Scam is everywhere

Philippines
April 6, 2010 4:29pm CST
I post and ad for my digicam and my other mobile when i receive email from south africa and negeria telling me that they are interested for the item. then we already have negotiation both of them. as what they promised they asked for my bank account info and so i provide it though i already know that theres already too many issue of scam from those country but then the sender looks nice. recently she sent me email again telling me that she already send the money through bank transfer as shes in UK but the item to be del in south africa. i recieve a message from bank of england though shes not smart enough as i know that the email address of what they called bank of england is different and supposed to be xxxx@bankofengland.co.uk. besides the what they called bank confirmation even told me that the money will only be activated to be sent to my account once i already provide the tracking number to the customer which they means that i have to send item first and of course once i do it then they can get the item since i cant stop the shipments while theres no money at all. so happened that i have bf in uk to verify the email and they said its not from them just by looking with the email add. im telling this to also remind seller not to trust too much with their item.
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@nangisha (3496)
• Indonesia
8 Apr 10
Its really good you are not become a scam victim. Its really so many scam in South Africa? thanks for the Info
• Philippines
8 Apr 10
yes your right, i already know a lot of scam somewhere form south africa. like in terms of chatting on cam, they will use beautiful pictures and chatting with guys then they will ask money though its not really them. its been circulating around the internet. it just so funny coz they been so smart thinking all people are fool like them, though im not talking of all people in south africa. maybe some of them.
@ronaldinu (12422)
• Malta
2 Aug 10
Hi homeshoppers. I would never trust my bank account information with a stranger. There are other means of payment. Such as issuing a bank draft. The bank only needs to know the name of the seller and there is no need for a bank account to be given. There are other ways how to scam people online. Another method is sending a fake cheque with an exaggerated amount. Let say that you are selling an item for 10 dollars. You ll receive a fake cheque of 100 dollars. As an honest person you ll send the 90 dollars back. You ll soon learn from the bank that the cheque was fake. So you ll end up paying for banking charges. You are without the item that you have already sent to the scammer. Plus you are 90 dollars short (in this example provided).