going along with the scam.. what happens next

_Jimlad_ said:
now i know with paypal they use a stolen account pay for goods, the money clears and then 3 or 4 days later it gets 'reversed' and you end up with no money and no product. My understanding is if if a bank transfer is complete then there is no reversal and the banks cover any lost money that could have happened if an account has been hacked
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They use stolen/cloned card details to make a deposit/payment, then when the legitimate account holder tells their bank of the fraud, the funds are withdrawn from your account, if the account is empty then it goes into the red and the bank chase you.
 
Strife212 said:
The powerbook counter-scam is the best thing ever. The scammer actually paid quite a lot to receive that.
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Did anyone ever here from Jeff again? According to the link with a summary of the story he was never heard from again.....seems odd. :confused:
 
They send a fake money order to the bank. Orders take longer to process, after three or four days they then ask for the money back, as you think its cleared they try to get you to send payment (if the goods havent been sent/collected), while in reality it hasnt yet cleared, it takes roughly ten days.

I was puzzled as to how someone could try and scam money out of me earlier in the year when they tried to order a solar panel for Nigeria so I played along, gave him an old bank account, the bank called me a week later and said they had recieved an international money order that was clearly a fake, the funny thing was, after asking for the price for one, the guy 'ordered' ten, something that would just never happen, so he instantly made something that could have been realistic, completely unrealistic.

The bank had a good laugh at the money order for about £40,000 and explained how the scam worked from beginning to end.

Onto gumtree, the stuff people say to try and scam you is hilarious, i had a similar thing happen, gave the guy a paypal and he even said "i hope you try no scam me, i am trusting you", the paypal payment thing he gave me didnt even look anything like it.
 
Classic old scam.

You can get a cheque from them which you put in your bank account and YES it will clear and say the money is in your account.

BUT it can take up to 6 months for the check to be highlighted as forged, non legit etc, stolen, whatever you want to call it and THEN the bank takes the money out of your account. Leaving you overdrawn the original cheque amount.

I think its called a 419 scam
 
I wonder if there is actually am unfortunate Nigerian out there trying to buy things off the internet and constantly finding himself dissapointed.

Obviously not in this case..
 
well guess it will be a dead end then, i was wondering if the funds cleared how could it be reversed, as i did not think that was possible on a bank, paypal yes.
 
so what happens if a scammer sends you a paypal payment to a new created paypal account with say fake info, you then send that money before it bounces onto as a gift to a legit account... ?????
 
Keep increasing the price little by little and see when he starts to say it's too expensive! claim stupid reasons like inflation, the price of silicon has gone up etc, or say you've added an upgrade of some kind each time to make it better :P
 
he gave me his address... West Africa as suspected turned into..... :D

Ok the address is below
Block 2, flat 22 akerele extension
Surulere,
Lagos
23401
Nigeria
And the receiver is Thompson Abiola..
Ok will let you know as soon as possible today.
 
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