is this a scam
TheBeatGoes
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i got this in my email box today, any other DJays see this one?
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is ithello,how is business over thereMy name is ********* ******** I am presently in the UK here i work as avideographer & Priest.[/b]The reason why i am contacting you is that my wife ******** will beCelibrating her 40th Birthday Party soon, precisely on the *** Of june(**nd or **rd or **th)2007,please check your avalability for this date becouse I will like you totake care of the Music aspect of the event.I came across your profile and am impressed with yourservices,experience,your kind of music of course is okay by me.The venue address of the event is ****************************We are expecting about 80-100 guest & its going to be an indoor party.The party starts 12pm-5pm according to our program of the event.You are to start performing when it is 1pm till the end of the party.There will no be any dance [/b]from guest nor familly for any reason whatweonly need from you is for you to just give us interesting music.All expenses would be taken care of by me;Please I want the bestservice from you, because she is my only wife [/b]& i love her so much.So your best production is needed at this occasion.Pls Let me know your CHARGES to work for 4 Hours on that day,1pm -5pmwhen the event will be ending,moreso let me know how you plan tomove down here with your electronics?I will want to put it to your notice that i will take care of yourhotel only if requested from you,please let me know how many of youwill be comming for this event?I hope to read from you soon & also to have your service QUOTEwhich will only include your travel,feeding, and your service fee.I look forward to your response and also your price package so thati can make quick arrangement of paying you a deposit payment sothat you can book my wife event on your calendar.Pls email me back asap.Best Regards
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don't how it could be a scam, he's not asking for any money from you. the bad english is suspect but it could very well be his 2nd language.
BOOK THE WIFE EVENT SON!
peace, stein. . .
plaese to elaborate. there's really no way to tell until beatgoes sends off a contract and priestie responds, at least that what i thought...
The content, the syntax, the complete disconnection from reality, it all reeks of a textbook scam letter. It really doesn't matter what sort of scam they're running, foreign videographer/priests don't hire soul/funk DJs and put them up in hotels for their wives 40th birthday party where nobody will be dancing. If this guy knows how to find a DJ through myspace (presumably how he found the OP), then he knows how to work a CD player.
hmm. twoply has me wondering now. please bump the thread as updates arrive...
"I work as a priest" + any reference to your (soon to be or current) wife = scam
Yeap.
Is he local? Is the party in some local where djs are plentiful, like London? He gave you the location of the party? Call them up and see if he has the room reserved.
Many scams start with getting you to reply. Thats the hook. Then they start reeling you in.
I had a scam start with an email that asked "did you get my check for your product I want to buy?". I eventually received the check which said "Authentic check" right on it so I knew it was good...
the location is a town about a half an hour from where I live so if he really knew the area he'd know that i wouldn't need a hotel. also 100% of my bookings are done via phone calls or in person meetings, no one randomly emails me because of my myspace page...it's just me DJaying topless with a heart drawn on my chest (it was valentines day)
HOT
...although as one R*bert Z*lla can attest, I prefer a cardigan and at least one Honeycrisp.
Seriously--there is no question whatsoever that this is a scam, and the naivete on this board is kind of shocking. I wonder how many of these dudes believe themselves to have been contacted by Sani Abacha's widow in connection with several million dollars that she needs to transfer out of Nigeria on the hush.
I can't for the life of me remember where or what the upshot of it was though.
Of course--I'm just surprised that any of the (mostly) young and presumably internet savvy people on this board would.
This is the type of schitt that your 70 year old aunt who thinks forwarding patriotic chain e-mails is acceptable e-mail etiquette falls for.
I'd thought that the days of chain letters died along with phonebooth stuffing and coonskin caps, but I suppose that some fool mothers actually (sigh) hand this shit down to their fool daughters - and sometimes, fool sons. Witness the disturbing regularity with which "There are 10 angels..." shudderfests invade otherwise wonderful, accepting, and wholly enlightening YouTube comments sections.
As 'yall were.
now my question is there anyway for me to fuck with this guy or should i just cut off communication and move on with my life
with the help of google maps i could not find anything at the address he gave me...stay away from DIPSON KOIKI
I'm guessing it's a variant on the usual scam where you are "overpaid" and are asked to send back the overspend, except that the original cash transfer from them to you is then reversed (yes, this can be done) so they end up with your money and theirs.
transfer all of the overpaid money out of the account as soon as it lands, then close the account. Do they have a scambusterbuster?
using a fake name/tele, get the check and never deposit it, then tell him it bounced and he needs to pony up a 150$ bank fee (in cash) in order to get his 50% deposit refunded..
that or tell him you only take post office money orders. that should shut him down...
