Message For Mr.Abdul Hameed Mahmood

[Andrew Boyd]

Right Leon . . the drinks are on you at the next meeting !!!

[John S]

Do you mean I shouldn't have given him my account details? Oh carp....

[Guest sandpipper]

Ive spent hours on this site reading about this guy who responds to the scam emails, i wet myself laughing at the things he says to them. Be warned its addictive reading when he gets them to got to the bank asking for the money he has`nt sent them, have a look for yourself then come back on here and say how long you were on there reading,go on have a look you know you want too.

http://www.scambuster419.co.uk/index.html

[Jim Gibbinson]

With reference to these "you've won the lottery" and "I need to use a UK bank account in which to deposit umpty-zillion pounds/dollars/euros" etc scams.

 

Does ANYONE fall for them?

 

Surely not.

 

If they do, it could be argued that they are the authors of their subsequent misfortune and deserve all they get.

[Westie]

If the scams didn't work, they'd give up and find different ways to scam people.

 

Benjamin Franklin said: We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid.

 

Some people work very, very hard.

 

[ 22. September 2005, 09:04 AM: Message edited by: Westie ]

[Elton]

Jim Gibbinson:

With reference to these "you've won the lottery" and "I need to use a UK bank account in which to deposit umpty-zillion pounds/dollars/euros" etc scams.

 

Does ANYONE fall for them?

 

Surely not.

 

If they do, it could be argued that they are the authors of their subsequent misfortune and deserve all they get.

That's exactly what some Nigerian guy was saying on a documentary I watched once. It's not a case of 'falling' for them, so much as being blinded by greed.

 

I remember watching a news item once regarding a guy who'd been scammed for a few grand on one of the 'lotteries'. I couldn't help thinking, "Wouldn't the fact that you'd never bought a bloody ticket be your first clue...?"

[argyll]

They are getting ever so slightly more sophisticated. I had an email yesterday supposedly from the marketing manager of a top UK construction company. The company exists, so does the executive (I checked their website) The letter however was so appallingly badly written that it clearly was the usual west african fake.

 

Anyone seen this one yet? If not, its coming your way. An email from ebay.com arrived last night telling me that as I've been such a good paypal customer that I've been awarded a gift token to the value of $150 which will be added to my account if I go to the address shown and presumably type in my details. It even shows a plausible looking gift certificate to the value of $150. I did what I always do...copy it to spoof@paypal.com and delete it.

[David.W]

I got one from the Halifax Bank of Scotland a few weeks ago... big mistake as one of my clients is... yup, you've guessed it... Halifax Bank of Scotland, I printed it out and handed it to the fraud dept. They said they would have some fun with it, glad I could help someone enjoy their work

[jedibond]

corydoras:

I'll PM you my bank details. There is nothing you can do with them except pay money IN.

Mmmmm, not strictly true. I used to work for a bank's fraud department and you'd be amazed what someone can do with just your account number and sort code !!!

[Elton]

Glad you said that, Ian.

 

I had some charity 'collector' round here a few months back. He didn't want money, but was just collecting 'details'.

 

I told him to go away.