Weird attempt at a scam?

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Hello I'm New here! Joined: 24 Jan 2010 Posts: 6

Hi all,

Been reading for a while decided to join up, I get a ton of scams sent to our business email. I hope to compile quite a list. I wont be baiting myself, the scammer only need to do a WHOIS and they have our home details =(

This is a new one to me, received today. The guy is asking for clearly bogus products and its in Uganda. Something tells me he could buy his seeds there for 10% of what the postage would cost me here.....

Note the PO box address and operamail account. lol

FROM: [email protected]

Dear Sales Manager

I would like to purchase VEGETABLE SEEDS of
Tomato=heinze1370,onyxe1370VF,onion,carbage=DRUMHEAD from your
company.send us the
price list for the types you have in your stock.

Reply as soon as possible.

Best Rgards

John Brown

J B ENTERPRISES
p.o.Box 27051 kampala
plot 24 kampala Road JB BUILDING room 1st floor.
UGANDA,EAST AFRICA
Tele:256 752 612652

Posted: Sun Jan 24, 2010 8:17 pm

Hi kawakaze !
Welcome to Eater!
If you want to bait, just get a new baiting email account, with a fake name of your choice and go for it!

Posted: Sun Jan 24, 2010 8:18 pm

Hi kawakaze and welcome

This scam has been seen before, although they end to target legit businesses for obvious reasons. Usually they fall into the "I'll pay you more that the goods are worth to cover the shipping, so bank my cheque and send the remainder to my shipper via Western Union" category. Of course a while later the cheque is found to be fake and you are out of pocket and possibly in trouble.

As for baiting, all you need to do is set up an email address using gmail or fastmail, in a fake name of course, pick a lad from the "surplus" forum, and off you go. As long as you never user any real life details (or Innocent Third Party details) there should be no problem.

Read the stickies and who knows? You could get hooked on baiting.