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Re: Very poor scam attempt

Tishayoung — Mon, 14 May 2012 07:52:38 -0000

Thats amazing. kellydiana54@yahoo.com must be in to beds on Gumtree!
But he/she is conssistent. Always works with Virgin and alwasy signs off the same

Re: Very poor scam attempt

Trisha Young — Mon, 14 May 2012 07:15:13 -0000

Yeah. Same thing, within minutes of my ad going on Gumtree for a reasonably hard to sell item. I receive a message from kellydiana54@yahoo.com. on my mobile asking me to use email
Wanting to know my beat price and then advising me how to get a Paypal account. I commented to her about her UK phone number!  Quick as a flash I'm a flight attendant with Virgin.
I smell rats from afar.
I typed her/his email into google and this is where I landed.
They're going to be waiting one hell of a long time for the Paypal details.
Perhaps another person might offer me morez!!

Re: Very poor scam attempt

Tanyamosscjd — Fri, 04 May 2012 09:11:17 -0000

Type your comment here.I just wanted to let you know I am totally disappointed with your
attitude.It's 1 day after the payment has been made. I want you to
confirm that you've indeed received the payment confirmation.
i know you should have received the confirmation messages from pay pal by now so make sure you check your
in-box folder and junk folder message folder for the confirmation
email cos i have received the receipt here I wonder
why you have decided to stop writing me ever since you have gotten the
payment confirmation.I explained earlier to you about the problem i
had with the pick up agent. I hope you do not intend to steal from me
by keeping mute.I need a detailed confirmation of the transfer of the
funds you have sent to my agent at once.Here is the agent information
to send the money to via Western Union below:

Peter Johnson,
88, Disraeli Road, Putney,
London,
SW15 2DY,
United Kingdom.

I will need the details of the transfer once you have sent fund . . .

1.The MTCN number that is the 10 digits number on the Western Union receipt
2.Sender's name and address used in sending the money
3.Actual amount sent.

Please pay off the money western union charges.Kindly locate a Western
Union store close to your address.

Mark..

This is the other one of many emails I got

Re: Very poor scam attempt

Tanyamosscjd — Fri, 04 May 2012 08:49:42 -0000

This is what I received among the many other emails.

Re: Very poor scam attempt

Tanyamosscjd — Fri, 04 May 2012 08:48:45 -0000

Dear PayPal User,

It is important we know the status of the item bought otherwise, Legal Action may be taken against you since you have not replied to the confirmation of payment made to your account by our client "Mark Smith" via PayPal. We request for the detail and the Western Union transfer details to prove shipping agent fees of the "Ebay item" in less than 48hours and we will fund the money into your account or face the consequences of LEGAL ACTION.

We believed you entered into agreement by requesting money through PayPal, and by non response to the payment confirmation made to your account you have violate PayPal agreement. However the buyer has already contacted us in other to make report about your non response. We are ensuring to make PayPal a safer place, therefore we need to set confidence on our users.

Agent's Info: Peter Johnson,
88, Disraeli Road, Putney,
London,
SW15 2DY,
United Kingdom

Therefore, if your Money is credit into your Account before the pick up fees of the item, that means the item will not be deliver to the Buyer. you will be reported to the Australian Federal Police Authority by PayPal and your contact address with the classified site and PayPal will be forwarded From IC3 we give you 48hours to provide the Shipping agent fees to the Name and Address given to you by your buyer, and also send the MTCN Number immediately to us to verify the transfer. Immediately we confirm the transfer details.You will receive a confirmation e-mail that your account has been credited.

Western Australia Police

Re: Very poor scam attempt

Tanyamosscjd — Fri, 04 May 2012 08:46:20 -0000

I've just had the same email from a mark smith but it goes further he is now posing with a western Aust federal police email when yo don't reply.

Yes it is disgusting I'm taking it further and going to the police in regards to the last email about the federal police

Re: Very poor scam attempt

Aimee X3 — Wed, 02 May 2012 01:34:07 -0000

I got that exact same email !!

Re: Very poor scam attempt

Aimee X3 — Wed, 02 May 2012 01:21:38 -0000

That's what just happened to me and I just realized it wasa scam. "Mark Smith" has been emailing me with that exact same email address, and that same address 88 disraeli road address! So glad I looked it up

Re: Very poor scam attempt

Tonya2step — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 15:24:19 -0000

I was just contacted the same way, with the same wording... from Micah Richardson from mi.richie540@gmail.com when is lawenforcement going to step in... same cell number all from my add on craiglist..

