Scam? I'm puzzled by this one...

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You know, I wouldn't be surprised if they say that they want to pay by cheque, offer you a cheque for more than the value of the drives and ask you to send back the "difference".

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I thought the same thing when I read Neg's first post but his scammer's "I've been scammed on Paypal" email strogly suggests that he is either working very hard to socially engineer you into believing that he is dead set on a CC payment only to suddenly find, at the last minute, that he has overspent on the other items on his shopping list and the CC will not hold for the amount you require and can he send you the check Ms. M. so rightly refers to _or_ it is a stolen CC.

I would run a tracert on the originating IP address to try to determine the general geographic location, then ask for the CC#, Expiry date, Security #, (the three numbers at the end on the back), the name on the card and the complete billing address including the ZIP code because this is what the CC company you deal with requires. If the general geographic location doesn't match at all, Argentina vs Dallas ;), I would write back telling him he is an idiot and he has been reported to his local authorities and never to bother you with his trivia again. If the address and the geographical location are "acceptable" then PM me the CC information and I will get it run against $8900 and see if it works and will then contact my CC company with a suspicion and see what they say.

This does have scam scribbled all over it.... the beauty of scams is always working out how it's going to work _before_ you lose your ass.... ;)

The three e-mails I got all came from the Netherlands...
I sent him an e-mail asking for the cc info and all the rest - told him his disks have been packed and are ready to ship :D

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The three e-mails I got all came from the Netherlands...

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Really?? And yet they claim to be in Terre Haute, Indiana? Interesting...

Neg:

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told him his disks have been packed and are ready to ship

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You lie like a cheap Japanese watch....

You lie like the "eat by" date on your local supermarket's pies....

Any assistance I can give I will happily provide.... ;)

you get ALL the fun.
All I've been getting recently is a twist on the 'money out of Africa' scam.

Now they say they have the money in Iraq .....................

And they NEVER call back :(

MsMittens > the one claiming to be from Terre Haute was another one... interestingly enough, I got both e-mails at around the same time... the one from Terre Haute just replied to my first e-mail:

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Hello sales,

Thanks for getting back to me, please i will like to know your preffered method of payment,because as for now the payment will be done through WESTERN UNION or through a CHECK, so kindly get back to me with the method you preffered most.And i will like to know if you will help me arrange the shippment to Africa,because the items are to be distribute there as we have some client over there in Africa,so if you will help arrange the shipping there get back to me with the total cost of this items plus the shipping and handling charges with FEDEX, but if you cannot please get back to me with your method of payment.
I will be waiting for your fast responce and please get back to me along with your Name and Address which the payment will be made to,because as soon as i get that i will arrange for the money as we need this items to be urgently delivered.i will be online waiting for your reply.

Thanks

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Hehe.. That second is the scam with a cheque. The cheque or "western union" will be higher than the amount and you're supposed to "refund" the difference. Problem is it's a fake cheque. So you'd, if you weren't smart, get screwed out of the amount of the cheque including the extra funds, the cost of shipping and the actual items plus service fees associated with bounced cheques.

Interesting :)

I replied with a request for a $9,400 cheque :D

There is one way to be sure...open up a new account at your bank...email him to deposit a " cashier's check " for the full amount and the items will be shipped within the hour of comfirmation by the bank. :)

And the goods will have to shipped to..............................NIGERIA! :D

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Hello Sales,
Thanks for getting back to me. i need your name and address.here is the shipping address below

Name: David Williams
Address:75 Alimosho Road
City:Iyana Ipaja
State:Lagos
Country:Nigeria
zipcode:23401

I will notify you when the CHECK has been send, so as soon as your money is cleared get back to me with the tracking info.

Thanks

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