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Re: Is this a nigerian scam?

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ace wrote:Well that's the thing right? They're predators. But they only prey on the weak. They aren't like some predators, not like T-rex. See, Tyrannosaurus Rex was king of the jungle. He could prey on whatever he liked, and it didn't really matter. But these guys are like Velociraptor. They prey on a lot of things in the jungle, but they aren't really king. Actually, funnily enough, velociraptor probably could have been king, if it wanted to - it's pretty well known that a pack of velociraptors could take a T-rex to the ground.

So these people prey on the weak; those who don't really know the internet, don't really know all this pay pal mumbo jumbo.

Fuck, Firefox has an issue with my spelling of velociraptor but "mumbo jumbo" is fine. That really pisses me off. I have to remember to write an angry letter to Mozilla about this tomorrow.

So they expect you not know what to do in this situation. They expect Mom or dad to be sending a care package to your older brother Ricky, who is overseas fighting the war. They expect you to be sitting the front porch with your grandfather, listening to the ball game on the radio - because television hadn't made it to this part of the world yet. They expect the wind to be flowing through the wheat, and the weather to be turning. From summer, to fall, and finally to winter. It would be last, more than likely. But then. when you think of it, we humans don't last very long at all, do we? In terms of things that we know have been around since the time of the percieved day of our world's existance.

That's a whole different story though. We think we were the first things here and we will be the last to leave. I mean, just read the wikipedia article on the earth.

"The Earth is the first planet known to have liquid water on the surface and is the only place in the universe known to harbour life. Earth has a magnetic field that, together with a primarily nitrogen-oxygen atmosphere, protects the surface from radiation that is harmful to life. The atmosphere also serves as a shield that causes smaller meteors to burn up before they strike the surface."

As if they really know. As if any of us know.

And that's what they hope. They sit there, in the hopes that someone will be too ignorant to understand the scam. Too ignorant to realize that they should actually physically receive payment before sending the item.


But no one ever looks at it that way, do they? No one ever looks at it that way.
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Re: Is this a nigerian scam?

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apparently I have a new blog.
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ace wrote:Well that's the thing right? They're predators. But they only prey on the weak. They aren't like some predators, not like T-rex. See, Tyrannosaurus Rex was king of the jungle. He could prey on whatever he liked, and it didn't really matter. But these guys are like Velociraptor. They prey on a lot of things in the jungle, but they aren't really king. Actually, funnily enough, velociraptor probably could have been king, if it wanted to - it's pretty well known that a pack of velociraptors could take a T-rex to the ground.

So these people prey on the weak; those who don't really know the internet, don't really know all this pay pal mumbo jumbo.

Fuck, Firefox has an issue with my spelling of velociraptor but "mumbo jumbo" is fine. That really pisses me off. I have to remember to write an angry letter to Mozilla about this tomorrow.

So they expect you not know what to do in this situation. They expect Mom or dad to be sending a care package to your older brother Ricky, who is overseas fighting the war. They expect you to be sitting the front porch with your grandfather, listening to the ball game on the radio - because television hadn't made it to this part of the world yet. They expect the wind to be flowing through the wheat, and the weather to be turning. From summer, to fall, and finally to winter. It would be last, more than likely. But then. when you think of it, we humans don't last very long at all, do we? In terms of things that we know have been around since the time of the percieved day of our world's existance.

That's a whole different story though. We think we were the first things here and we will be the last to leave. I mean, just read the wikipedia article on the earth.

"The Earth is the first planet known to have liquid water on the surface and is the only place in the universe known to harbour life. Earth has a magnetic field that, together with a primarily nitrogen-oxygen atmosphere, protects the surface from radiation that is harmful to life. The atmosphere also serves as a shield that causes smaller meteors to burn up before they strike the surface."

As if they really know. As if any of us know.

And that's what they hope. They sit there, in the hopes that someone will be too ignorant to understand the scam. Too ignorant to realize that they should actually physically receive payment before sending the item.


But no one ever looks at it that way, do they? No one ever looks at it that way.
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Re: Is this a nigerian scam?

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Wow, now she's changed it to the "help me get money" thing.

On 6/26/07, Belinda Murray <murray_bld@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hi Ceninant,
> thanks for getting back to me, what happened was that mistakenly logged on
> paypal scam page so i was scammed but,you will have to help me please i beg
> you t please assist me i getting this done, ok that is no problem the check
> will get to you, but the check will come from one of my client, the person
> has been owning me some amount of money and just decided to pay me now, the
> total amount is $5,650. though i don't know how much he will be sending, and
> this is the only chance to have back my money, so he may not send you the
> exact amount, he may want to send all tha he is owning so i'll want you to
> deduct your own part of the money and i'll want you to send the remaining
> part to my daughter and her friend to pay their tuition fee and for their
> upkeep. So, i'll contact him (my client) to prepare the check to that it can
> get to you ontime. Waiting to read back from you.
>
> Belinda.
>
> Ceninant <ceninant@gmail.com> wrote:
> You didn't send me any money. I've sold things many times. This seems
> like a scam, because I have no money in my account. post.com isn't
> registered to paypal inc. I checked the DNS and the whois. It's
> registered to a Gerald Gorman. I contacted him and left him a
> voicemail.
>
> It seems that post.com is involved in these sorts of things. Now, if
> you want to actually send me real money and not a fake email, then the
> deal's fine.
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"She" has now sent this package:
http://www.fedex.com/Tracking?language= ... 2372937102

And replied with this email:
Hi Andrew,
how are you doing today? i am sure that the check must have reached you by now, so i will want you to deduct the money for the wii and please i want you to send the remaining amount via western union to
Name: Wilson Igbinijesu
City: Roma
State: Rome
Zipcode: 00132
Country: Italy.
I want this person to recieve the money on behalf of my daugther in Italy, please i want you to go to the bank and cash the money and send it to the above address.

Please i want you to ship the wii to this address below:
Name: Ganny Awosanya
address: 2 Ola Street Itire
City: Surulere
State: Lagos
Zipcode: 23401
Country: Nigeria.

I will be glad if you can get this done for me, and it's nice doing business with you. Waiting to read back from you.

Belinda.
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It should arrive today!
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It has been delivered! Did you get it?
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Yes, and there are several new addresses from the check:

Wujiang Wanlida Incorporation
1140 Folsom ST
San Francisco, Ca 94103
470-191-9076
(Reverse lookup says no number found)

Pay:$5,000 dollars and no/100
to the order of Andrew Hill

It was shipped from:
John Uong
3323 Monarch La
Annandale, VA 22003
(Regular phone book search:No such person, or address)

I did a google search. The check is fake, when I cash it, it will bounce in a week, and then I'll have negative $9,500 on my account.

I'm going to drive to dollar tree, and buy $4,500 in play money.
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You saw those pictures before you uploaded them and yet you still said to yourself "Yes. The quality of these images is sufficient to post on the internet."
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Roofus wrote:You saw those pictures before you uploaded them and yet you still said to yourself "Yes. The quality of these images is sufficient to post on the internet."
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