SCAMMERS
(Posted 2007-12-31 11:56:09 by ArchPaladin)

So a little while back I posted that I was trying to get rid of some
computer stuff.  One of these items was a tablet PC that I tried to sell on
Craigslist.

As there is little market for tablet PCs that are new (much less used), I
got no takers...except for a scammer.  I got an email from an individual
saying that he was sending me a check for the item.  However, I received
another email from him later saying that the check he wrote was actually
for about five times the asking price and could I please send the excess
money back by Western Union as soon as I had cashed the check.

If it isn't apparent to you at this point, this is a classic example of
Nigerian 419 scam - one of many types of Advance Fee Fraud [
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advance_fee_fraud ] [wikipedia.org].

So at this point I let him know that I was no longer interested in making a
deal with him and that our agreement was off.

However, he has in fact sent me a check (which I shredded) and repeatedly
sent me emails saying that the deal was still on and could I please still
send him his money.  Just today, in fact, I recevied an email from a Yahoo
email account "from the FBI" saying that I was being investigated because I
wasn't returning the scammer's money "like I had agreed to" and that I
should return the money as soon as possible and let the FBI know that I had
done so.

I'm finding all this both sad and amusing.  Amusing that this individual
goes to such lengths to try and get money from people when he could work an
honest job and make just as much.  Sad that people actually fall for this
type of thing.  Sad also that he hasn't decided to cut his losses and move
on.

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