Nigerian Scam Reminder

[blueprintstudios]

they get personal these days. P.S : the firepod has long been sold. I'm just seeing if I could singapore>nigerian scam him instead.

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Hi blueprintstudios!

Chris Wren has sent the following message to you:
Hello Seller,
How are you doing today?My name is Chris Wren,i saw the ad, you posted and i want to know if you still have it on sale?.i want you to consider the (presonus firepod) sold to me,and i want you to ignore all other interested buyers asking for the (presonus firepod) and also remove the AD from the posted page..and to let you know it will be a Bank Transfer Payment,because that is the best and easy way for me to make the payment..if its ok by you,please do get back to my personal email (cwren94@yahoo.com.hk) so that i can contact you from there and process to payment.

Best Regards
Chris Wren

Emailaddress: cwren94@yahoo.com.hk

Internet IP: 196.3.183.89


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you sound confident of your purchase to demand me to ignore the others and give you presidential priority.
and how do you propose this bank transfer ? paypal ?
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Thanks for the mail,the transfer will made via Reeds Bank Inc and i want the firepod sent to a client of mine in west africa zipcode 23401 via DHL,FEDEX or you prefered courier service,so let me the cost inclusing shiping to that destination so i can transfer the payment all together,have been in need of this for a long time so i have to be confident in geting it.
Best Regards
Chris Wren
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i just got back from the post office. the shipping will be $500 ontop of the $450. you got the $950? I only accept POSB Bank transfer.

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I can only tansfer the payment to you via Reeds Bank Inc cause they are fast and secure,they protect the buyer and the seller from being fraud,if that is okay by you let me have your bank account information where i can transfer the payment and below you will find the shipping information.

Recievers Name: Ayankola Wale
Address: 20 Obalende Road
City: Ikoyi
State: Lagos
Country: Nigeria
Zipcode: 23401
Let the below account information to tarnsfer the payment to your account.Looking forward To read From you.

Account Name:
Account Number:
Bank Name:
Swift Code:
Bank Phone Number:
Bank Address:
Your Phone Number is Required.

Thanks
Chris Wren

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then too bad, I only do local POSB bank transfers because I only trust locals. no deal.
anyway I heard that Reeds Bank Inc has a great reputation from protecting the nigerian scammers from being frauded by their victims.

take care Chris heh.

 

[reez_rock]

hw u know that it's a scam bro?

 

[rottenramone]

www.ebolamonkeyman.com

 

[burping_boy]

but wouldn't it be more logical to scam for cash rather than scam for a firebox?

but anyway it does look like a scam... $450 for shipping and he's still willing to pay, that alone is suspicious enough...

 

[taypeng81]

theres a saying that goes..."if its too good to be true, it probably is.... (a scam)"

 

[junkiemanxl]

Yeah.
The Nigerian scams are on the rise.
It's usually the case. nowadays, they don't only go for your money. They go for goods as well. I had a similar case some time back as well.

http://soft.com.sg/forum/people-guitar/133358-public-service-announcement-beware-fraud.html

 

[theliverevolution]

woah. they're getting really desperate, if this is really the case.
last time, they only targeted money. now all forms of goods as well?

 

[Dalsix]

Scam him back!

 

[reez_rock]

thanks Bro Rottenramone. That site is new to me. This is hillarious
http://www.ebolamonkeyman.com/Ablert_Fred1.html
haha

 

[blueprintstudios]

it stops here as if I were to give any further bank account details i will become a sitting duck for identity theft myself. I'd be really surprised if this nigerian lives in singapore and has a real POSB account. the danger would lurk locally..

 

[teokiatuan]

thanks Bro Rottenramone. That site is new to me. This is hillarious
http://www.ebolamonkeyman.com/Ablert_Fred1.html
haha

lmao
great to kill time

 

[promiseland]

Easy

Not all nigerians are scammers!

 

[blueprintstudios]

promiseland :equal to say not all singaporeans are kiasu.

so are you in singapore yet? it's already reaching end of september. my friends who contacted you + myself are looking forward to hear your new producer work.

 

[yamazu]

Prove this to me as a scam

How do you find out this is scam? did you sold the firebox to him and does the bank get incontact with you? Hope you were able to speak with the bank if not so definitely you are a lier.i deal with a guy who bought my Sony DCR-VX9000E 3CCD on yahoo auction and paid me through this bank,the bank requested me to ship before i will get my money.cause they protect the buyer and the seller never to be fraud and thinking i wont get my money i started searching on google about this bank but yeterday my account was credit with $2,500 for my Sony DCR-VX9000E 3CCD from the bank,so all this you posted here is just a false aligation you have no good prove.all thought the ip is Nigeria doesn't mean is a scam,may be you have nothing to sell to this guy because you want to talk on something on the forum you posted this as a scam,you are a scamer you have nothing to sale to this guy you want to scam him exept you prove to me that you really sale stuff cause most of those people who claim to be a saler are scamer's and this guys need to protect them self from being fraud.i will never blam them for protecting them selves throug the conrespondent bank.

