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Pet Forum / Birds / Parrots / February 2004Bewaresellingbirds
This is a message I recieved on the "Quids-in" website. I feel I must warn you that I have become aware of a number of users attempting to defraud people selling items via the classified advertising facility. You appear to have been contacted by these users, "charles fraser". and brucebox_01@yahoo.co.uk What happens is that they offer to send a bankers draft or cheque, often drawn on a foreign bank, which is much more than the value you have requested. They then ask you to send them the difference. The deal is that what they sent originally is counterfeit or otherwise invalid. I would advise utmost caution if anyone should approach you with an offer such as this, especially if they write with very poor spelling or grammar - they appear to be based in Africa, specifically the republic of Benin, but other countries have been mentioned in their messages. Ray. > This is a message I recieved on the "Quids-in" website. > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > the republic of Benin, but other countries have been mentioned in their messages. > Ray. He he .... anyone who'd fall for that would deserve to lose their money. > > This is a message I recieved on the "Quids-in" website. > > [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > > The funny thing is it has happened a couple of times. Ray | > This is a message I recieved on the "Quids-in" website. | > [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] | | He he .... anyone who'd fall for that would deserve to lose their money. Andy, Plenty of otherwise intelligent people have been known to "fall" for such scams and have "brushed" aside the misspelling/bad grammar as someone who lacks a familiarity with the English lang, or their own native lang. So to say that "anyone who'd fall for that. . ." is not a very Christian thing to say. DC > | He he .... anyone who'd fall for that would deserve to lose their money. > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > So to say that "anyone who'd fall for that. . ." is not a very Christian > thing to say. I don't disagree with you, but I find it amazing that despite numerous warnings on the internet, on the news, in the papers, about such scams that people still fall for them - in the early days people could be excused, but not now. Anyway, if you have the time I challenge you to say that anyone would fall for the scam letter published here :-) http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/28/35266.html | I don't disagree with you, but I find it amazing that despite numerous | warnings on the internet, on the news, in the papers, about such scams that [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] | | http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/28/35266.html Andy, After reading the story and the "letter" at the link you provided I have to agree with you that that is such a letter that should throw up all kinds of red flags. As I recently received a similarly worded letter about an account I have with an E-Mail service. This letter "advised" me that IF I did not respond to their directions that my account would be "blocked." I of course did NOT fall for it, and I contacted their ISP (their account had been closed for violating their EULA) as well as forwarding a copy to my E-Mail account provider. And yes, with all of the warnings EVERYWHERE there is little excuse for anyone falling for these scams, but unfortunately there are still hundreds IF not thousands of people falling for these things all of the time. . . It's sad, but it's true. DC Aren't you the one that was booted out of the EE group a few months back? > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 [quoted text clipped - 39 lines] > =8EHU > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- PG, Whom are you talking to??? To the best of my knowledge (other then dropped connections/carriers) I've never been "booted" from anywhere. . . DC | Aren't you the one that was booted out of the EE group a few months back? | [quoted text clipped - 50 lines] | > =8EHU | > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Whom are you talking to??? To the best of my knowledge (other then dropped > connections/carriers) I've never been "booted" from anywhere. . . Nor me!!! You're not there anymore! > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 [quoted text clipped - 67 lines] > =STC/ > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- PG, If you're talking to me what is the "EE" group??? And even if you're not talking to me what is the "EE" group??? And just because a person is "not there anymore" it doesn't mean that they've been "booted" they may have gotten bored with a particular group or have had things come up off-line that takes precedent over spending time on-line. DC | You're not there anymore! | [quoted text clipped - 80 lines] | > =STC/ | > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- Sorry Julian...wrong person, I guess. I don't think you would be involved with "reluctance" anyway. > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 [quoted text clipped - 104 lines] > =tLGe > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- PG, Ok, now you've got my interest piqued, who do you think that I am??? DC | Sorry Julian...wrong person, I guess. I don't think you would be involved | with "reluctance" anyway. [quoted text clipped - 119 lines] | > =tLGe | > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- Sorry. Must have been a different Digital Cowboy in a past life...LOL > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 [quoted text clipped - 106 lines] > | > | > | > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > | > | > | > Version: PGP 8.0 iQA/AwUBQD5IwR/i52nbE9vTEQLAkwCdGivC8QHoAHY7OpxhMIFVXbt7ySgAoNPS > | > | > | > vdutli3e87/03FAWKnsZ+Kge > | > | > | > =8EHU [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > =fow3 > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- PG, Not a problem. I'd be very surprised IF I were the only one, or the first one to use "Digital Cowboy" as a handle. . . DC | Sorry. Must have been a different Digital Cowboy in a past life...LOL | [quoted text clipped - 148 lines] | > =fow3 | > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- All the trolls go to bed finally?....LOL > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 [quoted text clipped - 106 lines] > | > | > | > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > | > | > | > Version: PGP 8.0 iQA/AwUBQD5IwR/i52nbE9vTEQLAkwCdGivC8QHoAHY7OpxhMIFVXbt7ySgAoNPS > | > | > | > vdutli3e87/03FAWKnsZ+Kge > | > | > | > =8EHU [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > =fow3 > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > All the trolls go to bed finally?....LOL What are you doing up? Isn't it 'lights out' already at the institution?  Signature~Marco~ "Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life." -- Terry Pratchett, Jingo She's snuck out of the ward and into the office. I suspect the night watchmen will find her shortly... > What are you doing up? Isn't it 'lights out' already at the institution? Evidently not. It appears you're still here.... > All the trolls go to bed finally?....LOL Not a very Christian thing to say? I wouldn't've thought religion would come in to it..... > So to say that "anyone who'd fall for that. . ." is not a very Christian thing to say. |
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