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Bank Transfer Scam? or not?

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  • Funkyfreddy
    Funkyfreddy Posts: 375 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Combo Breaker
    Princess00 wrote: »
    We are contacting you regarding the Transfer that was placed by Clark Benjamin. The total amount of £460.00GBP was sent to you by Clark Benjaminas payment of an auction item and it has been Approved and the payment details are stated below :
    [snip]


    Although slightly OT for this board post the headers of the above e-mail and you will have a trail of where it actually originated.

    FF
  • DizzleUK
    DizzleUK Posts: 569 Forumite
    Princess00 wrote: »
    We are contacting you regarding the Transfer that was placed by Clark Benjamin. The total amount of £460.00GBP was sent to you by Clark Benjaminas payment of an auction item and it has been Approved and the payment details are stated below :

    Transaction Summary:

    Item Name : Bag
    Item Quantity : 1 Unit
    Item Amount : £460.00GBP

    Transfer Charges : ***********
    Amount Transferred : £460.00GBP

    The transfer has been approved and is ready to be transferred into your account, but before the money can be credited into your account, you would have to go ahead with the shipment of the item and then send the Shipment Tracking Number/Shipment Receipt for the Shipment Verification. Once the shipment verification is complete, your account would be credited.

    Play dumb and innocent and give him a made up tracking number. Then start on him lol. (Best to just delete and ignore really.)
    Remember this: nothing worth doing is easy.

  • Princess00
    Princess00 Posts: 12 Forumite
    No point, it's done now. So far though, I haven't been contacted by any GENUINE buyers, just people from Nigeria.

    Can't wait for the NEW visa card with a pin installed in it? has any1 heard of it?

    : )
  • Biggles
    Biggles Posts: 8,209 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Princess00 wrote: »
    Can't wait for the NEW visa card with a pin installed in it? has any1 heard of it?
    Yes, I've seen several mentions of it. But how would that help with this problem?
  • preable
    preable Posts: 2,114 Forumite
    Debt-free and Proud! Mortgage-free Glee!
    lol you can tell just by the emails 1 where fraud is spelled like frund and the other spelled his second name wrong hahaha
  • DizzleUK
    DizzleUK Posts: 569 Forumite
    Princess00 wrote: »
    No point, it's done now. So far though, I haven't been contacted by any GENUINE buyers, just people from Nigeria.

    Can't wait for the NEW visa card with a pin installed in it? has any1 heard of it?

    : )
    Biggles wrote: »
    Yes, I've seen several mentions of it. But how would that help with this problem?

    Linkies? Any further info about this?
    Remember this: nothing worth doing is easy.

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