Help me with a Nigerian scam...

[lspencer534]

Here's the set-up: I received an e-mail asking me to handle a legal case for a company supposedly based in the UK. The language was atrocious and just sounded too good to be true. They wanted me to collect over a million dollars from a company in my City that they had contracted with to provide some equipment. The $1M was the down payment they had sent to the local company, and shipment of the equipment was way past the deadline.

For this they would pay me $3K USD for writing a demand letter and half of what I recovered if I had to sue. I told them, "Sure." Well, today I get in a $350K check from the local company drawn on a bank in Canada. I'm supposed to keep whatever I think is a reasonable fee and forward the rest to my "client".

I'm not about to deposit the check and write them my good check for the difference. Other than just sending them the check, how can we have some fun out of this?

[...Whitepower...]

Here you go..

You're welcome. :cert:




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[OddBall]

Here you go..

You're welcome. :cert:




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There is no fun in that

[lspencer534]

There is no fun in that

Deleting it would of course be the wise, easy, and intelligent thing to do. I'd never consider that.

[...Whitepower...]

Ain't nobody got time for that..


REMIX!!!



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[99 pewtercoupe]

Deleting it would of course be the wise, easy, and intelligent thing to do. I'd never consider that.

I think you and Annie should sit back, have a G&T or three and sooner or later a suitable response will come to you:shots:

[DAB]

dear goat effer,

i received your check today for 350k, but i am saddened to inform you that my bank will not cash the check, on account of the owner of the bank was the victim of a Nigerian scam and the bank is now broke.

please send me cash, $100 bills will suffice, that amount will be a medium sized box, you can ship via fedex to the address previously provided.

sorry for the bother, look forward to the shipment. once received, i'll send back the check.

dewey, cheatham, and howe.

[Bill]

Send them an itemized bill, showing that you actually have $ 351,000 in billable hours and expenses, along with an invoice. Then, in 30 days, send them a statement of balance owed, reflecting the 24% apr interest rate you are charging.

Also, use the address of the MS office of attorney general as your return address.

[GentleBen]

:above:

Maybe Eric Holder can do some good after all. . . but I'm betting that he can't/won't.

[Bill]

Tell him you donated all the money to the Muslim Museum in Jackson, MS, and did the work pro bono, so they got all of the money.

International Museum of Muslim Cultures (http://muslimmuseum.org/)

[OddBall]

Tell them the $350K check cleared and you cashed it. But you are going to just keep the cash since they can't do anything about it.

[Kerrmudgeon]

I don't know how you can have fun with those bastards, but if you need the complicity of a Canadian for your evil plan, count me in! :rubshandstogether: :rofl:
:canada:

[ZipZap]

So send them a note that says you sent all you had in your cash stores, 100k. Thank them and tell them you'll send another 100k when the check clears. You think 150k is a fair price. When they write back that they don't see it, say it will cost 1k to cancel the transaction, and since it was probably not your fault, they need to send the 1k to you. Needs to be cash because you committed 200k to them and need to see that they are committed to the partnership.

[Torqaholic]

They said you could keep half. Sounds like they still owe you another 150K.

[Uncle Meat]

419 Eater - The largest scambaiting community on the planet! (http://www.419eater.com/)

You'll thank me later. All sorts of different ways to "Scam the Scammers" on the above referenced website. Lots of entertaining reads on how others have reversed the scam and had lots of fun doing so.

U.M.

[island14]

I read an article recently that they are trying to do this with a lot of attorneys, and some have been falling for it, some lawyers accepting the rubber check, and then sending out the balance with their own check to the scammers..

What would be FUN.....

.... would be if you could get Law Enforcement to play the game along with you, and see if they can be caught at the end where you are suppose to send the check.. :D

[markyerger]

whenever I mess with a Nigerian, I always use this form of ID


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