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How to spot a scammer


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#49 hesterM123

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Posted 01 June 2011 - 03:12

View Postbobstokoe, on 31 May 2011 - 11:42 , said:

A GUY DEPOSITED 15 GRAND IN MY ACCOUNT FOR MY FELT DUAL SUSPENSION. I GOT NOTIFICATION FROM THE BANK OF DEPOSIT AND THE GUY SAID IT WAS A TRANSFER, WAS ABOUT TO MEET HIM AND HAND OVER THE BIKE. BUT FIRST WENT INTO BANK TO VERIFY, THEY SAID NO IT WAS A CHEQUE DEPOSIT AND WILL TAKE 7 DAYS TO CLEAR. IT ENDED UP BEING A STOLEN CHEQUE AND OBVIOUSLY BOUNCED! THE GUY THEN HAD THE AUDACITY TO TELL ME HE WANTED HIS 15 GRAND BACK AND I WAS TO DEPOSIT IT. I SAID SURE AND PLAYED ALONG, GOT THE POLICE INVOLVED BUT THEY NEVER ACTUALLY CAUGHT THE GUY. STILL HAVE HIS CELL NUMBER AND IF I SMS AND ASK HIM IF HE HAS CONTACTS FOR BIKES HE SAYS SURE! UNBELIEVABLE!

Same thing happend to me !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

#50 betaboy

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Posted 09 August 2011 - 08:36

Always ensure cash is king! No other way, also try asking them for land marks, nigerians normally really suck with that!

#51 Phillip Gibb

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Posted 28 September 2011 - 11:14

point 9? email will be web based? Personally I would always use my gmail account and not my work account or anything that has the possibility to change like ISP addresses