by jsoh4040
Tue May 30, 2017 8:53 pm
I’m embarrassed to admit that I fell victim to a scam from the above website. I made a purchase on the website above. I’m reluctant to give out any more personal information on the internet, but I want to help stop this scam.
Before using the website I checked scamadvisor.com which reported the website as “low risk.” The site is not listed as “high risk”. I give them my name, address, and backup email address. I was even foolish enough to send money by Western Union at “211 Queen's land avenue Manjo” (address), Ebolowa (City), 00237 (postal code) in Cameroon. They contacted me using phone number which initially checked out as a person in Ohio with no criminal background. I’ve since learned it was a repurposed Google Voice number.
The scammers subsequently contact me to inform me that they had sent my order by FedEx and gave me a tracking number that never worked. The scammers subsequently let me know my package had been picked up by law enforcement and both they and I were in immediate legal peril unless I sent them $1500 to the same person in Cameroon to buy a fake prescription made and another $1000 for a refundable “custom refundable Insurance fee”. Finally, I was fully awake.
I probably should have just stopped there, but it was just too tempting to bait them a little. I told them I’d be happy to send any amount of money they want but I needed some photographic proof that they were actually in Florida. Unfortunately, they responded that they were actually a Mexican refugee and were in prison now and unless I helped them with just some of the money they were in immediate legal danger of being convicted and put in prison immediately. Once again, I was happy to help, and in Spanish, I offered them additional help as soon as they replied with information about their legal name and address in Mexico. I know I should just stop, but it’s very tempting to bait them further.
Advice?
Before using the website I checked scamadvisor.com which reported the website as “low risk.” The site is not listed as “high risk”. I give them my name, address, and backup email address. I was even foolish enough to send money by Western Union at “211 Queen's land avenue Manjo” (address), Ebolowa (City), 00237 (postal code) in Cameroon. They contacted me using phone number which initially checked out as a person in Ohio with no criminal background. I’ve since learned it was a repurposed Google Voice number.
The scammers subsequently contact me to inform me that they had sent my order by FedEx and gave me a tracking number that never worked. The scammers subsequently let me know my package had been picked up by law enforcement and both they and I were in immediate legal peril unless I sent them $1500 to the same person in Cameroon to buy a fake prescription made and another $1000 for a refundable “custom refundable Insurance fee”. Finally, I was fully awake.
I probably should have just stopped there, but it was just too tempting to bait them a little. I told them I’d be happy to send any amount of money they want but I needed some photographic proof that they were actually in Florida. Unfortunately, they responded that they were actually a Mexican refugee and were in prison now and unless I helped them with just some of the money they were in immediate legal danger of being convicted and put in prison immediately. Once again, I was happy to help, and in Spanish, I offered them additional help as soon as they replied with information about their legal name and address in Mexico. I know I should just stop, but it’s very tempting to bait them further.
Advice?
