Caution: SCAM

[Scotty595]

LMAO......that's a classic Scotty595.
Any bank/post office etc with any regard for their (gullible) clients should be able to inform them it's a scam. I'm sure they must get briefed on scams so that little old ladies don't send there entire savings off shore.

I love it, I laugh everytime i read it. Working at an internet company I get a few similar things happening with Spammers. Its always funny how people seem to go out of there way to do something silly like that.

I read an email from an incrediably frustrated customer who had not been able to enter ther username and password to "stop there account being blocked." Like this guy had tried different browsers, friends computers, copying the link directly, all sorts of things and then got angry. Luckily for him the link was broken :s

[wbks]

I remember something on KB.co.nz about a "marine biologist" speaking broken English trying to get someone to ship their bike for sale out of NZ, and it was obviously a scam. On my bike someone from China is asking me to ship my bike out and asking for my paypal... I had to correct him, he thought it was a "car" but it's all good... Surely this guy is legit!?

Seriously though, obviously I'm not interested, but can someone tell me how the scam is supposed to work?

[Flip]

They send a bogus paypall payment including the shipping which you are asked to pay into an account somwhere.

Its just a scam.

[steve_t]

If you ask for $8000 they say they'll buy the car for $9000. If you agree they'll pay you via paypal. You get an email from "Paypal" saying you've had $11,000 deposited into your paypal account. You'll then get an email from the buyer asking you to send the "extra" $2000 back to them or to the shipping company via western union. Can't believe it works but then again a lot of people paid $10,000 to get a share of that $24m that someone in Nigeria inherited

[wbks]

If you ask for $8000 they say they'll buy the car for $9000. If you agree they'll pay you via paypal. You get an email from "Paypal" saying you've had $11,000 deposited into your paypal account. You'll then get an email from the buyer asking you to send the "extra" $2000 back to them or to the shipping company via western union. Can't believe it works but then again a lot of people paid $10,000 to get a share of that $24m that someone in Nigeria inherited

So they fake paypal emails... Ok, I see now.

[CookMySock]

So they fake paypal emails... Ok, I see now.

No, they genuinely pay your paypal account, usually with money from someone elses' hijacked bank account, then they get you to pay the 'shipping company' or somesuch other person with western union. Usually they will contact paypal and claim the goods were never delivered and get the paypal transaction reversed - not that they care too much - that wasn't their money anyway and they got paid through your western union payment. Basically, they do the money-go-round until it's untraceable with lots of stolen accounts and credit cards.

This is what viruses are for - to sit on your computer and handle their transactions for you.

Steve

[pzkpfw]

It can also be done with international bank cheques.

You stick it in your account.

Your bank gives you money in your account.

You send the excess to the buyer. (By Western Union means they get cash, that can't be claimed back).

Later, the "system" catches up, and the bank wants the full amount back off you - including the part you sent overseas...

[grusomhat]

It can also be done with international bank cheques.

You stick it in your account.

Your bank gives you money in your account.

You send the excess to the buyer. (By Western Union means they get cash, that can't be claimed back).

Later, the "system" catches up, and the bank wants the full amount back off you - including the part you sent overseas...

Basically if you are a scammer yourself those fake cheques they send you are an easy way to make some money. Ie, damn good counterfiets.

[ukusa]

my son got the same scam via text for his car on tardme a couple of weeks ago. He asked me straight away & I told him it was a scam. I then googled it for him, the sample we found even had the same last name (different first), supposedly a women, ship to China blah blah blah. I told him to play it along for a while to waste their time.

[sagirl]

Got my bike on TM for sale and received a text from +1361265880 - " I want to know if your bike on TRADEME is still for sale as i am intending to buy it right away. email me on lathamrose@yahoo.com plz email only."

This 'woman' claims to be a biker and is buying the bike for her son. Buggered if I know why she couldn't get one in China.... :-)
I assume that she has someone in NZ working with her that has TM access to get the contact details.
I think I will scam bait this one for a couple of weeks then pass her over to my hubby to play with. He can then use her phone number for his Nigerian 419 scam artists that he baits. Must be a helluva thing being so stupid.

[Insanity_rules]

Oh man, these asshats must think Kiwis are gullible!

Mind you, about a hundred years ago I was selling my Jensen Healy in the Trade and Exchange. I got a phone call from a dude who said he was in Brisbane. I thought he was pulling my leg! Bugger me if as he arranged over the phone, he bloody showed up with cash and didn't even haggle. After a short drive he forked over his dinero and we completed the transaction.

Last I heard he had it shipped across the ditch.

Not like these days with all the 419ers and the like.

[cowpoos]

Got my bike on TM for sale and received a text from +1361265880 - " I want to know if your bike on TRADEME is still for sale as i am intending to buy it right away. email me on lathamrose@yahoo.com plz email only."

This 'woman' claims to be a biker and is buying the bike for her son. Buggered if I know why she couldn't get one in China.... :-)
I assume that she has someone in NZ working with her that has TM access to get the contact details.
I think I will scam bait this one for a couple of weeks then pass her over to my hubby to play with. He can then use her phone number for his Nigerian 419 scam artists that he baits. Must be a helluva thing being so stupid.

Ring the number?

[Smiff-ta]

Had the same txt. I rang the number and it doesn't work.

Scams are such an annoyance.

Oh well at least when I get my money from Sgt J Jones in Iraq I won't have to worry about anything anymore.

[steve_t]

I'd be interested to see how they're gonna work this. The eBay scams have all been using paypal or a fake paypal email to run the scam. If they want to send money via Western Union, go for it

[dynamite9585]

friend of mine played the silly game right to the bitter end.

we were sceptical from the outset. but they ended up sending us a cheque.
took it to the bank and explained the entire situation to them, they said because we had declared the info there would be no come back on us if there is a problem.

whatta ya know? the cheque was a very good fake. we recived a phone call to let us know that the 8000 euro's we were send for our $3000 car wasn't to be coming thru, and that the bank in question was investigating.