Re: Very poor scam attempt

Megan — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 05:25:15 -0000

Thank You for this post! the exact same thing happened to me but the name he went by was Mark Smith, (common name much?) he wanted to buy my snowboard for his daughter in RUSSIA and wanted me to pay an Agent in the UK....I first clicked thinking it was a scam when he was trying to buy the snowboard off me for his daughter cause the snowboard has naked women of it??? It annoys me how horrible people can be to innocent people!

Re: Reef Octopus CR-70 / Calfusion 500 Setup

Zazikato — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 10:22:00 -0000

for the water inlet can u actually use a pump there? if so what is the maximum flow rate? i will use this as a Co2 reactor for my planted tank

Re: Very poor scam attempt

Jackied2 — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 21:49:36 -0000

Lisa (clearancerose2@gmail) hits Vancouver Craigslist. Wanting to buy a $2400 bike and pay via paypal for her daughter who is in eastern US. Thank-you so much for posting this warning.

Re: Very poor scam attempt

Cettalombardi — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 12:55:14 -0000

From: Maria Denisa <clearancerose2@gmail.com>To: Sent: Friday, February 17, 2012 12:43 AMSubject: Re: Electric Trike - $925 (San Diego)

I will have love to pay you a visit in your place and check the item out but i am handicapped can't walk .can you please send me some more closer pics and what is the present condition??

BEWARE THIS IS THE EMAIL I RECEIVED!!! very scary, is there anyone we can report this to?</clearancerose2@gmail.com>

Re: Very poor scam attempt

Cettalombardi — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 12:46:01 -0000

Thank you, you saved me from wasting an entire day waiting for these people!! I cannot thank you enough!!

Re: Very poor scam attempt

Andespen — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:17:40 -0000

Thank you for your post. I just got the emails from Maria Denisa (clearancerose2@gmail.com) who was buying an expensive Thomasville armoire that I posted on CraigsList. He/she played the same game with a transaction number from a PayPal that had a registered trademark symbol as the first character in the email address. I was so angry, I filed a complaint with the FBI!

Re: Very poor scam attempt

Robertsmichele — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 22:34:41 -0000

Same story From: queendiana@live.com

how
much is the lowest price for the item?
Diana.

then received

Hi,
How are you?Thanks for your response.I will be paying you $240 via my
PayPal account,if my offer is accepted please send me the following
information for PayPal and if you don't have an account you can easily create
an account via www.paypal.com.au,so
i will be able to transfer the payment right now.
transaction;

PayPal Email
Phone Number

I am a cabin crew with Virgin Airlines and do not have much time around
me.Hope to hear from you as soon as possible so that i can make the
payment and arrange for pick up as i will like the item to be picked.

Kind Regards,

Diana.

Re: Very poor scam attempt

Jay — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 13:35:41 -0000

I posted my auto for sale on a commonly used free classified ad site. got a response from a 989 area code number. guys email was johndonpeter******.
.asks me to email him my lowest price. first of all I know that you dont negotiate a price over the internet or the phone for that matter(red flag). So I responded stating matter of fact the actual asking price and that the vechicle cond. was VG.
So his response is that he will offer me 200 more ontop of asking price and that my asking price is okay by him but to ensure other potential buyers dont get it first hes adding the two hundred. He often sends to texts in a row and at this point he says 02/02 meaning feb 2nd? Feb 2 he would like to do the transaction okay? That is only a few days away. Next email is he is an offshore petroleum agent and he is very busy so he will have a (RED FLAG)private courier handle all the necessary documentation. Now the only reason I have played along this far is because he was quick to respond(red flag) and I wanted to sell it(who doesnt?) but at this point I decided to play a little game of my own. I asked him a very basic type question like; Are you a hockey fan? He responds ??? So I say you know the ***** -******** team ? He does not name the team or if he is a fan. He must know of this hockey team if he is soliciting me in my province right? WRONG! He responds and says YEP, because I already filled in the blanks for him.So I start doing some research on the area code petroleum engineering and what is private courier agent do? And I come across this web site with a story very similiar to mine...All of a suddent I get two texts at at time again saying....he wants a payment done and he needs to know if I have a (red flag) Pay Pal account? Hes out of luck already because I do not have one. By this time I am through reading the above guys story and have not responded to his texting and have deleted my number as a aprecaution from the classified ad that I had just posted. Have not heard from him for about 15 mins as I am busy typing this response on this site. Funny he wants my pay pay account that quickly not one to beat around the bush. Maybe I will send a text to him saying what is a petroleum engineer and what does he do? I doubt he will be able to answer that but ...

Re: Very poor scam attempt

kikiomi — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 12:53:06 -0000

"Eric Summer" out at sea wanted to scam me with the following. Hope the more fake names and email addresses people post on here the more it will show up in search.

Mtcnconfirmation_proof@ultimateemail.com is the email that all correspondence was sent from.

eric.summer09@gmail.com

Fake agent address...

