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Old 06-02-2008, 03:20 PM
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"she" wants your paypal addy so "she" can get your money... its very simple you send her your paypal addy in which she send you a fake payment on a fake paypal page where you sign in and bam they have your paypal addy and password and then they will get into your account empty it and shut it down .. if your broke you have nothing to worry about
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Old 06-02-2008, 04:07 PM
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Originally Posted by ososlohatch
"she" wants your paypal addy so "she" can get your money... its very simple you send her your paypal addy in which she send you a fake payment on a fake paypal page where you sign in and bam they have your paypal addy and password and then they will get into your account empty it and shut it down .. if your broke you have nothing to worry about
The 'scam' I usually get is the fake paypal email, no webpage, or link trying to steal my info, just an email that 'appears' to be from paypal saying I recieved money and here's the address to send stuff to basically.

I as always, check my account, and see it still says $0.
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Old 06-02-2008, 04:10 PM
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damn if she gets ur ---- ur ---- outta luck. just send em a bag a poo sounds so much better.
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Old 06-02-2008, 04:10 PM
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Originally Posted by dasfinc
The 'scam' I usually get is the fake paypal email, no webpage, or link trying to steal my info, just an email that 'appears' to be from paypal saying I recieved money and here's the address to send stuff to basically.

I as always, check my account, and see it still says $0.
Another common fake email that they'll send says something to the effect that the payment has been received, but wouldn't be forwarded to you until you provide shipping information.

Selling electronics on ebay, half the ---- I listed had to be relisted. I later added a big, red, bold message stating they are wasting their time and to move onto another auction because I will report it and get their accounts locked. Cut down drastically on the fakes but I still had one every now and then or the "my [insert family member] bid on this and I don't want it" message.
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Old 06-02-2008, 04:41 PM
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dont get mistaken guys, i am not sending ---- to her or even giving her my paypal addy.


im not ------- stupid, ive been around long enough to spot the scammers. it was just that this one actually spoke decent english so they are evolving.

the post was more of heads up to other people out there.
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Old 06-02-2008, 04:45 PM
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i dont understand scammers really, if they send the money just wait til it clears, and send the ---- to where ever, end of store.

dont ever send money back.
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Old 06-02-2008, 09:40 PM
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mail it from the post office, pay cash for shipment. mail a bag of powdered sugar, packing taped and saran wrapped into a neat little rectangle, 2.2lbs in weight
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Old 06-02-2008, 11:49 PM
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Anybody who says "regards" in an email is a scammer. That ---- ain't right.
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Old 06-03-2008, 12:12 AM
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whats why i have two emails... one for my paypal/ebay/etc... the other for, well junkmail/**** that gets sent to me lol


i have gotten a couple "relay calls" at my work. suppose to be for the hearing impaired. wanted 500 sparkplugs of a certain part number, champion plugs which we dont carry, and NGK which we do. but they here trying to give the NGK number of course not the Honda number. "well what ones do you have?" <~dingding SCAMMER. "how much will 500 be shipped?" "[insert Nigerian address]" then i hung up


also....i have sent someone, a member here even, a ziplock baggy with a couple cat turds in it... he said to "send me my ----" so my roommate snagged up a couple for him
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Old 06-03-2008, 12:13 AM
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Originally Posted by jo_gobel
i am willing to buy this item of yours for my step son who went on a course abroad
tell me that's not obvious
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