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08-07-2005, 03:51 PM
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Re: This \"so called\" Nigerian stuff
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2. Hmm cash check close account screw bank. [/ QUOTE ] Possible? 
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08-07-2005, 03:54 PM
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Re: This \"so called\" Nigerian stuff
. Why would you send the 4500 dollars back anyway screw that guy.
Because I made a business deal and agreed to. Is that a good enough reason. 2. Hmm cash check close account screw bank. [/ QUOTE ] Well thats the way you do things, not me.
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08-07-2005, 03:54 PM
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Re: This \"so called\" Nigerian stuff
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[ QUOTE ] 2. Hmm cash check close account screw bank. [/ QUOTE ] Possible? [/ QUOTE ] Sure, until the bank comes after you to recover the funds.
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08-07-2005, 04:03 PM
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Re: This \"so called\" Nigerian stuff
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?
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08-07-2005, 04:04 PM
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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. By the way, why did you put quotation marks around "so called"?
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#16
08-07-2005, 04:06 PM
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Re: This \"so called\" Nigerian stuff
Ok, rather than agruing over whether you showed poor judgement in pursuing this transaction let's just skip to the moral of the story for future reference. Do not do business with Nigeria ever. Online solicitations that seem to good to be true usually are. Use common sense.
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#17
08-07-2005, 04:15 PM
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Re: This \"so called\" Nigerian stuff
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[ 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.
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08-07-2005, 04:16 PM
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[ QUOTE ] 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 ] So why didn't you put the quotes around Nigerian? [img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img]
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08-07-2005, 04:20 PM
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Re: This \"so called\" Nigerian stuff
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.
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08-07-2005, 04:20 PM
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Re: This \"so called\" Nigerian stuff
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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 ] You would have fallen for one of the oldest Nigerian scams out there: 1) You get a cheque for $6000. You deposit it in the bank. 2) The cheque "clears" in seven days. All that means is that they've released the funds to you. It doesn't mean that the cheque is not counterfeit. Legally, the bank is required to release funds to you within X days (It's either 7 or 14, I can't remember which). However, if the cheque turns out to be counterfeit, the bank is not on the hook for the money. You are. 3) You send a cheque for $4500 to your Nigerian friend. 4) A little while later the cheque is discovered to be counterfeit. The bank recovers the funds from your account...but oops, you've already sent the $4500 to Nigeria. These guys are all over E-bay, and are scouring the classifieds looking for suckers. Usually they don't warn you ahead of time that they're going to send you a cheque for more than the value of whatever it is you're selling. Usually the cheque arrives for a larger amount and then they play it off as a mistake but ask you to send them back the difference so that don't have to go through the trouble of sending another cheque. I've operated quite a few e-shops over the years, and I get these guys trying to pull this stuff on me all the time. I've learned to ignore any "customers" from Africa.
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