My very first Con

[XJR500bhp]

I have ehard all about the emails from dodgy suspects. Trying to sell car and got this email, what a pratt

Hello ,
>Thanks for the details you provided.
>Its really what I have been searching for quite some months, now
>before I finally got yours.
>I will like you to consider it and purchased by me. Kindly keep it
>in a very good condition. But I also would love you to send me the
>digital pictures via mail attachment if available.
>I live in Bel field, Dublin , here in Dublin ,Ireland , I am into
>buying and selling of used bike, cars, here in Ireland
>I will offer you ££3,100 for it and you should kindly remove the
>advert you placed from the site cos I'm making payment available
>shortly .
>As for the shipping, I will contact my shipping company (agent) to
>handle it for me. The payment will be made with an official UK BANK
>DRAFT , that can be clear and cash, in any bank here in UK and ALL
>OVER EUROPE , My UK business partner, in the UK will issue the
>check and it can be with drawn from any Bank he in UK ..
>I will be so glad to read from you soonest.+447024065853

[GBS2K]

What on earth would make you think there was something dodgy about it?

[hoppo4.2]

ring him up and see what he has got to say could be interesting.

[soad]

Sounds Nigerian to me

[Jayho]

Sounds like someone needs to learn how to structure a sentence...

[eldar]

Payment from UK bank, UK phone number, doesn't seem sus enough to bin without ringing, if the price is reasonable.

More data needed

[CampDavid]

hoppo4.2 said:

ring him up and see what he has got to say could be interesting.

DON'T DO THAT

It's a 070 premium number. It will cost you plenty

[Justices]

Nigerian scammers tend to use an antiquated vocabulary (as is the case in Nigeria) which makes even the most mundane communication sound like of invitation to a royal function.

This looks a little.. not sure. I'd give them a call perhaps and see if the cash is good.

[5lab]

this scam is purely around getting you to ring a premium rate number. if they wrote the email better it'd probably work...

blame ofcom for installing terrible numbering plan rules that aren't clear to a consumer what they do

[soad]

The way it's worded, sounds to me like "buyer" is saying draft will clear and can be cashed in any UK bank, no?!

[hairyben]

I had an email the other day from "HSBC bank" informing me my "lloyds TSB" statement was online for viewing and offering me a login link.

Evan by nigerian standards I thought that was pretty poor....

[TankRizzo]

Blatantly a scam. The wording, the "shipping agent", banker's draft already drawn up....ignore and move on.

[Superhoop]

The last time I looked (which was last week when I was working there) Dublin is in Southern Ireland... So why is the phone number he's given +44, when the dialling code for Eire is +353

Surely even by Nigerian scammer standards, that's a schoolboy error?

[XJR500bhp]

Stupidly I rang the number, what will this cost me?

[XJR500bhp]

Stupidly I rang the number, what will this cost me?

[Mr Obertshaw]

XJR500bhp said:

Stupidly I rang the number, what will this cost me?

If you rang it twice lots...

[eldar]

CampDavid said:

hoppo4.2 said:

ring him up and see what he has got to say could be interesting.

DON'T DO THAT

It's a 070 premium number. It will cost you plenty

Its not really a premium rate number, its a personal non geographic number. Max around 50p / min + setup peak rate. 3 minute max of £2. Not cheap but also not extortion.

[Frederick]

47p a minute according to the Met Plod: http://www.met.police.uk/fraudalert/printing_machi...

(con trick, not exactly the same but still a con)

[anonymous-user]

Jayho said:

Sounds like someone needs to learn how to structure a sentence...

T'was a good cover saying he is Irish though, most people would buy it

[majordad]

I'm Irish and even I would not fall for this.

BTW Bel field is Belfield , its the University Campus in Dublin.

Mad scam tho !