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Hey Everybody!
In an effort to make things easier to find and research, I'm going to consolidate as many threads as possible where we have examples of people trying to defraud hard working sellers (Craigslist emails, 'PayPal' emails asking you to send money outside of PayPal, etc). This will also be used as a master thread for future posts regarding this same situation.
When you post your examples here, please remember to not include last names or contact information of whoever is sending these emails. There's no way to confirm if that person has been defrauded as well and the name is being used fraudulently.
Thanks for your cooperation and remember, keep the conversation productive, on task, and above all, keep it clean. I know these things can be difficult and frustrating, but bleep filled posts or posts that look like government redacted files will never benefit anyone. 😄
Andy
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I just been scammed. I sent a Iphone 5s to Nigeria. The paypal and ebay emails seemed legit. After reading countless stories of the same incident. I guess they were not legit. He said they had a problems through customs and that I he was sending me another 500 to send to his nephew via western union. I have been checking my account for days now and nothing.This was my very first ebay transaction and probably my last. You know you go through paypal so you won't get scammed and they find a way to scam you anyway. It is very sad. Oh well you live and you learn.
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Welcome to our not-so-exclusive club. (I got scammed for $120 CAN over 20 years ago). Thanks very much for sharing your story. You may have prevented someone else from getting scammed.
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Here's a scam I just got (had it many, many, many times before):
---START SCAM---
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Anti-Terrorist and Monitory Crime
Division.
J.Edgar.Hoover Building
935 Pennsylvania Avenue,
Nw Washington, D.C.
20535-0001, USA
Service Hours / Monday to Saturday:
Attention
We bring to your notice that your
Email address has been in our database
Of scammed victims for a long time.
Due to complains by individuals and
Governmental agencies
An emergency meeting was held at the
United Nation Building in New York
With the general secretary of the
United Nation Banki Moon and Heads of
The Federal Bureau of
Investigation (F.B.I) and Anti-
Terrorist and Monitory Crime Division.
You were randomly selected to be
Compensated that is why we are in
Contact with you so take your time to
Read this information carefully.
Series of meetings have been held over
The past 7 months with the secretary
General of the United Nations, which
Ended 3days ago. It is obvious that
You have not
Received your funds valued at $1.5
Million US Dollars due to past corrupt
Governmental Officials who almost held
The funds to themselves, for their
Selfish reasons.
The National Central Bureau of
Interpol enhanced by the United
Nations and Federal Bureau of
Investigation have successfully passed
a mandate to the president of the
United States of America to boost the
Exercise of clearing all foreign debts
Owed to individuals and organizations
Who have been found not to have
Receive their Funds,
To effect the release of your fund
Valued at $1.5Million US Dollars you
Are advised to contact F.B.I funds
Transfer agent Mr. Daniel Borel with
The information below,
Name: Mr. Daniel B****
Email: DanielB*******@yahoo.ca
You are advised to contact him
With the information's as Stated
Below:
1. Full Name:
2. Delivery Address:
3. Phone:
4. Fax Number:
6. Age:
7. Marital Status:
8. Country:
9. Occupation:
10. Preferred Payment Method
(ATM / Cashier Check)
Do disregard any email you get from
Any impostors or offices claiming to
Be in possession of your ATM CARD, you
Are hereby advices only to be in
Contact with your
Assigned F.B.I funds transfer agent
Mr. Daniel Borel. Forward any emails
You get from impostors to this office
So we could act upon and commence
Investigation.
CC. TO:
Supreme Court of the United
States
U. S. Courts of Appeals
U. S. District Courts
U. S. Circuit Courts
Courts of Special Jurisdiction:
Bankruptcy Courts
Court of Claims, 1855 - 1982
U. S. Court of Federal Claims,
1982 -
Customs Court, 1890 - 1980
U. S. Court of Customs and
Patent Appeals, 1910 - 1982
U. S. Court of International
Trade, 1980 -
Commerce Court, 1910 - 1913
Territorial Courts
Courts of the District of
Columbia
Temporary Emergency Court of
Appeals
Judicial Panel on Multi-District
Litigation
Foreign Intelligence
Surveillance Court
Federal Courts outside the
Judiciary.
Note: This email is fully under
Supervision of the FBI and will be
Until your funds has been remitted to
You, so kindly follow the instruction
And have your funds delivered to your
Address without any more delay.
Yours sincerely,
James C***
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
J. Edgar. Hoover Building
935 Pennsylvania Avenue,
NW Washington, D.C.
20535-0001, USA
Copyright © 2014 Federal Bureau of Investigation. All Rights Reserved.
---END SCAM---
The objective of this one is to collect your information for identity theft or for use in future scams attempts of all different kinds.
And, that is the actual address of the FBI. The scammers include that to add a little validity to their scam.
Notice the atrocious English usage. (That's a 'red flag')
They're just gonna give me $1.5 million? lol. u kiddin'! that's chump change. (I 'win' about $30 million each and every day). Hahahah.
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I almost got scammed.....John <removed> is a fake as well as Jane <removed> posing as a PayPal representative. Used phone number <removed> as well as <removed>.......they asked me to send $900 via Western union to a pick up agent in Las Vegas by name of Rachel <removed> and then they would release funds to my account, but thereally was nothing in my PayPal account as received or pending.....totally a scam that I almost fell for.
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Great thread! Thanks for all the tips included here!
My story: I'm selling a jetski for 7k on CL and another websites. I received the following scam email this morning from this very pushy guy asking me to send my PP email and these were his messages, after I arranged a "price" (which he accepted immediately) with him:
Thanks,am satisfied with the price and I have arranged for a pickup agent( Shipper ) who will be coming to pick it up as soon as the payment is made and i'll like to pay u through paypal, and do u have a paypal acct so i can make the payment of the fund?
Seriously? Who in his right mind will buy a 7K jestski without seeing more pictures or actually seeing in real life and go for a try run? Common sense people. After I told him to call me instead since I wasnt going to send him any info, I got this from him:
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any time you see or hear the word AGENT.OR BUYER run.. i like to string them along a little,for my own amusment and to get more info on the mailing address,and then post all the info so i can help others...good job!!
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I would like to thank you!!! I almost fell for it with a 72'' TV and i was suspicious so i looked it up on google and came across your post 🙂 You saved me!!
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