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General Category => Warnings & Wasters => Topic started by: cassie on 14 December 2008, 02:29:32 pm
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Got an email of a Gabriella Cruz saying they had chosen my profile of girl directory to use in their new gamour mag and needed my approval to go ahead and that they would pay me to be advertised (alarmbells?)
I replied I would like to be featured, so they gave me instructions what to do, including giving them a number of personal details (funnily it matched the details the 'you have won' scams want) telling me they would send payment of ?2500 of which I was to keep 15% and pay the rest into an account as they instructed. Later I would get that money paid back to me as they were paying me the full fee for of ?2500 for being advertised, with my pic on the cover (amongst others) and a feature on the glamour glitz page.
Anyone smell a rat???
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A great big hairy one.
I was going to say money laundering, but I can't think of the reason why they'd promise to pay you back, unless it's with dodgy money.
But my main thought when reading it is "money laundering". It's a new one me. And there've been a few.
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It's yet another twist on the old overpayment scam. Run a mile.
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Oh, I have run a mile and then some! Falls under the category - Too good to be true.
I wonder, should I have posted this on the warnings page?
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Sure why not, I'll move it for you.
Here's how the overpayment scam works, buy the way: http://www.hoax-slayer.com/overpayment-scam.html
It's convenient when they tell you in advance that they're doing it!
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Sure why not, I'll move it for you.
Here's how the overpayment scam works, buy the way: http://www.hoax-slayer.com/overpayment-scam.html
It's convenient when they tell you in advance that they're doing it!
Cheers! x
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i just got that same email today!! ???
they just keep coming with the scams!! ni hit junk so quickly...