INTERNET SCAMS

[slayerpsp]

let me know if any of you have herd of this i put some personal ads on yahoo and all i ever get is these russian woman wanting to talk i know thats a scam but just the other day i started talking to this girl very pretty if the pics are her she says she in in africa thats fine ill talk to anyone. but she tells me she needs to have one of her moms business clints send a money order to me in my name have me cash it then send her the money what the hell i have only talked to her on im for like 20mins and she is going to trust me to cash a 2500 dollar check then send it back to her this seems very strange too me so i said just have them wire you the money then she says the deal was to have it made out in a moneyorder only. i just dont know what kind of scam this is. is it money cleaning or something like that . i just dont know what to think. also she is way too good looking not to already have all kind of men wanting her plus she is only 25 im 36.what do you guys think is going on?
http://www.msnusers.com/heq8a4jncjaqigel641fr2jdc1/Documents/rose1scam.JPG this is a pic the person sent me

[Arianna]

I delete ALL email from anyone that I don't know. And I won't IM anymore either. It usually bores me. I'll cam for money in the future, and that's it. But the reason I won't IM is that I'm tired of the bullshit artists. Not that I've fallen for any of them. It's just that weeding through that stuff, when 99.99% of it is nonsense, and a waste of time. Guys always want to chat w/ me, and the minute they do they start coming across like losers. If I escort when I re-locate, maybe IMing can be useful. But otherwise, I've got better things to do than waste time giving free fantasies to the "Felicia's" and "thirsty wolves". And send someone a check?!? Vegas gives better odds on breaking even, and is alot more fun.

Oh, by the way, everyone. I need an operation that costs 100 billion dollars. Send all your cash to p.o. box SUCKER! :wink:

[MsDazzler]

Yeah it reeks of being a scam.

[slayerpsp]

but what kind of scam is this she doesnt want money from me she wants to send it to me. i haver never been scamed myself i send nothing to know one i was just wondering what this one was :?
http://www.msnusers.com/heq8a4jncjaqigel641fr2jdc1/Documents/rose1scam.JPG
pic the scammer sent

[Arianna]

but what kind of scam is this she doesnt want money from me she wants to send it to me. i haver never been scamed myself i send nothing to know one i was just wondering what this one was :?

Continents on the other side of the world, trusting strangers in 20 minutes, asking them to cash things as a favor for a 3rd party... Whatever the deal is here, it sounds like a fishy story. In a con, step one is always gaining someone's trust. But you do what you want. Live and learn.

[TSMorena35]

I've seen that Scam, I was talking to a guy that was supposed to be from the UK, but was working in Africa, the company could not pay them, so he wanted to have me open up an account with Brinks, so that I could cash him money order for him..........unfortunately for him........I found it strange that someone supposedly from the UK could not speak English very well!........and I would never lend myself to giving nor receiving money from strangers........think about it, would you trust your hard earned dollars to some blip on your computer screen?........HELL no!

[slayerpsp]

I've seen that Scam, I was talking to a guy that was supposed to be from the UK, but was working in Africa, the company could not pay them, so he wanted to have me open up an account with Brinks, so that I could cash him money order for him..........unfortunately for him........I found it strange that someone supposedly from the UK could not speak English very well!........and I would never lend myself to giving nor receiving money from strangers........think about it, would you trust your hard earned dollars to some blip on your computer screen?........HELL no! i said i didnt have a bank account she said i could just use a check cashing place so its a little differnt. like i said i will never do any thing for anyone over the net if its about money or me having to do something so many scamers out there.

[TSMorena35]

slayerpspi said i didnt have a bank account she said i could just use a check cashing place so its a little differnt. like i said i will never do any thing for anyone over the net if its about money or me having to do something so many scamers out there.
I agree, and besides, how does a total stranger who is trying to get to know you, have the audacity to ask a favor like that. NO that sounds like someone out to use people to me. And that's whether it be on the net or in the "real world".

[slayerpsp]

slayerpspi said i didnt have a bank account she said i could just use a check cashing place so its a little differnt. like i said i will never do any thing for anyone over the net if its about money or me having to do something so many scamers out there.
I agree, and besides, how does a total stranger who is trying to get to know you, have the audacity to ask a favor like that. NO that sounds like someone out to use people to me. And that's whether it be on the net or in the "real world". yes i agree with you plus she keep saying she was in love with me i was like what ive only talked to you for 10mins im not some lonely loser. i am kinda lonley but i have common sense. and thanks for talking all the girls and guys here have been very nice

[Jordan]

Definitely be careful, it sounds SHADY as HELL...

[Harajuku Tgirl]

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[Hugh Jarrod]

Well even if you don't know the catch in the scam (nor can I tell) at least you do know it's a scam.

[Ecstatic]

Definitely a scam. The trick is, the money order or cashier's check is almost assurdedly fake. Banks will often cash the check, then hold you responsible for the amount of the transaction when the check bounces. The person on the other end gets free money and is untraceable (probably spoofing their IP address). These are usually processed through Nigeria (hence, the African location).

This is #4 on Craigslist's list of scams:

4. distant seller offers to send you a cashier's check and then have you wire money: this is ALWAYS a scam, in our experience - the cashier's check is FAKE sometimes accompanies an offer of merchandise, sometimes not scammer often asks for your name, address, etc for printing on the fake check deal often seems too good to be true.

http://www.craigslist.org/about/scams.html

See also:

http://www.crimes-of-persuasion.com/Nigerian/nigerian_auction_scams.htm

http://moneycentral.msn.com/content/Savinganddebt/consumeractionguide/P122096.asp

[KaMiLeUnGuRl]

i actually called the cops on one of these and they said that they would want me to take further actions and get the FBI involved... in that case the FBI would take your computer for thier resources and stuff but i just said forget ill ignore him, you can contact the fbi look it up on google Nigeria internet scams! youll see ALOT of info on it ;)

STAY AWAY! ALL ILL SAY

[slayerpsp]

Definitely a scam. The trick is, the money order or cashier's check is almost assurdedly fake. Banks will often cash the check, then hold you responsible for the amount of the transaction when the check bounces. The person on the other end gets free money and is untraceable (probably spoofing their IP address). These are usually processed through Nigeria (hence, the African location).

This is #4 on Craigslist's list of scams:

4. distant seller offers to send you a cashier's check and then have you wire money: this is ALWAYS a scam, in our experience - the cashier's check is FAKE sometimes accompanies an offer of merchandise, sometimes not scammer often asks for your name, address, etc for printing on the fake check deal often seems too good to be true.

http://www.craigslist.org/about/scams.html

See also:

http://www.crimes-of-persuasion.com/Nigerian/nigerian_auction_scams.htm

http://moneycentral.msn.com/content/Savinganddebt/consumeractionguide/P122096.asp yes this person said she was in Nigeria too funny im not that dumb no way a good looking girl would come on that strong anyways ive been on the net since 94 people were much nicer then so id never fall for a scam even though your dick tells you other wise use your brain. thanks to all that answered i wasnt going to fall for the scam i just didnt know what it was you guys are all great

[richwalsh46yahoo]

beware of the uk lottery wins i got 2 emails that claimed i won 2.1 million and 1.5 million dollars strange how do you win a lottery you didn't enter :idea:

well said again ecstatic exactly what i was thinkin...muah