Cycle Factory Posted August 5, 2015 Share Hi All RetailersWe were asked via email to quote a "client" (Mark Williams) on a XTR 1x11 groupset. But every time I tried calling the number on the gents email, it just rang, but as soon as I emailed him, he'd be quick to reply. He accepted the quote (R19000) & said he's "account dept" would be making payment & forwarding POP.A email with a doctored ABSA POP was forwarded to us from sa@gmail.co.za (company - SOUTHERN AMBITION) for R89548,50.Moments later the phone rang and Mr Micheal Williams (a African gentlemen) was on the line, explaining that he's Accounts Dept had made a payment error & over paid us.We explained that we'd like too assist but would need he's companies VAT registration details & copy of his ID.......the phone went dead.....THE END ! TALUS, Captain Fastbastard Mayhem, arendoog and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocket-Boy Posted August 5, 2015 Share Its amazing how many scammers are lurking around.Glad you guys were on the ball though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vetseun Posted August 5, 2015 Share Farkers!! Pieterlab1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ttocs Posted August 5, 2015 Share Great news that you where on the ball. I hope that this idiot didn't actually do a deposit of a stolen of modified cheque into your guys bank account, as your bank is then going to hit you with a number fees for bouncing this cheque. Cycle Factory 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shebeen Posted August 5, 2015 Share that's quite a cool gmail address he's got. might actually be zuma Vetseun, Patchelicious and Milkman 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RockHound Posted August 5, 2015 Share Dunno so much about JZ, Ive got the same friggin name! May need to change my tag to "NotNigerianScammer" ;-) Dunno how to do emoticons... Patchelicious, V12man, Skylark and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lukelockie Posted August 5, 2015 Share Dunno so much about JZ, Ive got the same friggin name! May need to change my tag to "NotNigerianScammer" ;-) Dunno how to do emoticons...Or MarkWillNotRobYou RockHound, Bobbo_SA, Patchelicious and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheKaiser Posted August 5, 2015 Share Dunno so much about JZ, Ive got the same friggin name! May need to change my tag to "NotNigerianScammer" ;-) Dunno how to do emoticons... Oh man that's bad luck, hahaha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arendoog Posted August 5, 2015 Share Hi All RetailersWe were asked via email to quote a "client" (Mark Williams) on a XTR 1x11 groupset. But every time I tried calling the number on the gents email, it just rang, but as soon as I emailed him, he'd be quick to reply. He accepted the quote (R19000) & said he's "account dept" would be making payment & forwarding POP.A email with a doctored ABSA POP was forwarded to us from sa@gmail.co.za (company - SOUTHERN AMBITION) for R89548,50.Moments later the phone rang and Mr Micheal Williams (a African gentlemen) was on the line, explaining that he's Accounts Dept had made a payment error & over paid us.We explained that we'd like too assist but would need he's companies VAT registration details & copy of his ID.......the phone went dead.....THE END !The overpaid you and can you pay me back scam is so common and is used in every industry including mine (medical proffesional ) Cycle Factory 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tothehills Posted August 5, 2015 Share I have recently started to register scammers email addresses on all sorts of " funny websites" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cpelser Posted August 5, 2015 Share Well spotted.. If only these guys could be more easily caught. On "Carbonite" a PC components buy and sell forum a guy bought and sold a couple of cheap components to build a marketplace rep a couple of years ago, then went to sell a R9k graphics card @ R5k to a couple of guys, me included. He then "died" in an unfortunate car crash while going to the post office to send the card and this was posted on Carbonite by a "friend" of his.. Anyway, he had about R50 000 worth of collective scam money against him and we could only nail him once all came to the fro, as no one could nail R5000 scams by themselves due to the cost..  Luckily all forums has police members on them who easily becomes agitated.. Captain Fastbastard Mayhem and Cycle Factory 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boerklong Posted August 5, 2015 Share Maak my sommer de mo3r in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skylark Posted August 5, 2015 Share Well spotted.. If only these guys could be more easily caught. On "Carbonite" a PC components buy and sell forum a guy bought and sold a couple of cheap components to build a marketplace rep a couple of years ago, then went to sell a R9k graphics card @ R5k to a couple of guys, me included. He then "died" in an unfortunate car crash while going to the post office to send the card and this was posted on Carbonite by a "friend" of his.. Anyway, he had about R50 000 worth of collective scam money against him and we could only nail him once all came to the fro, as no one could nail R5000 scams by themselves due to the cost..  Luckily all forums has police members on them who easily becomes agitated.. Did they manage to catch the guy? cpelser 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cpelser Posted August 7, 2015 Share Did they manage to catch the guy?Yup. I even found out exactly where he lived and drove there and confronted him in front of his parents  We didn't get all our money back, but each got about 80% of what he lost. This guy simply used his actual bank account for deposit etc, one would have thought it must be easy to catch him if he doesn't deal with bank accounts that gets opened and closed etc, but he terrorized the forum for a couple of years.. Was actually REALLY difficult to nail the guy. Original posts have been deleted - but here's one of the last ones: http://carbonite.co.za/f3/attention-powerplay-nixtrix-13339/?highlight=scam He actually scammed people again after we caught him! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skylark Posted August 7, 2015 Share You only realise how hard it is to actually nail a fraudster down when you have to try, even if you have all their info including address and ID number it's a minefield, never mind if they are on the other side of the country. Cycle Factory 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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