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11-14-2004, 10:06 AM
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#1 | | Member
Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: nashville tn
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Car: '89 rs convertible Engine: wimpy 305 tbi Transmission: wimpy 700r4 auto | A scammer emailing you? Post their address here!
If you have had some thing for sale in the classifieds on TGO and received a reply from a scammer wanting to send you a "cheque" , especially for one way over the amount you asking for an item , please post their email address here. www.419legal.org wants to do something about this so they will not rip off a fellow TGO member. These email scammers usually have some of these characteristics: they type in all caps, they want to send a cheque from a client who owes them money, they do not know the item you are selling,they are located overseas. While an email is occaisionally legitimate, 95% of them are NOT. Victims are forced to pay banks back , face criminal charges for cashing a fraudulent check among other things . Please do your part by posting any email addresses by a suspicious reply to your classified ad in this thread . Let's stop these scammers dead in their tracks and make TGO classifieds a place that's not welcome to them.
thanks,
Badjuju342
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11-14-2004, 03:33 PM
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#2 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Plattsburgh, NY USA
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| I was contacted by a scammer. Name was Alfred Smith , his e-mail was alfredsmith_112@fastermail.com. He sent me a bogus check after seeing my ad here this summer. | |
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11-14-2004, 05:03 PM
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#3 | | Member
Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: nashville tn
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Car: '89 rs convertible Engine: wimpy 305 tbi Transmission: wimpy 700r4 auto | Thanks , he's on the list now. | |
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11-14-2004, 05:41 PM
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#4 | | Moderator
Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: NE Pennsylvania
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Car: 03 Nissan Sentra | lynda brown@mail.com I played along. Im handing the check over to the state police when it , (or if it), arrives. | |
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11-14-2004, 07:45 PM
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11-15-2004, 01:54 AM
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#6 | | Member
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Car: '89 rs convertible Engine: wimpy 305 tbi Transmission: wimpy 700r4 auto | duly noted, gents. | |
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11-15-2004, 02:55 AM
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Car: Trans Am, Grand Am GT, Vibe Gt Engine: 5.0, 3.4, 1.8 Transmission: std, auto, std | | |
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11-15-2004, 03:07 AM
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#8 | | Member
Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: nashville tn
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Car: '89 rs convertible Engine: wimpy 305 tbi Transmission: wimpy 700r4 auto | I have now linked this to the above website ,hopefully this will help move things along. | |
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11-18-2004, 01:57 AM
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#9 | | Member
Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: nashville tn
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Car: '89 rs convertible Engine: wimpy 305 tbi Transmission: wimpy 700r4 auto | Here's a website that you can turn the info you have received from the cheque scammers over to the U.S. Secret Service ( which is the law enforcement body that investigates this.) : http://www.secretservice.gov/faq.shtml#crimes | |
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11-18-2004, 10:12 AM
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#10 | | Moderator
Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: NE Pennsylvania
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Car: 03 Nissan Sentra | scammers
Thanks for the info. I already sent the Secret Service my info. Hopefully they will contact me....Thanks again. | |
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11-19-2004, 01:55 AM
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#11 | | Member
Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: nashville tn
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Car: '89 rs convertible Engine: wimpy 305 tbi Transmission: wimpy 700r4 auto | Thanks to everyone for posting. I don't understand why they have picked TGO for this nonsense . I do want to state for the record that none of my actions are racially motivated and if yours are , ( I'm NOT accusing anyone of this) you're doing this for the wrong reason. I am white , my g/f is black so I'm definitely NOT racist. It's strange that the majority of "cheque" scammers are based in Africa , nobody can explain this. Russia seems to be second but we're starting to see more of this happening there. Above all else , do NOT cash that check and send them the excess! It can take up to two weeks for the bank to figure out that the check is not valid and you CAN face criminal charges and severe fines.I hate to sound like a broken record but I can not stress this enough. | |
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11-19-2004, 11:36 AM
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#12 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: L.A.
Posts: 398
Car: 1988 IROC-Z Engine: 6.2 TPI Transmission: 4 speed Automatic | Teresa Gibson and James David
Send me emails as soon as I post something on the classifieds secction, this is their email:
AM INTERESTED IN PURCHASING YOUR ITEM IF IS STILL AVAILABLEFOR SALE LET ME KNOW and the price AND IF CERTIFIED CASHIER'S CHEQUE IS OKAY FOR PAYMENT. ABOUT THE SHIPPING I HAVE A SHIPPING COMPANY THAT WILL HANDLE THE SHIPPING FOR ME JUST LET ME KNOW THE PRESENT CONDITION AND I WILL LIKE TO VIEW IT'S PICS.
