Here Comes The Scammer!!! What Is The Best Thing To Do?

[Scenicdrive]

Here is the email from the scammer who is 'interested' in renting a home from the good doc but wants me to give him $5,495.00 back.

"Hello .

Sorry for the Late reply.I was out of Town And Thanks for the Respons And Also Thanks for the details and the information on the Property.I would love to go ahead in renting the apartment.,so i will be needing the following details to hold up the property pending my arrival to the state,so that the check for the initial deposit $2500 ) can be processed and posted to you soon.

**** NAME ON CHECK
**** FULL CONTACT ADDRESS
**** ZIP CODE
**** CITY
**** STATE
**** HOME PHONE NUMBER
**** MOBILE PHONE NUMBER
**** NEAREST AIRPORT
**** DIRECTIONS FROM YOUR NEAREST AIRPORT

I want the One year lease to start on ( June 9 2009 ). I have in the mean time arrange with an interior decorator from the England who will be handling the purchase of some personal Miscellenous and other appliances that i will be needing in the property,they would as well be in charge of moving down my luggages down to the states and making proper arrangement of theplace.certified cashier check drawn from a US bank worth ($7,950) will be sent over to you which is a relocation grant by my employer,all you need to do is deduct the ($2500)and you will forward the rest to the Decorators so i can have the place all prepared for my arrival.I will be arriving on the June 12 2009 and moving in on the 14 June 2009"

It is doubtful that his 'certified cashier check' is any good. Fellow Terbites, what is the best way to deal with scammers like him???

 

[Ashton.]

**delete**

 

[Scenicdrive]

**delete**

That may not be enough punishment for this scammer. How about get him to spend $5,495.00 on professional girlfriends???

 

[GOLEAFSGO67]

I like these for entertainment.

I play with these guys for a while....get them to send me this cheque,,,That is the oldest scam in the book. They trust that you will cash a large cheque for them, and then return a bunch of YOUR CASH to them.....but all the while the original checque is bogus.

I always make ti a challenge to see if they will forward me the Cashiers cheque.....Makes life a little interesting....

 

[Roger Melon]

Most banks will "clear" a certified check within a day or two of deposit, which is to say they'll let you withdraw the funds, even though the check hasn't been verified. Within a week the bank will inform you that the check was bogus and you will be held responsible for the missing funds. (I think the banks should be held liable in these cases.) Thus these asshole scammers manage to steal money that their victims don't even have. Their targets are often people struggling to get by who are devastated by being put thousands of dollars deeper in debt. There is a dedicated community of "scam-baiters" who do every thing possible to waste the time and resources of these pricks. Wasting their time is the only way to really get back at them - make them go to Western Union over and over again for bogus transfers, make them spend hours explaining how to wire money and so on. www.419eater.com is a good resource for information about this pursuit.

These guys really target escorts? "Hello, I would like to pay for a one hour full service session including BBBJ CIM with a certified check for $2,500 from my employer's Sexual-Stimulation fund with you reimbursing the difference in cash."

I imagine most of Toronto's SPs are far too smart to fall for something like that.

 

[pokergod]

I was selling a few things on craigslist. This is one of the emails I got. Its too bad some people fall for it and get scammed.

Hello seller,

Nice for hearing back from you i can't pay you in cash because am out of the country for now am in Brazil for a research program, but i will be paying you through my pay pal account and i will like the item to be shipped directly to my only son who traveled abroad(west Africa )for official purpose and i really need your cooperation in this transaction cause i will like the item to be shipped through USPS(global express mail)EMS and am ready to be responsible for the shipping fee including insurance fee i will pay $600 for the item and $80 for the shipping and the insurance fee so do get back to me with your pay pal id so i can pay you up in time.thanks and god bless you in Jesus name.Regards

So I played with him, sent hime a fake paypal email address then I get these emails from "paypal" saying he had paid lol. So I emailed him back and told him nice try and told him to fuck off and everything. The next day I get this email from the "FBI" lol THis was the email lol

Dear Pang,

This is to Inform you that,We have Had Alot About your Stupid Act Toward's A Buyer who PayPal had Quite Known as a Honest Buyer.So You know the the Law Of the FBI Official Assistant Agency.So you need to get back to Customer Care On (paypalfundconsult@mail2consultant.com)With the Shipping Tracking Number to PayPal Now.

