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Old 14 May 2010, 09:11 PM
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I've seen this one before, take a look at the link. It has a good explaination of how the scam works.

http://www.bogusartfair.info/shippingscam
Old 15 May 2010, 11:39 AM
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more this morning, i think i should pay as i'm worried about the letters from the FBI

"Hello
What do you mean by that?.I have made the payment and the money have
being deducted from my account,Now the money is in your account but
still on pending,and i believed you have got the the notification of
my payment made in your paypal mail Box (azz250478@aol.com).. all you
have to do now is to go to the nearest western union office to you and
post the money for the pickup arrangement and get back to PayPal with
the necessary details given to you at the western union office such as
the sender's Name and the MTCN number to confirm the money
transferred.
so kindly make Proceed with the money transfer cos i have notify
PayPal to only credit your account immediately they receive the
necessary details such as the mtcn number and the senders name so as
to verify that they money has been truly transferred..cos i have been
a victim of scam in three good different time and PayPal has been done
all the best to make sure that this transfer is safe and secured from
fradulent act

Kindly understand this & thanks for your great co-operation

Regards"

And then

"Dear (azz250478@aol.com),

It is important you know the status of the vehicle purchased otherwise, legal action may be taken against you since you have not replied to the confirmation of payment made to your account by our client Debby Roland via PayPal,we request for the MTCN Numbers to prove that the excess money has been sent in less than 24hours and we will fund the money into your account or face the consequence.

Is important for us to know the status of the vehicle purchased from you, otherwise legal action may be taken against you since you have not replied to the confirmation of payment made to your account by our client Debby Roland via PayPal,we request for the MTCN Numbers to prove that the excess money has been send, and the prove has to be sent to us in less than 24hours and we will fund the money into your account or face the consequences of LEGAL ACTION.

We believed you entered into bidding agreement by requesting money through Pay Pal, and by non response to the payment confirmation made to your account you have violated Pay Pal agreement. However the buyer has already contacted us in other to make report about your non response. We are ensuring to make PayPal a safer place, therefore we need to set confidence on our users.

Therefore, if the Money is been credited into your Account before , that means you will relocate with the vehicle. From IC3 we give you 24hours to send the money to the information given to you by your buyer, and also send the MTCN (Money Transfer Control Numbers) immediately to us to verify the money.Immediately we confirm the MTCN with sender's name, you will receive a confirmation e-mail that your account has been credited.

NOTE:
Failure to Abide to this means your Name and Address will be forward to the law enforcement Agency will get you Arrested, As you are practicing Scam, And your Account with Pay Pal will be BLOCKED, In order to free yourself from this'' Send the money within 24 hours and send the MTCN numbers to Pay Pal to Verify. If you have any comment on this issue do not hesitate to contact us.If the information you wish to provide pertains to an emergency situation. Although we check our e-mail frequently, we do not consider it to be an alternative to telephonic contact in emergency situations.Feel free to contact us directly to this mail (customers.representative@accountant.com). "
Old 15 May 2010, 01:32 PM
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Give them this MTCN number; 1741939872.

See what happens
Old 15 May 2010, 02:37 PM
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Cheeky ******* threatening you!!! Why don't the authorities force the likes of western union to sharpen their act??
Old 15 May 2010, 08:01 PM
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Tell him you're an undercover FBI agent working in the UK as part of an International anti-scam partnership. Make up some bull like his computer processor's unique identifier has been tracked and their building will be searched in five minutes by local law enforcement officers.

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Old 15 May 2010, 08:15 PM
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Originally Posted by billyray911
How the hell are the old bill supposed to "sting" one of probably 10,000 scams that are probably happening as we type?
Judging from the wording and use of Western union,the scammers have no intention of turning up for the car,its purely a bank account based scam-originating somewhere in the African continent from an mostly untraceable internet cafe.
I'd be interested in seeing what you would actually do and what you think the BiB are realistically cabable of...
Yes,I cant stand speed scammerers either,but such is life.If you have a problem,take time out,stop your car and go and tell the coppers what you think of them.
Let me know how you get on and until then, enough of the chuntering and try and stop watching those programmes (you know the ones-mainly introduced by Troy Mclure or Sherrif John Bunnell!)

Nowt personal mind
Old 15 May 2010, 10:46 PM
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Any more news on this mate?
Old 15 May 2010, 10:52 PM
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Originally Posted by fastboyslim
Any more news on this mate?
Yeah i've been in a bad mood most of the day due to someone messing me about with my car so i took all my anger out on them in a really abusive email, i cant really post on here what i wrote as there where too many swearwords and horrible suggestions Suprisingly i've heard nothing from them or the FBI
Old 15 May 2010, 10:58 PM
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post it up in the 'fight club'
Old 16 May 2010, 08:33 AM
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this si almost as good as one of those emails telling you that Reggie Zanggrwdafe in Libya has just died and left you all his money, all we need is x€ to cover admin fees and then we will send you 000's of $....
the grammar is atrocious, but interesting to hear if the FBI, NSA and MI6 come storming into your living room during X Factor
Old 16 May 2010, 08:54 AM
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Originally Posted by s70rjw
At the start we thought they were going to pick the car up. We thought it was a paypal scam. It changed.
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