DIPSON!
I'd go with option two.
Somewhere on the internet there is a community of people who string the scammers along until they can get face to face meetings. Then they snap a picture and post it on the net. The more hoops they can get the scammers to jump through without losing them the more love they receive.
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CHRISTIAN CHILDREN FUNDS(BENIN REPUBLIC)
20/22 MISSEBO ROAD
COTONOU
BENIN REPUBLIC
Dr.Dean Murray
CCF President(Benin Republic)
Email: [email]dean_adamskids@yahoo.com[/email]
Hello,
How do you do?
My name is Dean Murray, CCF President(Benin Republic) and I would be
interested in offering you a part-time paying job in which you could
earn a lot.
This job would be based on contract and commission terms, it is a
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honesty, If you would be interested in including a good-paying, part
time job to your daily list of activities and earning up to $2000.
I will just take time to make this explanatory enough so you could
understand what the job entails, before I go further I thought I'd
inform you of both who you would be working for and what you would be
doing.
As I have previously informed you, my name is Dean Murray, 35 years of
age, 2 kids, a lovely girl and a troublesome boy, and the love of my
life, my Wife, Tracy.
I am a somewhat multitalented man and I do quite a lot of traveling and
get to meet quite a lot of people who need my services.
CCF render helps and supports on humanitarian services pretty much on
orphanage homes , less privileged scholarship and giving proper
education on child abuse, sex education and subsidized medical for good
health most especially in the developing world .
I reside in London, England even as I have lived most of my life in
other parts of the world, I fully reside in London though I get to do a
lot of traveling.
Too many of the world's children suffer the debilitating effects of
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practical tools for positive change.
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are children.
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since children tell us the most about the future, that says a lot about
the world's future.
That's important to me and is one of the reasons I was attracted to CCF.
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Presently, the foundation (CCF) was granted a funding to head a charity
support project in the tropical regions of West Africa regarding
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an alarming rate and provision of basic amenities in support to
humanitarian services to the third world nations and this would be
commencing very soon.
However , our funding were by my American counterparts and they mostly
come in US based Money Orders and sometimes Cashiers Checks.
Getting an accountant in the states or opening an account would have
been my best choice but I have a deadline to meet and taking any of
those choices would cost me time and a whole lot of other requirements
I am not ready to deal with as I would be traveling a lot in the
meantime.
So presently, assuming you would be able to deal with cash, I would be
willing to employ you on contract basis to be my payment representative
back in the states
I would be issuing and mailing over money orders/cashiers checks to you,
which would be issued out in your name and sent over through a reputable
courier service. I received these money orders/cashiers checks as
funding for an upcoming charity support project I am to head in the
tropical regions of West Africa.
So once you get them in the mail, you would be cashing them at your
bank, deducting ten percent (10%) of the total amount cashed as
commission to the great effort you are rendering to help build the
third world and any other transfer charges incurred during the
transaction.
The rest fund would be wired to me via Western Union to wherever I might
be at that point in time (West Africa presumably because I have to make
my trip in the new week).
Bear it in mind that we would be dealing with quite a handful of cash
and you could be making good money working with me in a short period of
time.
If you do accept my proposal and intend to be part of this life saving
program, please fully fill the employment form, I included it in the
mail, it's self explanatory, just so I know who and where I would be
making my payments out to.
You could just send me the following details to my personal
Email;dean_adamskids@yahoo.com
1) YOUR FULL
NAMES....................................................................
2) YOUR CONTACT ADDRESS(NOT
P.O.BOX)..................................................................
3) YOUR PHONE NUMBER(S)...................................
4) SEX..........
5) AGE/NATIONALITY..................................
Do provide an address where you will be able to sign for the collection
of the payment.
I'll expect your reply ASAP so i can commence with you and thanks for
being part of the life saving family.
Thank You and God Bless.
Dr.Dean Murray
CCF President(Benin Republic)
?2007 Christian Children's Fund
..........A member of ChildFund International
Email: [email]dean_adamskids@yahoo.com[/email]
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