[Art Brush]

Everyone here should be aware of these people. I've talked to a few of the fellas here at TU who have also gotten this email and it's a scam.

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From : Christine Voumard <christine_v@anu.web.id>
Reply-To : christine_v@anu.web.id


Dear Customer Service,

My name is Christine Voumard from Indonesia. I would like to order some
item from you. May you help me to recieve and process the order ? I would like
to purchase with my credit card.

Please, let me know back if you would like to recieve and process the
order and i'll give you the detail information of the order, the
address and the payment.

Thanks and tight lines to you.

Best Wishes,
Christine Voumard.

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If anyone gets a letter like this disregard it. It's B.S.

[deadlystreamer]

Hi Art Brush
Life in Indonesia must really be a bore. I get that crap all the time in my regular email box and in the quali-tied one. I even got a 600.00 order from some oddball. Just delete the crap and you'll know you gave some screw-ball some excitement. Isn't it great to be an American?

[Gr8flyz]

I get several scam emails per week. Most are the "Nigeria Scam" type, where they have millions of dollars hidden in an account & want my help to get it out of their country. Usually goes along with some sob story about someone in their family, or an employer, or friend that was killed by the government. They also usually say they're a doctor, or engineer or director in some governement agency, or sometimes a bank employee. In return they say they'll give you a percentage. Nothing but a scam.

If you get this type of email, report it to the senders email provider if possible, and delete it. Don't reply to them! They're trying to get personal or financial information, (identity theft), money, or they will want you to come to them to carry out the transaction. I've read some folks have actually believed it & traveled to Nigeria & ended up dead.

Most, but not all originate in Nigeria, or are connected to Nigerians. They can however be from people in other countries trying to pull the same scam.

This type scam is supposed to be one of Nigerias biggest "business."

Here's a website devoted to information about such scams.
http://home.rica.net/alphae/419coal/

[siebler_custom_baits]

I got one of those on christmas eve. I talked to the guy for weeks. we had everything planed then i stoped hearing from him. ops:

[alsworms]

Just claim that you work for the F.B.I. and you'd love to help.
Works for me.

[BigZ]

Keep a PO Box handy and just inform them that they are liable for all foreign duties and they must send you a certified money order and that it will clear the bank before you send them anything. I refuse to deal with Foreigners on eBay unless they send liquid funds first. Euro block countries are usually OK, but beware of Italy, they have no laws governing foreign e-trade and good luck getting your products or money back. A good rule of thumb is to only do business with people whose email address only ends in the following:Com, Net, CA (Canada),CO.UK (Britain), AU (Aussies), DE (Germany). Other countries have pretty sketchy guidelines as to what constitutes fraud pertaining to international and especially cyber business. Buyers outside the US need to have funds clear before you send them ANYTHING! They also need to be aware that you are not liable for loss of the package if they do not insure it. Have all the costs mapped out and allow them the knowledge that you WILL not cheat on the customs forms for them and they are liable for all import tariffs. Whew!

[siebler_custom_baits]

Yea we had it all set up through a paypal type thing calles "echeqs?" or something like that. Made some of the product but i ended up selling it on ebay anyways so no loss.

[Delw]

Thats funny this is brought up.

I got an email and an order last year for 60+ xxl del-mart t-shirts and 40 child small t-shirts from indonisia. they even paid throug paypal, I figured it was a hoax so had paypal run a check on it, stolen credit card, then to top it off paypal billed me for the amount they get for the transaction.
paypal fixed it about 2 months later. and I got no charges

imagine the suprise when you get a paypal notification for $1900, then find out its t-shirts, shipping bill was like 500 bucks

Delw