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This email came from [email protected] How are you doing today? I just got the tracking number of the payment that was sent to you. It was sent via FedEx with tracking number 771028821358 and can be track at www.fedex.com. I have called FedEx to verify the delivery date and i was made to understand that it will be deliver to you today. The check was in amount of $2,600 and once you have received the payment, you are to proceed to your bank/ATM and have it deposited for 24hrs. As soon as the check cleared, deduct your part payment of $450 then the left over balance should be sent to the store managers via western union for the items purchased for your shooting materials. As soon as the transferred was made to the stores, the needed items for the shooting will be shipped directly from the stores to your provided address. Also, every necessary details you will be needing will be mail out to you immediately we received the transfer details from you. The shooting materials were ordered from two different stores and the money should be split into two and send it to the both stores via western union. Remember that the sending fee must be deducted from the each amount you are sending to the each of them. Below are the details of the store managers where the money should be sent to via western union: ============================== ============================== = IMPORTANT NOTICE You are to get back to me immediately the check was deposited and it should be today, because we don't have much time ahead of us. ============================== ============================== = Below are the two store manager details where the money should be sent to via western union. You are to send the sum of $950 to Katie Reese via western union and the remaining should be sent to Lottie Armour. Name: Lottie Armour City: Covington State: GA Zip code: 30016 Name: Katie Reese City:Louisville State: GA Zip Code: 30434 As soon as the check was cleared and the transferred was made via western union, you are to get back to me with the below details: Sender's name...... Sender's address as used to fill the western union form:.. Total amount sent:.... Sending charges fee.... M.T.C.N:....... Best regards. Sep 04 14 07:39 am Link Please say that you didn't cash the check... This is most definitely a Nigerian style 419 scam. Here is a helpful MM link: https://www.modelmayhem.com/education/u … the-basics Sep 04 14 07:47 am Link Definitely not! It's all too fishy. Plus the person contacting never gave their name or anything. I would like to report it but how? Sep 04 14 08:04 am Link 10000% a scam! It's all over the net and radio shows that they leave you with the bounced check fees and get whatever moneys they can from you. Just throw it away and learn a lesson for even having given out your personaly information for something so silly. Sep 04 14 08:13 am Link Lesson learned. Thanks Sep 04 14 09:12 am Link I have some oceanfront property in Arizona for sale . . . .  Sep 04 14 01:34 pm Link SCAM!!!!! They really think people are that stupid? I guess some are, but Mayhem has their number.  Sep 04 14 01:45 pm Link Nor-Cal Photography wrote: Ohhhhh....I would like some of that property. Maybe we could work out a deal???"P Sep 04 14 01:46 pm Link Its a scam, this happened to me and the agent at the bank really helped me out before something bad happened. They ask you to deposit the money, its a fake check. As soon as you deposit it then they cancel and ask you to return a portion of the money and say you can keep part of it for your trouble. You send them back the partial money as requested thinking its cool that they let you keep part for yourself. But then the bank comes back to you because the check was bogus. You end up out the money you send You can even be prosecuted for passing a bad check to the bank!!! sick fuckers, they should be hung from their thumbs, there are a variety of variations on this scam. Beware Sep 04 14 01:51 pm Link No real company will give you extra money to pay a third party ever. You should 1) Report the MM profile if one was involved 2) Report the check to the fraud division of the bank that wrote it. If there is a local branch of this bank simply take it with the FedEx envelope there, as for the Manager and tell them you suspect fraud. 3) Cease all communication with this person. Sep 04 14 01:52 pm Link scammmmmm and I hate when scammers can't even take the time to spell-check... Sep 04 14 01:56 pm Link Bianca K wrote: If the message came from another MM member contact a moderator at www.modelmayhem.com/contactamod Sep 04 14 02:19 pm Link Spam, spam, spam, spam, spam. Here are the first few clues: Bianca K wrote: Not how most professional letters start. Bianca K wrote: Unless you were expecting a payment, this was awfully presumptuous of them. Bianca K wrote: DO NOT CLICK ON THAT LINK!!! Just in case it takes you somewhere other than the FedEx web site. Bianca K wrote: STOP RIGHT THERE!!! What's the hurry? Their check will bounce, and you will never see the money you sent "for the items purchased" ever again. Sep 04 14 02:21 pm Link Bianca K wrote: You don't have to read too far to realize, YES - IT IS A SCAM. Sep 04 14 02:26 pm Link  Moderator Note!Any time you suspect a scam please contact the moderator team at https://www.modelmayhem.com/contactamod Report what is happening so we can deal with it. Thank you Sep 04 14 03:31 pm Link The same old, decades-old Nigerian Scam! Report the original MM member to the mods, as mentioned above. You obviously gave them your email address, and at least, your home address. Now that information is out there in "scammerland", so expect many, many more!! Never trust any unsolicited outside emails! Do not reply to them, or other "offer" mailings you will now get! Sep 04 14 04:10 pm Link Scott from Saabnet.com had some fun screwing with a scammer. Enjoy: http://www.saabnet.com/tsn/class/scam/ Sep 04 14 06:39 pm Link Yes I have reported it to a moderator. Thanks everyone! Sep 04 14 09:02 pm Link One of the oldest scams in the book, actually. Sep 09 14 01:09 pm Link |
