This guy tried to steal my identity

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coolVariable

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Let's have some fun:

cosbest12000@yahoo.com


hello,
am are okay with your reponses and price . i love to have the (car)as soon as possible thats why i suggest to proceed on its purchase.The
(car) will be transported to its destination by my shipping agent who will be coming to your location for the collection soon after sale and payment which is infrom of a U.S certified bank cashier's check or money order will be made out to you immediately by my U..S based creditunion agent who will be crediting me some funds worth $65000 on an earlier cancelled order.
He has agreed to issue out the funds to you since am purchasing from you .
I will require your details for the payment to be send to you further reference as in the below form.
Full Name.........
Full Contact Address..........Phone............
Postal Code .....
Arrangements as to how and when it will be picked-up from your location will be made known to you by my shipping agency who is presently making concrete arrangements for the transportation .Hope i can trust you with the transactions .
Looking forward to your soonest reply and details soon

Update: This guy is online - how much fun. :D
I wonder if I can somehow report him to yahoo.
Gave him a fake name/address and asked for his info.

Update: He replied that he is from New York City ... am going to email him that I just happen to be there and want to meet him.
Also just emailed him that I would need his full info - otherwise, he doesn't get mine.

Update: This guy is a classic.


thanks for the mail my full name is
kevin best
aptb 24 gorgia
brooklyn NY

i think you are ok by this,so get back to me with the full details

I asked him to email me his phone number. Should I mention that I will gladly help with the credit union, since I have a VERY LARGE account with them ;)

Anybody know how I can report the guy to Yahoo?


Update:
pls i have no phone now i have loss it so pls by next week i will give you the phone number so get back with the info


Update:

ok to know that am serious did you have a wells fargo account so that i can trasfer the cash to you

--- "XXXX" wrote:

> Sorry to hear about your phone.
> Is there any way I can help you - without a phone making the
> arrangements with credit union must be pretty hard.
> I have a very large account with them if you need any help.
> They were great when I split $50 million with a bank employee who knew
> where some dictator in Africa had hidden away his money.

How stupid is this guy? He just replied to my ad AGAIN!! Same message.

I replied the following to his email:

Yes I do have a WF account with the branch in Hollywoodland.
But it is a secret numbered account:
354ABWF85494-0099
Passphrase for incoming wires: Red Herring








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Shameless promotion of my other thread so I can get some action :D
 
CPA

CPA

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uh, he's not trying to steal your identity, he's trying to scam you for the car.
 
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mordantmonkey

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I wonder if I would fall for one of these scams if it actually used proper grammer and spelling?
guess i'll never know.
 
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coolVariable

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This is the second guy trying this approach ...
I am 100% sure that they are not trying to go for the car ... otherwise, they would try to send me a fake check or something.
 
oogabooga

oogabooga

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Originally posted by: mordantmonkey
I wonder if I would fall for one of these scams if it actually used proper grammer and spelling?
guess i'll never know.
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:D haha true that.
 
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CPA

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Originally posted by: coolVariable
This is the second guy trying this approach ...
I am 100% sure that they are not trying to go for the car ... otherwise, they would try to send me a fake check or something.
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sigh, you must be very young or naive to selling high dollar items, because this is a typical approach to scamming you for the car. google it.
 
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MarklarMarklar

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He is trying to send you a fake check. You cash it and send him back the difference plus the car, later the check is found to be no good and you are royally screwed.
 
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fenrir

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Originally posted by: coolVariable
This is the second guy trying this approach ...
I am 100% sure that they are not trying to go for the car ... otherwise, they would try to send me a fake check or something.
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So, you didn't understand the part where he needs your name address to send the check to???

Edit: I should also mention that if I wanted to steal someone's identity, it would be easier to use the phone book and randomly choose someone. Full name, address, zip, phone number are all in the phone book (or online via smart pages). If that is all that was needed, we would all be in trouble.

Matt
 
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CPA

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one more thing, the info he is asking for is already public information - telephone search, so I am 100% positive he is not trying to steal your identity.
 
40Hands

40Hands

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If he was stealing your identity, he would need a whole lot more info then he asked for...
 
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SampSon

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What exactly are they going to do with you Name, Address and Phone number?

All three of thoes pieces of information are available in the phone book.
 
CPA

CPA

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lol at update. You are still playing the identity theft angle. What makes you think he's going to give you accurate info? Just drop it already. Delete any email that uses bad grammar or states they are using some middleman help the transaction, and for the love of God, delete any from out of country.
 
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VirginiaDonkey

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Here is a thought.....

If you were to sell a car to a scammer, could you report it to the ins. company/police as stolen and get paid for it that way?

junker=profit??????
 
brandonbull

brandonbull

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Originally posted by: mordantmonkey
I wonder if I would fall for one of these scams if it actually used proper grammer and spelling?
guess i'll never know.
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guess not

 
Phoenix86

Phoenix86

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Originally posted by: coolVariable
Anybody know where/how I can report this guy to Yahoo?
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You know about a bajillion of these e-mails are sent out every day, don't you...?
 
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promposive

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This is indeed what he is doing. I watched judge judy? kind of show where this boy sold his dirt bike or something for 2000$ to a guy in nigeria, who had an agent out of new york. THe guy paid him 5000$ and had him wire the extra $3000 to a western union account. The kid had his mom cash the check, sent the money the same day, check bounced, mom out $3000 dollars, sues kid on tv show for the money.


Judge asked, HOW DUMB ARE YOU! to both of them. Indeed, any one who would fall for these things should be smacked until they are smarter.. or something, shot?

Originally posted by: MarklarMarklar
He is trying to send you a fake check. You cash it and send him back the difference plus the car, later the check is found to be no good and you are royally screwed.
Click to expand...

 
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coolVariable

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Originally posted by: Phoenix86
Originally posted by: coolVariable
Anybody know where/how I can report this guy to Yahoo?
Click to expand...

You know about a bajillion of these e-mails are sent out every day, don't you...?
Click to expand...

Would be cool if they could block his email and/or IP.
 
Phoenix86

Phoenix86

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May 21, 2003
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Originally posted by: coolVariable
Originally posted by: Phoenix86
Originally posted by: coolVariable
Anybody know where/how I can report this guy to Yahoo?
Click to expand...

You know about a bajillion of these e-mails are sent out every day, don't you...?
Click to expand...

Would be cool if they could block his email and/or IP.
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Are you new to the internet... or what? Block his e-mail, lol.
 
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coolVariable

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Originally posted by: C0BRA99
This is indeed what he is doing. I watched judge judy? kind of show where this boy sold his dirt bike or something for 2000$ to a guy in nigeria, who had an agent out of new york. THe guy paid him 5000$ and had him wire the extra $3000 to a western union account. The kid had his mom cash the check, sent the money the same day, check bounced, mom out $3000 dollars, sues kid on tv show for the money.


Judge asked, HOW DUMB ARE YOU! to both of them. Indeed, any one who would fall for these things should be smacked until they are smarter.. or something, shot?

Originally posted by: MarklarMarklar
He is trying to send you a fake check. You cash it and send him back the difference plus the car, later the check is found to be no good and you are royally screwed.
Click to expand...
Click to expand...

Yep - this is most likely what he is doing.
This is actually fun.
 
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