scam for nikon D90?


Status
Not open for further replies.
his reply. i think he's getting a little impatient with me too.
________________________
Giovanni Santos to Jared:

Hey Mr. Jared,

I will appreciate a good transaction with you and i am sorry i have not answered your question .Now,here is the answer to you question....
I want you to send me 800 USD ( Eight hundred US dollars ).I believe you understand that ....I will be waiting for Western Union pick up information and i will need your contact details so that i can have your order sent to you as soon as possible.Here is your item...Brand new: Nikon D90 Slr Digital Camera". .

Here is my information that will be required from Western Union .
Name... Giovanni Santos
Address.. 108 Linden Road. Bournville. B30 1LA.UK

I will need your complete ADDRESS so that i can ship your items within 24hrs after receiving the payment.

I will be waiting to read from you .

Regards.

Mr.Giovanni Santos
________________________________________________________

folks, we now have a positive address on this guy.
i believe its a genuine address because it has to be registered with western union otherwise he won't get his money.
whether he operates out of this address or not, of course, can't be determined.
anyone here has friend/s who works for the UK police?
ask for a favor to run a background check on the address above?
perhaps there might not even be any house or building at that address. could even be an abandoned warehouse or just a standalone mailbox by the side of the road.
 

my reply to him.
____________________________________-
Jared to Giovanni:

800USD?
I thought you said I only needed to send half the total amount of money?
this was your first e-mail to me:

> Hello ,
Thanks for Your Mail and Patronages to make inquiry about our products
to start with you will send us your full detailed including you phone number and you house address so we start your packaging.
What you need is to send us half of the total money including 50usd fro the shipping immediately we confirm your first payment we start your packaging then your tracking number will be send immediately and you will get the cameras in the next two working days.
Hope our company can rely on you for the total balance?
We await your response. ..

so by your initial instructions, I only need to send you 450USD first. after you receive first payment, you send my package. after I receive package, I will send you the remainder 350USD. why the change in procedure?
_________________________________________________________
anyone has any ideas on how to continue this game?
have to make this guy chase his own tail.
 

how to send fake remittance slip?
could you elaborate more on your scheme?
oh, and have a read on further correspondence i had with 'Giovanni'.
 

i really think maybe there is a problem READ MY THREAD price too good to be true?? 70-200mm f/4L and EF-S 10-20mm lens for JUST 1000 USD include shpiment fee... brand new with 6 mths international warr... IF this is true, the shop selling lens in singapore will soon close down..but well i am still trying my luck to ask around to ask if any of you guys deal with them before.

But well than again if your luck is good maybe this deal is for real..:bsmilie:
 

Dude, they don't understand english. It is some cut and paste job they are doing man. Either that or they set up a bot to do the replies.
 

folks, we now have a positive address on this guy.
i believe its a genuine address because it has to be registered with western union otherwise he won't get his money.
whether he operates out of this address or not, of course, can't be determined.
anyone here has friend/s who works for the UK police?
ask for a favor to run a background check on the address above?
perhaps there might not even be any house or building at that address. could even be an abandoned warehouse or just a standalone mailbox by the side of the road.

Nope. You can withdraw any Western Union remittance with just a fake ID and the MTCN number. They do not even verify if the ID is real.
 

i really think maybe there is a problem READ MY THREAD price too good to be true?? 70-200mm f/4L and EF-S 10-20mm lens for JUST 1000 USD include shpiment fee... brand new with 6 mths international warr... IF this is true, the shop selling lens in singapore will soon close down..but well i am still trying my luck to ask around to ask if any of you guys deal with them before.

But well than again if your luck is good maybe this deal is for real..:bsmilie:

I love your optimism. :bsmilie:
 

how to send fake remittance slip?
could you elaborate more on your scheme?
oh, and have a read on further correspondence i had with 'Giovanni'.

Get an old western union remittance slip, doctor it in PS, make it a little unclear, like faxed again and again look. Then do a fake document of the govt, just do a fake department of singapore or something. inside saying need to verify the intended recipient of the money... You can pick up a western union form anywhere. that is the remittance slip also...:bsmilie:
 

Get an old western union remittance slip, doctor it in PS, make it a little unclear, like faxed again and again look. Then do a fake document of the govt, just do a fake department of singapore or something. inside saying need to verify the intended recipient of the money... You can pick up a western union form anywhere. that is the remittance slip also...:bsmilie:

Also say processing fee is $10 or $50 whatever to verify remittance recipient.
 

aiyo,
all the way in UK, and he's trying to con me out of 800USD, you can smell from a mile away that this is a scam.
all my e-mails to 'Giovanni' thus far has merely been to toy with him.
i'm certainly not going to buy from him lah.
 

but the ID must have the same address stated on it?
 

but the ID must have the same address stated on it?

