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I was suckerd into a scam once. It was before I was even registered on any forums. It was ordered through a site that looked really legit called Future Electonics. Anyway it was supposed to be based in Spain and I even spoke to them before ordering. I made the payment via direct bank transfer.

Anyway the phone never came and in the end it turned out the number they gave was based in Romania. I cant believe I spoke to the cheeky gits.

I never saw the phone or the money in the end but the silly thing is that the police had the bank account details ect but didnt do jack about it.

Jst thought id share that story with you now.
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Posted: 2008-02-05 22:55:23
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@bavlondon2

Oh man, that sucks! I almost got scammed once too, long time ago (about 4-5 years ago) When I was trying to buy a P800i or something. It was on ebay and everything looked legit, but when the seller ask me to Western Union the money to Romania, I SMELLED SOMETHING REALLY FISHY. I was really temped in sending him the money, good thing I didn't in the end.

Anyways, thanks for sharing!
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Posted: 2008-02-05 23:10:00
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Hahaha, thats really awesome. Do you plan to take it further and get them into trouble?

I think you should talk to him again and say you lost their (fake) physical address, then say "is this it?" and write their actual, real, physical address. Then see what they do. From there you could give them all the shit you want, you have the upper hand now. You could threaten them even!
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Posted: 2008-02-06 12:13:20
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Hahaha nice one, is this your hobby in your spare time?
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Posted: 2008-02-06 12:19:42
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yay for nooobers in mother africa, not too many people have internet there yet lol its pretty easy to track them down.


status: CLIENT-TRANSFER-PROHIBITED

registrant-firstname: Christopher
registrant-lastname: Yaw
registrant-organization: Netcom Africa
registrant-street1: 9898 Brewers Court
registrant-pcode: 20723
registrant-state: MD
registrant-city: Laurel
registrant-ccode: US
registrant-phone: +1.2405539400
registrant-email: DNS_Registrar@netcomng.com

admin-c-firstname: Christopher
admin-c-lastname: Yaw
admin-c-organization: Netcom Africa
admin-c-street1: 9898 Brewers Court
admin-c-pcode: 20723
admin-c-state: MD
admin-c-city: Laurel
admin-c-ccode: US
admin-c-phone: +1.2405539400
admin-c-email: DNS_Registrar@netcomng.com

tech-c-firstname: Christopher
tech-c-lastname: Yaw
tech-c-organization: Netcom Africa
tech-c-street1: 9898 Brewers Court
tech-c-pcode: 20723
tech-c-state: MD
tech-c-city: Laurel
tech-c-ccode: US
tech-c-phone: +1.2405539400
tech-c-email: DNS_Registrar@netcomng.com

bill-c-firstname: Christopher
bill-c-lastname: Yaw
bill-c-organization: Netcom Africa
bill-c-street1: 9898 Brewers Court
bill-c-pcode: 20723
bill-c-state: MD
bill-c-city: Laurel
bill-c-ccode: US
bill-c-phone: +1.2405539400
bill-c-email: DNS_Registrar@netcomng.com

% See http://registrar.1und1.info for information about 11 Internet AG

If someone wants to contact western union and report the scammer, you can actually get paid for it hehe I was bored so i thought id play a little too.
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Posted: 2008-02-06 13:00:57
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did someone move this post or something?

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Posted: 2008-02-06 13:09:50
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did you give the guy the link to here? ??
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Posted: 2008-02-06 13:25:45
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LOL How did you managed to get his physical address? That would be handy for me...
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Posted: 2008-02-06 15:03:52
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good one mate.....
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Posted: 2008-02-06 16:01:51
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ok, so I further trolled this guy by photoshoping a Western Union Receipt





This is what happened today when he messaged me on MSN:
Pretty damn funny...

===========================================

kalif says:
how are you
kalif says:
?

kalif just sent you a nudge.

kalif says:
are you there ?

kalif just sent you a nudge.

kalif says:
have you send the money
kalif says:
?
kalif says:
you send me an email with western union details senders name ,senders addrerss and mtcn number
kalif says:
ok
kalif says:
kalifstores01@hotmail.com

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kalif says:
hi
kalif says:
are you there ?
Michael says:
hi
Michael says:
yes
Michael says:
let me email the receipt to you
kalif says:
ok
kalif says:
what is the senders name
kalif says:
senders address
kalif says:
mtcn number
Michael says:
it's sending
kalif says:
ok
Michael says:
ok, i emailed to your hotmail
kalif says:
tell methe mtcn number
Michael says:
3133412976
Michael says:
when are you going to send it
kalif says:
what is senders name
Michael says:
i emailed to you!
kalif says:
ok
Michael says:
when are you going to send it?
Michael says:
today?
kalif says:
how much do you send
Michael says:
it's on the receipt why don't you look?
Michael says:
$480.00
Michael says:
they charged me $38.40 service fee!!!
Michael says:
you didn't tell me there's going to be a service fee!
kalif says:
ok
kalif says:
is now 6.00
Michael says:
what?
kalif says:
we will ship the 3 phones tomorrow morning
Michael says:
oh
Michael says:
ok
kalif says:
and i will send you the tracking number
kalif says:
ok
Michael says:
send me the fedex tracking
Michael says:
ok?
kalif says:
you will get the phones by monday
kalif says:
ok
Michael says:
ok

===================

kalif says:
are you there

kalif just sent you a nudge.

kalif says:
there is an error
Michael says:
hi
Michael says:
i'm here
Michael says:
what?
kalif says:
yes
kalif says:
the receivers name
kalif says:
is
kalif says:
AKACHI BOB DAVID
Michael says:
that's what you told me
kalif says:
but you wrote akach bob david
Michael says:
what?!
kalif says:
you go to the western union to correct the receivers name to AKACHI not AKACH
kalif says:
ok
Michael says:
i have to do it after work
kalif says:
ok
kalif says:
no problem





[ This Message was edited by: mikaljan on 2008-02-06 15:32 ]
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Posted: 2008-02-06 16:28:20
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