If you do not want to Loose your Life and also do not want to be in Jail for Life due to this Wick Act Of yours,Toward PayPal Management,You have to get Back to PayPal and Just do as they Tell you to do In Order to Avoid The FBI Law and Order.PayPal is well Known As the best way Of Payment.So it will be Nice and Cool for you.Come to Think Of that PayPal is the Best and Cool Way Of Receiving Payment.It's More Easy, and Save for any Sellers.So we Here for Protection Toward The Sellers.In Order not to Track For the sellers to have there Money Nicely.We have People who are Verified User Of PayPal In the World.And we will be Glad to Hear Good Result About you Sir/Ma.Please Do as PayPal has Intrusted you to Do,In Order not to Get Arrested.Just Because of Bad and Unwanted Mail which PayPal Doesn't Like.Once you Receive from PayPal,The Payment Confirmation,You have to Look Carefull and You have to Look Properly.If This is the Code you see ((Routing Code: C826-L003-Q999-T5365 Confirmed)As soon as you see This,You have to know that,That is from PayPal.And that will show you that The payment Had Already been Made into your PayPal account.So all you have to do now is for you to get the Item posted as soon as you Receive the payment Confirmation from PayPal.So you send the Item and also send the Shipment Tracking number/Scan Receipt To PayPal.For Proper Verification.Failure to do that,Will be too Bad for you (Low Key Empire)...

 

[eldoguy]

On a lighter note! I get beautiful EE's pictures love notes etc. emailing me to come and visit. Travel from what ever small town in former Russia, to Moscow. After a few emails, her getting travel arrangements made, borrowing from parents and family, the day she to get on a plane. She contacts me, she needs $1000.00 us wire to her and she can complete the arrangements. She tells me she will lose the money ready spent $3000.00 us. Good try, I wired her $20.00 told the scammer to go f---k
off!

 

[rafterman]

I don't understand. Why would you send anything?

 

[destillat]

i got one of these responses when i posted an ad on craigslist to rent my basement apartment... wording and grammar mistakes were almost identical...

 

[Scenicdrive]

i agree with Ashton, DELETE

and please don't send them our way, we already get the same emails

Don't you want $5,495.00 cash from him??? That is what the good doc will do, asking him to send $2,500.00 cash for deposit on the rental property. Now which is the best way? Moneygram or Western Union? The best way is not to give out much personal information at all to this scammer and see if cash will come. LOL!!!

 

[Scenicdrive]

Geezzz....have not heard from this scammer since the good doc emailed him and demand cash deposit from him. Count himself lucky!!! Will make the next scammer go through water torture next time. LOL!!!

 

[Cobster]

I played along with one of these guys before, used a secondary email.
Got him/her all excited thinking I bit the bait and was falling for it, then i sent them a link to http://www.nigerianscams.org/
Never heard from them since.

 

[Scenicdrive]

I played along with one of these guys before, used a secondary email.
Got him/her all excited thinking I bit the bait and was falling for it, then i sent them a link to http://www.nigerianscams.org/
Never heard from them since.

Yes, thought of playing along with this crook if time is not an issue. My email demanding cash deposits was bounced back. It said his yahoo email account was discontinued or disabled. Perhaps this scammer knows he is busted.

 

[WhaWhaWha]

If you do not want to Loose your Life...due to this Wick Act Of yours,Toward PayPal Management,You have to get Back to PayPal and Just do as they Tell you to do...

So now they are making death threats among others?

 

[Scenicdrive]

Here comes another scammer!!!

Just got this today!!!

"Good day Sir/ Madam,

My name is Marcus Scott; I am 24 years of age and a citizen of the United Kingdom and will be relocating for a short period of two years on a research programme to the United States . As I was reviewing rental adverts, I got particularly interested in your property, I would like you to email me pictures, and I would also like to know the exact fees to be paid monthly and the security deposit in order for me to pass information to my sponsors.
Thanks for your assistance.
Cheers."

These people should win an award for creating names alone!!! Bet he wants a lot of money back from his fake certified bank check too. Well, play him or not play him is the question. LOL!!!

 

[Cycleguy007]

I have a pretty good spam filter so I rarely get this sort of thing... when I do, I do 1 extra thing that Ashton and Lisa may have overlooked... When hitting the "Delete" button, make sure you are ALSO holding down the "Shift" key. That way it ALSO gets deleted from the Deleted e-mails folder.

 

[Scenicdrive]

Oh Mr. Scammer XYZ is trying to take advantage of the good doc. LOL!!!

