What to do with scammer on the hook?

TeamSpatula

TeamSpatula

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OK, so a couple weeks ago I replied to a classified ad on a VW site. From the reply, I knew it was a scammer, but I decided to have a little fun and string him along before letting him know the deal.
Anyway, last week, another kid posted up on the forum that he got suckered into sending the scammer $2500, which he of course disappeared with, lost contact, etc...
So I still have this @$$ on the line here, and just got him to send me a yahoo invoice for the money. My question is how can I help nail this SOB? He's stolen at least $2500, and that's just from the person I know of...I'd really like to see him go down, but not sure how to do it. The guy who got ripped off said that his Western Union payment was cashed in NY...
ideas? All I have is a yahoo email address, and a certainly fake address in Maine...
 
I'd tell him the invoice won't print out properly on your dot matrix printer, ask if he could print it out for you and mail it to you. It will at least be a start for a mail fraud case.
 
phones can be bought at wally world.... used once and turned off, no name needed.

I like the invoice VIA mail Idea, not only will you get a mail frad, but it will be easier to know where it was sent from (main, newyork, blah blah blah)

Eaither way, you are looking at some time consuming project
 
TeamSpatula said:
another kid posted up on the forum that he got suckered into sending the scammer $2500, which he of course disappeared with, lost contact, etc...
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DAMN! How long have these scams been going on? Ask this kid if he's interested in some Ocean front Property in Arizona!

See if there's any info in his email. If you're in Outlook, Go to "View/Options" then the bottom window will be "Header info" or something like that. copy and paste it to notepad where you can read it, or on here and let's see if there's anything in it.

You'll often get an I.P. address that you can trace. ;)
 
Hmmm, using a gmail based emailer, so I couldn't find any IP address info - but that would be super...
basically the way this works is that I'm supposed to send cash Western Union to
Agent name: James Goth
Agent address: 178 Maiden Lane,
New York, NY 10038
United States
who is the "third party mediator"
:shaking:
so could that be the scammer's name and address? What would he have to show to pick up the western union cash that the scamee sent?
I will try to think of a reason he should mail me something, but can't think of anything offhand...this scam is pretty anonymous, other than the scammer having to pick up the WU money...
 
I dont know why people western union money.. that is the same scam everyone uses.
 
I just got this email and I had to post it

Hello,
Am Mercy Smith,am contacting you regarding my Yorke Terrier Puppies i have for adoption,i was posted over here by my company Exxon Mobile Communication and brought Two puppies from the state.
The weather here is not conducive for them that is why I want to get them out as soon as possible and I will be very happy if you will be one to take them as your babies.I have a male and his name is Jenny while the female name is Bekky,they are both very good with kids and love to play alot this is one of their many character.The shipping will be $300 to be ship out to your home.
Kindly get back to me with your information needed for the delivery,so that i can contact the shipping agent for the delivery of the babies to your home
#Your full name:
#Your full home address:
Telephone number:
Email: mercysmith02@gmail.com for more details.
 
yeah, i saw some bulldogs on craigslist with about the same situation....i emailed them back a pretty nasty response
 
Remember that dude on the Mercedes forum that was scamming with wheels...they roasted him pretty good. I think there was alink on this sight. Anyone remember that? You could get tips from that about what to do.
 
Learned this from scamarama...get the guy to WU you five bucks..... tell him he has to do it so you know he's not a scammer and is for real. Get the check, frame it. Smile when you look at it knowing you took him for five bucks. :)

Otherwise, fergetaboutit, unless you got time to waste.
 
can you cash the check legally? could be a good side job.
 
kaiser715 said:
Learned this from scamarama...get the guy to WU you five bucks..... tell him he has to do it so you know he's not a scammer and is for real. Get the check, frame it. Smile when you look at it knowing you took him for five bucks. :)

Otherwise, fergetaboutit, unless you got time to waste.
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Um - if you frame the check - then how did you get 5 bucks from him? you'd have to cash it. And then you wouldn't have it to look at. The cashed check wil lgo back to him, best you can get is a copy.
 
RatLabGuy said:
Um - if you frame the check - then how did you get 5 bucks from him? you'd have to cash it. And then you wouldn't have it to look at. The cashed check wil lgo back to him, best you can get is a copy.
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True. Flaw in the slaw. Actually...scammer gives the cash to WU, and WU would have it squirreled away in their uncleared check funds...become part of the CEO's bailout package.
 
Good luck getting any cooperation from the local authorities, I had same issues a couple of years ago with a bronco I was trying to sell, the guy offered me like $1500 more than what I was asking and sent me a "certified check", I took it to the bank, told them I thought it was fake they said they would check into it, sure enough it was fake. Girlfriends dad is a cop, he sent a detective to talk to me at work, I gave him all e-mail communication between me and the guy, gave him the UPS envelope that the check was sent to me in, and the detective seemed really "thrilled" to be there doing his job, made a remark along the lines of: "you know these guys are probably somewhere in Nigeria or something and we will never catch them, right?" Its all good though, I didnt lose anything, and my girlfriends dad busted ass back at the station for being such an ass. :bounce2:
 
Time for the FiBIs

It is time to call the nearest FBI office and contact the fraud unit.
They do take this type of fraud very seriously.
Scammers tried to get my 70 year old mom. She is still a hot ticket and gathered her documents and gave them to my brother, a federal lawyer in Boston.

Take the scum bag down hard but make sure the LEO can use the evidence.
 
fishgutz said:
It is time to call the nearest FBI office and contact the fraud unit.
They do take this type of fraud very seriously.
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Man, no offense here, but im SURE the FBI has better things to do then track down an internet scammer, being that there are like 5 million of them.
 
Yeah one of my professors showed my class that 419eater site. Most of the guys there have been scammed and really put the thieves through hell. They sent one thief halfway across Africa through war zones promising him that he would get money from a church upon arrival. The African ended up traveling a few months and almost dying thinking he was going to get $250,000 to start a church. But he didn't haha. These guys deserve it.

They also convince the thieves to take stupid pictures of themselves holding signs that say things like "I smell bad" and "Ibe Lowgoats" in their Hall of Shame.
 
It is unfortunate that the law enforcement can't do more about this. The original reason I started this thread, the guy who had already scammed 2 people (1 of whom I was in contact with) and I had him on the hook, and neither myself or victim #1 could get any agencies to do anything. I mean, this guy had stolen at least $5000, and yet the police wouldn't even set him up with a fake wire, and then go catch him when he picked it up. No interest from local police, federal agencies, definite angry denial/blow off from Western Union, etc...
 
So are all of these guys from out of the USA?
Maybe CL can ban the IP's from Nigeria from accessing the USA sites.
 
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