Email Scam

James Smith To office@mccoyconstruction.comMe Today at 2:59 AM Hello Sir/Ma My name is James Smith,I will like to know if you do Roof Repair?? If Yes, I would need your help because I just bought a House here in the City and I will like you to understand that I will be paying for the Inspection of the property for proper handling and estimation. I need the full Roof Repair for the house. Will be glad if you can do that for me..I will like to make a deposit before you go to the house for Proper checking and give me an estimation and i will also give you transportation fees for your troubles... Will also like to know if you accept Credit cards as form of payment. I will need your Company address and your Office Cell Phone Regards James Smith

Real easy way to spot is they are foreign and don't translate the request as it would be stated in english

I get those all the time and they want to know if we take credit cards very easy to spot

This was the 2nd time they sent me the exact same email within the last 2 weeks.

Flatbed, I also had someone send me a check like that at a time I really needed it. Part of me wanted to deposit it but I had that old nagging feeling that something wasn't right so I ended up just throwing it in the trash.

The guy calls me back a day or two later and I told him that I was on to his scam, not to call me anymore and hung up the phone.

Lo and behold, I check my email the next day and he's sent an email saying that I'm very wise to figure it all out and blah, blah, blah. He is now wanting me to become his partner in crime. Stating that we can make a lot of money together. Trying to use GREED to screw me over now.

I just erased the email and that was the end of it. :blink:

We almost got duped a few years ago selling a boom truck on craigslist. I've seen it a million times since then, but this was the first at that point. They agree to buy, send the check with enough to pay the shipping company. It was a cashiers check too. Not sure why the banks can't pickup on these things right away.

Anyhow, I smelled something and told my Dad to tell the guy he couldn't pick it up for three weeks after the check cleared. It bombed.

We hesitantly ended up selling the truck to a guy in Mexico(I'm in IL.) The only reason we went through with it was because of his patience. He knew that he looked similar to a scammer.

I get these about 1 every other week in a text. I texted the first time back to them telling them to call me in the morning. they never did and now I keep getting the same text with just different names in them.

I just saw this one last week.. I laughed and sent it to the trash! Too funny!

Anyone interested? :laugh: