I gave a scammer an address for the money
22-06-2019
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22-06-2019
01:26 AM
I gave a scammer an address for the money
Yup. After yet another Homeaway/VRBO inquiry that said the guest's company was taking care of the payment, so they could only send a company or certified check, I wrote back:
"Sure, you can send a check for $5,000 to:
You're a Scammer
Go F*** Yourself, NY 00000."
And I wasn't even drunk.
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@Ann72 . So I am sitting here with little to do, so I have culled some addresses for you to consider in the future:
Holding Cell C, Room 1001, 75-20 Astoria Blvd., East Elmhurst , NY 11370
Scammers Corner, Seventh Ave. and 32nd St., New York, NY 10001
Detective in Charge, 26 Federal Plaza, New York, NY 10278
Go have a cocktail. Rumor is the "Sun will Come Out Tomorrow!"
22-06-2019
12:06 PM
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22-06-2019
12:06 PM
@Susan151 Fell asleep laughing to this one.
Is there really a Scammers Corner in my fair city? As the address is right by Penn Station, where there are a lot of easy marks wandering around, it makes sense, but I've never heard of it!
I'll CC the Detective in Charge on my next missive. 🙂
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01:57 PM
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03:17 PM
@Susan151 Oh, well done! You nailed it. And I've learned that you have to be held in Astoria before you get to visit Rikers Island. Rikers has an average 3.2 star review (https://www.google.com/maps/place/Rikers+Island/@40.7920528,-73.8905395,15z/data=!4m7!3m6!1s0x89c2f5...) - I'm sure that if we took it over and ran it as an Airbnb we could get that rating up.
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22-06-2019
11:58 AM
@Branka-and-Silvia0 How do email scams ever work? I can only guess that greed, desperation, stupidity, and wild hope play a part. On both sides.
As to how it works in practice, I think they send you a cashier's check for more than the total and ask you to wire the balance back to them. Then the check bounces. It's an old one, so it either still works some of the time, or scammers are just going through an old copy of Scamming for Dummies and trying it out.
22-06-2019
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03:11 PM
😆
my morning coffee came out my nose I’m laughing so hard!
I 💖 you guys!
22-06-2019
11:52 PM
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22-06-2019
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@Lizziecan you or Stephanie or Quincy (their names don't come up) please direct @Shanterian0 to the right place? I think she's lost.
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