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hehehehehe I've been reading thru the 419eaters page for two days...lol it was
on my mind. LOL! Tea just about shot out of my eyelids! -Kalera http://www.beadwife.com http://www.snipurl.com/kebay Candace wrote: yeah, as in Horton Hears a Hoax. HORTON?????? vj wrote: Greetings, i browsed through your store and i will like to purchase this items listed below, (1) Necklace #N_024 - Under the Sea ....10pieces and kindly give me the unit price of the item including shipping to our branch because is highly needed in one of our branch in Africa(NIGERIA). Your positive respond will convince us to transact business with your store REGARDS. Horton **snort** I DON'T THINK SO! they did get the item right. 10???? not in this lifetime! Nigeria? please - get real! ----------- @vicki [SnuggleWench] (Books) http://www.booksnbytes.com newest creations: http://www.vickijean.com/new.html ----------- I pledge allegiance to the Constitution of the United States of America, and to the republic which it established, one nation from many peoples, promising liberty and justice for all. Feel free to use the above variant pledge in your own postings. |
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On Wed, 19 May 2004 11:27:37 -0700, vj wrote:
Greetings, i browsed through your store and i will like to purchase this items listed below, (1) Necklace #N_024 - Under the Sea ....10pieces and kindly give me the unit price of the item including shipping to our branch because is highly needed in one of our branch in Africa(NIGERIA). Gee, that must be the same guy who placed the 36k order with me last month. He even wanted 10 pieces of my (one-of-a-kind) Emerald Garden teacup--at 1200.00 each! Plus multiples of several other un- reproducible items. And he was willing to pay with his credit card! Lucky me! I ran out and ordered all new furniture that afternoon! And made an appt. for a facelift and tummy-tuck too! Just in case he was the man of my dreams and wanted to meet me in New Orleans at an E-Bay conference.... Barbara Dream Master www.dreamweaverstudio.com If you want to make God laugh, tell him your future plans. Woody Allen |
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Oh Barb you crack me up!!!!!!
KarenK "Barbara Otterson" wrote in message ... On Wed, 19 May 2004 11:27:37 -0700, vj wrote: Greetings, i browsed through your store and i will like to purchase this items listed below, (1) Necklace #N_024 - Under the Sea ....10pieces and kindly give me the unit price of the item including shipping to our branch because is highly needed in one of our branch in Africa(NIGERIA). Gee, that must be the same guy who placed the 36k order with me last month. He even wanted 10 pieces of my (one-of-a-kind) Emerald Garden teacup--at 1200.00 each! Plus multiples of several other un- reproducible items. And he was willing to pay with his credit card! Lucky me! I ran out and ordered all new furniture that afternoon! And made an appt. for a facelift and tummy-tuck too! Just in case he was the man of my dreams and wanted to meet me in New Orleans at an E-Bay conference.... Barbara Dream Master www.dreamweaverstudio.com If you want to make God laugh, tell him your future plans. Woody Allen |
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Never, ever, ever accept business from Nigeria. Look up Nigeria scams on
google. -- Kandice Seeber Air & Earth Designs http://www.lampwork.net I just received a large order from Nigeria! Over $200.00 the shipping to there is around $200.00. Just a little under their costs for goods. They want to pay with a credit card. My CC company guarantees funds. But I am still nervous. I am very excited for the order. Largest order yet! -Amy Donarumo http://www.empressbeads.com |
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Just to let you know, I get proposals from Nigeria probably three or four
times per week. They are all "orders" off of my website, and they all say pretty much the same thing. They want to "buy" several hundred dollars - even thousands of dollars - worth of merchandise from the website with a credit card. They are all scams. Every single one of them. -- Kandice Seeber Air & Earth Designs http://www.lampwork.net I am so glad I asked. I guess what they say is true. If you don't feel good about it then it probably is not a good thing. Women's intuition. Man, that money was really going to help out around here. Thank you all very much. I have not gotten a response from them. I asked for some more personal information and they have not replied back. Oh well I thought my new advertising strategy was working, but I guess not to the right customers. I wish people would try to scam larger companies who have the extra capital. Thanks so much I am glad for all the info!! AMy Donarumo http://www.empressbeads.com "Karin Cernik" wrote in message ... DON'T DO IT!!!!!! This is a scam, almost certainly. They will ask you to do strange things with the credit card, and you will end up with an unpaid bill and no jewelry besides. My apologies to anyone who is from Nigeria and is a legitimate customer, but there are just way too many of these going on right now not to be VERY concerned. Karin empressbeads wrote: I just received a large order from Nigeria! Over $200.00 the shipping to there is around $200.00. Just a little under their costs for goods. They want to pay with a credit card. My CC company guarantees funds. But I am still nervous. I am very excited for the order. Largest order yet! -Amy Donarumo http://www.empressbeads.com |
