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#21
08-07-2005, 04:22 PM
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Re: This \"so called\" Nigerian stuff
I read that too. Where was that?
[ QUOTE ] I just read an article this morning about this. One of the scams involves cruising chat rooms and starting love relationships with people. They pose as American business people on assignment in Nigeria. After a few weeks or months of the relationship and takl of getting together when they get back home, they ask for a "favor". Seems they are being paid with money orders that can only be processed in the states. Some people have lost thousands before they find out. You got very lucky. Send the teller flowers. [/ QUOTE ] 
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#22
08-07-2005, 04:23 PM
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Re: This \"so called\" Nigerian stuff
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[ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] Uh, if it hadn't been for the warning from the bank teller, you would definitely have fallen for it. You owe the bank teller big-time, otherwise you would have fallend for this (obvious) scam. Fallen for what? I get a check in the mail I deposit it and it clears in 7 days. Check was good, what have I fallen for? [/ QUOTE ] If you can, you really need to remove the "I'm not stupid" statement from your original post. How dare you..read what I said ,I was skeptical, so in your opinion I should have thrown the check away and fvck it. Why? . I take it to my bank like I do all checks wait for my bank to clear check . What have I got to lose. If it's no good big deal , I go on with life. I don't get you ..what are you trying to say. By the way, why did you put quotation marks around "so called"? [/ QUOTE ] Because i don't think it has anything to do with Nigeria. That's why. [/ QUOTE ] Most of these scams originate in Nigeria. The Nigerian government has done very little to stop these scams, partly because it is a huge "industry" for the country, and partly because those in power are either directly or indirectly involved in the scams.
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#23
08-07-2005, 04:25 PM
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Re: This \"so called\" Nigerian stuff
i hope you are kidding because you can literally read 100's of the same stories on the internet and see how they ended. what will happen is you will send the money order, the check will be found counterfeit, and then you will be on the hook for the money order.
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#24
08-07-2005, 04:27 PM
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Re: This \"so called\" Nigerian stuff
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If you can, you really need to remove the "I'm not stupid" statement from your original post. [/ QUOTE ] On second thought leave that in. It was the best part.
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#26
08-07-2005, 04:33 PM
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Re: This \"so called\" Nigerian stuff
Most of these scams originate in Nigeria. The Nigerian government has done very little to stop these scams, partly because it is a huge "industry" for the country, and partly because those in power are either directly or indirectly involved in the scams.
[/ QUOTE ] What scam are you talking about? The only way you can get hurt by this is if you send money"BEFORE" making sure their check has cleared your bank, which I DID NOT DO. The reason I am skeptical about it being some Nigerian thing is because who(some guy in Nigeria?) is reading for sale ads of the LVRJournal,and trying to scam a guy selling a go-kart. Come on. I guess you can believe that if you want.
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#27
08-07-2005, 04:35 PM
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Re: This \"so called\" Nigerian stuff
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The reason I am skeptical about it being some Nigerian thing is because who(some guy in Nigeria?) is reading for sale ads of the LVRJournal,and trying to scam a guy selling a go-kart. Come on. I guess you can believe that if you want. [/ QUOTE ] So are you saying you think this was not a scam?
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#28
08-07-2005, 04:44 PM
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Re: This \"so called\" Nigerian stuff
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[ QUOTE ] The reason I am skeptical about it being some Nigerian thing is because who(some guy in Nigeria?) is reading for sale ads of the LVRJournal,and trying to scam a guy selling a go-kart. Come on. I guess you can believe that if you want. [/ QUOTE ] So are you saying you think this was not a scam? [/ QUOTE ] Oh, right I'm gonna send 4,500.00 to some guy in Nigeria BEFORE his check cleared. If I did that then it would be a scam. How many people do you know would fall for that dude? I didn't fall for it. You believe guys in Nigeria are reading the LVRJournal go-kart for sale ads looking to scam them. What do you think Jake?
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#29
08-07-2005, 04:45 PM
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Re: This \"so called\" Nigerian stuff
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Most of these scams originate in Nigeria. The Nigerian government has done very little to stop these scams, partly because it is a huge "industry" for the country, and partly because those in power are either directly or indirectly involved in the scams. [/ QUOTE ] What scam are you talking about? The only way you can get hurt by this is if you send money"BEFORE" making sure their check has cleared your bank, which I DID NOT DO. [/ QUOTE ] Sigh. Here is your original post: [ QUOTE ] Several days later I go and get my mail and sure enough there is a check from some bank for 6,000.00, so I rush down to my bank(BofA) and deposit it. I am told it will take a few days for the check to clear.Ok. 5-6 days later I don't remember I either went to the bank or they called me, I forget which, and said the check had cleared. Fvck I couldn't believe it so I went over to the bank checked that the funds had been credited to my acct. They were there! So I started action for a 4,500.00 money order to send to the address I was given, and during this process one of the banks employees mentioned this"Nigerian" counterfeit check scam. [/ QUOTE ] So you had actually STARTED the procedure to send $4500 back to the address you were given. The only reason you didn't complete the procedure was because of the bank teller. *You* fell for the scam, but luckily for you the bank teller saved your ass before it was too late. Lots of people fall for this scam. The fact that you didn't know that the bank can still recover the funds after the cheque has cleared does not make you stupid. I would suspect that most people don't know this. [ QUOTE ] The reason I am skeptical about it being some Nigerian thing is because who(some guy in Nigeria?) is reading for sale ads of the LVRJournal,and trying to scam a guy selling a go-kart. Come on. I guess you can believe that if you want. [/ QUOTE ] You're right, this probably has nothing to do with Nigerians. The Nigerians are more into e-commerce these days. The guy scamming you was obviously someone fairly local. It's still the same principle as the Nigerian scam, though. The only difference is that the local guy stands a slightly better chance (though still very small) of getting caught.
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#30
08-07-2005, 04:46 PM
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Re: This \"so called\" Nigerian stuff
[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] The reason I am skeptical about it being some Nigerian thing is because who(some guy in Nigeria?) is reading for sale ads of the LVRJournal,and trying to scam a guy selling a go-kart. Come on. I guess you can believe that if you want. [/ QUOTE ] So are you saying you think this was not a scam? [/ QUOTE ] Oh, right I'm gonna send 4,500.00 to some guy in Nigeria BEFORE his check cleared. If I did that then it would be a scam. How many people do you know would fall for that dude? I didn't fall for it. You believe guys in Nigeria are reading the LVRJournal go-kart for sale ads looking to scam them. What do you think Jake? [/ QUOTE ] Fine, it wasn't a Nigerian guy. The title of your post threw us off originally. However, it's still the same scam, regardless of where it originated.
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