Read the 2 msgs below of some scammer from africa who is interested in my board that i advertised on seabreeze.
The first one did"nt even ring a bell till i got the second one.
Anyone else been contacted by this clown. Is there any good websites worth reporting them too?
1st email
Name: ashley pitu
State: WA
Email: [email protected]
Phone:
Hello Mate, what is your last price for the boat??? Get back to me.
2nd email
I am actually trying to get this Board for my first son will be adding a year to his age in about 3 weeks as he has always been a fan of this Board. So I think its worth paying whatever the shipping charges will be just to put a laughter on his face.
As to the price, I will offer you $600. So if you deem the offer good enough, I will be very glad to make the payment asap through my PayPal account as I am currently offshore and I won't definitely be able to make it to my bank to make bank wires across to you.
As to shipping, you need not worry yourself about how the Board will get to me here in the West Africa as I will contact a shipping company here who will handle that. I will however be needing your contact address to be able to get the shipping quote from the shipping company. You can call me on +2348074808081
Do get back to me asap with your PayPal Email address and Full name so
that I can remit the payment asap.
Cheers,
Ashley
You understand the scam don't you? They will transfer the money using paypal with a dodgy credit card or the like and the transaction gets cancelled after you have sent the boards.
At least, that's what I think it is.
I think the same thing happens with some bank transfers, where the money is cleared, or in this case not cleared, after you have shipped the board.
Oh hang on, I might take it back. This might be the scam where they overpay you, using Paypal or whatever, and ask you to send the difference back to them as a cheque.
You send a cheque, and what do you know, their original payment bounces...
Anyway, with the internet, like most things, if it sounds too good to be true it probably is.
Got a few people report this character to me, and the good news is a patch was installed last night which should see the end of him, and any of his mates who follow... ![]()
"As to the price, I will offer you $600. So if you deem the offer good enough,"
Off course you will deem the offer to be good enough.
So they offer you over and above the price that you have put on the board...sure you will get excited...thats how they get you in..
On ebay I these emails alot...![]()
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Here's the latest email scam in the email, no invitation, but a direct ORDER from the FBI!
I don't know Laurie, it sounds genuine to me. They seem to have a genuine 'gmail' address, so you can't go wrong. ![]()
I think the Nigerians are losing their touch. Greed is the best way to go, but at least the story has to be almost believable.
They assume your identity and sell stuff on ebay under your name - fail to send on goods but pocket the money, then people come at you looking for their goods.
I got several emails one night a few weeks ago, where someone hacked my ebay account and was trying to sell Iphones. Lucky I found out and reported it to Ebay before the sale date - and warned all persons who emails me.
Stinkin scammers![]()
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