Scam or Sincere?

[andehens]

Definate Scam! Same thing happened to me when I had Shih Tzu puppies for sale last year. They would call in on a deaf persons service and the operators are not allowed to tell you that it is an overseas scam call as they are supposed to be the ears and voice only. The scammer would ask if I had any puppies left and I would say yes, I had one and the FBI is using it to find scammers and they would hang up. Before I caught on, I gave my address for the person to come see the puppies, (boy is that a catch 22, like they are going to buy if they can't come see) They emailed constantly and really did send money. I don't know how much, but it came from Canada. Scared me death, I wouldn't let the FedEx guy in the driveway, I made him stay on the other side of the locked gate! I absolutely did not want there to be any question that I had refused that envelope! From everything I read, your'e just supposed to ignore them! Mine went away when I quit advertising, it was crazy there for while! Good Luck!

 

[Feathers Acres]

Gahh! I see these people all the time on Craigslist!


they give me the willies!

these people are freaks!

 

[Littlechick]

The grammar alone would turn me off. I'd not even give them a chance. Hello. If you're going to run a scam, run spell check first.

 

[Mrs MIA]

I guess we've put this one to bed...

Glad to know my gut instincts were right!

 

[The Chicken Lady]

Anything that says WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER in it will send me running for the hills as fast as I can.

Go visit www.409eater.com and see what I mean. There are all sorts of these fake money transfer scams circulating on the internet. Usually, the victims are elderly folks who aren't internet savvy and don't understand how an e-mail sent to their personal inbox could not be legitimate.

 

[Alpha Roo]

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Absolutely right. This is not the vernacular for a 'Larry Smith' LOL

SCAM SCAM SCAM

 

[Dipsy Doodle Doo]

Hi!
The only place I've advertised eggs is here at byc and the old ezbyc.
And I just inherited a bunch of money:

Law Office <[email protected]>
Subject: Late Engr.Collins Steven ; has made you a beneficiary of he sum of Seven Million One Hundred Thousand Dollars to you in his WILL.Get back to me as soon as possible to enable me conclude my job. Yours in Service, BARRISTER JOHN.FORD ESQ

HaHaHa!
I don't get many of those type emails.

They emailed constantly and really did send money. I don't know how much, but it came from Canada. Scared me death, I wouldn't let the FedEx guy in the driveway, I made him stay on the other side of the locked gate! I absolutely did not want there to be any question that I had refused that envelope!

That would've freaked me out, too.

Lisa​

 

[Squeaky]

This is the old "money order" or "cashier's check" scam.

Here's how it works.

1) Someone offers to buy your goods and services, and to pay by money order, check, Western Union, or cashier's check. They offer what they "have in mind" to pay, which is usually more than the items or services are worth.

2) Since this person is (supposedly) far away, s/he asks to send you a much larger payment so that you can forward part of it to a third party, who might be a relative, an "agent" or a "nanny" in your town, or anyone.

3) The money order or cashier's check is bogus but you won't find out until you've forwarded the third party's share to him or her.

4) You're held accountable for the entire amount of the bad check as soon as you rIf you fall for this, meanwhile the "agent" runs off with the forwarded money which is actually yours.

Scammers on Craig's List are getting bolder. Now instead of applying to people's for sale ads, they are placing want ads of their own and trolling professional networking sites. In my town, they target teachers, tutors, musicians, and the like. So I get hit by these idiots at least three or four times per week. The police really don't care.

Another red flag is the horrid grammar. The people who write the scam letters try to come across as people who don't speak or write English well, but the syntax they use is not appropriate to any other language. Often they claim to be from Canada or Britain, but what they don't seem to realize is that the educational standards in those nations is far higher than it is in the USA, so adults from those nations can speak and write perfect English.

 

[vfem]

SCAM!

Scam rule #1...if there grammer and spelling are that poor, don't bother reading further!