Be aware. | |
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11-19-2004, 03:14 PM
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#13 | | Moderator
Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: NE Pennsylvania
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Car: 03 Nissan Sentra | That seems to be the classic phrase. I think there should be a stickey in the classified board. These scumbags got some balls.... | |
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11-21-2004, 09:00 PM
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#14 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Ontario
Posts: 1,958
Car: '85 Z28 Engine: LG4 Transmission: T5 Axle/Gears: 3.23 | i hope they stop these morons
heres another one: hammyx24c@yahoo.com | |
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11-21-2004, 09:11 PM
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#15 | | Moderator
Join Date: Jul 1999 Location: The Bone Yard
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Car: Death Mobile Engine: 666 c.i. | Quote: Originally posted by badjuju342
Thanks to everyone for posting. I don't understand why they have picked TGO for this nonsense . | It's not just TGO. It's the entire internet.
I just saw a "investigative reporting" show on TV today that showed some poor girl who was offered $22,000 for her 2000 Saturn and requested to direct $14,000 to the shipping company.
She waited 30 days for the cheque (sorry, I'm Canadian), and was confident that the cheque was good. Only to be nailed 90 days later.
The report said what these guys are doing, is altering legitmate cheques from a third party (usually a company cheque from an innocent party) made out in a small amount. Then, altering the payee and amount so the cheque WILL PASS the clearing house. But, when the cheque is finally sent back to the original company that issued the cheque, they dispute the cheque as "altered" and THEN the cheque is cancelled and eventually nails the person who cashed it 90 days later.
But that is how the cheque actually clears (initially) and why it's not outright rejected until 60-90 days later.
These crooks will not stop until they are eventually caught and sent to jail. Regrettably, depending on their original country where they are doing this, they may not even get jail time.
But they are all over the Internet looking for people selling things. | |
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11-22-2004, 06:35 PM
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#16 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Mpls-
Posts: 259
Car: '86 Burly and '85Coupe F-41, 383 St Engine: V6, 383 Stroker Transmission: 700r4 | Scammer
I had the same phrase as above from a posting on this site. I wish I had read this earlier because I wasted time taking pictures for the scum. Here's thier email replies:
From: "kathy scott" <kathymerchandise@fastermail.com>
To: extratrash@comcast.net
Subject: '86 Berlinetta parts
Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2004 10:13:36 +0000
AM INTERESTED IN PURCHASING YOUR '86 Berlinetta parts,IF IS STILL AVAILABLE FOR SALE LET ME KNOW THE LAST PRICE AND IF CERTIFIED CASHIER'S CHEQUE IS OKAY FOR PAYMENT. ABOUT THE SHIPPING I HAVE A SHIPPING COMPANY THAT WILL HANDLE THE SHIPPING FOR ME JUST LET ME KNOW THE PRESENT CONDITION AND I WILL LIKE TO VIEW IT'S PICS. THANKS,WAITING TO READ FROM YOU KATHY -- __
From: "kathy scott" <kathymerchandise@fastermail.com>
To: extratrash@comcast.net
Subject: Re: '86 Berlinetta parts
Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2004 18:03:27 +0000
Thanks for your mail,pls let me know the price and i have already view the pics and in other to fasten this transaction i will want you to also get back to me with the full information you will use in recieving the cheque such as the full name the cheque will be drawn to,the full address where you can recieve the cheque,your office,home and cell phone number for fast communication,all this information are needed urgently so that i can forward it to my associate to send down the cheque payment to you this week. Thanks and waiting to read from you. kathy
From: "kathy scott" <kathymerchandise@fastermail.com>
To: extratrash@comcast.net
Subject: Re: '86 Berlinetta parts
Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2004 18:03:41 +0000
Thanks for your mail,pls let me know the price and i have already view the pics and in other to fasten this transaction i will want you to also get back to me with the full information you will use in recieving the cheque such as the full name the cheque will be drawn to,the full address where you can recieve the cheque,your office,home and cell phone number for fast communication,all this information are needed urgently so that i can forward it to my associate to send down the cheque payment to you this week.Thanks and waiting to read from you.kathy
Above I actually sent two sets of pictures and you can tell how fake it is. Especially when everything but my parts were in caps. | |
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11-22-2004, 08:32 PM
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#17 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Ontario
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Car: '85 Z28 Engine: LG4 Transmission: T5 Axle/Gears: 3.23 | here is another one: ws_101@dbzmail.com | |
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11-27-2004, 01:05 PM
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#18 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Philadelphia
Posts: 737
Car: 1988 M/C - 1989 Formy - 1986 Z28 Engine: 406 - 305TPI - 305TPI Transmission: TH350 - T5 - TH350 Axle/Gears: 4.10 - 2.73 - 3.27 | joeb197232@yahoo.com is another one Joe Broddy is the name
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11-27-2004, 01:06 PM
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#19 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Philadelphia
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Car: 1988 M/C - 1989 Formy - 1986 Z28 Engine: 406 - 305TPI - 305TPI Transmission: TH350 - T5 - TH350 Axle/Gears: 4.10 - 2.73 - 3.27 | | |
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11-28-2004, 09:58 AM
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#20 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Philadelphia
Posts: 737
Car: 1988 M/C - 1989 Formy - 1986 Z28 Engine: 406 - 305TPI - 305TPI Transmission: TH350 - T5 - TH350 Axle/Gears: 4.10 - 2.73 - 3.27 | Go me! Anyone else should do this too, if the person used a yahoo or hotmail email forward the email with all headers too abuse@yahoo.com or abuse@hotmail.com, whatever domain their using.