 

[junkiemanxl]

How do you find out this is scam? did you sold the firebox to him and does the bank get incontact with you? Hope you were able to speak with the bank if not so definitely you are a lier.i deal with a guy who bought my Sony DCR-VX9000E 3CCD on yahoo auction and paid me through this bank,the bank requested me to ship before i will get my money.cause they protect the buyer and the seller never to be fraud and thinking i wont get my money i started searching on google about this bank but yeterday my account was credit with $2,500 for my Sony DCR-VX9000E 3CCD from the bank,so all this you posted here is just a false aligation you have no good prove.all thought the ip is Nigeria doesn't mean is a scam,may be you have nothing to sell to this guy because you want to talk on something on the forum you posted this as a scam,you are a scamer you have nothing to sale to this guy you want to scam him exept you prove to me that you really sale stuff cause most of those people who claim to be a saler are scamer's and this guys need to protect them self from being fraud.i will never blam them for protecting them selves throug the conrespondent bank.

Are you from singapore Yamazu?
bottom line.
buyer or seller can choose to opt not to deal if the deal does not feel right.
I don't think TS had any intentions to diss Nigerians. There are service announcements on ebay and even other forums to warn against scams from the African regions. Hey, even china have their fair share of scam artist on the rise. Should we take it as false allegations or take precaution?

I myself had experiences from a scam in Nigeria. they go to the extent of creating a FAKE paypal invoice to convince you into shipping the item out. Is that a false allegation as well?

Yamazu, Judging from your post count at "1"
Welcome to SOFT!

 

[blueprintstudios]

yamazu : yeap i'm a scamer a lier and a false aligator with no point to proof. I broadcast to say that I have already saled the firepod ages ago to someone else and I intended to scam Mr Chris Wren. so while you're at it, could you share with me your google search results yeterday cos I can't seem to find the CONrespondent bank myself despite any other search engines.. http://www.google.com/search?q=reeds+bank+inc

p.s I don't blame you for being oversensitive and defensive too. not to mention PARANOID because I don't recall saying anything like "ALL NIGERIANS ARE SCAMMERS". because a close in-relation relative of mine was nigerian scammed, I did mention I tried to use the same method I've learned from there to nigerian-scam this "yahoo.com.hk (hongkonger?)".

and before I forget , welcome to soft!

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http://www.projecthoneypot.org/ip_196.3.183.89
ooooooooooooo dodgy.

and yes there is an increase of china scams also. and that weird random number that calls you on your mobile if you pickup shitloads of bills will be charged to you etc.

 

[theliverevolution]

Scams are everywhere, that's the bottom line for me. Just that, for Nigeria, a lot of people there tend to be scamming people. It's been written in the news, magazines, etc.

Fair enough, not all Nigerians are scammers. But considering a lot of scams originate from Nigeria, these days one is usually weary (and extremely cautious) when dealing with people who come from any African country

 

[lordie]

the deal do sound very dubious..good move there or u kena scam

 

[superpotato_30]

How do you find out this is scam? did you sold the firebox to him and does the bank get incontact with you? Hope you were able to speak with the bank if not so definitely you are a lier.i deal with a guy who bought my Sony DCR-VX9000E 3CCD on yahoo auction and paid me through this bank,the bank requested me to ship before i will get my money.cause they protect the buyer and the seller never to be fraud and thinking i wont get my money i started searching on google about this bank but yeterday my account was credit with $2,500 for my Sony DCR-VX9000E 3CCD from the bank,so all this you posted here is just a false aligation you have no good prove.all thought the ip is Nigeria doesn't mean is a scam,may be you have nothing to sell to this guy because you want to talk on something on the forum you posted this as a scam,you are a scamer you have nothing to sale to this guy you want to scam him exept you prove to me that you really sale stuff cause most of those people who claim to be a saler are scamer's and this guys need to protect them self from being fraud.i will never blam them for protecting them selves throug the conrespondent bank.

Then maybe you havent been scammed yet?

Point here is how do we know that whatever you said was not a lie too? How do we know whether or not you are just justifying these scam tatics? Any proof that you actually googled whatever you mentioned?

Note that the purpose of this thread is to raise awareness it is not intended to point fingers. So before you start accusing that the threadstarter is a 'lier' i suggest you re read this thread once again. Many people agree with the threadstarter because they have encountered similar experiences unless you are tryin to tell me these guys are all lying too?

NO ONE ever stated all NIGERIANS are scammers. This is an overgeneralization. We call them nigerian scams because these people are from nigeria. so please do not misunderstand.

thank you

and yes

welcome to soft.

 

[RayKnight]

What surprises me are that the people who write actually respond to your mails.