HAD A DODGY SCAMMER EMAIL? POST IT HERE!

**loz** · June 25, 2009

Hopefully everyone on here is well aware that scammers (usually nigerian) exist on the net, with the sole purpose to try and take your money.

It has recently come to my attention that unfortunately they are now targeting the classifieds section

Thankfully they are easy to spot, and i doubt anyone will actually fall for it :

KNOWN DODGY NIGERIAN SCAMMER EMAILS (SO FAR) :

morganpberloz@yahoo.com

morgansper@yahoo.com

chemberlozels@yahoo.com

am interested in your vehicle advertise on

http://www.nissansilvia.com

please get back to me with your last asking price and the present photo

> Hi Morgan,

>

> If you are keen to come look at the car please call me on 0433 249 339

>

> Regards,

> loz

Thanks for your mail, i appreciate your reply when I received your mail ,it is quite understanding . and clear i am highly interested on your property,(vehicle) kindly confirm your last asking price of your

vehicle,.Hope to hear from you soonest. hope the property is in good condition ,please i would have prefer knowing your last price to avoid low price offer from me, becouse i dont know how much

you are selling ,now confirm your last price ok

thank and have a nice day ,happy to do good business transaction with you. bye.

ways to spot a dodgy scammer :

- poor english / grammer

- shows little interest / little knowledge in what you have for sale

- talks mainly about money

- refuses to meet to inspect the thing for sale

- tells you how they want to pay. (Usually western union or other online wire transfer, but recently i have even seen PayPal scammers.)

i ask that anyone that has received an email like this, please post immediately in this thread, including their email address! (so that we can blacklist them)

whyte · June 25, 2009

just curious loz, how would he scam you & take your money if he is the interested person in buying the car?

or maybe what he is going to do is get all ur details, list it up for sale over seas somewhere & ptetend its his and that the buyer has to pay a deposit to get it shipped over.

**loz** · June 25, 2009

another example, same scammer different user :

morganpberloz@yahoo.com

Hello nather, we have concluded, making the payment

Thanks for your email and update on the bottom price($10,000),it was

accepted by my clientand he has directed us to issue payment to you. I

would need your assurance that the property whose payment we would start

processing,is in a good condition as the only view our client had of the

vehicle was on the internet and this purchase is hinged on his personal

judgement of what the property's state and output would be like,in

comparison to models of its category. However,he made out a certified

cashiers check of($15,000) before he travelled for a conference,for a

previous vehicle and its shipment charges etc,but it wasunfortunately

sold. The amount on the check he deposited for the vehicle is bigger than

what should be paid to you now, so the check is now meant for the total

expenses which includes the purchase of your vehicle ,its pick up from its

present location and the shipping charges/other necessary shipping

arrangements.However he has instructed us to bikery on with this

transaction. So when payment gets to you, you're required to deduct the

cost of your vehicle ($10,000) and send the balance of($5,000) to my client

shipping agent to enable him offsett shipping charges/arrangements. Once

the transaction is concluded, My client shipping agent will be coming for

the pick up of the vehicle from its present location, on an access to a

prepaid shipper for shipment,and also conclude other necessary shipping

arrangements. So you dont have to bother yourself about the pick up and

shipping rrangements, while title papers and other necessary documets will

be sent by you via fedex courier . Please Confirm this and provide (1)

NAME (2) CONTACT ADDRESS AND CONTACT PHONE NUMBER(s) for check payment to

be delivered to you via regular mail immediately , please remove the add

of the vehicle from the internet to avoid complications from other buyers

whyte · June 25, 2009

god damn, that 2nd email is more dodgier then the first one you got.

**blingcommander** · June 25, 2009

almost as dodgy as alex k being allowed on this site now :rolleyes:

8700S14 · June 25, 2009

Do they expect that someone will send them 5,000 before the 15,000 clears?

I dont doubt its a scam, i just cant work out how they get money from it unless the above occurs.

chris268 · June 25, 2009

Do they expect that someone will send them 5,000 before the 15,000 clears?

