Here we go again

**FROSTY:Me** · 12th July 2009, 15:07

ya gotta wonder if its the same guys doncha?
recieved today about one of our bikes for sale.
Email: james100135@yahoo.com
Message:
Hello Seller,
My Name is Williams James. I 'm a citizen of United Kingdom ,but I have all my business with my family in United State of America . I have the intention of purchasing your advert for sale. I 'll pay you with a cheque,and wait for the clearance before the pick up arrangement. Concerning the shipping arrangement,my shipping company will come for the pick up once the transaction has been sealed. If this is okay with you,do get back to me with your LAST PRICE so that I can forward the payment to you. Regard.

**spacemonkey** · 12th July 2009, 15:12

Mmmmm Spam.... It so tasty!

Pretty lame as far as internet scam's go these days.

**steve_t** · 12th July 2009, 15:28

Ooohh... a cheque this time.... not the usual Paypal scam... hopefully Paypal has clamped down on the previous scams.

The cheque is being held up by customs. Please send $1000 and I'll get your cheque released

**NighthawkNZ:Me** · 12th July 2009, 15:38

Originally Posted by FROSTY

ya gotta wonder if its the same guys doncha?
recieved today about one of our bikes for sale.
Email: james100135@yahoo.com
Message:
Hello Seller,
My Name is Williams James. I 'm a citizen of United Kingdom ,but I have all my business with my family in United State of America . I have the intention of purchasing your advert for sale. I 'll pay you with a cheque,and wait for the clearance before the pick up arrangement. Concerning the shipping arrangement,my shipping company will come for the pick up once the transaction has been sealed. If this is okay with you,do get back to me with your LAST PRICE so that I can forward the payment to you. Regard.

get the cheque sent to you P.O box, bank it and then do nothing...???

mmmm spam

**Hiflyer** · 12th July 2009, 15:42

So did you do it?

**Disco Dan** · 12th July 2009, 16:06

Money, spam? Heck all I seem to get are russian lady boys... They must know my weakness...

"Hey my dear! How are you today? My Hope are you all good? I really miss you. and I am very worried about you. My hope is you still remember me? I shall be very glad if you answer me. and also send your photo. I was looking for a very long time your email, when I have a problem with my mailbox. and I had to create another mailbox. My hope is you remember me yet? and I will work to restore the data from the old mailbox. and now I am writing to you a letter with the hope that you still remember me. I send you my photo. I am looking for my soulmate of my heart and soul. Who would be the foundation for me in a difficult moment. Who would have always supported me morally. and did not fall into the abyss of the cold and loneliness. And I am so happy that I was able to find your email. and now I am writing you with great hope for the answer ... I am already tired of this world of loneliness. I am tired of coming home and cooking for one person. and then sit and eat one. Go into the cold bed and fall asleep with tears in her eyes, without embracing a beloved person .... I want a simple woman happiness. To love and be loved. I want to come home earlier than my beloved man, and meet him at the door. and give him a kiss. To prepare him a delicious meal. because it is cooked with love ... spilled in the embrace of a beloved man. That's all I want in my life. And all the things that I really do not have enough in my simple life. I want to find my soulmate, who will appreciate not only my body. but I will respect the beauty of my inner world, my soul. I want to find someone with a good and kind heart. I just want to be happy in this life with my favorite person. I do not need anything else. I respect in a man - is honesty, kindness, love for children. I appreciate these qualities in a person. my hope is that you will be man??? I await your speedy response. Best wishes to you and a good day. Naty."

**CookMySock** · 12th July 2009, 17:48

They will pay you with someone elses' bank account that they have a usename and password for. The transaction WILL be reversed.

This is what viruses are FOR. They sit on your PC and wait until you do your internet banking and they sniff your username and password keystrokes and report them back to daddy in brasil. I have been in a chatroom with thousands of compromised Linux Servers all talking away merrily as they automatically scanned for, and hacked new networks, and with keyloggers scrolling dozens of lines of credit card numbers per second. It was a sickening sight watching thousands of peoples lives scroll past my eyes.

NEVER be tempted to get involved. If you go and create a new bank account for the purpose of one dodgy transaction, there is a large chance that you could get convicted of fraud, for deliberately involving yourself in what you know to be a money laundering scheme.

Steve

**Mikkel** · 12th July 2009, 18:09

No wonder why english teachers can make a lot of money in certain places.

**MarkH** · 12th July 2009, 19:16

Cheque arrives and you bank it . . . cheque clears . . . bike gets picked up and taken away . . . it turns out that international cheques don't quite clear as much as your bank makes out, transaction gets reversed and there is nothing you can do about it.

It seems to me that Frosty's bullshit sniffer is on the money here, which will save him from being out of the money!

**Swoop** · 12th July 2009, 19:27

First name as "Williams"??

**Pussy** · 12th July 2009, 19:30

Originally Posted by Swoop

First name as "Williams"??

He's an identical twin..... shares the name with his brother

**CookMySock** · 12th July 2009, 19:59

Originally Posted by MarkH

Cheque arrives and you bank it . . . cheque clears . . . bike gets picked up and taken away . . . it turns out that international cheques don't quite clear as much as your bank makes out, transaction gets reversed and there is nothing you can do about it.

It isn't so much about the time.. It's that the chequebook will be stolen or similar.

The danger arrives when some kiwi gets clever, and tries to open a bank account to cheat the system. This is fraud.

Steve

**MarkH** · 12th July 2009, 20:40

Originally Posted by DangerousBastard

It isn't so much about the time.. It's that the chequebook will be stolen or similar.

Yes it could be, but the problem is that unlike a New Zealand cheque, when an international cheque appears to have cleared it can still be reversed right the fuck out of your bank account. Why do you think the buyer is offering to let the cheque clear before he has the bike picked up? This is not the first time I have heard of a similar scam.

**Laava** · 12th July 2009, 21:42

surely it wouldn't hurt to have some fun with this person? Get some response and make him/her work for their money?

**megageoff76** · 12th July 2009, 21:51

Yeah, play their game for a bit of fun.

This website has some hilarous examples of replies to email scammers to get you started.

http://www.whatsthebloodypoint.com/

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