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Nigerian 419 Scam, Craigslist & Bank of America
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HEMI6point1
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That sucks.
I received an email claiming to be from BofA. It said I needed to update my account info. I looked at the website and immediately knew it was a bogus "phishing" site.
I received an email claiming to be from BofA. It said I needed to update my account info. I looked at the website and immediately knew it was a bogus "phishing" site.
Nitrohaulic
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I was in a truck repair shop in Lawrence, Mass several weeks ago and everyone was laughing because some employee at a business nextdoor deposited a counterfeit money order for several thousand dollars, and he was even going to send a portion of it back to Nigeria! Luckily a bank teller stopped him! He had already talked to other employees about quitting his job!
Also heard of one where someone will call a business, then ask for an outside line, as if they are inside the business instead of outside. Supposedly will make a call to some country where they've got the rates for their own phone company set at outrageous.
Also heard of one where someone will call a business, then ask for an outside line, as if they are inside the business instead of outside. Supposedly will make a call to some country where they've got the rates for their own phone company set at outrageous.
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DragFan2
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Jackee,
You should check out this website of Clark Howard's (the consumer warrier) who got involved in the BofA vs. Matthew Shinnick mistake, and Clark has stepped in to advocate for Matthew and BofA has not budged on their stance that it isn't their fault that Matthew had to spend $14,000 of his own money to clear his name. So far, if everyone truly does withdraw their money from BofA that says they are, BofA stands to lose over 20 million dollars in deposits due to their mis-handling of this case. You'll be reading about this all over the place soon if it continues. Here's the link below to Clarkhoward.com and I heard about this while listening to his show on the radio this past week.
http://clarkhoward.com/
Cheers,
Kurt
swervin
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Well....I think common sense should have prevailed here.
No I dont think the bank should have had him arrested. Seems the bank could have worked with police to get the information from Mathew and pursued the person writing the check.
I also dont think he should have believed that somebody was going to give him an extra $1400 for a $600 purchase. He got caught in an unforunate situation that he thought was going to make him a lot of extra money(compared to the sale of items) and instead cost him.
I feel bad for him but its really weak to think he didnt help cause his own problem. No I dont work for BoA!
No I dont think the bank should have had him arrested. Seems the bank could have worked with police to get the information from Mathew and pursued the person writing the check.
I also dont think he should have believed that somebody was going to give him an extra $1400 for a $600 purchase. He got caught in an unforunate situation that he thought was going to make him a lot of extra money(compared to the sale of items) and instead cost him.
I feel bad for him but its really weak to think he didnt help cause his own problem. No I dont work for BoA!
ProStockJunkie
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Thanks for the link Kurt. I'll pass it along to others I sent this story to.
ProStockJunkie
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Thanks Jim... passing this one along too.
Jim
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The Tale of The Painted Breast is one of my fav's.
Kelly Raquipiso
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If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.
Alan
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We had an inciden here at the shop, using the hearing impaired phone system a guy wanted 40 Goodyear Eagle RS-A tires shipped to South Africa for hins fleet of BMW's. Gave my salesman a credit card, he ran it, the sale was approved, and the scammer said UPS would be in the next day to pick up the tires, and he would call back with a delivery confirmation later. My salesman told me about this great deal, and I started checking around and found out other tire stores had been duped. We called our bank and found out it was a scam....
You definitely have to be sharp, and on your toes for these types of people.
You definitely have to be sharp, and on your toes for these types of people.
Rollout96
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I just went and read that one. Too damn funny!!! I can't believe that the scammers can't tell that THEY are being scammed back!
DragFan2
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Bob, I have to agree with you on that point. Greed always plays a role in bad decisions I guess. I agree that Matthew knew something fishy was going on and that was obviously why he asked about the funds in the account. I also would have suspected something when a person from Canada (supposedly) has an account at BofA in San Francisco. The whole thing was an obvious scam, and other than Matthew's treatment, which sounded utterly abhorrent, I would say that BofA had equal responsibility in this scam.
Moral of the story: "When it comes to free money, always be suspicious."
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Nitrohaulic
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Thanks Jim. Your link gave me tears of laughter that I can always use.
http://www.419eater.com/html/andy_uba.htm
Good thing nobody's offered to go over and give them English lessons, huh?
http://www.419eater.com/html/andy_uba.htm
Good thing nobody's offered to go over and give them English lessons, huh?
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