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order@billpayusa.com "we have problems with your order&

Gut feeling tells me this is a scam. Even though the website www.billpayusa.com looks legit? Some grammar and spelling lessons and scammers could rule the world. Received today.
email:

Hello, Dear client.
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Your order ID: 14448125
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02/12/2004 You have ordered the notebook (New P3 Direct 17" Wide TFT
Notebook-with Pentium 4 3.06GHz Power)
with free-of-charge delivery.

We are very sorry, but we can't deliver it to you in promised terms, because
we have problems with our delivering company.
Your order can not be delivered earlier than in 28 days.
Sorry for inconveniences.

You have been billed and if time of delivery do not arrange you,
you can cancel your order and refund money here:
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[broken link removed]
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Your money will be returned to you without any fee.
If you have any questions you can e-mail here: help@servicegold.net

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Re: order@billpayusa.com "we have problems with your or

Perhaps somebody who ordered this product inadvertently entered your email address? The email doesn't seem to be asking you to do anything (e.g. supply credit card details etc. to cover the cost of shipment etc..)?
 
Re: Ramada

I got the call too. I just let the caller rabbit on until she asked for my cc, then hung up.

I'm sure there's a 'cooling off' period allowed on all transactions, so even if your mother did 'legally' pay Ramada, I think she has a right to 'change her mind'.

I've stayed at Ramada hotels before and always thought them to be reputable. If this was a genuing, and legal, hard-sell then I've changed my mind a little now.
 
Virus

Beware of the Bagle virus.

Got a very authentic-looking e-mail today. My business has it's own website. To remain all mysterious, I'm going to replace our URL with "askaboutmoney.com" in the following cut-n-paste...but this is what it looked like....

From: administration@askaboutmoney.com not one of our e-mail addresses
To: info@askaboutmoney.com

RE: E-mail account security warning

Hello user of askaboutmoney.com e-mail server,

We warn you about some attacks on your e-mail account. Your computer may contain viruses, in order to keep your computer and e-mail account safe, please, follow the instructions.

For further details see the attach.

For security purposes the attached file is password protected. Password is "70763".

Sincerely,
The askaboutmoney.com team www.askaboutmoney.com
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There was a Zip file attached. Thankfully, we checked with our hosts before opening, and they confirmed that this is indeed the Bagle virus.

Message - no matter how good the e-mail looks (and I've got to admit, this one looks good) never ever open an attachment from an unexpected source. Worryingly, our Norton anti-virus software didn't block this one.

It seems that there's a war going on between the creators of two very virulent viruses at the moment - Netsky and Bagle. The code of each virus contains messages slagging off the other's work. Weirdos. See www.f-secure.com
 
Re: Lucky me.....

Any breach of confidentiality on the part of
the winners will result to disqualification.

You fool, why did you post this here?
 
Lucky me.....

Alan, do you have to send a 50 euro handling fee before you get the US$5,500,000.00 in cash...!
 
Re: Scams to look out for

Cutting Edge Telecom - mailshot posted from Phillipines!

Congratulations - you have just been selected in the TVR draw - phone this 1580 claim line & send off form with a loose stamp to ....
 
Is this a scam/spam

I received the following text from an 086 number.

The message was sent on 9 Apr @ 23.33

"Hi gone2london long story need2speak 2u asap. Need a favour can u call me on 0044 207 930 4832 my battery is low ask 4elizabeth she'll get me Tanks."

I havn't a notion who this is from and nobody I know texts me like that. I texted back and asked who was this but have had no response.

Am I being too paranoid or is there really a friend of mine in a bad way over in London? 10 days later and none of my friends are missing (as far as I am aware)


Murt
 
Re: Is this a scam/spam

It's a joke text. If you call the number you get through to Buckingham palace - Elizabeth (Queen)
 
Where's the catch???

