Have you ever played around with Second Chance scam artists?

kiyote · January 18, 2007 3:01AM

I've got one on the hook, now, for that amazingly toned Morgan that I didn't win for $1500.. I've gotten some spoof messages from eBay now, but the scammer must not to too bright; he sent me an invoice with the correct item # but for a SLR camera. I also got the following from suport@e-squaretrade.com.

My name is Fred Brewer from the eBay Safety Center.
>
> We know that you have been contacted by Jimmy Ball for the second chance
> offer in his auction # 160073649714 and we also know that the item is
> located in United States and the seller is in United Kingdom. The
> shipping will be made from United States by his wife and the payment will
> be made in United Kingdom to Mr. Jimmy Ball who is a verified seller and
> you will be protected by us. As will be stated in the invoice, the seller
> has $6,048.50 in our account and if something will happen ( you will not
> be satisfied with the item ) in max 5 days you will receive your money
> back. So you can see the item before you give your money for good.
> So it is not a problem if you send the payment through Western Union Money
> Transfer. We secure this transfer!
> To complete the transaction, you will need to follow the steps from the
> invoice and make the payment. In any other case you will not be protected.

Are these Nigerians? The whole thing seems to have a slight international flavor to it. The "Seller" claims he is in London now. At what point can I call the police? At any point?

RYK · January 18, 2007 3:05AM

I played once with a European guy, and while it was entertaining for a few minutes letting him think that I was going to wire money to him in Bulgaria, ultimately it was a waste of time and not at all gratifying.

mrpaseo · January 18, 2007 3:06AM

This is some bad juju

kiyote · January 18, 2007 3:18AM

I did play with a Nigerian once and actually got a call at 3:00 am in the morning, asking for "Dr. Denniss Longo", my alt identity I created of a retired dentist.

TwoSides2aCoin · January 18, 2007 3:18AM

Only one, but I wasn't PLAYING... it was hours of "checking out with references, her son, his job, their addresses and a few things. Seems the winning bidder was just seeing how high I would go. I negotiated it way down to where it ended when the WINNER trumped me.

The one on the left

compromonedas · January 18, 2007 3:25AM

Best advice---Ignore him

TwoSides2aCoin · January 18, 2007 3:28AM

<< <i>Best advice---Ignore him

>>

I agree ... Best to not answer your door when strangers knock. That is for sure.

ColonialCoinUnion · January 18, 2007 3:34AM

<< <i>I did play with a Nigerian once and actually got a call at 3:00 am in the morning, asking for "Dr. Denniss Longo", my alt identity I created of a retired dentist. >>

When scammers have your phone number and are calling at 3:00 AM I'd say that you are playing with fire. And generally playing with fire has a predictable outcome.

Longacre · January 18, 2007 3:49AM

Best to ignore this stuff. I need to change my personal email address because I get so much spam, it is hard to keep track of the real messages that I get.

jbsteven · January 18, 2007 4:42AM

I play around with them on occasion.

Have you ever played around with Second Chance scam artists?

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