Does this smell of Scam or what?

lowendbob · Post by **lowendbob** » Tue Feb 01, 2005 8:35 am

Gooday Bob Scott .presently i am in united
kingdomThanks for your quick and immediate response to
my request. I am not coming to your places to see the
2004 Hartke VX 410 but i have trusted you regards it's
condition and i am ready to buy. Regards the price of
the 2004 Hartke VX 410i think is is very fair and okay
price but i will make a better offer than other buyers
because i want this 2004 Hartke VX 410i am making an
offer of $210 for the 2004 Hartke VX 410 which is
better than other buyers.I will be making the payment
for the 2004 Hartke VX 410 through my business partner
whom we both had a business deal,which we did in US
and he is oweing me a sum of $3,000I will immediately
instruct him to send the checque for this amount to
you and when you receive the cheque you will deduct
your selling price and will send the remaining balance
through Western Union Money Transfer to the shipping
agent that will come to your place immediately you
send the balance to him and he will pick the 2004
Hartke VX 410and ship it to me here in Spain.I hope
you understand me very well?Please if you are okay
with this payment and shipment arrangements of mine i
want you to send me your full name as it should appear
on the cheque and the address zip code where the
cheque should be sent to.Including your telephone
number's. Thanks as i await your urgent and immediate
response. Regards,
fullname. homeaddress . homephone.. were the check
will send to ..

Why would you send me a $3000 dollar check to pay for a $200 cab? Sure buddy, I'll stop what I'm doing and jump right on that offer.

beatlefan · Post by **beatlefan** » Tue Feb 01, 2005 8:45 am

Sound perfectly legit to me.....

Hey BobS, ifthis deals dont' come throughI willgladly send you $4000US for the HaRTkE VX410 and youshall deduct the diffrinse owedand shipto my partner in indonesia who willbe glad to rip youoff in a newyork minute....please hurry as someonehere wants to use the internet cafe computer I'm using....

lowendbob · Post by **lowendbob** » Tue Feb 01, 2005 9:06 am

Chris, LOL stop it please.

lshaia · Post by **lshaia** » Tue Feb 01, 2005 9:13 am

Strange, there's no mention of his uncle, the Prime Minister of Nigeria. All my e-mail like this involves Nigeria.

I like the part about the agent coming to your place for the balance, very thoughtful.

beatlefan · Post by **beatlefan** » Tue Feb 01, 2005 9:20 am

I've got a file at home where I print ALL of those scammer e-mails from Indonesia or wherever else they come from.....I know they should be taken seriously as there are some fools out there that probably fall for this ****. Sometimes I can't help but laugh at the lengths these goofs will go to get into a bank account.....

lowendbob · Post by **lowendbob** » Tue Feb 01, 2005 9:23 am

I just reported him to EBay. I'm sure he doesn't even have an EBay account anyway.

jeff_ulmer · Post by **jeff_ulmer** » Tue Feb 01, 2005 10:05 am

This is most definately a scam or a money laundering scheme. I'd stay away.

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Tue Feb 01, 2005 10:16 am

Not me. I'd gladly pay for it with some of that money that the Nigerian Royal Family is depositing in my Paypal account next week.

Or next month.

Or next year...

dead_eye · Post by **dead_eye** » Tue Feb 01, 2005 11:57 am

I just accquiered the Golden Gate bridge from my brother-in-law the Prince of Lowerbulookastance,would you consider a trade,say my new bridge for the Hartke VX 410???
Paul

dave4004 · Post by **dave4004** » Tue Feb 01, 2005 12:09 pm

Paul, I hope the Nigerian royal family isn't planning to take any money out of the account of General and Mrs. Sani Abacha. She's been trying to ply me with $30 million offers for years now, and frankly I would have taken her up on it but I think she's hung up on me. And I don't care too much for money, money can't buy me love.

tony_carey · Post by **tony_carey** » Tue Feb 01, 2005 12:54 pm

I was offered Buckingham Palace for 500 quid by Prince Abdul DuTalkingcrap. I decided that I couldn't afford the butlers wage & so had to turn down his most gracious majesties generous offer.

jaymi · Post by **jaymi** » Tue Feb 01, 2005 1:24 pm

We could always sell them land in "Slapahoe, mississippi"

What do ya think??

