Re: scam

[William Harrison <bbjt3@xxxxxxxxx>]

Oh how I would have liked to seen your e-mail from this scammer.
There are sites that will track the sender and relay the info to you.
If it is in the USA, you can then track the person down and nail him.
Scammers live in fear of an irate civilian tracking them down and sticking a 38 up their nose or being nailed with a Louisville slugger on the knees.
Sounds harsh but they deserve it.
If it's in a third world country, (very likely) you can't touch them.
That kind of threat you received should have been given to the FBI because if it was in the US they were as good as caught.
Threats by e-mail are a federal felony.
Later
Bill Harrison
65 Coronet 2 dr post

--- On Wed, 6/30/10, thepulpitmaster@xxxxxxx <thepulpitmaster@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: thepulpitmaster@xxxxxxx <thepulpitmaster@xxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: scam
> To: 1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Wednesday, June 30, 2010, 9:50 AM
> 
> 
>  
> In a message dated 6/30/2010 8:31:56 A.M. Central Daylight
> Time,  
> jaltemoose@xxxxxxxxx
> writes:
>  
> I have another one for you.  About a year ago, I
> received an email to  
> "work as a secret shopper."  I had done this kind of
> work in the past so I  
> figured that I would at least try it out.  
>  
> I did all I was required, which was not a smart move on my
> part, name  
> address etc.  In about 2 weeks, I get a package in the
> mail with a welcome  
> letter and a check from some bank in Grand Rapids,
> Michigan.  The envelope  had 
> a return address in a small town in California.  
>  
> When I checked out the shipping code, it was mailed
> from  Massachusetts.   
> I called the bank where the check came from and they 
> told me that it, along 
> with hundreds of others, were stolen.  They told
> me  the FBI was working on 
> this problem.  
>  
> I got a call from the guy with this scam and he told me
> that there were  
> "higher-ups" in this country that would cause many problems
> for me if I acted  
> with the FBI in any way.  Was I scared?  You bet
> your bumpers I  was!  
>  
> I sent a copy of all the paper work I received from this
> man to the bank,  
> then shredded everything I had.  OH, the check was
> supposed to be for $250.  
> It was made out for $4280.  He wanted me to cash the
> check and send the  
> remainder to a woman in New York.  
>  
> I will never give out any information to any one on the net
> again.   You 
> have to be so careful.  So far, I have not heard back
> from this scammer  and 
> hope I never will! 
> 
> Here's  how a lot of these scams work.  They see
> your add and say
> "Looks good,  I'll take it."  Then they send you
> a cashier's check that's
> well over  the amount agreed on.  Then they
> follow it up immediately
> with an  email that says "Whoops, I sent the check to
> you that I meant
> to send  someone else and overpaid.  Please cash
> the check and then
> wire me the  difference."  The cashier's check
> looks real, and a bank
> will cash the  check.  All appear well, but the
> bank is actually
> cashing the check  against YOUR money, so it's
> temporarily credited to
> your account and seems  legit.  It takes a week
> for the check
> to be verified.  Then, the  bank contacts you and
> says it's no good.  But,
> you've wired the money  and it's gone.  The
> difference is their profit and 
> your
> loss.   Happens with Craigslist all the
> time.
> 
> - Jim
> Jim Altemose, Long  Island, NY
> '63 Polara 500 (Max Wedge)
> '63 Polara 500 (383)
> '65  Belvedere I (Street Wedge)
> '71 Bronco
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