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Scammer on the loose
bigfatsi:
I think it's called the Nigerian 419 scam or something. Some involve letters offering money from african princes etc. There are a few marvellous 'baiting' sites around by people who are prepared to wind them right up. Some had them sending photos of themselves and such. Really funny. Quite easy to lead them along. It seems that it costs them a small fortune to post the fake drafts over so a lot of people will pretend to accept just to cost em a few quid and then deliver the evidence to the police. Of course some of these people are dangerous so be careful if you play with fire!
Simon
Edit: Enjoyed this one http://www.bustedupcowgirl.com/scampage.html
thermidorthelobster:
Just for clarity's sake, the 419 scam is another totally different scam from Nigeria. It's not the same as the fake banker's draft thing.
The 419 scam is generally when somebody offers large sums of money for handling a dodgy transaction, such as winding up somebody's estate; the catch is that you need to pay a large handling fee up front, or occasionally you give your bank details and they clean out your account, although this is less common. In general, the victim never gets any cheque at all, fake or otherwise.
bigfatsi:
Cheers for the clarification.
Try this one http://www.419eater.com/
Incidentally I post a link of this site on all of my ebay items and now I don't get any offers of £10000 over the asking price. Bummer, eh?! :lol:
rollazuki:
I had one of those Nigerian419 scam thingy emails sent to me.
I sent an email straight back sounding really earnest , wanting to help, asking what I needed to do next. All that and they never bloody well got back to me.
maybe they sussed I was a scam?
Rocketman:
Always remember,
If it looks like a scam
it is
no question
deffo
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