maoriboy 0 Posted September 16, 2005 Share Posted September 16, 2005 Ok So Im advertising for a new flatmate and I got this email. Tell me what you think. Does it sound like a scam email to you?? Im mighty suspicious of it. Quote: Message: I am in search of an apartment/Room i could reside for Two months.My name is */-+*/_)(*^^$$# and im from Thamesmead,UK.Been here for years and my parents are in Scotland.I lived more of my years in kent afterwhich i later moved outside london. I am a model and mostly model for clothing lines and companies and that is what is presently transfering me to Japan.I have been modeling for 5 years now and over 2 years, been transfered cross countries to participate in modelling shows and adverts.I have a modelling contract for some weeks in West Africa,Nigeria to be precise in a week's time.Afterwhich i need to participate in another fashion parade in Japan. I was searching the advert and i saw your advert regarding the apartment being vacant,advice if still available as i would love to rent it and stay there whilst there. Let me know how much will be involved to secure the apartment so that i can instruct my last Boss that i modelled for to send you American Express Travellers Cheque/Usps international money order of my last audition which he is owing me so that you can secure the apartment for me.You will also need to send me the remaining balance so that i can use it to book for my flight ticket to Japan I would also need you to send me the pictures of the room to my email (*&^$*()_^$@yahoo.com so that i can view with manager.I need to confirm this at the earliest time so kindly advice of the availability and cost involved. Looking forward to your prompt response. Regards ******** Link to post Share on other sites
maoriboy 0 Posted September 16, 2005 Author Share Posted September 16, 2005 Oh and check the classifieds section if you're in the market for a new apartment Link to post Share on other sites
sunrise 0 Posted September 16, 2005 Share Posted September 16, 2005 Classic scam - was reading about them only recently - yeah, right, let's send them the balance out of your own pocket, since any cheque sent from them would eventually bounce! Actually, I don't know if the scam would work in Japan, maybe it's their first time trying it here. It works in the US because the cheque appears to go thru at first and only later (after the scammee has already sent the balance off to the scammer) they find out it has bounced and even though the bank originally okayed it on paper, the scammee is still out of money. In Japan, as we all know, people don't pay for things by cheque, anyway the nasty japan banking fees to cash or deposit a cheque are a turn off to those who might want to. A gold star to the first person to count how many times the word "model" is used Link to post Share on other sites
tsondaboy 0 Posted September 16, 2005 Share Posted September 16, 2005 6 times! Where is my star??? If you wanna check if its a scam, you can always ask her to pay you in cash. Tell her to send you the money with pay pall or wester union e.t.c. Link to post Share on other sites
sakebomb 0 Posted September 16, 2005 Share Posted September 16, 2005 Quote: I have a modelling contract for some weeks in West Africa,Nigeria As soon as I saw this I became suspicious, go with Tsonda's suggestion and ask for cash up front. Try and scam them, check here for tips! Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted September 16, 2005 Share Posted September 16, 2005 The prose has that special West African English quality to it that isn't often found in the writing of true natives of Thamesmead, UK. Link to post Share on other sites
Fattwins 0 Posted September 16, 2005 Share Posted September 16, 2005 Just dont do it and report it to your mail provider Link to post Share on other sites
maoriboy 0 Posted September 16, 2005 Author Share Posted September 16, 2005 Dont worry. I have absolutely no intention of doing anything like that...and that website you sent sakebomb...great read! Link to post Share on other sites
sava 0 Posted September 16, 2005 Share Posted September 16, 2005 scam Link to post Share on other sites
torihada 2 Posted September 17, 2005 Share Posted September 17, 2005 definitely a scam. Thamesmead should be enough to put you off. It's where A Clockwork Orange was filmed and it looks worse now than when Kubrick was there. A truly depressing place.Then again if I lived in Thamesmead I'd be trying to get out by all means necessary. Link to post Share on other sites
rach 1 Posted September 18, 2005 Share Posted September 18, 2005 I have a friend from college who was from there. She said the same. Link to post Share on other sites
LiquidX 0 Posted September 18, 2005 Share Posted September 18, 2005 I think you should ask them over for an interview. Link to post Share on other sites
js 0 Posted September 19, 2005 Share Posted September 19, 2005 ... also ask for naked modelling photo's ... and post them here. (Presume the person is FEMALE!) Link to post Share on other sites
sunrise 0 Posted September 19, 2005 Share Posted September 19, 2005 If Nigerian, I'm guessing you would probably not want to see them naked - they're probably male and there might even be more than one of them. Link to post Share on other sites
maoriboy 0 Posted September 19, 2005 Author Share Posted September 19, 2005 And I saw some of them on that website Sakebomb posted "shudder" Not my cuppa tea thanks Link to post Share on other sites
scouser 4 Posted September 20, 2005 Share Posted September 20, 2005 Tell us how it goes maoriboy Link to post Share on other sites
tsondaboy 0 Posted September 20, 2005 Share Posted September 20, 2005 Lets have some fun with the scammer. How about replying and then post all the correspondence here. It would be funny. Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted September 21, 2005 Share Posted September 21, 2005 I keep getting prestigious offers by real post. Apparently I've been selected as 'Man of the Year 2005' by the American Biographical Institute because of my "overall accomplishments and contributions to society". I expect by that they mean pissing in a jar and using it to grow vegetables. For $295 I can have my certificate Custom Laminated onto Finland Birch Wood. Oh goody, I'll have two please. And throw in some seeds and earthworms with that order. Link to post Share on other sites
2pints-mate 0 Posted September 21, 2005 Share Posted September 21, 2005 Cool. And congratulations. Take a pic when you get them certificates. Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted September 21, 2005 Share Posted September 21, 2005 I'd actually been hoping for a Nobel Prize, but you know, the ABI of PO Box 31226, Raleigh, N.C. is regarded as the superior award amongst the cognoscenti. Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted September 21, 2005 Share Posted September 21, 2005 Thats brill, well chuffed for you. I've never had any awards like that. The people in the know just seem to think I need some kinds of pills or a bigger dick. (They are way wrong, I'll tell ya!) Link to post Share on other sites
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