OT: Wierd aquarium scam

[hyperboy]

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.

You are so kind to help him out!

 

[iamwrasseman]

they are not interested in the aquariums but they do have to pay for them through your credit card or bank information which in turn they will empty your pockets before you can blink your eye !

 

[DingDong128]

they are not interested in the aquariums but they do have to pay for them through your credit card or bank information which in turn they will empty your pockets before you can blink your eye !

Exactly. Give any info and they will clean you out. I work in banking and you would be surprised how often it works. I actually had some say they were going to call the police if I didn't give them back their fake cashier check. And say what I said. He stole my fake check? Lol

 

[mrferrit]

Now i'm curious as to why they are interested in scamming aquariums?

Thats cause they know us reefers are loaded with tons of cash laying around:lolspin:

I mean i just placed my order for a intergalactic aquarium delivery vehicle last week

 

[cabezon2469]

Aw heck, I would wait for the private shipper to show up and break his knees.

 

[Scott-CapeCoral]

Oh Doug.... What are you getting yourself into now.....

 

[Thrashie]

I don't know....
I know the scams when i see em. I've just never heard of em targeting aquariums. I guess they go after anything for that matter.

 

[cwegescheide]

Sounds like an opportunity to me. You guys are missin the boat man!

 

[AndyH5512]

That has to be one of the worst run-on sentences I have ever seen. The scammers love CL. Put anything of value on there, and you will start getting their emails right away. It's funny how they try to talk as if they know what they are asking about. Losers.

 

[Reefer-Diver]

That was good for a quick laugh!

 

[imchris]

The ones I've received were different. They want to buy my item(s) and they have a buddy that owes them some money. Problem is that he owes them more than what my stuff costs so if the buddy sends me a money order/cashiers check for the whole amount, I can deduct the cost of my items and send him the difference, and for my efforts, I can keep xxx amount of dollars for helping him out. You get the money order, cash it, Western Union him the extra money, ship your stuff and all is good.... until your bank informs you that the money order is a fake. Now you're out your items, out the shipping costs, out the payment, out the money you sent him, and out your bank fees. Ugh. :headwalls:

 

[Markdiego]

Good day,

Scam the scammer!! Have em send the aquariums to ya!! Common sense would tell you not to give em a legit address or any type of bank or card info!!

Either way, this has gone on forever! Back before email and high speed internet, "they" would call your company over the phone using at&t tdd service . I would get a call atleast once a month, an operator would talk to me and say they have a deaf person on the line and if i wanted to accept the call, after i declined to accept credit cards over the phone to ship out merchandise the operator would say "the user has disconnected."

 

[zachoranje]

Haha does anyone know what "all of your base are belong to us" is? That's exactly what I thought of when I read it lol

 

[albano]

They are money launderers... sketchy idiots

what money, would they be laundering? I doubt that they're worried about US taxes!
In most cases they are not buying or selling anything...they just want your info, so as to clean out your account!!