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Thought I would share this pathetic scammer attempt on my son Matt.
I am going through Saturdays mail and come across a piece of mail addressed to Matt with no return address but a stamp and postmark from somewhere in Africa.
I have my son open it and enclosed is a "moneygram" money order in the amount of $1500.00 and that is all.
I question him as to what this could be about and he tells me that someone had agreed to buy a drum he had put on craigs list and this was payment for that .
Well I gingerly ask him how much he advertised the drum for and he says $200.00.I almost laughed out loud but I restrained myself because it was obvious he still thought he had money .I ask him why it was that they sent him $1300.00 more than the asking price .He said that he was supposed to cash the money order take his $200.00 and send the $1300.00 to their "friend" (whom they owed some money)who would pick up the drum.The address he was supposed to send it to is in Nigeria.
Point of post is ...after I GOOGLED this there was no doubt that people actually fall for this crap and I even found out a few things I didnt know about postal money orders. If you cash these fake money orders ...it is _YOU_ who will be pursued for the cash not the persons who sent them to you.
Pisses me off !!! "In god we trust...all others pay cash"
RR
I am going through Saturdays mail and come across a piece of mail addressed to Matt with no return address but a stamp and postmark from somewhere in Africa.
I have my son open it and enclosed is a "moneygram" money order in the amount of $1500.00 and that is all.
I question him as to what this could be about and he tells me that someone had agreed to buy a drum he had put on craigs list and this was payment for that .
Well I gingerly ask him how much he advertised the drum for and he says $200.00.I almost laughed out loud but I restrained myself because it was obvious he still thought he had money .I ask him why it was that they sent him $1300.00 more than the asking price .He said that he was supposed to cash the money order take his $200.00 and send the $1300.00 to their "friend" (whom they owed some money)who would pick up the drum.The address he was supposed to send it to is in Nigeria.
Point of post is ...after I GOOGLED this there was no doubt that people actually fall for this crap and I even found out a few things I didnt know about postal money orders. If you cash these fake money orders ...it is _YOU_ who will be pursued for the cash not the persons who sent them to you.
Pisses me off !!! "In god we trust...all others pay cash"
RR
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