Hello guys,

as you know, i am selling my time warp . I got this message and since i am not really used to it, i would need your advice if i shoudld trust this message or consider it as  scam:


Hello,thank you for letting me know that you still have the item available...anyway, i am okey with your selling price..and i will want you to know that am from ALBERTA,but presently i am not home, i am out of town due to my business...before i come across your advert on lespac.com...which i am interested to buy from you...finally, i will want you to know that the means of my payment will be coming via Canadian money order...trough poster mail..Meanwhile, i have a local shipper that will be coming to youR place for pick up of the item, after you must have receive my payment at hand...so let me know if you can work with this method of payment..if so..kindly get back to me with your full details for payment...
details such as:
Full NAME:
Contact Address:
City:
Zip Code:
Item Name:
Amount:
Phone Number:

kindly get back to me as soon as possible so that i can proceed with your payment...God Bless You

Shawn....

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Thank you for your advice

scam for sure.. "GOD BLESS YOU ???"

Do you honestly really need to ask this question, seriously.....

Yes it's a scam.

Are you kidding me?  They're from ALBERTA!  Of course it's a scam!  

I guessed so but as i said, it is the first time i sell a pin  

Thank you guys

Don't they speak English in Alberta? If so, then yes, this is most definitely a scam.

And never take a money order from a stranger.

BAIT A MUGU!!!!

I love Nigerians...

He's not asking for your bank account, credit card number etc. He also seems to want to pay before someone picks up.

So, ask for his phone number or have him call you. If hes legit, he can email you the payment via online banking.

I dont see the scam here, just it looks like a bullshit offer. Not sure what poster mail is ?????

Quoted from wbradley

He's not asking for your bank account, credit card number etc. He also seems to want to pay before someone picks up.

So, ask for his phone number or have him call you. If hes legit, he can email you the payment via online banking.

I dont see the scam here, just it looks like a bullshit offer. Not sure what poster mail is ?????

Warren,

this is a very old scam .. the text is cut and pasted from a template ....


SCAM SCAM SCAM

I still dont see what he's stealing in this case except getting a name, address, phone number.

If he wants to send a company to pick up BEFORE you receive payment, then agree so long as he is charged for the shipping. Simply refuse to ship if someone arrives, or call the shipping company before and find out who is making arrangements.

I have a guy who emailed me off Mr. Pinball Classifieds who says he has the BK backglass I need and he is in California. Based on the times he emails, he is in UK or Africa. I will keep playing along and then tell him I accidently wired the monetyto the Western Union 100 miles from his town.

Make them work for it!

Quoted from wbradley

I still dont see what he's stealing in this case except getting a name, address, phone number.

Nothing obvious but the text is the give away ... I assume in the end it will be .. the money order is for more than the machine please remit the difference type thing.

Yes this is a scam.  Just break down the wording *Canadian money order.. WTF is that.  I wouldn't walk away I'll run..

Quoted from wbradley

He's not asking for your bank account, credit card number etc. He also seems to want to pay before someone picks up.

So, ask for his phone number or have him call you. If hes legit, he can email you the payment via online banking.

I dont see the scam here, just it looks like a bullshit offer. Not sure what poster mail is ?????

That's how it works.  You have to bait a fish before you reel it in.  It seems innocent enough, then something goes wrong and they have your contact info.  The pick-up truck arrives early before the money order arrives (or before it clears your bank).  Or you are asked to send a good faith deposit to cover the delivery expense...

Any legit buyer who operated in this mode ought to have their head examined because it's so obviously Nigerian.  So why take the chance?

Play him out!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I doubt its Nigerian: why would he read Lespac? Maybe a local scammer who will show up as a delivery company and take the machine.

Quoted from wbradley

I still dont see what he's stealing in this case except getting a name, address, phone number.

If he wants to send a company to pick up BEFORE you receive payment, then agree so long as he is charged for the shipping. Simply refuse to ship if someone arrives, or call the shipping company before and find out who is making arrangements.

I have a guy who emailed me off Mr. Pinball Classifieds who says he has the BK backglass I need and he is in California. Based on the times he emails, he is in UK or Africa. I will keep playing along and then tell him I accidently wired the monetyto the Western Union 100 miles from his town.

Make them work for it!

Quoted from wbradley

Play him out!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You have to much time on your hands Warren.

I prefer the lion paw fail

"Nigerian" is now just a generic term for an Interweb scam that involves the "you send me something I send you something" type scheme.  Doesn't have to originate from Nigeria - and I think recently there's a lot coming out of Montreal actually.

I have been trying for years to get a Nigerian check to hang on my wall. Still no luck...

This is how to talk to a scammer: http://www.spamscamscam.com/read_letters.php

He ask those information:
Full NAME:
Contact Address:
City:
Zip Code:
Item Name:
Amount:
Phone Number:

with this he can make false id use your name it can be an opening to fraud your identity, a lot of that hapens everiday I once receive a equifax notice about someone using my id, luckily they caugh him.

Quoted from korgull

He ask those information:
Full NAME:
Contact Address:
City:
Zip Code:
Item Name:
Amount:
Phone Number:

with this he can make false id use your name it can be an opening to fraud your identity, a lot of that hapens everiday I once receive a equifax notice about someone using my id, luckily they caugh him.

I ALWAYS give a fake name. Makes it easy to deny it then. It happened to me as well. I once got a call from a company asking if there was a guy named Phil Itshutt living at my address. They couldn't do anything.

I have used the name Heywood Jablome in the past  

I also tried to get myself a Nigerian cheque to hang on the wall. But it never did show up.

To get that seven figure Nigerian cheque you must first anti up that Canadian 5 figure certified cheque.

I have received the offer on more than one occasion.

details such as:
Full NAME:
Contact Address:
City:
Zip Code:
Item Name:
Amount:
Phone Number:

kindly get back to me as soon as possible so that i can proceed with your payment...God Bless You

Shawn....

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Thank you for your advice


With all this information, he does not to scam you, he can scam other people out there. And you pay in the end
delete away!!

Everyone missed it...   I'm from Alberta, what is your zip code......   WTF?

Quoted from TGlover

Everyone missed it...   I'm from Alberta, what is your zip code......   WTF?

  yep.  i read that and was going to post it as well.  

It's obvious this is a scam, but I'd say a local one.

The writing is obviously from a French speaking person,
and the reference to Les Pacs is something only a Quebecer would know.

The phrasing "letting me know that you still have the item available "
is a dead giveaway that he's physhing for any sucker.

The contradiction of Alberta and ZIP code just shows that he stole the idea
from US scammers and didn't bother to proof-read the text.

As for how the scam works, the money order is a fake, but it would take
any banks a few days to discover that, and meanwhile the guy comes over
and picks-up your game .  By the time you figure out that the money order is bogus,
you're screwed...

Scam, scam, scam...

Steph

And so i took  his mail and sent it where it deserved... the paper bin  

Wekk I have someone offering the BK backglass i n England for $250 shipped to the point where he needs my full name and address for shipping. Didnt ask for the money yet. Should I give real address/fake name?

My signature on my email says Warren, so it cant be too obvious.

Quoted from wbradley

Wekk I have someone offering the BK backglass i n England for $250 shipped to the point where he needs my full name and address for shipping. Didnt ask for the money yet. Should I give real address/fake name?

My signature on my email says Warren, so it cant be too obvious.

Just sign it Warren U. Rass.