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Re: Nigerian Scam example message

by Dealwithit Contributor in About Selling
‎Aug-13-2014 06:08 AM
‎Aug-13-2014 06:08 AM
i have same email like this we cumunicate then i send him invoice,after few min.i got mail fro supposed to be paypal                                                                                                                                                                                                                               it says   Dear--------my full name                                                                                                                                                                        my name is connie and it is pleasure to assist you in regards to the transaction between you and------.i am very happy to be assigned to tell you that %100 secure and legitimate,we want to use this medium to tell you once again that the amount of kr 750.00 usd     has been made to your account by ------.the tracking number is what paypal is demanding from you which is 13 digits in number on postage receipt that will be given to you after you might have send out the package. this is inform you that as part of our policy,we do not credit funds made for a transaction in parts,we will only credit the money into your acount after successful completion of the whole transaction.Refusal to complete this transaction will only lead to a self-caused delay of our creaditing the money into your account of $750 usd has been deducted from the account of -------and all we need you to do before we credit your account is to send the package through 'USPS'to the address provided by ------and replying back to this e-mail for accredition of your account without any further delay.                                                                          BELOW IS THE BUYER'S                                                                                                                                                                             SHIPPING ADDRESS                                                                                                                                                                               addres NAME-----                                                                                                                                                                                             POSTAL CODE 234039                                                                                                                                                                                 COUNTRY:NIGERIA                                                                                                                                                                                        TELL---                                                                                                                                                                                                               NOTE                                                                                                                                                                                                                 DO NOT NOT SEND                                                                                                                                                                                      THE SHIPPING DETAILS  TO OTHER  PERSON  EXCEPT   FROM THE PAYPAL CUSTUMER CARE FOR SECURETY PURPOSE                                                                                                                                                                                                        THANK YOU FOR USING PAYPAL.                                                                                                                                                               PAYPAL ACCOUNT                                                                                                                                                                                          REVIEW DEPARTMENT                                                                                                                                                                                 PAYPAL EMAIL ID                                                                                                                                                                                             PP305...                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     And when i was reading through the message my husband saw it that there is misspelled and saw nigeria address,i dont notice it actually..he said its a scam,so i wait a few mins,and i recieve mail again from him he said that i probably recieve an paypal confirmation.so i have to send his package now and give him a tracking number..                                                                                                                                                                                                                                ... 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I have almost been scamed!!!

by fucinas Contributor in Access and security
‎May-07-2014 10:23 AM
‎May-07-2014 10:23 AM
ther is possability to cach scamer? cyber police or something like this 🙂 i can help to cach one of them... i'm trying t sell item and now i'm writing with one of them. ... View more
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