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Re: tutor scam
Posted by they get away with it because nobody takes it seriously on 7/01/08
Hey TP,
Did they catch you in the scam or did you figure it out before
you sent any money back to them?
I have heard a lot of people saying that these scammers aren't
committing that bad of a crime and people are just losing a
little money.
But I think it is a terrible crime. I heard the police and
government really don't care about it. Awful.
But that is why these criminals do this and get away with it.
Nobody cares that they are doing it. Everyone thinks the
victims are idiots who have it coming for being naive. And once
caught, the criminals do almost no time.
A woman was convicted somewhere in the US of being involved in
this. She only got 2 years. She gave up all of her N*gerian
contacts and they are trying to extradite them but my guess is
nothing will happen to any of them. They only got busted
because they got this old man for $320,000.
When I get my check, I am really interested to see where they
want the money wired to or sent to. Will they give me a foreign
bank account, a US bank account, an address, a po box? Can't
wait to see. I am going to be careful not to touch the check so
that I can preserve any possible fingerprints. But I'll bet the
authorities won't even care.
If I counterfeited a $100 dollar bill, the government would
care a lot. But if someone counterfeits a $4000 check so rob an
individual citizen, they probably could care less.
I'll update you what the authorities say when I call them. You
said FTC, right.
On 7/01/08, TP wrote:
> Of all professions to scam, these people try to scam teachers
> and tutors, who can barely make a living. That's just pure
> evil.
>
> I answered an ad on Craigslist (San Diego) offering an
> ENGLISH TUTORING POSITION. He told me via e-mail that his
> name is CHARLES DESMOND, has two kids (John and Prisilia), is
> originally from Spain, but currently living in London. He
> included this little sob story about his sick father:
>
> "I want to pay you $1400 in advance before our arrival to the
> US. I will send you one of my US cashier check of $4200 which
> i bought the last time i came to the US.I will write the
> check payable to your name so you could cash it at your
> bank.I am sending you that much money because of my dad's
> sickness which i spent lots of money to rescue his life
> because he is so precious to me. My dad got sick couple of
> weeks ago which made me spent lots of money taking care of
> his medical bills. The cashier check is for US which is
> cashable at your bank and its not cashable here in UK. As
> soon as you receive the check, take it to the bank and cash
> it and deduct $1400. Then send the balance of the money to my
> ticket agent in London so i can buy the family ticket to fly
> there by June."
>
> I am planning to create an ad on the San Diego Craigslist to
> warn people about this scam.
>
> Here is another website that mentions about this scam.
>
> http://amenaspointyhat.livejournal.com/316171.html?
> view=1529867#t1529867
>
Posts on this thread, including this one
- tutor scam, 6/25/08, by this is awful.
- Re: tutor scam, 6/25/08, by here is the email that clued me in I was being scammed.
- Re: tutor scam, 6/26/08, by Roy in SA.
- Re: tutor scam, 6/26/08, by almost scammed.
- Re: tutor scam, 6/30/08, by Pat.
- Re: tutor scam, 6/30/08, by almost scammed.
- Re: tutor scam, 6/30/08, by Pragmatic.
- Re: tutor scam, 7/01/08, by George.
- Re: tutor scam, 7/01/08, by give the check to the police.
- Re: tutor scam, 7/01/08, by OP to george.
- Re: tutor scam, 7/01/08, by George.
- Re: tutor scam, 7/01/08, by George.
- Re: tutor scam, 7/01/08, by TP.
- Re: tutor scam, 7/01/08, by they get away with it because nobody takes it seriously.
- Re: tutor scam, 7/01/08, by Rich/CA/Math.
- Re: tutor scam, 7/01/08, by OP.
- Re: tutor scam, 7/02/08, by Pragmatic.
- Re: tutor scam, 7/02/08, by OP.
- Re: tutor scam, 7/11/08, by Bess.
- Re: tutor scam, 7/11/08, by OP.
- Re: tutor scam, 8/09/08, by got one too.
- Re: tutor scam, 8/26/08, by blewis77.
- Re: Tutor scam from the Philippines, 9/02/08, by Kristen.
- Re: Got fake check in the mail, 9/03/08, by Original Poster.
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