i almost got scammed...

[redline3104]

Originally Posted by benjah

just as a rule, you should never use WU to wire money to anybody who contacts you online
you'll never see that cash again

if you want to see some peoples anti-scammer "scams" they are pretty funny
419eater.com

it wasnt my cash so i dont care, lol

[benjah]

Originally Posted by redline3104

it wasnt my cash so i dont care, lol

if you had managed to cash it, and sent the money, they would have come after you

[vlipke]

At some point wouldnt you or other people who get this scam, stop yourself and ask why they wouldnt just do it themselves. NOBODY sends money for free. NOTHING NOTHING NOTHING NOTHING NOTHING is ever free.

[Ahriman]

Originally Posted by vlipke

At some point wouldnt you or other people who get this scam, stop yourself and ask why they wouldnt just do it themselves. NOBODY sends money for free. NOTHING NOTHING NOTHING NOTHING NOTHING is ever free.

they usually use a crazy off the wall story like "oh im in africa and i hit a young boy with my car, his medical bills have to be paid in cash and all i have is travelers checks and there are no ATM's here. If i send you a check for $1000, will you deposit it in your bank account and wire me $750, you can keep the other $250 for yourself for helping me out."

you deposit the check, wire the money, and everybody is happy for a day or two. then the travelers check comes back as fake, and your bank wants that $750 from you.

they usually pull this type of scam on lonely single elderly women who are desperate for some sort of attention, even if its from sombody they met online who needs a favor.

[Ahriman]

Originally Posted by redline3104

they didnt ask for it to be deposited, they wanted me to cash it. plus i didnt know how much the check was for. for all i know the check was for 500 bucks. i thought it was legit since i got it through my college email. ive never received spam mail or anything before

plus im really low on cash, i needed the money

thats odd... they usually want you to use your bank account to do somthing with the money.

[redline3104]

Originally Posted by Ahriman

thats odd... they usually want you to use your bank account to do somthing with the money.

it is pretty odd.

[vlipke]

Originally Posted by Ahriman

they usually use a crazy off the wall story like "oh im in africa and i hit a young boy with my car, his medical bills have to be paid in cash and all i have is travelers checks and there are no ATM's here. If i send you a check for $1000, will you deposit it in your bank account and wire me $750, you can keep the other $250 for yourself for helping me out."

you deposit the check, wire the money, and everybody is happy for a day or two. then the travelers check comes back as fake, and your bank wants that $750 from you.

they usually pull this type of scam on lonely single elderly women who are desperate for some sort of attention, even if its from sombody they met online who needs a favor.

Maybe i am just a hartless basterd. If someone sells me that story, my imediate reply would be, sucks to be you.

[Watts-Up]

Scam artest tryed to con superbird read NWS

Here's one in action.

[Ahriman]

Originally Posted by vlipke

Maybe i am just a hartless basterd. If someone sells me that story, my imediate reply would be, sucks to be you.

ya well... i find people are generally dumber than you think.

and they usually meet these elderly single women online, on singles sites and whatnot, and spend a little time buttering them up before the spring the scam on them. some are just random emails from people they dont even know, and people still fall for it.

[Watts-Up]

I got a random email like that from some person in the UK, said they wanted to deposit 1million into my bank account! I just laughed and hit the "spam" button...