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Possibly dodgy scam…
Got an email in from ZETA TECHNOLOGIES with a UK mobile number.
Spoke to the lad – he’s fine. Great English – seems genuine enough.it looked a LITTLE dodgy – so I went digging.
Website (in the email) – exists but a dud.
WHOIS – revealed Liverpool address
Reason I’m wary is:2 signs for Port Harcourt and getting shipped to Africa. And if my memory serves…it’s Nigeria…and we all know about the Rev.
Want to pay me NOW with a transfer or cheque.
Looks like he’s grabbed two random images from the web and wants me to make a sign "with a bit of each".
Quoted £200 for a square foot square & a profiled 2 foot square.
Haggles like hell – stuck to my guns…take it or leave it.
HAS to be up in Aberdeen for 9th AM to get shipped.Still – something’s not quite right.
Anybody else get it today?
quote :Dear Sir / Madam,Could you please provide a quotation and completion date for two sign boards. I have attached a sample herewith. Pls find below the changes in order to make it look like what we want.
The boards shall be two pieces, the sizes are as given below;
12″ x 12″ and
24″ x 24″
The name “ZETA” (use nice fonts per your judgement) replaces “sign co”
The 3 words “Technology – Management – Training” replaces the 3 curvy words “signage – printing – awning”
The address “9 Valley View Estate, Port Harcourt” replaces “north highland”
The logo attached herewith (the triangular pix) replaces the picture and the wording “HUDSON” at the top.
Please call me on 077xxxxxxx for further clarifications.
Many thanks.
Kind regards,
SteveHmmm..>Dave
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100% scam. You can tell by the way they phrase their English.
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Dave, you know it’s a scam
to good to be true always is 😀
ask them for cash by recorded delivery and see if the signs are still as urgent.
and very odd that they picked a sign company as a pattern?Peter
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Dave ask him if he knows someone who might be interested in 400 6ft x 2ft banners that you happen to have lying around for a certain Rev.
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quote Nigel Pugh – Grafityp:Dave ask him if he knows someone who might be interested in 400 6ft x 2ft banners that you happen to have lying around for a certain Rev.LOL
As I said – suspected scam straight off – but it’s in the realms of ‘believable’ – not a silly number – so took the bait with a proviso (had 15mins to spare)…want it ALL paid up front – delivery UK address, and no – he couldn’t have it profiled at this short notice – just rectangular.
Will be a MIRACLE if it goes ahead.
The ONE thing that put me in ‘scammer’ mode was the ‘Port Harcourt’* as all of the normal markers were missing (HUGE sums of money, ‘cash-back’, overseas shipping trough a friend’s company, Western Union transfers, God’s blessings and nobody had died…)
IF he comes back with a card tomorrow – will go beyond the ‘number, date, verification’ – I’ll want billing / shipping addresses & issuing bank for a check / report.
*reading Paul Carter’s books paid off…
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And I’m about to get hitched to a gorgeous Russian blonde… keeps sending me stuff. and yes, im replying. lol just a few lines at a time, then more follows. going to see where it leads… theres got to be a mention of money or some hungry family soon… if not, ill bring her to SignUk 2010. :lol1:
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Congratulations Rob – but I’m a bit worried you’re stealing my Burd. I saw her first 😕
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quote Robert Lambie:ill bring her to SignUk 2010. :lol1:sounds good….is she 6’4" with big t!ts and legs up to her armpits :rofl: :rofl:
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but you cant have phill, she said i am the first person she has contacted over the Internet. what are you trying to say phill, my burds a tart? 😮
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Maybee its a different Burd then, cos mine hasn’t contacted anyone else either – it’s just that the circumstances and description sounded similar 😕
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quote Nicola McIntosh:quote Robert Lambie:ill bring her to SignUk 2010. :lol1:sounds good….is she 6’4″ with big t!ts and legs up to her armpits :rofl: :rofl:
6’4"………in that case Rob will only reach up to her armpits…………
john
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quote Nicola McIntosh:sounds good….is she 6’4″ with big t!ts and legs up to her armpits :rofl: :rofl:nah, that was just me emailing him. 😀
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quote Phill:Maybee its a different Burd then, cos mine hasn’t contacted anyone else either – it’s just that the circumstances and description sounded similar 😕
Yes, got to be different phill… that Russia must be a really bad place, all those poor ladies just doing their best to try and escape to earn a proper wage and send some money home to their loved ones… my heart goes out to them. if i can only help one, then i hope i am seen as a better person when my day finally comes… (hmm)
quote John Thomson:quote Nicola McIntosh:quote Robert Lambie:ill bring her to SignUk 2010. :lol1:sounds good….is she 6’4″ with big t!ts and legs up to her armpits :rofl: :rofl:
6’4″………in that case Rob will only reach up to her armpits…………
john
Not in my flared trousers and my wee Prince high healed boots john. 😉 :lol1:
Nik, i am going to ignore such comments… ad hopefully one of the moderators will see this thread and filter such filth.
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quote Phill:Nik, i am going to ignore such comments… ad hopefully one of the moderators will see this thread and filter such filth.
😳 :lol1: :lol1:well it wont be me………… :nana:
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Cant believe we have a public rebellion in progress? 😮
:lol1: :lol1: :lol1:
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quote Robert Lambie:Cant believe we have a public rebellion in progress? 😮
:lol1: :lol1: :lol1:
Rob, standing next to your Russian burd with your hair, she may well have a pubic rebellion… :rofl:
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quote Peter Normington:Rob, standing next to your Russian burd with your hair, she may well have a pubic rebellion… :rofl:
Peteryeh…..hes too sticky :lol1: :lol1:
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😀 😀
If she’s a Russian tart…would her name be Pavlova….or am I pie-eyed?
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:lol1: :lol1: :lol1: :lol1: :lol1: im saying nothing!
like the Russian guy with 3 testicles Harry?
Hood-yeh Nikabollockoff😀
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😀 😀 😀
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quote Robert Lambie::lol1: :lol1: :lol1: :lol1: :lol1: im saying nothing!
like the Russian guy with 3 testicles Harry?
Hood-yeh Nikabollockoffha-ah im keeping my reply for after :lol1: :lol1:
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nutters… the lot of you :lol1: :lol1:
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