Posted by Steve Wynard on 09/02/05 12:00

"mo" <nospam@nospam.com> wrote in message
news:R46dnUGcvLMpForeRVnyiQ@giganews.com...
>I ahve a potential Nigerian scammer on my hands for a mobiel phone I am
>tyring sell... couple of weird things.
>
> They have provided an address in Yorshire which seems valid.....
>
> They are offering to pay with postal orders which is odd....
>
> What do you reckon? In error I have just relaised I said they owe me �320
> in �120 lets see if they see my error or actually send me �320!


You *sure* they are postal orders and not Money Orders? The classic
"overpayment scam" involves fake cheques and Money Orders usually. Scammer
pays over the odds for an item and then asks the victim to return the odds
via Western Union Money transfer (usually). A couple of weeks down the line
the money order/cheque is found to be fake and you have to pay the cash back
whilst the scammer gets pissed on your cash.

Lots of info, and a damn good time over at www.419eater.com

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