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But also, be very careful if you or anyone plans to try and outscam the
Nigeria scammers. I have read all over the place that they can be dangerous people to get involved with. -- Kandice Seeber Air & Earth Designs http://www.lampwork.net Probably the best site to make you feel better is http://419eater.com/ It's a group of people who get their kicks out of outscamming the scammers. Take a look at their "trophy room," which will make you laugh, if nothing else. Be glad that the order didn't go out, because there would be nothing in heartache in it for you. Kathy N-V |
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Do you have any links that discuss this? I'm curious about it but I
haven't seen any info about it. -Kalera http://www.beadwife.com http://www.snipurl.com/kebay Kandice Seeber wrote: But also, be very careful if you or anyone plans to try and outscam the Nigeria scammers. I have read all over the place that they can be dangerous people to get involved with. |
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Sure - some of these instances are from when people try and get back at the
scammers, and some are instances of when victims who have fallen for the scam are asked to travel to other countries. http://www.lpconline.com/Nigerian_recover.html http://www.justiceonline.org/consum/nigerian.html http://217.155.161.234/TechDocs/Inte...geria_scam.htm http://www.techtv.com/cybercrime/int...396766,00.html http://www.secretservice.gov/alert419.shtml There are more, and there are countless websites about the Nigerian scams in general, but these are from my bookmarks. I keep tabs on this because I was almost a victim of it several years ago when I was naive and first starting out in business. I know reading the sites that have people getting back at the scammers is fun (and funny!), but I would personally be too scared to even try something like that. Here's the site that loves to get back at scammers. http://www.419eater.com/ I like reading it, but I wouldn't do it. -- Kandice Seeber Air & Earth Designs http://www.lampwork.net Do you have any links that discuss this? I'm curious about it but I haven't seen any info about it. -Kalera http://www.beadwife.com http://www.snipurl.com/kebay Kandice Seeber wrote: But also, be very careful if you or anyone plans to try and outscam the Nigeria scammers. I have read all over the place that they can be dangerous people to get involved with. |
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Cool, thanks!
-Kalera http://www.beadwife.com http://www.snipurl.com/kebay Kandice Seeber wrote: Sure - some of these instances are from when people try and get back at the scammers, and some are instances of when victims who have fallen for the scam are asked to travel to other countries. http://www.lpconline.com/Nigerian_recover.html http://www.justiceonline.org/consum/nigerian.html http://217.155.161.234/TechDocs/Inte...geria_scam.htm http://www.techtv.com/cybercrime/int...396766,00.html http://www.secretservice.gov/alert419.shtml There are more, and there are countless websites about the Nigerian scams in general, but these are from my bookmarks. I keep tabs on this because I was almost a victim of it several years ago when I was naive and first starting out in business. I know reading the sites that have people getting back at the scammers is fun (and funny!), but I would personally be too scared to even try something like that. Here's the site that loves to get back at scammers. http://www.419eater.com/ I like reading it, but I wouldn't do it. |
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From reading these, it appears that the only instances of physical harm
coming to those being targeted have occurred when they've actually gone to Nigeria... unsurprising since Nigeria is a pretty lawless land these days. I didn't see any cases where any harm had come to anyone while still in the US, so I will poke at them freely. -Kalera http://www.beadwife.com http://www.snipurl.com/kebay Kandice Seeber wrote: Sure - some of these instances are from when people try and get back at the scammers, and some are instances of when victims who have fallen for the scam are asked to travel to other countries. http://www.lpconline.com/Nigerian_recover.html http://www.justiceonline.org/consum/nigerian.html http://217.155.161.234/TechDocs/Inte...geria_scam.htm http://www.techtv.com/cybercrime/int...396766,00.html http://www.secretservice.gov/alert419.shtml There are more, and there are countless websites about the Nigerian scams in general, but these are from my bookmarks. I keep tabs on this because I was almost a victim of it several years ago when I was naive and first starting out in business. I know reading the sites that have people getting back at the scammers is fun (and funny!), but I would personally be too scared to even try something like that. Here's the site that loves to get back at scammers. http://www.419eater.com/ I like reading it, but I wouldn't do it. |
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