Blue_man_2007
Sandy,#2Author of original report
Tue, December 18, 2007
I received this email today, December 18, 2007. Now this same person claims that they don't do any check scams, but are just doing wire transactions. Here is the email they sent me. People really need to watch out for these guys! "Presley Gordon show details Dec 16 (2 days ago) Reply Hello Representative, how are you doing???I hope you are ok and your family is doing great...I would like to apologies for the way the Part Time Job Offer with my company turned out to be the problems where actually coming from our competitors but the case has been arrested and we have found new,safer,faster and more efficient ways to handle our payments as from this time henforth we no longer deal with any form of Personal Checks,Cashiers checks,Postal Money Orders and so on.We only deal with Bank to Bank wire transfers as there cant be a case of any checks bouncing or any fraudulent activities happening in this mode of payments.This x-mas job offer will only be applicable to those with the following Criteria: FIRST AND FORMEOST: YOU MUST BE LIVING IN THE FOLLOWING STATES: 1) MINNESOTTA 2)ILLINOIS 3)COLORADO 4}WISCONSIN 5)INDIANA SECONDLY WE SHOULD HAVE A TCF BANK ACCOUNT BEACUSE THAT IS THE BANK OF CHOICE FROM ALL OUR CUSTOMERS AND THESE STATES ARE THE STATES WE HAVE OUR CUSTOMERS IN.NOW IF YOU STAY IN ANY OF THE ABOVE NAMED STATES AND YOU DONT HAVE A TCF ACCOUNT ITS REALLY SIMPLE ALL YOU CAN DO IS OPEN AN ACCT FOR JUST 25DOLLARS WITH ANY TCF BANK IN YOUR AREA AND AS SOON AS YOU HAVE DONE THAT WE CAN START MAKING INSTANT WIRE TRANSFERS TO YOUR ACCOUNT FROM OUR CUSTOMERS THEN WE WILL TELL YOU WHERE THE MONEY IS MEANT TO BE SENT TO. NOW WHAT WE NEED IS WE NEED YOU TO ALWAYS BE BY OUR PHONE PREFERABLY YOUR CELL PHONE BECAUSE THEY ARE INSTANT TRANSFERS AND THEY CAN BE PICKED UP THE VERY SECOND THE MONEY IS WIRED INTO YOUR ACCOUNT AND SINCE WE HAVE ALOT OF CUSTOMERS THAT OWE US MONEY WE NEED THIS TO BE DONE EFFECTIVELY: WHAT WE NEED FROM YOU IS THE FOLLOWING: FULL NAME(NAME ON ACCT): YOUR FULL ADDRESS: CITY: STATE: ZIP CODE: CELL PHONE NUMBER: BANK ACCOUNT NUMBER: BANK ROUTING NUMBER: BANK PHONE NUMBER: BANK ADDRESS: THESE ARE THE DESIRED INFORMATION REQUESTED AS SOON AS YOU EMAIL US THIS INFORMATION YOU WILL GET AN EMAIL FROM US RIGHT AWAY AND THEN A PHONE CALL FOR CONFIRMATION AND THEN THE WIRE TRANSFER WOULD BE ON THE WAY THAT SAME DAY... I HOPE YOU HAVE UNDERSTOOD THIS PROPERLY. CHEERS, PRESLEY GORDON." So, if anyone else gets an email like this, beware, because they send fake checks all the time. I had a friend of mine who was selling his Saxaphone on eBay, and he got a bid from someone in Nigeria for $200. The man from Nigeria sent a check worth $2,000, and stated in a letter to him to "Cash the check, send the saxaphone, and send the difference in money back to him." He took the check down to the bank, and they said it was a fake. Wow, this is another tricky thing these check scammers are pulling. Beware to anyone who receives check orders from Nigeria. -Blue_Man_2007
Monique
Spartanburg,#3Consumer Comment
Wed, November 21, 2007
i also get these e-mails all the time and i can remember playing along with one guy who sent me a e-mail saying he was from the uk.okay i said to him send the checks.when he did send the checks the address completely caught my attention(this dude was nigeria) and then he called me and told me to deposit them(4 checks) into my checking account(he really knew better than to ask me this) and then western union him the money but keep 211.00 for myself.well that day i made a trip to my bank and asked the clerk what she thought about the checks and she told me to deposit them and then i'll find out if they were fake if they didn't clear or if i get a call from them.so as i waited the man just kept calling everyday till my bank called and said that they were in fact FAKE CHECKS! i laughed it off because i knew they were fake.so again the same day the bank called me the man called and asked did i send the money off yet,that's when i said'' you know what i got a special call from my bank and they said that the checks you sent were fake and you thought i would fall in your trap''after i said that i laughed in his face and said'' that's for all the people you probaly have ripped off you b*****d.all that f**ker could say in a MAD manner is'' i really needed that money i have a family to take care of'' some gutts uh? that when i said'' i'm supposed to go in the hole 3500.00 because you have a family to raise,get your ba**s cut and you won't have that problem.since that happened i haven't heard from that man again but i have been getting numerous e-mails from scammers out on the hunt looking for some pray to eat.