Hello,
Thank you for writing to Yahoo! Mail.
In this particular case, we have taken appropriate action against the
Yahoo! account in question, as per our Terms of Service (TOS). For
further details about the Yahoo! TOS, you can visit: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Please know that Yahoo! is unable to disclose the action taken on
another user's account with a third party. We are not able to make
exceptions to this rule. | |
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11-28-2004, 02:52 PM
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#21 | | Member
Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: nashville tn
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Car: '89 rs convertible Engine: wimpy 305 tbi Transmission: wimpy 700r4 auto | Now if you wanna have some real fun with 'em
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12-01-2004, 04:41 AM
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#22 | | Member
Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: nashville tn
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Car: '89 rs convertible Engine: wimpy 305 tbi Transmission: wimpy 700r4 auto | Please do be sure to post The Email address ,NOT just the content of the email. | |
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12-06-2004, 10:47 AM
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#23 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Ontario
Posts: 1,958
Car: '85 Z28 Engine: LG4 Transmission: T5 Axle/Gears: 3.23 | | |
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12-08-2004, 10:38 AM
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#24 | | Junior Member
Join Date: May 2004
Posts: 49
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Ali Ahmed [aliahmed65@mail2world.com] | |
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12-08-2004, 10:49 AM
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#25 | | Member
Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: nashville tn
Posts: 423
Car: '89 rs convertible Engine: wimpy 305 tbi Transmission: wimpy 700r4 auto | Keep 'em coming , law enforcement is aware of this thread. | |
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12-09-2004, 01:32 PM
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#26 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Ontario
Posts: 1,958
Car: '85 Z28 Engine: LG4 Transmission: T5 Axle/Gears: 3.23 | | |
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12-09-2004, 10:11 PM
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#27 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: L.A.
Posts: 398
Car: 1988 IROC-Z Engine: 6.2 TPI Transmission: 4 speed Automatic | I received e-mail from this guy too: Ali Ahmed <aliahmed1965@yahoo.co.uk> Subject: Thirdgen sub box, and other stuff. Cheap
Date: Wed 12/08/04 08:39 AM
Hi,
intrstd in d above item.Let me knw d cost & prsnt condition & a pic of it will be apprciatd.Mode of paymnt 'll be by cahsier's check.Thanks and located in canada.
hear frm u soon.ali  | |
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12-11-2004, 08:09 PM
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#28 | | Member
Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: North Huntingdon,PA
Posts: 146
Car: No F-Body Currently :( Engine: LT1 Transmission: 4l60e Axle/Gears: um....2.56 (ugh) | Hey, I got a scammer email today from lyndabrown@mail.com
Just so everyone else knows about her. | |
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12-14-2004, 02:12 PM
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#29 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Cedar Rapids,IA
Posts: 6
Car: (2) 89 IROC's Engine: 396 Stroker and an LT1 Transmission: 700R4 and T5 Axle/Gears: 3.73 and 3.42 | henrydavidlg@yahoo.com is yet another one.
This sucks because we can't do anything about it but warn people. The Nigerian Gov. will not let the FBI handle it. I just got off the phone with an officer and that is what he said to me. I can't believe this, they can basically screw us and we can't do anything about it. | | < | | | |
