RE: FW: Protecting Yourself from Counterfit Checks

From: Horrocks, Aaron (ACHb@pge.com)
Date: Thu Nov 10 2005 - 10:52:09 PST

In late 2004 the neighboring countries of Nigeria were so fed up with
the amount of email spam, scams, and abuse of the internet; that they
banded together and physically destroyed all internet communication
lines crossing the borders. The country was (and possibly still is)
completely disconnected from the internet.

Sounds amazing, but it's true. It was well documented on SlashDot. It's
not the only country off the net. North Korea isn't connected either -
But that's due to their own government. The "World Wide Web" isn't!

Anybody that's dumb enough to do business with someone CLAIMING to be in
Nigeria, is bending over and asking for it.

Aaron Horrocks
Airsoft Reenactor's Group, Mopar Alley, MVCC, NRA, & Saint Jame's
Grenadier Member
1952 M38A1 + 1952 M100 Trailer!
1970 Plymouth
1986 G.P. Medium

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Military Vehicles Mailing List [mailto:mil-veh@mil-veh.org]
Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2005 10:13 AM
To: Military Vehicles Mailing List
Subject: Re: [MV] FW: [MV] Protecting Yourself from Counterfit Checks

Interestingly enough, today I got an email from a guy in Nigeria wanting
to put a bid on something of mine on eBay. He wanted to check to see if
I took BidPay (a Western Union version of PayPal in a way) and if I
could ship to Nigeria. Always suspicious of Nigerians (I've had major
problems with them using stolen credit cards) I'm trying to figure out
what the possible ripoff angle might be. As Glenn said, I am the Seller
and that puts me in a different position. I hate like heck to
stereotype and discriminate, but I can't help the feeling that there is
an angle here that I just don't see. Any thoughts what it might be?

On Nov 9, 2005, at 11:30 AM, G Shaw wrote:

> Hi Nige
> The reason they say that to *** BUYERS *** is that you can not reverse

> the charge if you have a dispute with the seller. (And of course they

> are pushing Paypal to make money). Once you pay the money it is gone.
>
> But if you are the *** SELLER *** and want to make sure that your
> payment is not a rip off then you would want Western Union or cash not

> Paypal.
> So I
> guess it depends on which end of the transaction you are :) Then act
> accordingly with all due caution of course.
>
> Glenn
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nigel Hay MILWEB [mailto:nigel@milweb.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2005 10:37 AM
> To: G Shaw; Military Vehicles Mailing List
> Subject: RE: [MV] FW: [MV] Protecting Yourself from Counterfit Checks
>
>
> Western Union is one method of payment that the UK authorities as well

> as E Bay tell people NEVER to trust....
>
>
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