OT: Wierd aquarium scam

TampaSnooker

Active member
This is the second day in a row I've seen these in my inbox. Not sure what they're after but it ain't tank cleaning. Nevermind the one looooooong sentence that each is written in, one guy proposed bringing a tank to a shop to have it cleaned weekly. Thought they were too funny not to share.


First one:
Hi,

Hello good day this is Fred Taylor and i would like to know if you do aquarium cleaning at your shop and do you accept credit cards and are you the owner or the manager, actually am relocating from my old house in CHICAGO IL down to your city and i would like to know how much will 40 gallon Long 48" x 12" x 16" aquarium cost for cleaning an maintenance for 4 weeks, an actually i have 2 tanks of that, can you do the total calculation for the cleaning an maintenance for the 2 tanks filled weight 455 lbs basically am just moving in to your state, and i am at the hospital right now because i want to do the maintenance arrangement for the aquarium and after completing the payment with my credit card,the private delivery agent can have the aquarium move down to your shop for the an maintenance services asap.

best regard..

Fred Taylor..........

Second one:
Hello this is Greg i will like to make an inquires for Aquarium Tanks maintenance i will like to ask if possible you can get the best of maintaining my tanks and changing of the evaporated tank water silicone acrylic and plastic trim replacement and filtration system and other maintenance involve and there is coral and no fish i will like to ask if you can get this done for me before i get back from my deaf school course in California in the next three weeks and i will like the aquarium to be ship to your location from my formal location in Chicago IL because i just relocated Here in this state and i will like you to understand that the tanks will be with you for some period of time for me to face my deaf course okay and i will like you to get the sizes of the tanks and they are four (180 Gallon 72" x 24" x 25") (150 gallon 72" x 18" x 28") (90 gallon 48" x 18" x 24") (75 gallon 48" x 18" x 21") and if possible you don t have a space kindly do the maintenance and look for storage for me and i do the payment for that as well, and i will like you to get back to me with the maintenance charges and your location address were the shipping courier will be sending them to from Chicago IL to your location okay Thanks
 
I got something very similar to this with my computer biz. I would get a few a week asking how much to clean up a couple laptops and install windows. Always wanting to ship them from somewhere far away. A quick google search confirmed it as an advanced fee scam.

Looks like someone is branching out into aquariums :)

avoid it with a ten foot pole
 
Oh yeah - straight to the trash bin. Some of the details they try to work in are really funny so I thought I'd post it for a laugh.
 
I think if I was ever a scammer in another country, first thing I would do would be to make sure my scam letter doesn't sound like a 2nd grader wrote it.
 
If they start with "good day" its 99% scam lol I know of no one that speaks like that around here. Also they always say they cant be here for some unknown reason but they can have another person bring it
 
A couple of months ago I had a similar email sent to me about my 210g....they wanted to pay me by cashier's check and then ship my 210g to some address in Washington State.....the english was really really bad.....they mispelled aquarium every time....
 
A couple of months ago I had a similar email sent to me about my 210g....they wanted to pay me by cashier's check and then ship my 210g to some address in Washington State.....the english was really really bad.....they mispelled aquarium every time....


i got the same email. it said, "don't worry about shipping, we have a private company that will pick it up at your house." i read up on it and the cashier's check is fake. after you deposit it in your bank or cash it and the check gets flagged as fake your item is gone and you have no idea where it went. and i think your on the hook for bank fees.:mad2:
 
I have recieved similar emails. The ones I recieved wanted me to order and ship large aquariums to different states. Like Doug said, straight to the trash bin.
 
My favorite exerpts:
- can you do the total calculation for the cleaning an maintenance for the 2 tanks filled weight 455 lbs

- the private delivery agent can have the aquarium move down to your shop for the an maintenance services asap

- i will like to ask if possible you can get the best of maintaining my tanks and changing of the evaporated tank water silicone acrylic and plastic trim replacement and filtration system and other maintenance involve


I have also won the lottery on nearly every continent, including half of Africa's nations and have funds awaiting me all over the world...
 
I have also won the lottery on nearly every continent, including half of Africa's nations and have funds awaiting me all over the world...

Me Too!:bounce2:
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Look what I just got!

Hello Sir/Madam,
I'm Kent....how are you doing today? I want to know if you do have Aquarium for sale....however i would like you to get back to me with the types of Aquariums that you have and also the price range on them including your name and contact number and address and e-mail so i could place these order... i then need them shipped to my state... a private delivery courier will take care of that... let me know if you take master or visa cards as forms of payment.....thanks very much for the opportunity and i will be looking forward to hearing from you.


Best Regards
 
I'm still waiting for the banished Saudi prince to deposit 10 mil into my account so I can send him back his 8 mil. Not sure what's taking so long. I sent him all my banking info over a week ago. :confused:
 
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