speaking of scams
 

this was in my email this morning

Good day,
My name is Roberto r, goddhart, I live with my family in italy buy i
work in england. i have a wife and a son. my sons birth day will be
coming up on the 27 of this month and i have promised him that i will
replace his lost pet on his 10th birtday which is two weeks from now.pls
let me know if your pet is still for sale so that i can get it for him
as i would not be around on his birtday because of work.pls i would like you
to get back to me with this questions

1) i would like to know the firm price for this pet
2) is the pet playful
3) what are his likes and dislikes
4) do you have any pix of it.

then finally what are your methods of payments, because i have a client in
the us our company worked for some months ago that was to pay us the sum
of $4800 in us money order, i can just tell him to make it in your name so
that you cash it and send the balance via western union to the company
that would be taking care of my sons birthday as i would not be around.
they would also get the shipping agent that would come and pick up the pet
from you location.pls let me know how you can help me so i dont fail my son, his
his the
only thing thats makes meaning to me right now and that is why i am ready
to do any thing to make him happy. pls if you can help me, i would like
you to send your full details so that i can send it to my calient in the
us and they will make the money order in your name and send it to you asap
so that i can meet up with time.
thanks

roberto............

That is very interesting...Total scam...They will send u 4800 dollars...and then you send the remaining balance to the company...

Things that make you go HMMMMMMMMMMMMM...

Wow! That is almost word for word how they said that the scam would be sent!

In mine too , I flushed it . I often receive some of it , like I have inherited from an oncle , a little girl or boy is sick the parents needs to have money etc etc . I never answered one .

scam
 

Yep that is a scam e-mail. Block this person from contacting you. I can not believe how low folks are sinking. Would I like to talk to this clown in person.
His roberto needs to be in jail.



Wnalegria

We received an e-mail very much like this one when we had our Pointers. NO GOOD!!!!

I haven't seen this scam before but it is obviously a scam. Most of the scam I get pertain to a died person with no heirs and I need to do something or another to get the that money or that something is wrong with my bank account, please email account number to confirm that everything is alright.

These thing just made me mad as #@*$!

i just wonder how many people actually fall for this for this type scam. I used to get them all the time as well and would just laugh and delete. Although sometimes im tempted to contact them and say yeah okay ill do it to see what kind of money order they send lol.

I don't understand if they are sending you 4800 in a money order how is this a scam? You aren't giving them banking info or anything. I know it must be a scam but how does it work??

WOW! :eek: I've read other stories/scams which were written up almost identical. Also, stories of such have been shown on the news.

I wish I could remember how the funds get transfered to make the loss/scam on the other end but cannot remember.

Everyone has to be so careful anymore!

A guy was trying to scam me in regard to purchasing a Yorkie pup. Said he was from DC but was actually from Nigeria. They try to get you with "keywords"...I believe they have "SCAMMING 101" over there. I would LOVE to tell the story, because I have a sense of humor and riled the guy up quite a bit. His alias name was "Kelvin Godson". They try to put God in there somewhere and to tell you the truth that is why I picked HIM to begin with...his made-up name.

The money order they send is a fake but they look very real. The scam is they send you a money order for say $3000 and say they want to buy your pet for $500. Then they ask you to send the difference in the amount which would be $2500 Sometimes by the time the banks finds out the money order is fake the scammers have walked away with your money or that is their goal anyway.

I know lots of people fall for scams but this is so obvious that how could anyone fall for it? Why would anyone trust that much? On the other hand why would the scammer trust the person he is supposed to be trusting so much? I guess I pick things apart too much. I suppose something like this could happen but the chances of it being real would be astronomical(sp?). I would rather err on my side than his. Sylvia

I have gotten a few like this, almost word for word too. I post alot of rescue dogs on petfinder.com and almost everytime I have a dog posted, I get something like this.

Big Time Scam. A simliar thing was on today's news also. On my email I have a list of people that I accept mail from. If you aren't on the list, then the mail never gets to me. With all the scams and hacking going on, everyone might want to choke down their email list of approved people only. I never get any junk, spam, porn, etc. I only get mail that I want to read.

Yep that is a scam that has been through this part of TN. People from across seas would send elderly people checks and tell them that if they deposit it and wire the money back to them that they could keep a part of it.
It is sad what some people are capable of doing.

This was in our paper a while back
 

Authorities urge residents to report suspicious checks


ERWIN — Local authorities and the Secret Service are cautioning residents to not cash suspicious checks received in the mail after one Erwin woman lost more than $27,000 and another lost her job as a bank teller.
A $35,120 cashier’s check from a federal credit union in Hawaii was mailed to a woman here last week, Unicoi County Sheriff Kent Harris said. After taking the check to a local bank for deposit, it was later discovered to be counterfeit.

The identity of the woman and the name of the bank are being withheld by authorities because of the ongoing investigation.

“The check appeared to be legitimate,” Harris said. “The teller at the bank had run it through one method and did not find anything immediately wrong with it. The woman who made the deposit then wrote some checks and followed some instructions she had received with the check.”

Those instructions included sending some of the funds received in the cashier’s check to a bank in South Korea.

“She later wired $27,120 to a Korean exchange bank located in Seoul and left $5,000 in her account for making the transaction. Ends up the check was counterfeit,” Harris said.

“The woman who put the check into her account is a victim and out $27,120 and the woman teller at the bank is a victim because she lost her job.”

Harris said the check was deposited on Aug. 13 and the wire was processed on Tuesday. After that, the bank’s investigator contacted the sheriff about the scam. He said it appeared the wire was processed before the local bank was notified the check was bad.

“Because it was a counterfeit check we called the Secret Service,” Harris said. He said the agency has assigned an investigator to the case.

The sheriff said this was not the first incident of a scam involving a foreign country.

“Another lady here recently received a check for winning a lottery in Canada that was also bogus. People need to use caution and report to us any checks or lottery winnings they may receive in the mail.”

Authorities also said there have been a large amount of fraudulent mail and e-mail scams involving people who say they have connections with Nigeria.

To report suspicious mail or possible scams, call the Unicoi County Sheriff’s

Please be real cautious about things like this!!! :mad: