Your basic Internet scam backfires!!!!!
By IBWISE
@IBWISE (145)
United States
September 27, 2008 2:58pm CST
Last week I received an E-Mail from telizabeth888@gmail.com stating that she was a very well off but very sick female from the state of Washington who had no family and wanted to randomly help people, she informed me that she would send me a check for $4.900 and all I had to do was, when I got the check cash it or deposit it in my account and when I informed her she would instruct me as to which charity I would have to donate $4.000 to and the balance I could keep for myself. Well, yesterday I got the check and when I went to the bank I stopped at the bank agent and had the "check" checked out only to find out that even though the account was real the check itself was a phony.When I got home I e-mailed Mrs. Taylor that I got her check, cashed it and spent the money on women and booze. She went into a full tiraid and threatened to have me locked up for fraud and my family would suffer emensely for my actions.Even though you should not answer these e-mails I found it funny that as soon as I informed Mrs. Taylor that she could contact my brother at the F.B.I. I never heard from her again.From further research I found out that the e-mail came to me from England via Nigeria, were my actions stupid or funny?
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14 responses
@easysidemoney (199)
• United States
27 Sep 08
i think they were funny, its good for those people to have fear put into them
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@RedFeather (427)
• United States
28 Sep 08
i think it's great - and you actually SHOULD give her email info and everything else to the feds - good someone else got busted
...but how much personal info was given to them by you in order to receive the check?
THAT"S the really scary part - thank you for ridding us of one more freaky psycho thief - i really appreciate that!
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@eddie42 (270)
• United States
28 Sep 08
thats sad when people try to prey on people especially using sickness to try to get money from people it,s really sad the nerve of this person.i bet her name is not really ms.taylor she is a sammer thats ll to it.good you found out before something could have happen.
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@missybear (11391)
• United States
28 Sep 08
I think that's funny.
I always get e- mails from people that don't know me,
but they have money to give me.
Yeah Right.
If you don't know me why give me money?
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@gorjuzliz10 (201)
• Philippines
28 Sep 08
definitely funny! it's great that you were able to keep your cool and came up with something like that.
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@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
26 Jul 10
hi funny indeed boy these scammers are getting more and more
sophisticated. yes when you told her about your brother in the
FBI that really did it. More NIgerian scams. wow. I have often
wanted to see how far one could go with a scammer. but all
those checks they send one are phonies.
@walijo2008 (4644)
• United States
28 Sep 08
I'd say it was both, I wouldn't of even believed it, but it was good that you had it checked out at the bank and it was funny that you emailed her back and told her what you did. I bet she was livid....It wasn't a very good thing for you to do tho, I don't ever believe those emails I get, I know they are all a scam, and I usually delete them, well at least now because of this discussion, everyone knows what NOT to do...Have a good day
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@kenzie45230 (3560)
• United States
27 Sep 08
I'm not sure I would have done that, but it is a bit funny. My problem would be wondering if she (who knows if it's really a she) could find me from my IP address.
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@IBWISE (145)
• United States
27 Sep 08
According to the bank the account is drawn on, Mrs Taylor lives in Kansas and she has no Idea that her account is being used so I think what I did helped her because the bank is going to inform her of what is going on, as for me, I am not worried about anyone doing anything to me or my family and as I said the base for this scam is in Nigeria
@Ina926 (172)
• United States
28 Sep 08
I don't think it was stupid, I think it would of been stupid if you would have listened to her and cashed that check. There are alot of people scamming others right now and the last thing you want is to get in trouble with the law for cashing a fake check. I do think you were smart to have the "check" checked out and I think that person had alot of nerve threatening you when she thought she had been screwed out of her money knowing that check was a fake.
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@TempusTime (99)
• United States
27 Sep 08
I think that you actually agreeing to her request was a stupid mis-conception, but her not talking to you after the F.B.I. thing is hilarious! XD :D
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@IBWISE (145)
• United States
27 Sep 08
Okay I will except the stupid misconception comment, but I do have a friend who got an e-mail like this a few years ago and it turned out to be legitimate and the check he got was for $11.299.00 so, hey you never know unless you check it out. The thing is not to just run out and deposit the check but check it out first and then act accordingly...
@Codi03 (1)
• United States
1 Oct 08
I got the same email and I also got the check for $4900.00 I emailed her after I found it was a scam or whoever it was. The check says its from Meridian Trust Federal Credit Union Cheyenne-Lander-Jackson-Rawlins. I didn't take it to the back. Was doing research first and found your blog. Thanks!!
Codi