A mate of mine advertised his old (and ancient) car for sale in the buy and sell. Just gave his e-mail address and a price of €800.
A woman started e-mailing saying she was in Dublin and after a few e-mail he realised she was nigerian. She seemed interested after he had described it in detail and gave her his address to call around and look at it.
No word for 2 weeks and then a letter arrives from Lagos, Nigeria. It's from a guy claiming to be the womans husband and he includes a Thomas Cooke cheque for €2000. The guy says that if the car costs more, let him know and he'll send the money, if it's less, send him back a cheque for the difference.

Now forgive me for being cynical here, but there must be a catch. They have'nt even looked at the car and they're sending a cheque. He has'nt done anything with it yet as he's asking around to see what people think of the whole situation. He could go into a foreign exhange shop and see is the cheque above board; if yes, he could cash it there. He could then send back a draft for the difference (thus no details of his bank account would be disclosed).

But it all sounds fishy to me.Any opinions would be useful
 
Re: Where's the catch???

Sounds like a stupid stunt to me. It could be that the €2000 check is a dud but they hope he'll send a cheque for €1200 before hea realises.

Tell him to bring the cheque to his bank and ask them to lodge it, if it clears tell him to send a mail to the woman saying she can collect the change when she collects the car.

If it doesn't clear ignore all further contact from them.

OR

Email the woman and explain he doesn't accept foreign cheques due to the bank charges and the risk of fraud, and he'll need to be paid cash.

-Richard
 
Re: Where's the catch???

Could it be some kind of money laundering thing?
 
Wheres the catch

My thoughts exactly Rainyday ????

But they're losing €800 Euro to make €1200 ???!!!!
 
Re: Wheres the catch

Unless when they come to pick up the car he will say he's not satisfied with it and offer an admiinistration fee of say €50 as long as you give him the balance in cash. Barge pole springs to mind.
 
Where's the catch

I've advised him to ring Thomas Cooke and see is the cheque for real.
I think the best thing to do is just to burn it - if he even sends it back to them, it's an acknowledgement that he recived it (and they know his address is correct), plus they could then use the same cheque on some other punter.

It just goes to show the length that scam artists are preapred to go to - imagine sitting in Lagos, on the net, reading the Buy and Sell in Ireland and trying to pull off a scam for a couple of grand !!!!!!!!
 
Where's the catch

I've found an article in the Mayo News that relates to a scam very similar to the one that I've just described above.
Where they catch you, is that by sending more money than the goods/services cost, you will immediately wire them the difference upon lodging the cheque/draft in your own bank account. (save the hassle of having to go back to town and wire them the money in a few days when the cheque clears).
But the cheque/draft is forged and acouple of days later you get the call from the bank and are held liable. But it's too late to stop the money you've transferred to Nigeria.



(maybe someone can make the link 'live' as I'm not sure how to !!!!!)
 
Imperial Majesty

Gat a call the other day from this crowd just asking about my holiday habits, have I got a credit card etc. So they told me that for taking their call, I'd be placed in a draw for a cruise in the Bahamas.

Lo and behold I got a call this evening from one of their people congratulating me as I had won a 3,300 dollar cruise. So she confirmed my details (I was waiting for the request for CC details, but it never came). Then she asked could they speak with my partner, I said she was out. They said thats its their policy to discuss the prize with both parties who had won...said theyd ring back when she is in.......

Doubt I'll ever hear from them...
BTW they quoted their website www.usaholidays.net


total scam?
 
scams

Fair play to buyandsell, they have a big warning on their homepage about the scam posted above by delboy.
 
Sad0

Then she asked could they speak with my partner, I said she was out. They said thats it's their policy to discuss the prize with both parties who had won...
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What? That's so unfair. What if you didn't have a partner! Could you not have put a different voice on and pretended ... just think of the holiday you've missed out on!
 
Scams

The reason why they say they want to speak to both parties is all to do with the hard sell and getting your credit card number.

Many people would listen to the sales pitch, and then say I want to discuss it with my partner who is not in at the moment which stops them closing the sale.

By speaking to both parties at once, they are stopping people using this excuse not to sign up straight away.
 
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