FOR SALE SCAM 101

Here is how 419ers scam people selling things with fake checks.

Pretend you are a scammer and read the directions below:


FIND SOMETHING ON OFFER

Look on any web site.

APPROACH TARGET

with something like this:

"I'm So and So the owner of { some business, usually in Africa, especially Nigeria, sometimes South Africa, but you know, it could be anywhere }.
We want to buy your { item which scammer probably doesn't care about, though it would be a bonus }.
Optional variations:
I run a store and I want to stock your { item }.
I have a wealthy client who wants your { item }.
I accept your price.
Now about payment.
Some guy I know owes me money.
He owes me a lot more than the price you are asking for your { item }.
He will send you a check for the amount he owes me.
You will send me the { item } by money order, PLUS the difference between what he owes me and what you owe me.
Got it?
Never mind about the details, leave it all to me, heh heh heh.
Send me a bunch of information about yourself which I don't really need but which obfuscates the whole thing.
By the time the check you got bounces, I will have your money order, which will not bounce.
Let's do this scam."

RECEIVE WESTERN UNION MONEY ORDER

Boast to friends. If scammers have friends.



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