam Artists”.
But I see Obama/Biden bumper stickers all day every day.
Right. Plenty of conservatives happily voted for Obama too.
I have been scammed for thousands of dollars every year. The organization takes money from me during the whole year and then is kind enough to refund back to me a smidgen of what I am scammed.
I keep coming back year after year.
It is the Federal, State, County and City government.
Social Security is the biggest scam of all time. They take your money and hope you die before you get a chance to collect...........
Or raised by parents that gave you their credit card as you headed off to college.
More likely a Super kewl tricked out Honda Civic.
Hey John I have ocean view land in Utah if your interested or maybe you would like some dry land in Florida,how about a bridge in NYC. Send $100 for free catalog.
At least the guy didn’t shoot his wife in the back with a shotgun and unplug the phone so she could call for help as she lay dying.
My parents did and I didn't become an idiot. Imagine that! LOL!
“As you know quite well that Nigeria is a black country and the Past American presidents treats the blacks in the america like slaves, The White americans practice races against the blacks and the Nigerian Government is not happy about this and this is the main reason why your payment have been delayed with one excuse or the other...”
Are you “practicing races?”
THAT’S RACES!
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