discussion HAHAHA, do they really think i'm that stupid?

[mattlef]

Hey everyone,
I've been stringing around this "deal" with someone who "wants me to send my computer to his son in africa," and this is an email i received lol. Its been sent to BoA's fraud department, so dont worry, i'm taking the appropriate steps to ensure this asshole gets caught.

Anyways without further adu:

Email 1:
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***BANK OF AMERICA INTERNATIONAL TRANSFER NOTIFICATION***‏
From: rrrrr rrrrrr (manageres_transferofboa@mail.com)
Sent: April 24, 2009 12:34:39 PM
To: mattlef@sympatico.ca







For your online best Internet payment Via Transfer

Transfer all over the world using your credit card details.



Having your account balance emailed to you everyday


The Wire Transfer Order from Bank of America Online Banking has been Approved.
TRANSFER NUMBER : SW1100592012KMS .


We have received a TRANSFER ORDER placed by our Customer (Pastor James) The sum of (1090CAD.) has been transferred to you (Matthew Lefebvre) as a payment for (Brand New HP- AMD PHENOM X3 3.0GHz - 4Gb ram ) and it has been successfully processed and has consequently been APPROVED.The financial details of the transaction are stated below:




***TRANSFER RECEIPT CONFIRMATION***


Order Status: APPROVED
Transfer Payments Order Available

Date Placed 24fst/April009
Order Status Transfer Confirmed
Transfer Order Number SW1100592012KMS
Billing Information: Not Specified
Transfer Status: Wire Transfer Confirmed
Payment Method Wire Transfer/Cash
Card Number 4***********5643
Exp. Date 12/2010
Name On Card Mrs Rose mary
Street Address 10 Forest Road
Zip,City,State, 20121, Centreville Virginia
Country United State of America
Services Purchased: Direct Transfer/Cash

Shipping Address
LUKMAN HAMMED AYO
N5/376 YEMETU IDIOMO
IBADAN
OYO STATE
Nigeria
23402
+2348068635352

Total Amount Transferred to Seller.
1090CAD.

Item Description
Brand New HP- AMD PHENOM X3 3.0GHz - 4Gb ram


Shipping Services
FEDEX



Use our online Transfer to pay for online purchases, companies / individuals you buy from all over the world. This is an important security feature and certainly is better than having your credit card number transmitted all over the Internet. Our Service is secure, and we screen our merchant accounts very closely in order to protect the sellers and the buyer .

Roll Number
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Bank Name
RoyalBank

Account Number
5*******2




SWIFT CODE
Account Holder Matthew Lefebvre



Thank you for using Online Banking System (Wire Transfer)® As a Payments .We look forward to serving your online with better services in the future.


***NOTE AND READ CAREFULLY***


Go Ahead and Ship out your Buyer's item{s} and Send Bank Of America® Secure Services Department ( manageres_transferofboa@mail.com ) the Shipment Tracking Number and the Copy of the Scan Receipt in Order to Transfer the Money into your Bank Account within the next 24-72 hours..

Do not Send the Shipment Tracking Number/Scan Receipt to your Buyer for security reasons,You will need to ship the items out FIRST and Send us the Shipment Tracking number/Scan Receipt, For the shipment verification so that we can activate your money into your bank Account .

We don't want any delay for the item ,This may cause FBI problem because the money has been deducted from Pastor James, We will like you to co-operate with us.

Your Money is safe and cool here, We are just waiting for you to ship out the item and send us the shipment tracking number and the copy of the scan receipt in order to activate the money into your bank account within 24-72 hours after the shipment is made.

If there is an error in the payment details above, Please we advise that you correct it and contact our Customer/Technical Dept at ( manageres_transferofboa@mail.com)
You can send the SCAN RECEIPT or TRACKING NUMBER Stating the TRANSFER NUMBER: SW1100592012KMS as the Subject for easy clarifications.

Note:Your account will be credited immediately upon confirmation of the details required by us,Moreover our customer cannot abort the transfer after you might have sent the tracking number to us.


Thanks you for using Bank Of America.
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Email 2:
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***PAYMENT NOTIFICATION***‏
From: rrrrr rrrrrr (manageres_transferofboa@mail.com)
Sent: April 24, 2009 12:44:37 PM
To: mattlef@sympatico.ca
Dear Esteemed Customer: Matthew Lefebvre,

We hereby informing you that the Payment Confirmation which you received Today is now approved and is ready to be released to your bank once you comply with this process.