Monique
Spartanburg,#4Consumer Comment
Wed, November 21, 2007
i also get these e-mails all the time and i can remember playing along with one guy who sent me a e-mail saying he was from the uk.okay i said to him send the checks.when he did send the checks the address completely caught my attention(this dude was nigeria) and then he called me and told me to deposit them(4 checks) into my checking account(he really knew better than to ask me this) and then western union him the money but keep 211.00 for myself.well that day i made a trip to my bank and asked the clerk what she thought about the checks and she told me to deposit them and then i'll find out if they were fake if they didn't clear or if i get a call from them.so as i waited the man just kept calling everyday till my bank called and said that they were in fact FAKE CHECKS! i laughed it off because i knew they were fake.so again the same day the bank called me the man called and asked did i send the money off yet,that's when i said'' you know what i got a special call from my bank and they said that the checks you sent were fake and you thought i would fall in your trap''after i said that i laughed in his face and said'' that's for all the people you probaly have ripped off you b*****d.all that f**ker could say in a MAD manner is'' i really needed that money i have a family to take care of'' some gutts uh? that when i said'' i'm supposed to go in the hole 3500.00 because you have a family to raise,get your ba**s cut and you won't have that problem.since that happened i haven't heard from that man again but i have been getting numerous e-mails from scammers out on the hunt looking for some pray to eat.
Monique
Spartanburg,#5Consumer Comment
Wed, November 21, 2007
i also get these e-mails all the time and i can remember playing along with one guy who sent me a e-mail saying he was from the uk.okay i said to him send the checks.when he did send the checks the address completely caught my attention(this dude was nigeria) and then he called me and told me to deposit them(4 checks) into my checking account(he really knew better than to ask me this) and then western union him the money but keep 211.00 for myself.well that day i made a trip to my bank and asked the clerk what she thought about the checks and she told me to deposit them and then i'll find out if they were fake if they didn't clear or if i get a call from them.so as i waited the man just kept calling everyday till my bank called and said that they were in fact FAKE CHECKS! i laughed it off because i knew they were fake.so again the same day the bank called me the man called and asked did i send the money off yet,that's when i said'' you know what i got a special call from my bank and they said that the checks you sent were fake and you thought i would fall in your trap''after i said that i laughed in his face and said'' that's for all the people you probaly have ripped off you b*****d.all that f**ker could say in a MAD manner is'' i really needed that money i have a family to take care of'' some gutts uh? that when i said'' i'm supposed to go in the hole 3500.00 because you have a family to raise,get your ba**s cut and you won't have that problem.since that happened i haven't heard from that man again but i have been getting numerous e-mails from scammers out on the hunt looking for some pray to eat.
Monique
Spartanburg,#6Consumer Comment
Wed, November 21, 2007
i also get these e-mails all the time and i can remember playing along with one guy who sent me a e-mail saying he was from the uk.okay i said to him send the checks.when he did send the checks the address completely caught my attention(this dude was nigeria) and then he called me and told me to deposit them(4 checks) into my checking account(he really knew better than to ask me this) and then western union him the money but keep 211.00 for myself.well that day i made a trip to my bank and asked the clerk what she thought about the checks and she told me to deposit them and then i'll find out if they were fake if they didn't clear or if i get a call from them.so as i waited the man just kept calling everyday till my bank called and said that they were in fact FAKE CHECKS! i laughed it off because i knew they were fake.so again the same day the bank called me the man called and asked did i send the money off yet,that's when i said'' you know what i got a special call from my bank and they said that the checks you sent were fake and you thought i would fall in your trap''after i said that i laughed in his face and said'' that's for all the people you probaly have ripped off you b*****d.all that f**ker could say in a MAD manner is'' i really needed that money i have a family to take care of'' some gutts uh? that when i said'' i'm supposed to go in the hole 3500.00 because you have a family to raise,get your ba**s cut and you won't have that problem.since that happened i haven't heard from that man again but i have been getting numerous e-mails from scammers out on the hunt looking for some pray to eat.