I dont doubt its a scam, i just cant work out how they get money from it unless the above occurs.

yep, some people do unfortunately. rarely happens, but they do.

i want a silvia · June 25, 2009

ways to spot a dodgy scammer :

- poor english / grammer

- shows little interest / little knowledge in what you have for sale

- talks mainly about money

Well, if these criteria are anything to go by, most PMs I receive about stuff for sale advertised here are scammers...or typical NS.com members! :lol:

kustom · June 25, 2009

what happens is, they pay you 15k. you send the car, they withdraw the 15k. i forgot how they withdraw but they do it somehow... either way loz is right, it's a scam. if they spoke proper f**king english they would get a lot more people :/ -- that's usually the biggest give away

**loz** · June 25, 2009

they look like they put 15k in your account. you legitimately send them 5k... they cancel the transfer of 15k.... you lose your money....

generally thats how it works....

Softy · June 25, 2009

You seem to know alot about this loz.

:lol:

whyte · June 25, 2009

what happens is, they pay you 15k. you send the car, they withdraw the 15k. i forgot how they withdraw but they do it somehow... either way loz is right, it's a scam. if they spoke proper f**king english they would get a lot more people :/ -- that's usually the biggest give away

ahh now thats understandable.

whos alex K? :lol:

nisskid · June 25, 2009

ways to spot a dodgy scammer :

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- poor english / grammer

- shows little interest / little knowledge in what you have for sale

- talks mainly about money

- refuses to meet to inspect the thing for sale

by that logic, 95% of ns users are scammers

ud think they'd invest a bit of time in getting the english right in a generic email they send to thousands of people.

chris268 · June 25, 2009

they look like they put 15k in your account. you legitimately send them 5k... they cancel the transfer of 15k.... you lose your money....

generally thats how it works....

here's how it works...

- they tell you they're interested in your car.

- then they tell you they'll buy your car but need to send you an amount in excess of what your asking for. usually it's some bullshit reason they try to jazz up and make believable.

- they will then either tell you they're going to send a cheque or a paypal payment to you. if they send you a cheque, it'll bounce (obviously). if you agree to paypal, they just make up a fake receipt and tell you there's some delay because of such and such and the funds will be in your account within a few days.

- they then tell you to deposit the excess amount to usually a western union account. if you do so, you'll never hear from them again.

other ways to know you're dealing with a scammer...

- they RARELY ever contact you via telephone.

- they will never provide you with their landline or mobile

- they will always use free email accounts... hotmail, yahoo, gmail etc.

obviously there's more communication and f**king around but that's the basic outline of what happens.

beware y0!

Howie · June 26, 2009

got that email this morning

\Name: morgan
Email: morgansper@yahoo.com

Message:

am interested in your vehicle advertise on http://www.nissansilvia.com please get back to me with your last asking price and the present photo

Listing URL: http://www.nissansilvia.com/classifieds/vi...g.php?view=1902

dodgy f**k, didn't realise he was a scammer and replied to him. thanks for the headsup.

**loz** · June 26, 2009

IF PEOPLE CAN JUST REPLY SAYING : YOU ARE A DODGY SCAMMER.

HOPEFULLY THEY WILL GET THE MESSAGE.

nisskid · June 26, 2009

isnt it just automated though? so if u reply, you will just get a automated response back assuming that ur interested.

honestly ur probably better off not replying at all, if they have a way of logging data regarding replies etc, then it will show that no one is replying from this site, and they will move on.

White_sr20 · June 26, 2009

LOL His SCAM Had me going till i noticed it was replyed at 3am

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From: Morgan Lopez (morganpberloz@yahoo.com)

You may not know this sender.Mark as safe|Mark as junk

Sent: Friday, 26 June 2009 3:00:58 AM

To: Adam Triantafyllou (xtr_386@hotmail.com)

Hello adam, we have concluded, making the payment

Thanks for your email and update on the bottom price($9,000),it was