posted on September 15, 2005 08:22:40 PM
Jack...As long as you've been on Ebay, you're bound to have received a couple checks from customers that have bounced. Dig one of them out of the archives. Those scammers want banking information? Give it to 'em. The deadbeat's info of course. Hell, if you're lucky, they will even have their home phone number on the check. Some people are dumb enough to have their driver's license number printed on the check. Give those scammers all the info they need, including the deadbeat's email address. Then sit back, open a cold one, and wait for the fun to begin
A $75.00 solid state device will always blow first to protect a 25 cent fuse ~ Murphy's Law
posted on September 15, 2005 08:25:05 PM
Ah! but this is NOT your everyday Nigerian scam email, He is responding to an ad I placed.
I just want a measly $5000.00...I,,,,,,am the asker/seller. He Thinks he's going to scam ME.....with the Western Union thing.. hahahaha.....
I am just going to continue the FRUSTRATE him,,,,,Shipping co. bills of laddings, Faxing,,proof payment to the shipping co,,,,,you know the things that happen in REAL business transactions.....
Yeah yer right, too much time on my fingers...hahahaha......type , type, type.....
posted on September 15, 2005 08:30:27 PM
I really DO want to sell what I have, but when I asked him what City,,,,,then I thought NO, what Country are you in and it came back NIGERIA I said to self, let's see where this goes.....He ain't gettin' NO imformation from me, BUT Sparkz,,,,,HEY! I want HIS banking information i mean he said, We CAN trust each right? Right! in mean I DO have to do Some VERIFYING of HIS accounts, correctum....
posted on September 15, 2005 08:50:53 PM
He never asked for banking info, he just wants to pull the Western Union scam....You have ALL seen the WARNINGS of that WU scam.....
posted on September 15, 2005 08:56:35 PM
Sparkz,,,,,,,I got smart right off the bat about personal checks,,,,,5 years ago mabe the 20th e bay deal,,,,,,worthless check, even called the jerk and he answered, blah, blah,,,,,He never made that check good......END of that noise,, I realized right then,,,,,just like the REAL world.....Checks,,,,nothing but a PROMISE to pay,,,,may I will maybe I won't but I PROMISE someday, I Might pay you. screw that.....PP, CASH or CASHIERS check....Money orders,,ONLY! NO worthless checks......where that check is today,,,,,???????? Trashed,,,
and it was like $40-50 back then, hahahaha, when we could really get REAL money for things we bought for a dollar and sold on e bay.......He got the thing and I got Nada,,,,,
posted on September 15, 2005 09:13:26 PM
I've only had 2 bad checks since I've been on Ebay, and in both instances they were made good by the customer. I'm sure that if the need were to arise, there would be someone on this board holding bad paper that would be willing to donate to the cause and give the full info on a deadbeat. Yeah, I'm aware of how the Western Union scam works. They overpay, and want you to send the excess back to them. If he wants 4 tons of clothes, go over to Alta-Dena dairies and get 4 tons of steer manure. Ship it to him freight collect. When it arrives, he'll let out a scream that can be heard half way around the world. Just tell him, when it comes to BS, he's only an amateur that just happened to pick a pro to try to scam.
A $75.00 solid state device will always blow first to protect a 25 cent fuse ~ Murphy's Law