Not necessary. As long as face matches name, and the person has the MTCN number you send him, he can clear the money.
 

aiyo,
all the way in UK, and he's trying to con me out of 800USD, you can smell from a mile away that this is a scam.
all my e-mails to 'Giovanni' thus far has merely been to toy with him.
i'm certainly not going to buy from him lah.

jared bro, really interesting stuff you are playing there! for a moment I thought this thread is about another thread in BnS http://www.clubsnap.com/forums/showthread.php?t=588910"]BnS [/URL]which also seems quite good a deal to be true... hmmm
 

nigerian scammers have been around since i started using the internet 14 years ago...

Nigerian scammers have been around before the internet age. Then, they used letters via snail mail.
 

108 Linden Road. Bournville. B30 1LA.UK

Google this, and a hotel address shows up on the internet....

Ha ha...
 

aiyo,
all the way in UK, and he's trying to con me out of 800USD, you can smell from a mile away that this is a scam.
all my e-mails to 'Giovanni' thus far has merely been to toy with him.
i'm certainly not going to buy from him lah.

Good that you uncover this for the benefit of others. About two years ago, I bided successfully for a brand new D200 at SGD475 on Yahoo Auction even as I knew that it was a scam. My condition was COD and dealing in Singapore. The seller insisted on payment before shipment, to an address in Beijing and rejected my request to view the product even if I visit them in Beijing. After several back and for, I ended the episode by telling them that I knew "there are no such big frogs hopping about in the street and better luck next time". Surprising that didn't piss them off but they replied with a "why did you say that?".

The two things that can cause a man's downfall: greed and lust.
 

Wow, when I read this.....Remind me of similar case I had 10 years ago. That time, the guy ask for US$1000 for Canon D30 which normally sold at US$2000. He ask me to wire thru. Western Union to him with his name and address. He told me that he can;t withdraw the money without my withdraw passcode. What he need is the tt. notification from western union, then he will mail out the set to me. He told me that when I receive the set thru mail and check it ok then I release the passcode to him so that he can withdraw the fund from western union. When I went to western union to transfer the fund, they told me that yes I can do that with passcode. So I thought it is safe!!!

Upon transfer the money to him, within the next 24hrs. The money was gone. I went to police station to make report as well as western union to report on the unauthorised withdrawn. Western Union replied that although I set passcode for withdrawn. If the person shows up with the tt notification and his passport. He may withdraw the fund.

This is international scam, local police cant do anything. I have to follow up the case with western union for investigation. It tooks 1 and half years to get back my money as Western union just started business in singapore and they resolve my case OUT OF GOODWILL!!!

So BEWARE!!!! Dont wire thru western union when you are buy things from internet. :nono:
 

Wow, when I read this.....Remind me of similar case I had 10 years ago. That time, the guy ask for US$1000 for Canon D30 which normally sold at US$2000. He ask me to wire thru. Western Union to him with his name and address. He told me that he can;t withdraw the money without my withdraw passcode. What he need is the tt. notification from western union, then he will mail out the set to me. He told me that when I receive the set thru mail and check it ok then I release the passcode to him so that he can withdraw the fund from western union. When I went to western union to transfer the fund, they told me that yes I can do that with passcode. So I thought it is safe!!!

Upon transfer the money to him, within the next 24hrs. The money was gone. I went to police station to make report as well as western union to report on the unauthorised withdrawn. Western Union replied that although I set passcode for withdrawn. If the person shows up with the tt notification and his passport. He may withdraw the fund.

This is international scam, local police cant do anything. I have to follow up the case with western union for investigation. It tooks 1 and half years to get back my money as Western union just started business in singapore and they resolve my case OUT OF GOODWILL!!!

So BEWARE!!!! Dont wire thru western union when you are buy things from internet. :nono:

Like I said before, Once they have the MTCN number (TT number you referred to), they can withdraw the funds with an ID (be it passport, or ID card or driver's license, be it fake or real). Western Union clerks only eyeball the ID to see if it looks ok and most of these clerks are minimum wage workers. There is no real verification of identity. Western Union is one of the most insecure ways to send money. I only use it in times of emergency to send needed money to family or very close friends. And usually the amount is not substantial. Just enough for them to take transport, or makan food etc.

Anyway, I feel sorry for you, but I think we all have to take it in stride, take it as a lesson learnt and move on.
 

Status
Not open for further replies.
Back
Top