First time I ever saw one of those e-mails, I read it several times. The absurdity of choosing me out of millions possible choices sounded too good to be true in the first place. Didn’t take much….
I’m a semi-retired rent-a-cop, among other things, and while I’m not the best at running a BS detector, I hesitated.
’Bout then, word on the forums I used to hang on in those days took care of the rest.
Meantime, there’s another scam. Sell some item (say $1000) on eBay and you’ll get an offer from someplace that’s usually even more than you wanted, but they want to send you a check for a great deal more. The idea is that you’d ship the product and the difference someplace. Same him a visit to the bank or some such.
Naturally, the check that you got (might be a money order) turns out to be bogus, but after your bank has honored it and you feel safe enough to send the other funds out. Then your bank wants the whole thing back….
i_am_the_jam over 10 years ago
I thought he only wanted to transfer it…
Seiko over 10 years ago
Melvin, look out, it’s another trick !
aerilim over 10 years ago
Why he didn’t just gave it away to his neighbors in Nigeria?
Sparkys44 over 10 years ago
Dyed rock candy and foil wrapped chocolate… I bet he’s really the Easter Bunny in disguise!
SMMAssociates over 10 years ago
First time I ever saw one of those e-mails, I read it several times. The absurdity of choosing me out of millions possible choices sounded too good to be true in the first place. Didn’t take much….
I’m a semi-retired rent-a-cop, among other things, and while I’m not the best at running a BS detector, I hesitated.
’Bout then, word on the forums I used to hang on in those days took care of the rest.
Meantime, there’s another scam. Sell some item (say $1000) on eBay and you’ll get an offer from someplace that’s usually even more than you wanted, but they want to send you a check for a great deal more. The idea is that you’d ship the product and the difference someplace. Same him a visit to the bank or some such.
Naturally, the check that you got (might be a money order) turns out to be bogus, but after your bank has honored it and you feel safe enough to send the other funds out. Then your bank wants the whole thing back….
If it seems too good to be true, it probably is.
Hell, it always is….