BEWARE of SCAMMER

Dutchman · Oct 13, 2009

I got a scam e-mail from ?<> Campbell Micheal <> wants to send you $$$ ... of course tOooo much so send him the differents
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Just want to warn others...

Mark

kyplowboy · Oct 13, 2009

Speaking of scammers I have a question. I placed an add on craigslist for free pups. Got folks emailing me from all over the country wanting all them and even offered to pay for them. What kind of scam is this or how are they makeing money at it. I had a lady from MN tell me she would leave in the middle of the night last week to get to my house and pay me $50 each for all 5 if I would just give her my full name and address. I told her my wife just called and all of them had wandered into the hog pen and had all been eat'n.

Dave

BCnT · Oct 13, 2009

the way i understand it they use this info to steal your idenity...the aftermath is pure hell...be careful with your personal info...no matter how innocent the request seems.

kyplowboy · Oct 13, 2009

Thats what I figrured but I couldn't figure out how they could mess up much with just a name and address. I knew there was something up with some one wanting to do what she wanted. She went nuts when I told her the hogs ate them, I am sure I am on some PETA hate list now.

Dave

BCnT · Oct 13, 2009

i'm happy any time i can pi$$ off a greanie

Anonymous-0 · Oct 13, 2009

That was funny,,, and your right about the name and address, all ya have to do is look in a phone book,,, ya got lots to chose from...

Ya should have told her, some Mong came along and bought them for food. they eat dog ya know.

Mike (WA) · Oct 13, 2009

Wife was real excited about a great deal on a horse trailer on Craig's List- Divorce, leaving state, etc., etc. Replied to it- they wanted us to send the money to Yahoo Finance (?)- They would ship the trailer, if we didn't like it they would pick it up and Yahoo would refund our money. Sure. Told the Mrs. that we would be the Yahoos if we fell for that.

Anybody ever heard of Yahoo Finance? I suspect it really exists, and the scammers have made an excellent copy of their website. Believe I'll Google it.

Mike (WA) · Oct 13, 2009

Well, I answered my own question. Googled "Yahoo finance scam", came up with mucho hits. Many about a guy named Robert advertising a JD 5105 (maybe 5305?) tractor with loader and mower for $4,300. I remember seeing that ad in my local paper as well, and figured it was a scam.

The surprising thing is that several posters on scam.com admitted getting taken in by it, and sent the money. So its obvious that this deal is highly profitable.

INCase · Oct 13, 2009

just got some from "him" today asking to buy parts I listed on THIS website's classified ads. I thought it was from Micheal Campbell.

VERY poor english claims to be from Alaska. Haven't responded to emails. Probably won't now. Thanks for the warning Mark.

Nancy Howell · Oct 13, 2009

A couple of years ago when I was shopping for a new horse trailer, the scammers were rampant on Ebay. Similar ads, trailer had been inspected by Ebay inspectors, stored in the Ebay warehouse, etc., etc.

On that type of purchase, if you can't go put your hands on it, don't buy it.

steve_ne · Oct 13, 2009

You can't even trust cash anymore. Buy one of those pens.

google-->address, phone number, equipment.
with sellers and buyers.

Trust no one. Okay maybe your Mom.

Mike (WA) · Oct 13, 2009

The guy was supposedly from Klamath Falls, OR, which is a far piece from here, but we were ready to make the trip. When he responded, he said it was in Las Vegas and "crated for shipment." I think they look at where you're from and the thing is always (magically) about eleventeen hundred miles from you

BTW, his email was EXACTLY the same as one on the Scam webpage, with "trailer" substitued for "car", except in one spot where he forgot to change it.

I swear, if these guys spent half the effort at honest work, they would do fine. But then again, probably not as well as they're doing with their scams :>(

630man · Oct 13, 2009

I got one from this guy today wanting to buy a plow i had for sale. I told him it was sold and he sent me another email stating about the asking price and sending him some things. Kinda made me laugh. that he is so dumb and replying after i told him it was sold.
John

axle handel · Oct 13, 2009

i got the same email i have a add that wanted some thing they wanted to no the asking price of it you get the same ebay and other

Owen Aaland · Oct 13, 2009

(quoted from post at 16:45:48 10/13/09) The guy was supposedly from Klamath Falls, OR, which is a far piece from here, but we were ready to make the trip. When he responded, he said it was in Las Vegas and "crated for shipment." I think they look at where you're from and the thing is always (magically) about eleventeen hundred miles from you
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When they give you another location just tell them "That will work out even better. That's where my ________ (dad, brother, or whoever you name) lives. I just have him go look at it and pick it up."

flying belgian · Oct 13, 2009

What?

Anonymous-0 · Oct 13, 2009

Think I already told this story, but someone had taken the pics and and info from an ad we had for a horse a while ago and advertised again with free delivery. Just transfer half the money up front to some bank account and pay the rest cash on delivery.

Don't know if they hooked anyone or not.

Dave

Anonymous-0 · Oct 13, 2009

Dads wont like that.

Anonymous-0 · Oct 13, 2009

Kyplowboy said "how could they mess up much with a name and address" [near enough].
There was a program on BBC,In essence Tele station selected a house and went through the garbage bins ,came up with name and address, they then put this address on their own rate notice , went to the house called a locksmith, where's your identity, here's my rate notice, ok, door opened off goes locksmith. open slather.
soooooooo easy.

JOCCO · Oct 14, 2009

The one i like on line is: Hi: is item still for sale, please get back to me with pic and price. If they read the ad it would exspain most of it. It always seems to have a "gmail address"

Errin OH · Oct 14, 2009

Looks like a classic case of BFECS (Brain, Finger, Eye, Coordination Syndrome)

Pronounced “Be-Fects”
Similar to “Defects”

As case where the brain out thinks the fingers ability to type and the eyes read thoughts as printed words. Most commonly appears as gibberish in postings on the internet or language in bills from Congress.

Possible translation?

I got the same email. I had an ad wanting something. They emailed wanting to know the asking price of it. I got the same eBay and other bvllsh1t questions, and I am not selling anything.

Billy Shafer · Oct 14, 2009

Last one I got wanted to buy my tractor I never had.

Mike (WA) · Oct 14, 2009

That's a great idea, wish I'd thought of it.

Only problem is, you're limited as to how much fun you can have with these guys- as soon as they see the deal is going south, they simply quit communicating with you, and its "game over."

D Squared · Oct 15, 2009

Scammers arent new, they are just high tech now. About 30 years ago there was a small factory on the west side of Cincinnati (down the street from my job at the time). On a Friday night somebody opened the hoods on all the night shift cars (you could back then) and took out the batteries and busted them on the ground. They came back the next night and stole the new batteries out of any car that had been moved. I always thought what a waste of tallent.

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