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Got phished by a "vehicle wrap" scammer.
Posted on 1/13/20 at 12:27 pm
Posted on 1/13/20 at 12:27 pm
Got a text the other day asking if I would like to wrap my vehicle for $800 a month? Curious I asked for more info, because I've heard of people making decent side money with an advertisement on their car.
So I simply asked for info.
Instead of info I got a check which was not cashed or deposited!!
Today the mailman knocks early with an Express envelope. Someone with a return address in Beverly Hills.
I open it and out pops a check for $3500. $800 is mine the rest I need to transfer to the guy doing the wrap.
L.O.L
So if I deposit it, it clears in 24 hours, I pay out $2700 then it bounces or a stop payment. I lose $2700.
I look at the envelope again and it was mailed from Illinois. I look up the phone number I'm to text and it comes up " Moscow Mini Storage " in Idaho.
Total scam. Reported to the USPS Inspectors.
I want to try and get these guys, I bet a lot of people see that $3500 check and think dollar signs. Imagine how easy it is to scam older people with this crap.
So I simply asked for info.
Instead of info I got a check which was not cashed or deposited!!
Today the mailman knocks early with an Express envelope. Someone with a return address in Beverly Hills.
I open it and out pops a check for $3500. $800 is mine the rest I need to transfer to the guy doing the wrap.
L.O.L
So if I deposit it, it clears in 24 hours, I pay out $2700 then it bounces or a stop payment. I lose $2700.
I look at the envelope again and it was mailed from Illinois. I look up the phone number I'm to text and it comes up " Moscow Mini Storage " in Idaho.
Total scam. Reported to the USPS Inspectors.
I want to try and get these guys, I bet a lot of people see that $3500 check and think dollar signs. Imagine how easy it is to scam older people with this crap.
This post was edited on 1/13/20 at 12:39 pm
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Posted on 1/13/20 at 12:29 pm to Napoleon
No way you really fell for this
Posted on 1/13/20 at 12:30 pm to Napoleon
You can’t seriously be that stupid right?
Posted on 1/13/20 at 12:30 pm to Napoleon
Are you 75 years old
Posted on 1/13/20 at 12:30 pm to Napoleon
Wait a minute. You actually deposited the check? 
Posted on 1/13/20 at 12:30 pm to Napoleon
Anytime someone tells you to deposit a large check in your account and transfer the excess amount to another account, it's a scam.
The Gmail email address should've also made you suspicious.
I cannot believe you fell for this.
The Gmail email address should've also made you suspicious.
I cannot believe you fell for this.
This post was edited on 1/13/20 at 12:31 pm
Posted on 1/13/20 at 12:31 pm to Napoleon
quote:
So I deposit it, it clears in 24 hours, I pay out $2700 then it bounces or a stop payment. I lose $2700.
Why did you deposit and now just cash the check?
Posted on 1/13/20 at 12:32 pm to Napoleon
Well your first clue should have been the use of the word "kindly."
No one uses that british english shite here in the US.
No one uses that british english shite here in the US.
Posted on 1/13/20 at 12:32 pm to Napoleon
lol u dumb
Posted on 1/13/20 at 12:32 pm to Napoleon
Why do you have a McDonalds alert on your phone?
Posted on 1/13/20 at 12:32 pm to Napoleon
Is that a McDonald's app you've got running?
Posted on 1/13/20 at 12:33 pm to Napoleon
After actually reading the letter and examining your pictures, you almost deserve to lose that. It has scam written all over it. Nothing looks professional.
Also, pro-tip, anytime someone excessively uses "kindly" it's a bunch of foreigners scamming you.
Good Lord this is embarrassing.
Also, pro-tip, anytime someone excessively uses "kindly" it's a bunch of foreigners scamming you.
Good Lord this is embarrassing.
This post was edited on 1/13/20 at 12:33 pm
Posted on 1/13/20 at 12:33 pm to TigersSEC2010
quote:
Anytime someone tells you to deposit a large check in your account and transfer the excess amount to another account, it's a scam.
THIS! this has been going around for 10+ years at least.
Posted on 1/13/20 at 12:33 pm to Napoleon
I hope u dont have kids to pass your stupidity down to
Posted on 1/13/20 at 12:33 pm to Big_Sur
McDonald's notification as well as a fitness app.
Posted on 1/13/20 at 12:33 pm to fightin tigers
Fat baws gotta eat...
And I don't think he fell for it, he was just saying what WOULD happen... at least I hope that's it.
And I don't think he fell for it, he was just saying what WOULD happen... at least I hope that's it.
Posted on 1/13/20 at 12:33 pm to Napoleon
You have a McDonald's app on your phone?
Fatty.
Fatty.
Posted on 1/13/20 at 12:34 pm to Saltwatersoul04
I didn't I got the letter And reported it.
Posted on 1/13/20 at 12:34 pm to Napoleon
The old saying
"If it's too good to be true it probably is".....
Comes to mind.
"If it's too good to be true it probably is".....
Comes to mind.
Posted on 1/13/20 at 12:35 pm to Saint Alfonzo
No. I didn't. I am giving Everything to the postal inspectors.
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