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How do you spot internet/email scams?
Posted on 5/10/18 at 10:56 am
Posted on 5/10/18 at 10:56 am
I had a guy email me yesterday and ask if I do installs and take credit cards. I didn't see email until hours after it was sent.
I replied in the affirmative.
The reply was.
So.I replied that I service the entire south shoe area. Based in.Kenner, warehouse in.old Jefferson.
He replies...
AT this point, I feel like I'm not talking to an actual customer so I ask where the jazz fest is. He replies..
I told him I'm not interested.
I wonder if I'm right, in guessing scammer.
I replied in the affirmative.
The reply was.
quote:
Thanks for the quick response, Where exactly are you located to know if you are close, I Just bought a house and i will need your service for the installation of my Appliances.Thanks
So.I replied that I service the entire south shoe area. Based in.Kenner, warehouse in.old Jefferson.
He replies...
quote:
Oh that nice we are so close...Here are the list of what i want you to have installed for me below: Refrigerator, Washer/Dyer ,Wall Oven, Dishwasher So i will want you to kindly do get back to me with the cost for the service in total right.
AT this point, I feel like I'm not talking to an actual customer so I ask where the jazz fest is. He replies..
quote:
It held in new orleans, Louisiana and it is heritage festival jazz and how does this correlate with the work i offer you?
I told him I'm not interested.
I wonder if I'm right, in guessing scammer.
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Posted on 5/10/18 at 10:57 am to Napoleon
wait until the scammers hack your phone and watch you through your camera lens!
Posted on 5/10/18 at 10:59 am to Napoleon
Napoleon you didn't give the dude your SSN when you ordered those signs did you? 
Posted on 5/10/18 at 10:59 am to Napoleon
I don't spot ant scam?
Are you thinking it is because he doesn't destroy the English language I text?
It reads like someone whose first language isn't English. Is scamming handymen a big market?
Are you thinking it is because he doesn't destroy the English language I text?
It reads like someone whose first language isn't English. Is scamming handymen a big market?
Posted on 5/10/18 at 11:00 am to Napoleon
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How do you spot internet/email scams?
Usually after I've provided them with my bank account info and they steal my life savings.
Posted on 5/10/18 at 11:01 am to Napoleon
Sounds like a foreigner who can't speak English well
Posted on 5/10/18 at 11:02 am to Napoleon
quote:
I wonder if I'm right, in guessing scammer.
what's the scam? Gathering local appliance installation prices?
Posted on 5/10/18 at 11:04 am to Napoleon
quote:
How do you spot internet/email scams?
When they claim to make my dick bigger. As if that could even happen. *cough LSUgirl4 cough*
This post was edited on 5/10/18 at 11:05 am
Posted on 5/10/18 at 11:06 am to Napoleon
I ignore people who email me out of the blue. I’ve been doing just fine without them in my life up to this point.
It would suck if I had a home business or something because I’m not sure how you would screen so many emails from randos
It would suck if I had a home business or something because I’m not sure how you would screen so many emails from randos
Posted on 5/10/18 at 11:13 am to Breesus
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what's the scam?
You’d be surprised at the random/creative scams going on.
There’s one in north Georgia right now with a group of Mexicans that sell crotch rockets to people. They put a tracking device on it and track it back to the purchaser’s home.
Then at night they swing by the house, snatch the bike and then leave. They already have a key to it.
Posted on 5/10/18 at 11:14 am to Napoleon
Kind of wonder how the scam would work. If you are doing installation work then you can give a rough estimate over email, but I would think that you would have to actually meet this person at site to give an official estimate of services before any transaction would take place, right? Maybe not. Maybe there is a deposit that is placed beforehand, and that's where the scam is.
Posted on 5/10/18 at 11:16 am to Napoleon
As a Small Business Owner, I would be hesitant of anyone trying to gather customer info or pricing information BUT you also always have to consider if it is a legit customer. I have been short with people on the phone who I thought were robo or phone center callers only to find out they were legit halfway through the call. Very embarrassing.
My go-to is to tell them to come to my office or I will come to them. If you can't get them off the phone or off email, then they are scammers.
What you related in the OP could go either way. Scam (one of those services that puts your info and pricing on the web and then tries to gather customers through their service - Angie's List style) or a legit customer who has crappy English.
My go-to is to tell them to come to my office or I will come to them. If you can't get them off the phone or off email, then they are scammers.
What you related in the OP could go either way. Scam (one of those services that puts your info and pricing on the web and then tries to gather customers through their service - Angie's List style) or a legit customer who has crappy English.
Posted on 5/10/18 at 11:21 am to Napoleon
"job sites and specs have to be seen first in order to offer a quote, please let me know when we'd be able to meet at jobsite to discuss" Thanks
Posted on 5/10/18 at 11:34 am to Napoleon
His second email where he wants quotes without giving any details of what model of appliances are involved or anything at all about the installation site tells me he is either a scammer or so clueless and uninvolved that you'll be working harder than usual even if it is legit.
I'd have responded with a "I'd like to meet at the job site and my fee for doing so is $x, let me know when and where."
I'd have responded with a "I'd like to meet at the job site and my fee for doing so is $x, let me know when and where."
Posted on 5/10/18 at 11:39 am to Napoleon
Look at the email address it came from. If its something weird its probably fake.
Posted on 5/10/18 at 11:44 am to Napoleon
I had a similar experience with a craigslist ad:
quote:
I will be glad to answer all your wonderful questions. But 1st, where are you located and I only accept cash in hand. The truck Needs a head gasket but an older gentleman drove it slowly . The body and interior is the best you will find. Thanks, Matthew. Oh, to save us both time my ph.# is
Posted on 5/10/18 at 11:46 am to Napoleon
The African king who is sending money to my account any day now is an expert at this, and is really trustworthy. Want me to hook yall up??
Posted on 5/10/18 at 11:59 am to Napoleon
Was he wrong? It is a jazz and heritage festival.
Posted on 5/10/18 at 12:02 pm to Pecker
Okay, but what scam starts with attempting to purchase appliances?
Posted on 5/10/18 at 12:22 pm to Napoleon
quote:
How do you spot internet/email scams?
quote:
i will want you to kindly
That's how.
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