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skytrooper504
Hello I'm New here!
Joined: 01 Jul 2008
Posts: 1
Location: New York
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Mon Jul 07, 2008 1:20 am |
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A friend of mine was scammed out of $5700 US before I could warn him. The scammer has the same car listed on 50 - 100 on-line newspaper classifieds. Once the buyer agrees he sends a bogus Yahoo Finance E-mail stating that the transaction is protected by Yahoo. He then requests a moneygram for 5700 dollars and promises the car will be shipped in 4 days anywhere in US. Obviously my friend never got his car and is out 5700 dollars. I currently have three E-mail addresses attempting to purchase this car from "Joseph Smith" & I plan on sending him to the Money Gram office as many times as I can. Has anyone else seen this scam?? |
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Breddan Butter
Retired Moderator
Joined: 09 Dec 2003
Posts: 4170
Location: Soligorsk, Belarus
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Mon Jul 07, 2008 1:45 am |
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We have seen that type of scam thousands upon thousands of times.
What is it that you need explaining?
We will be happy to help.
However, information and sympathy is about all you'll receive, as hard as that may sound. |
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Можно заплатить кредитной карточкой ?
Пошёл на хуй, мудак !!!
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My IP address is 217.21.39.255. (86.57.134.49 on Sundays) Please don't come knocking on my door. |
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ronco
419Eater is my life
Joined: 24 Nov 2007
Posts: 265
Location: In strong opposition to sterilization laws
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Mon Jul 07, 2008 2:58 am |
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If you post the whole classified or a link to it I will be happy to bait him, I'm in the market for new wheels anyways |
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"Once beaten,Twice Shy" - C@mila Bruc3
"JUST COME OUT STRAIGHT AND STOP BEATING BY THE BUSH, I KNOW $8000 IS A LOT OF MONEY" - Kelly-The famous zebra scammer  |
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MarkMark64
Wannabe Baiter
Joined: 14 Aug 2006
Posts: 99
Location: Behind my desk....
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Wed Jul 16, 2008 10:33 pm |
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The Santa Barbara craigslist site is a GREAT place to pick up auto sales scammers. The scammes seem to think that everybody in Santa Barbara is a rich and miserly bastard and will jump at a 2006 Lexus with a clear title for $3702.
I had a guy going for about 3 weeks for an '06 Jetta in storage in some un-named shippers in Manhattan.
Get them here (Dime a dozen):
http://santabarbara.craigslist.org/car/ |
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Akai Ryu
Chuck Norris
Joined: 11 Jun 2007
Posts: 1369
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Thu Jul 17, 2008 1:31 am |
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The auto sale/escrow scammers on Craigslist and beyond are mostly Romanian. They usually operate in gangs.
Here's a story about a bunch of these scumbags getting arrested recently:
24 scammers busted in Romania
Another article about the same story here. |
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Several hundred fake escrows (and others) deaded--no longer counting.
aa419.org --dead a fake site today.
No, Akai, you're a wonderful bitch. --Reaper |
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