Big Scam!
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From: Benvenidos!!
Big Scam!
When Selling An Expensive Item (like A Corvette) You Will Without A Doubt, Get An Email From Someone That First Asks Some Questions About The Item, Then They Say They'll Get Back To You. Later They Will Contact You And Come Up With A Story That Says (for One Reason Or Another) They Have A Check For More Than The Amount Necessary To Purchase Your Item And That After The Sale Is Completed, For You To Send Them The Difference. It's Called The Nigerian Something Or Another. Everyday They Are Doing This And Sometimes Successfully. When I Sold My Coupe I Was Contacted, And One Day When I Was In The Bank, A Guy Came In With One Of The Checks. In Additoin The Bank Person Had Said That The Checks Certainly Look Real Enough And All, But After Sitting In Your Account For A While, Turn Out To Be Worthless. It Happens If Your Trying To Sell A Boat, Camper Car, Whatever, So If You Or Someone You Know Is Selling Something Expensive Let Them Know Because There Will Always Will Be New Victims. The Fact Is They Are Very Convincing, And When People Are "jonesing" To Sell Something Because They Need To Sell, They Become Vulnerable.
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This type of scam has been around for a long time, but thanks for the reminder.
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OT: Speaking of scams and scammers.........check out http://www.419eater.com/index.htm. Someone awhile back posted that website link, I think in the For Sale section.
And, if you have about 30min, check out the story "The Tale Of The Painted Breast" for an absolutely HILLARIOUS story of a scammer getting scammed.
Within 5 minutes of reading this story, you'll be smiling, and in 10 minutes you'll be rivited to what could POSSIBLY happen next in this wild tale of a nigerian-by-the-tail in a scambaiter's net.
WARNING: DO NOT TRY THIS YERSELF! (or at least, that's the disclaimer on the website says. Quote----"WARNING Please remember that these people are CRIMINALS and should be treated as such. Under no circumstances must you enter into any communications with these people unless you feel you are adequately prepared to deal with them.")
Enjoy!
And, if you have about 30min, check out the story "The Tale Of The Painted Breast" for an absolutely HILLARIOUS story of a scammer getting scammed.
Within 5 minutes of reading this story, you'll be smiling, and in 10 minutes you'll be rivited to what could POSSIBLY happen next in this wild tale of a nigerian-by-the-tail in a scambaiter's net.
WARNING: DO NOT TRY THIS YERSELF! (or at least, that's the disclaimer on the website says. Quote----"WARNING Please remember that these people are CRIMINALS and should be treated as such. Under no circumstances must you enter into any communications with these people unless you feel you are adequately prepared to deal with them.")
Enjoy!
