posted on June 13, 2001 11:57:11 AM new
Theyre always selling laptops and mobile phones, especialy Nokia 8890. Do you agree with me ? Please tell me anybody who can help me to be a criminal agent in Romania. I think he/she will get great new job, put the ads in auction/website and good honest earn money agency to get order from worldwide. Other country seller must be suspected 85% more high risk : Ukraine, Russia, Moldova.
posted on June 13, 2001 03:08:05 PM new
Umm...why would anyone buy a laptop or mobile phone from Romania or any European nation?
I mean, there's more than likely a Staples or Best Buy considerably closer and considerably cheaper and, more importantly, considerably safer to transact with.
I have never understood why someone would buy consumer electronics on eBay or over the internet.
posted on June 19, 2001 05:12:46 PM new
read ebay thread on ccnow from romanian dealer-there is a group of unhappy romanian dealers on ebay who cant conduct business without ccnow,they are upset
posted on June 19, 2001 08:44:08 PM new
Romainia is a haven for fraud, in all shapes and forms. They have virtually no laws regarding fraud, and their government refuses to do anything about it.
Last week I heard of a fraud scheme out of Romainia regarding "supposed" millions of dollars in government money that these Romanians were trying to launder out of the country, and in turn, were taking hundreds of thousands of dollars from Americans in the process....
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posted on June 19, 2001 10:20:20 PM new
no one beats the nigerian for big time fraud?
they have even gone internet and send emais ,i am sure most of us have been invited to participate-ex crook and businessman in nigeria squashed away millions in foreign banks and the nigerian goverment,dept xyz requested your help in repatriating these millions back to the country by asking you to let them wire $$ into your bank account.
you will be compensated for your work with say a 15% cut of those millions,but read the fine prints-
certain govt officials need to be bribed,can you come up with the fund?
certain general will be in town to chat with bank and us govt authority,you will see to it limousine and hotel and valet services are booked in advance.
wow,there was an articl on first page of wall street journal,a korean american in st louis actually did all that/
posted on June 20, 2001 08:14:19 AM new
wait a minute! I got a bank loan using my Nigerian letter as collateral. Since I am about to get 35% of 70 million dollars, the bank had no problem lending me 300 thousand.
Frankly, I am amazed. There is so much press coverage of Internet fraud and folks are still sending money orders in the hundreds of dollars to unknown Romanian thieves because they *might* save $50 or even $100 on a laptop. Think about it! Would you buy a lottery ticket for $800 if the winning prize was $850 or even $900?
posted on June 20, 2001 08:44:40 AM new
The core of the Romanian fraud problem is the deeply held belief by Americans that "everyone is innocent until proven guilty".
It doesn't take much thought to realize that no one in Romania has a source of cheap laptops, but it's thought in a pattern which many Americans refuse to think in, because it's a pattern they find immoral.
It's not that there are classes of bad people. Rather, it's that behavior in certain contexts indicates criminal intent.
posted on June 20, 2001 10:22:14 AM new
dont know about romania,but in russia ,electronic goods especially japanese brands are traffick into russia from middle east and china.
some of these japanese goods are made in china and northern part of china where chinese industries are based is a good source of these goods.
no warranty and no way to know until you bring it home,folks are desperate they will buy them anyway-hot items
posted on June 29, 2001 02:01:31 PM new
Hey, I have a bridge to sell if anyone is interested. It is currently located in NYC, the borough of Brooklyn. It is considered an antique, has a few repairs over the years, but basically kept in decent shape. Will consider any decent offer, and you can trust me, I am not Romanian!!!!
posted on August 26, 2001 12:15:23 AM new
the sooner someone pulls the plug on romania and lets it sink with all hands the better off the rest of the world will be