Name:Dean BryanAddress:6901 Butte rdCity:MelbaState:Idahozipcode:83641Country:USA.

I of course fwd all info to spoof@paypal .com.

Re: Very poor scam attempt

Dangdanno15 — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 09:24:47 -0000

Same here, : Maria Denisa(clearancerose2,gmail. , denisamrdns560,google mail

Re: Very poor scam attempt

Kate — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 23:08:00 -0000

Hi All,
Same here, selling a bed on gumtree in perth..
here are the email addresses of my wanna be scammers.. Ive reported them but they are relentless. Wording is almost identical in all three.. except for their location..on a rig, cabin crew, at sea.. I smelled the scam straight away.. so never got the second email.. just tell em, COD only and they seem to go away..

kellydiana54@yahoo.comginapeters@y7mail.comtonystef30@yahoo.com

cheers

Re: Very poor scam attempt

Kerrin — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 05:00:15 -0000

In addition to the similar scam I experienced. I am now getting emails from:
***Collaboration Complaint From Paypal To Australian
Federal Police***
I have had confirmation from the 'real' WA police that this was not an email from them and that this paypal scam is doing the rounds.

Re: Very poor scam attempt

Kerrin — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 09:23:19 -0000

Just happened to me in Australia selling on ebay. The same whole Western Union deal and an email from Paypal saying the funds are there. This was from:
clefnjammy@gmail.com aka Mark Smith who has very poor English and some story about his son needing the extra $200 to be sent to an Agency c/o:

Peter Johnson,88, Disraeli Road, Putney,London,SW15 2DY,United KingdomEmails from :

service@paypal.com.au followed.

Disgraceful stuff. Thanks for the other comments here which helped me realised what was going on .

Re: Very poor scam attempt

Kimmiehair — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 05:13:57 -0000

I am selling a scooter. I to was sent an email from Maria Denisa clearancerose2@gmail.com
contact me reading: I wish to let you know that I'm satisfied with the conditions and i will
like to inform you that am buying the item for my daughter in New
Hampshire,so i will be the one responsible for the pick up and delivery
stuff.kindly get back to me with your full name and address so that i
can forward it to the pick up agent to calculate the pick up fees for
me.

Thanks.
Joy to You and Me!!!

Since I Google everything. I did a search on the email address and found your messages about the scam. Now when they contact me again I will response: Go get f@#k with no vaseline and send them your messages.

Re: Very poor scam attempt

Sj_kaye — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 06:29:17 -0000

Someone tried the same scam on me in Canada when I put a piano up for sale. The sequence of fake emails from "paypal" and the "shipping agent" was as follows, in poor English:

From:owen.olas@googlemail.com on behalf of ®service@intl.paypal.com (fundverified officemail.net):

1. Maria Denisa has sent you an Auction Payment with PayPal (Routing Code:C840-L001-Q999-T5365)‏

2. PayPal Safety Measures Against Online Fraud !‏

3. Important Information On How To Complete Your Recent Transaction (Transaction ID: 0TR19308DU070732T).‏

4. Message from PayPal !‏

5. From:rose.floria@gmail.com on behalf of Shipping Agent (GoodsDelivery tx.am)
Subject: Shipment and Delivery Fund Antique upright piano.‏

6. From fundverifie@officemail.net):
Subject: LEGAL ACTION FROM PAYPAL‏

Here is the text from no. 3:
You have received a
PayPal Payment of $1,750.00 USD from Maria Denisa (clearancerose2@gmail.com).

A
temporary hold has been placed on this transaction!

As
mentioned in the receipt of Payment and as per New PayPal Payment
policy, we have fully debited the total amount (above) from the buyer's
account which includes the buyer's shipper's pick up fees.

In order to complete this transaction and get the
funds approved in your account. We advice you go to nearest Western
Union Office, and send
the $700.00 USD to the Agent and send usa Scanned Copy/Photograph of your Western Union
Transaction Receipt.
NOTE: This is important as a
security
measure to ensure safety of this transaction. Please,
find below the name and address of the Transport Agent where the Funds
would be sent via Western
Union Money Transfer.

Transport Company

Address:

Deanne Powell270 cobb pkwyMariettaGA 30060USA.

Address Status:

Confirmed

Your
Account will be credited accordingly upon the receipt of details
requested. It should either be sent
in JPG format or send type details as:
Sender's Full Name and Address; Receiver's Full Name; MTCN; Amount Sent; Security Question and Answer.

Re: The common grep –exclude problem

Jeremiah Jester — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 12:18:33 -0000

What about this option in Grep 2.5.4 or higher?

--exclude-dir=DIR
Exclude directories matching the pattern DIR from recursive searches.