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I get an email from a guy asking about my services to build a site. He then tells me his budget and what he's looking for. After confirmation, he has an issue his " private consultant" has the content aka text and logo, etc and he needs his payment as well so I should invoice him a certain amount of money once I'm paid I should take a certain percent of that and pay the consultant that way I can get the content.

Now I don't know what's the idea behind this or how it works I just know it reeks scam. I've gotten two emails like this one about a catalog where the guy had cancer and couldn't pay his consultant so I should use a percentage of the money he pays me to pay his consultant... I don't understand the logic these scams never have much logic. Anyway just lookout for this.
 
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Thoes nigerian princes are still here lmfaao. Yes it's 100% a scam if he ask for money first!
 
If you hear any story that have Aids cancer and they want money ignore them.They are trying to trick by playing with your emotions.
 
moonshine7000 said:
If you hear any story that have Aids cancer and they want money ignore them.They are trying to trick by playing with your emotions.
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Seen enough to know this was the most complex and well-spoken one to date though
 
I had a similar thing happen last year. They wanted a site build just like their local competitor (a tow truck company). They showed me the local competitor site, seemed legit. I provided him with a quote. He said we were a go and i required 50% down.
Then a get an email stating his partner who is the IT expert is holding the domain until he gets paid. I told him he didn't have to be held hostage, we'd do research and get him a better domain. That wasn't good enough, he insisted on that domain but needed me to wire him 1000.00 then he would get the domain and wire me back 1100.00 (why did he need my money if he had 1100.00?!?). Then he would send me the 50%. I ghosted him.
 
That's an obvious scam if I've ever seen one.
 
Index Sites said:
Now I don't know what's the idea behind this or how it works
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Your invoice is paid by a stolen card. The consultant is also him. He's using your service to deposit/wash the black/stolen money on your account and then converting it into white by making you pay a part of it as a consultant fee. You'll end up in jail and he will sip a martini in Hawaii island.
 
FBGuru said:
Your invoice is paid by a stolen card. The consultant is also him. He's using your service to deposit/wash the black/stolen money on your account and then converting it into white by making you pay a part of it as a consultant fee. You'll end up in jail and he will sip a martini in Hawaii island.
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Wow had no idea what the idea was, but makes sense good to know.
 
Sounds simmilar to:
Give me 2k so i can wire you 2 Million €
 
Unfortunately a tiny percentage fall for this stuff. If they target lots of people, they are laughing all the way to the bank.
 
Index Sites said:
I get an email from a guy asking about my services to build a site. He then tells me his budget and what he's looking for. After confirmation, he has an issue his " private consultant" has the content aka text and logo, etc and he needs his payment as well so I should invoice him a certain amount of money once I'm paid I should take a certain percent of that and pay the consultant that way I can get the content.

Now I don't know what's the idea behind this or how it works I just know it reeks scam. I've gotten two emails like this one about a catalog where the guy had cancer and couldn't pay his consultant so I should use a percentage of the money he pays me to pay his consultant... I don't understand the logic these scams never have much logic. Anyway just lookout for this.
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they want to use you/your account launder and/or wash stolen money. Don't ever let anyone use account for shady transactions otherwise you'd end up in jail despite being a victim
 
Razen666 said:
Thoes nigerian princes are still here lmfaao. Yes it's 100% a scam if he ask for money first!
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I don't think this particular case is the usual Nigerian princes scam, do people still do that anyway?

This approach is what virtually all fraudsters all over the world use in laundering and/or washing stolen money.
 
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