David Johnson
I replied to the scammer and got this response:
HELLO I AM VERY PLEASED TO HEAR FROM YOU ,PLEASE I WILL
LIKE TO HAVE THE NAME AND ADDRESS OF WHOM TO SEND THE
CHEQUE TO, INORDER TO COMMENCE PAYMENT IMMEDIATELY.
THANKS.
FERNAN.
He didn't ask for more details on the bike, components or anything....I am
tempted to have this guy send me a check and see how good of a forgery it
is!
From: Michael O'Hair <moh-@easystreet.com>
Reply-To: moh-@easystreet.com
To: ob-@topica.com
Subject: Re: [OBRA Chat] scam?
Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2003 23:53:18 -0700
For the students in the crowd, the "Nigerian 419" scam is a variant of the
venerable Spanish Prisoner con. This "hot bike" hustle is a new one. One
of the many wonders of the "electronic global village" is that people all
over the world are looking to rob you. I spent a year with a company that
did phone fraud detection software and got to know more about electronic
crime that I wanted to. Identity theft is becoming a major industry.
Monster.com recently announced that someone had used their site by pulling
resumes and then conning people into divulging privleged information
on-line.
The bottom line is: Don't trust anyone you "meet" on-line until you verify
them.
Sidenote:
David -- There is possibly a research project on international crime in
all
this. Check with your advisor.
==========================================
----- Original Message -----
From: <mike.m-@obra.org>
There has been talk on rec.bicycles.marketplace about a West African
scam.
I am not sure about the details of how the scam works but I would stay
away
from it. I would regard it as much like the Nigerian 419 scam,
http://www.quatloos.com/scams/nigerian.htm.
To respond to the whole group send to ob-@topica.com.
To respond to the list manager send to ob-@teleport.com
To unsubscribe send to obra-uns-@topica.com
_________________________________________________________________
The new MSN 8: smart spam protection and 2 months FREE*
http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail