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i have sent an email to that email address u mentioned in your first post Amnesia, i wont post what i wrote on here as it is rather rude
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Posted: 2005-07-22 13:27:03
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lol 'official scammer' thats oxymoronic. no such thing.
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Posted: 2005-07-22 13:50:02
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I know what you mean by your post batesie, but lets say I'm an idiot
its the thread thats official not the spammer/scammer.
@DJ, lol nice one.
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Posted: 2005-07-22 14:23:10
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What about
this guy taken from a
thread here at esato.
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[ This Message was edited by: joebmc on 2005-07-22 13:28 ]
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Posted: 2005-07-22 14:25:44
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Jim posted:
Allright, I see alot of thread's lately asking if they have to trust a guy/website for buying mobile phones. Here is 10 tips you have to keep in mind before making a deal. Hope it will help some of you.
1| Make sure the website has a contact detail like phone number, street, country, ... a simple email adress is certainly not enough !
2| Go to whois.sc and type in the dodgy website, compare the informations with those on the website (contact details) but most important the creation date of the domain name, 90% of the time they where created less than a month ago. I wouldn't trust a wesbite that claims his adress is from Italy (example) while the domain name is registered in USA.
3| "google is your friend" - search the website on google, use "link:www.url.com" or "site:www.url.com". I wouldn't trust a website that has 0 references on Google.
4| Western Union payment only ? Forget it, 99% it's a scam.
5| Check if the website has an encrypted connection when you register or log in. Don't trust VeriSign logo's on website cause they link to an intern page instead of verisign.com (check the adress bar).
6| "Too good to be true" - If you are asking this to yourself then it is ! Don't believe that someone got hold of 10 mobile phones that still need to be launched on the market with a xxx$ price, that's less than 99$ per unit ... . Too good to be true.
7| They allways use the same emails or form of emails, they all come from Nigeria and they all ask that you urgently transfer the money (with Western Union) as others buyers are interested. Why don't thye sell to the best offer then ? You can find a typical email at the end of this post.
8| They also use some kind of Escrow Site, which might look proffesional (it's rare) so look out at the 7 points I made for such sites. Btw don't trust Escrow, use only secured way like paypal or banktransfer, although you can't have a 100% garantue to have your money back.
9| Don't be fooled by pics, they use non branded photos (or they cut the brand) from several months to give an impression that you never saw those pics on the web so they must be legit, which they aren't
10| If they reply on an email, check if it's done in a proffesional way.
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if you don't accept escrow, please don't reply so we can save the time.
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Very professional
If you still are unsure about a deal, ask it on the forum and we will gladly help you out . Check this thread and this one for more information.
Now here is a typical scam email:
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Hey Seller, Good day to you,I saw your items displayed on this site which fascinated my imagination just like the same thing that my son who has just graduated and ready to begin with his own life had asked me to buy for him.I will like to know if you can ship this items to Africa ,but I really want this items to get to him before his birthday that's coming up in 2 weeks time.I will be making the payment through bidpay coz I have an account with them simply because and for their newly introduced measure of security for both buyers and sellers.I will need ur name,address and phone number in order to make the payment as soon as possible.Lastly,I will give u my FedEx account number for the shipping of this item.I will be expecting ur name,address and phone number as soon as possible.Thanks .
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N.B: it's late, I didn't check for grammar and my keyboard work's 75% of the time, sorry for that
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Posted: 2005-07-26 22:51:45
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i am Mr.kendy wilfred.am an engineer in England.i saw ur item in
store and i will like to purchase it for my uncle who lives in
nigeria.He is getting married next month and so i will like to send
it as a gift. i will like to know the total cost of the item
shipment to Africa,Nigeria.i will like to hear from u plz.i will
also like to pay you via paypal or western union auction payment or money order so
as to make it fast and easy.
so plz send asap..
i just got this PM
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Posted: 2005-07-29 20:20:31
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dont forget to mention the User name
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Posted: 2005-07-29 21:58:27
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kendy
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Posted: 2005-07-29 21:59:32
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anyone else got this email?
Dear Beloved,
Due to the sudden death of my husband General
Abacha the former head of state of Nigeria in
June 1998, I have been thrown into a state of
hopelessness by the present administration.I have
lost confidence with anybody within my country.
I got your contacts through personal research,
and had to reach you through this medium.
I will give you more details when you reply.
Due to security network placed on my daily
affairs I cant visit the embassy so that is
why I have contacted you.
My husband deposited $12.6million dollars with
a security firm abroad whose name is witheld for
now till we communicate.
I will be happy if you can receive this funds
and keep it safe I assure you 20% of this fund.
I will need your tel/ mobile numbers so that we can
commence communication. Please reach me via my
private email address of:
hajiamariam002@sify.com
Please expedite action.
Yours,
Hajia Mariam.
wow, yay, gimmie 20% of 12.6 million dollars... yeah right..
[ This Message was edited by: spuddle on 2005-08-02 13:11 ]
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Posted: 2005-08-02 14:10:38
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Ya.i.got.the.same.mail...
This message was posted from a Nokia
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Posted: 2005-08-02 14:28:09
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