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Tue Feb 01, 2005 1:25 pm

"Dear Dr. Jingle Jangle:

I am replying in regard to the BUSINESS PROPOSAL that you have sent me a couple of days ago.

First of all, I want to relay to you how saddened I am to hear of what has befallen your Father, Dr. I. Wannarick Jangle. While I never heard of him before, as I do not generally keep up to date on the affairs of Teignmouth, Devon, your letter left me with little doubt that his was a career filled with success and achievements. I'm sure Dr. Jangle's plight will find many sympathizers among the honest people of your great nation.

As I have stated, I do not follow the events in your part of the world too closely, but from what I did hear of Teignmouth, Devon, the events detailed in your letter do not surprise me in the least. It is outrageous that such a horrible injustice can take place at the dawn of the Twenty First century.

But I would like to discuss your proposal. It could not have come at a better time. You see, just last week, I have received a confidential letter from Canada. It was from a man named Marcos Chow, who is the Nephew of Antonio Chow, the recently Killed President of that country.

This man's letter explained how after his Uncle's death there is a significant amount of money being sought by the Chow's enemies in Canada. It then went on to ask for my help in moving the money (a total of THIRTEEN MILLION - $13000000 U.S. Dollars) out of Canada and into my account, promising to pay me a percentage of the sum as compensation for my part of the operation.

In his letter, Marcos Chow requested complete secrecy, so while I have shared this information with you because you seem to be in a very similar situation, I am sure you will appreciate the need to not share this highly confidential information with any of your other contacts.

I was quite ready to offer Marcos Chow my assistance with the transfer his Uncle's money when I got your letter. You see, I have performed poorly at my job this year, and did not receive a yearly bonus from my employer. Therefore, I believe that if I were to transfer a large amount of money (even as much as 25 Rickenbacker 325V59s in assorted colours, the guitars your are proposing to move), the authorities would simply believe this to be my bonus and it would not raise eyebrows or trigger any red flags.

In truth, initially receiving your letter within mere days after getting Marcos Chow's, I was a little skeptical as to the honesty of your claims. However, after thinking about it a lot yesterday, I have come to realise that this is an indicator that the situation in countries like Teignmouth, Devon and Canada is much less stable what is portrayed by our government and media. This deception of the masses is outrageous and I for one will write letters to various people demanding it come to a stop.

However, the current situation represents a bit of a dilemma for me. You see, while I would be happy to acommodate you both, I do not want to run the risk of detection by both the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and their counterpart in Teignmouth, Devon, as such risk would put all parties in excessive (and in my eyes - unacceptable) jeopardy. So it is after long hours of being torn between caution and compassion to both your causes, that I have decided that I dare risk accepting only one of the offers.

Do not worry however, while Marcos Chow's offer is more lucrative to me financially, I firmly believe that in such situations, financial gain must take a back seat in favor of ethics and integrity... Therefore, my decision in this matter has to be made primarily based upon the seriousness of your situation, as well as that of Chow's Nephew. I would appreciate you getting back to me at your earliest convenience to let me know why you, and the estate of your esteemed Father are more worthy of my aid than Antonio Chow. Also, in finding me, you have demonstrated that you are a man of many connections, in your own country as well as abroad. If through your associates in the information gathering sphere you come upon any information leading you to believe Marcos Chow to be disingenuous or not worthy of my help, I am sure you will relay such information to me with all expedience, as it will greatly benefit your own cause.

I eagerly await to hear back from you with the pertinent information, and would like to assure you that I approach our dealings with all the secrecy and gravity that the situation requires.

Your Friend,

Anthony Carey

SOOOooo--Anthony, perhaps you can explain this letter arriving in my e-mail box a few minutes ago?

beatlefan · Post by **beatlefan** » Tue Feb 01, 2005 5:30 pm

ANTHONY!! You sure spell 'color' funny!!!

longhouse · Post by **longhouse** » Tue Feb 01, 2005 7:53 pm

Okay, I found the countries Teignmouth and Devon in my atlas, but where the **** is Canada?