"Dear Scenicdrive
How are you today.I know this message may come to you as a surprise.Well it was in my search for a good,reliable and honest some body who will assist me to achieve this aim.I want to inform you that i will send my partner who will come with the cash to pay for your 5 br.

meanwhile,i want to use this opportunity to let you know that i have $2.5Million US Dollars that has been dormant in a Bank account for a long time, i want the bank to package the whole money in a diplomatic box so that if my partner travel to meet you in your country,you will help him to receive the diplomatic box where the total sum of $2.5Million US Dollars is loaded with the money to buy the 5 Br.
I have agreed to give you 30% of the $2.5Million US Dollars for receiving and securing the funds on my behalf.I will like to invest some part of the money in your country which i believe that you will help me to negotiate for a business which will be profitable if we invest the money on it.
My bank will package it as a consignment in the diplomatic box,a bank representative will accompany him to your country for security reasons.
I will give you more details and also let you know when the diplomat will travel just as soon as you reply this email.
Awaiting for your reply.
XYZ"

My reply to him is send cash to buy my property first and I will help him. No cash, no help.

But Mr. Scammer XYZ kept insisting:

"Hi Scenicdrive
Thank you very much for your fast responsemy intension is that when the diplomat arrives in your placetheni will buy the property from the money and then use the rest of the money to invest.I just need your help in the area of investment in your country as i have nobody there to be my assistant,i promise to give you 30% of the $2.5Million US Dollars,i want to do business with you and i also want to trust you in this particular transaction.
So,if you are willing to help get back to me immediately with the following informations which i will forward to my bank to arrange for the movement of the diplomat to travel down to your place and deliver the funds which will be convey in a diplomatic box to you.

1.YOUR NAME IN FULL

2.YOUR HOUSE OR OFFICE ADDRESS

3.YOUR CELL PHONE NUMBERS

Thanks
XYZ"

Now has anyone dealt with this scammer before??? If so, how??? What punishment to be administered to this jerk???

 

[Roger Melon]

Oh Mr. Scammer XYZ is trying to take advantage of the good doc. LOL!!!

Now has anyone dealt with this scammer before??? If so, how??? What punishment to be administered to this jerk???

How much of your personal contact information does this guy have? If he knows who you are or can trace your identity you should just leave this alone. While usually these scammers are harmless fools working from Nigeria they do sometimes have local accomplices, and these are not all nice people. There have been numerous cases of people lured to Nigeria to pick up "inheritances" and then killed.

If he can't trace your identity then just think of as many ways as possible to waste his time. This sort of scam is a numbers racket, they have to send out thousands of inquiries to get any return. If you use up his time you're literally taking money out of his pocket. Make him give you instructions over and over again about how Western Union works, and then send 33 cents instead of $33,000.00, or send it to the wrong location, or don't send it and say you did. Make him spend days driving to different Western Union offices, give him long complicated forms to fill out to authorize the deal etc etc etc...

 

[needinit]

So now they are making death threats among others?

I have read press reports of scammers targeting those using (illlegal) services in some countries and actually threatening blackmail and death once they find the true ID of the person.

Unfortunately, I can't remember where i read this (it was online newspaper article in the UK I believe).

I also had the reverse: I went to rent a property and the person said they were overseas for work and I needed to send the application and damage deposit before they could give me the address and keys to go look at the apartment, as they had been caught before by a tenant stealing all the furniture (that one was a furnished apartment, this one wasn't).

I just responded saying give the address to determine if in the right area and hire a local realtor to manage the property for them - never heard form them again.

 

[Scenicdrive]

How much of your personal contact information does this guy have? If he knows who you are or can trace your identity you should just leave this alone. While usually these scammers are harmless fools working from Nigeria they do sometimes have local accomplices, and these are not all nice people. There have been numerous cases of people lured to Nigeria to pick up "inheritances" and then killed.

If he can't trace your identity then just think of as many ways as possible to waste his time. This sort of scam is a numbers racket, they have to send out thousands of inquiries to get any return. If you use up his time you're literally taking money out of his pocket. Make him give you instructions over and over again about how Western Union works, and then send 33 cents instead of $33,000.00, or send it to the wrong location, or don't send it and say you did. Make him spend days driving to different Western Union offices, give him long complicated forms to fill out to authorize the deal etc etc etc...

Stupid scammers like him obviously insist on having potential victims' name, address, and phone number. He will have none of that from the good doc. In fact, he needs to disclose his 'real name', address, and phone number and send the cash to close the deal first before any 'help' will be offered for his $2.5M. LMAO!!!