BG what would you do if someone mailed you $4,000?

[Guyverarmor]

Make sure you tell the Nigerian Prince his shenanigans will not work this time!

[Fallyn]

http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x...fonejacker.jpg

[Lbelle]

fucking Nigeria...

[Mizango]

fucking Nigeria...

I've heard that a time or two from girls fath....... oh wait, I get it

[Gekii]

HELO I AM NIGERIAN PRINCE....

Now Miz, when I say this statement though, it's true! (Dad will be chief of the villiage where he grew up in about 3 or 4 yrs)

I won't scam, I promise baby

[Mafai]

when u send money western union, no info is required i think?

i always thought u send money and give someone the transaction ID and they go pickup the money.

[archibaldcrane]

You should contact her again and say "I'm sorry there's a $200 fee to use western union - could you paypal me $200 to cover the costs so I can send you the $4000 back?"

I've heard of this working sometimes. Then if they come through with the paypal, Western Union them 4 cents or something just for the kick in the balls.

[Mizango]

Now Miz, when I say this statement though, it's true! (Dad will be chief of the villiage where he grew up in about 3 or 4 yrs)

I won't scam, I promise baby

OK I TRST U K?

[Lbelle]

You should contact her again and say "I'm sorry there's a $200 fee to use western union - could you paypal me $200 to cover the costs so I can send you the $4000 back?"

I've heard of this working sometimes. Then if they come through with the paypal, Western Union them 4 cents or something just for the kick in the balls.

would paypal be the best way to scam them back? or is there another avenue I should try?

[archibaldcrane]

Wouldn't scam them back, it opens up more legal/liability issues, especially since you posted/talked about it on an open forum.

I would let the cops know, or the AG.

Nigeria.

The cops will be worthless.

[xopher]

It's 2009 and people are still new to the Nigerian 419 scam?

Throw away the money order, forget you ever heard from these people. You will only get into more shit.

[Jakson]

I know what I would do
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y14...nty/coffee.jpg
1333 Cups of coffee, throw the change at bums.

[zimzy]

Yeah... I went to the cash check store or whatever it's called and I showed her it and she took one look at them and said it was a counterfeit, and that's like the third one she's seen this week. She called moneygram, the place that makes the money orders, and they said all 5 were invalid. Then she showed me how she knew it was invalid practically the second I gave it to her, and I was like FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF because I just wasted so much time trying to sublease my apt to this person that was just trying to scam me.

GG

Should I angry e-mail this girl, or just not talk to her again? Also loldrama in this thread somehow?

cant believe you actually took a check she gave you to be cashed...as soon as western union was mentioned you should have known

[Lbelle]

Well no shit, but if it did turn out to be legit then I would have had a subleaser and no problems, why wouldn't I try to see if they were real before disregarding them completely? It's not like I can get in trouble from it either way, best to hope for the better scenario instead of the shittier one.

[Devek]

If we got married, I might be a pretty awesome guy.

Only one way to find out.

[Stumblingdrunk]

If we got married, I might be a pretty awesome guy.

Only one way to find out.

ask your ex?

[LinktheDeme]

I understand the scenario, but how would they scam you? I don't understand. If you cashed the check and decided not to give anything back until it cleared then you'd just redeposit the money and file a police report wouldn't you? Or is there something I'm missing. I understand that if you cashed it and mailed it then you'd be scammed.

[Elesirdur]

Um, just putting this out there as a logical answer:

$4350 = 1400*3 + (300/2)

So, three months rent at $1400/mo plus half the subletter fee, which maybe got mistaken as a security deposit?

That seems pretty logical to me.

[aurik]

It's a scam.

[Zigma]

You're getting scammed and you should be smarter than that. If you seriously want to keep some of the funds then just be prepared for the legal consequences there on after. Plus,
excess balance urgently through - Google Search

you've just made google. Turn the money in and report the user to the proper authorities. 4k isn't a lot of money.