Go ahead with the Shipment of the item being ordered from you by our client (pastor james) and send us the Shipment Tracking Number for the Shipment Verification.

Once the shipment has been confirmed the total amount of (1090CAD)will be remitted to your bank, from Bank of America straight into your Bank Account.


The process which you will have to follow so that you can get your money are being stated below:

[1]. Go ahead and Ship out the item ordered from you by our client.
[2]. Send the Shipment Tracking Number to our us for the Shipment verification.
[3]. You will have to be patient till when the Shipment Verification Process will be over which will take up to 5-6 Hours.

So as soon as you follow up these process you have no problem with the Management and you will get your fund in your bank account easily and quickly. Faithfully get back to us soonest with the Shipment Tracking Number.



Thanks for using Bank of America

Best Regards .




Mr.Jerry Roland
Bank Of America ®Transfer Department

 

[misterlarry]

Gee... that looks totally legitimate. h34r:

I can't believe that people fall for this kind of crap. Unfortunately there is no cure for stupidity. Let us know if Bank of America follows up with you.

:thumb:

 

[Eldonko]

Reminds me of this The Powerbook Prank: He wanted a Powerbook. We gave him a P-P-P-Powerbook!

heheh

 

[FiXT]

Send him an ANUS Laptop :rofl:

Head over to the:

ScamBaiting at it's finest - Scam Baiting for Fun and Justice theScamBaiter.com

It is a little bit of a crude site (there is some racism from the british to the africans)
but it has some great ideas

 

[dataxpert]

How many time I receive a email from www.paypal.com .something I Russia to inform me than I have an instant transfer and just click on the link , of course you log to a paypal.something in Russsia

My competitor make bankrupts five or 8 years ago :bleh: , he sold for $ 35,000 of computer to Czechoslovakia or Africa,I don’t remember, but it was in December they pay by credit card, it was approve, he wait 1 month before sent the PC, and 6 or 7 months latter the Bank National ( what else) ask him the money back because the card was stolen, he take 6 months to the bank to find it .

When I have a business website I receive a lot of Email for sell parts in those place, pretesting they cannot find good supplier locally, I also receive every year an Invoice for an Add in a business directory asking me for send over $ 1000 to a Swiss bank.

 

[bojangles]

Send him an ANUS Laptop :rofl:

Head over to the:

ScamBaiting at it's finest - Scam Baiting for Fun and Justice theScamBaiter.com

It is a little bit of a crude site (there is some racism from the british to the africans)
but it has some great ideas

QFT. That was sooo funny. Get the person to pose!

 

[sswilson]

How many time I receive a email from www.paypal.com .something I Russia to inform me than I have an instant transfer and just click on the link , of course you log to a paypal.something in Russsia

My competitor make bankrupts five or 8 years ago :bleh: , he sold for $ 35,000 of computer to Czechoslovakia or Africa,I don’t remember, but it was in December they pay by credit card, it was approve, he wait 1 month before sent the PC, and 6 or 7 months latter the Bank National ( what else) ask him the money back because the card was stolen, he take 6 months to the bank to find it .

When I have a business website I receive a lot of Email for sell parts in those place, pretesting they cannot find good supplier locally, I also receive every year an Invoice for an Add in a business directory asking me for send over $ 1000 to a Swiss bank.

This is the most common theme in the great majority of scams these days. Most folks don't realize that the "5 business day hold" for cheques or money orders isn't a guarantee that it's cleared. It can often take weeks or months for these things to make it through the system, and the person who cashes it is the one on the hook if it's bogus.

I'm surprised at the CC card thing though, I was under the impression that the issuer assumed all of the risks relating to fraud / theft providing the business uses their system(s) for verification.

 

[dataxpert]

It's happen in 1999 , at that time you have less internet transaction, it was a Microage in Joliette Canada

 

[thenewguy001]

I can confirm that in fraud cases, the CC companies will simply take the funds from you, the merchant. If you somehow complain and get them to pay for it with insurance, then they'll simply jack up your merchant account fees next year, or request a huge up-front faud deposit because of fraudulent activity on your account. The whole cc industry needs an overhaul. I'm glad it's actually being pursued on both sides of the border. Not sure anything will come of it though since they obviously have lots of money to throw around for a strong lobby.

 

[Thund3rball]

There was a financial consultant in Kamloops, BC who fell for the "Nigerian royalty wants to deposit millions of dollars into your account" scam. Dude lost 10s of thousands of dollars. I wonder if he changed careers?