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I just advertised some amps in the UK, and after I responded to an initial enquiry got the following email.Yes, I'm 99.99999% sure it's a scam but can't remember how they usually get their 'victim' seeing as I'm assuming no-one would let their sale item be picked up unless the money from the buyer had been 100% cleared by the bank and the cash was definitely in the seller's account.
After advertising these amps last night this is the second bogus offer I've received but the other was so obvious that I simply sent a quick reply of "P*** off"; with this second offer I'm wondering if I can string them along and maybe cause them some grief - even expense - before bailing out.
----- Original Message -----
From: kelly rowland
To: chris redmond
Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2005 3:44 PM
Subject: Payment and shipping arrangement E.A.R.- 519 valve monoblocs £2,750
Hi ,
Thanks for your mail, the price is fairly okay by me i will instruct my Secretary to issued the check to you but she will include shipping fees and as soon as you received the check you are to deduct your selling price and the remaining funds would be send via westernunion to my shipping company who will later come for the pickup of all my goods alongside the (E.A.R.- 519 valve monoblocs) am buying from you.
I will like you to get back to me with the Name that will be on th e check alongside your contact address so that payment can be made to you as soon as
possible.Details needed below for the addression on the check:
Name to be on check :
Address where check will be received by you:
Phone Number's such as Mobile,Land Line and Office
Number.For me to instruct my Secetary to issue the cheque in your name asap.
Thanks for your understanding in anticipation and hope to read from you asap today.
Regards....
; Kellyick.
Best Regards,
Chris redmond.
Follow Ups:
Hi ,
It's dodgy Nigerians , fake cheque scammers . Send him this...'OBOY I DEY
UR MAMA ASHAWO MANY BROTHER SAY HER TOTO SMELL OF MONKEY
BI IT SAID THAT SHE CHARGE GUYMAN 5 NAIRA A TIME BUT MONKEY GO 4 FREE
OTU NNE GI U PASS URSELF
U BI A FOOL 4EVER U DIE IN THE STREET OOOOOOOOO'...and see how he responds . Do it from an anonymous email address , with any luck he'll be somewhat upset and should provide and amusing anecdote . And by the way if you want to mess these guys about click on the link :)
cheers
...FB
It is written by a foreigner, not a product of the UK education system. Nigerian I'd guess!
Its funny that the "scammer" used the name Kelly Rowland, member of Destiny's Child.
"Its funny that the "scammer" used the name Kelly Rowland, member of Destiny's Child."
Hmmm.You think perhaps I should be a bit concerned about the Levinson Monoblocs I just sent to someone called Beyonce Knowles?
Best Regards,
Chris redmond.
Somewhere around here I have a bogus $5,000.00 cashier's check sent to me via Fed Ex from 35 Park Avenue, Maryland, Nigeria. I was supposed to ship a couple of compression drivers to an address in England and wire the remaining balance (about $4,000.00) to the scammer via Western Union.The scam of course was the bogus cashier's check, which my bank would probably have accepted and credited my account accordingly. By the time the check would have been returned by the out-of-state bank it was drawn on, the drivers and most importantly the $4000.00 would have been long gone.
So what I did was call the bank that the cashier's check was drawn on, and over the phone they confirmed it was bogus. I managed to cost the scammer the Fed Ex fee and the cost of the long-distance international phone call he made to check up on why the money had not yet been sent to him via western union. Had a little fun with him on the phone, too, before he hung up on me.
Get lots of identifying information from him before you agree to the transaction, including his phone number, so that you can report him to the FBI, Interpol, the Nigerian Special Interrogation Police, or whoever (whether or not you actually go through with the reporting).
Hi Duke:
I think I've just encountered the same scam that you have been talking about. The check came in the amount of 2800.00 for a purchase of 2 tubes worth 500.00. The balance is to be wired via Western Union. I deposited the Walmart money order, but will wait to see the results. I've been very perplexed over this one(not easily scammed).The sender wants the remaining amount sent to another address by wire. If the check turns out to be good, what's my downside?
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