Minor Pleasures (8 Viewers)

[nooleen]

him: OK, keep me updated once you are through with the transfer


me: ya i super will

 

[тхеодоре кацзынски]

This could be the death of your poor mother.

 

[Theseus Mock]

On Thu, May 26, 2016 at 10:26 AM, Randy Preols <[email protected]> wrote:
....
Why are you so heartless?
.....
Mother will be well

LOL'd at that.

 

[nooleen]

i'm thinking of waiting a day or two and then telling him Mother was hospitalised with the stress on top of her condition

 

[nooleen]

he asked for an update

i told him "i have called my brother to drive up from newcastle to look after our mother while i go to the post office

he won't be here for a couple of hours"

 

[тхеодоре кацзынски]

Tell him your mother would appreciate some good wishes from him.

 

[тхеодоре кацзынски]

Just submitted my final essay for college. It should be a major pleasure but it feels strangely anti-climatic.

 

[nooleen]

Hello,
Its like you are not taking these serious, what is the update?
Pls get back to me asap

me: what do you mean i'm not taking it serious? i have my brother making a three-hour drive and my nephew talking to the british embassy in dubai...what more could i be doing?

OK, British embassy for what?
Pls update me once you are through with the transfer

me: british embassy to try to track you down and sort things out because we got very worried when you said you would call the police, we don't want to be prosecuted

What do you mean by tracking me down?
You funny,

me: to get in contact with you and make sure i'm not in trouble i mean

Its 17:38 now, any update about the transfer ma'am?

me: i'm still waiting for my brother to turn up
i don't think i'm going to make it before the post office closes

Ma'am, whats is going to happen now coz its getting late
Pls get back to me asap

me: my brother is still at least 30 minutes away and when he arrives i need to get mother settled with him and make sure he knows how to operate her oxygen tank etc., i just don't think i'll be able to make it to the post office before they close for the night

Ok,
Pls send me your post code so that i can help search for a Tesco shop around you

/i give him a fake but valid postcode/

The location you gave me is incorrect

me: what do you mean incorrect

It can be found on the search

me: if it can be found i don't understnad the problem?

 

[rettucs]

Hello,
Its like you are not taking these serious, what is the update?
Pls get back to me asap

me: what do you mean i'm not taking it serious? i have my brother making a three-hour drive and my nephew talking to the british embassy in dubai...what more could i be doing?

OK, British embassy for what?
Pls update me once you are through with the transfer

me: british embassy to try to track you down and sort things out because we got very worried when you said you would call the police, we don't want to be prosecuted

What do you mean by tracking me down?
You funny,

me: to get in contact with you and make sure i'm not in trouble i mean

Its 17:38 now, any update about the transfer ma'am?

me: i'm still waiting for my brother to turn up
i don't think i'm going to make it before the post office closes

Ma'am, whats is going to happen now coz its getting late
Pls get back to me asap

me: my brother is still at least 30 minutes away and when he arrives i need to get mother settled with him and make sure he knows how to operate her oxygen tank etc., i just don't think i'll be able to make it to the post office before they close for the night

Ok,
Pls send me your post code so that i can help search for a Tesco shop around you

/i give him a fake but valid postcode/

The location you gave me is incorrect

me: what do you mean incorrect

It can be found on the search

me: if it can be found i don't understnad the problem?

what are you fake buying off him?

tell him you have a friend who wants one too and get someone here involved!

It could have its own thread.

 

[nooleen]

he is fake buying a pair of old bikes off me

which requires me to send him £300, for reasons

 

[Theseus Mock]

When you get to the point of 'sending' him money, ask for some personal details off him. Say the post office won't let you send the money otherwise.

 

[nooleen]

Whats the update now?

me: thought you were finding a tesco for me? post office is closed now

yes but i cant find your post code
you can find close tesco around you on your gadget
or send me the correct post code

me: that is my post code, i don't know what yuou are doing wrong

you can find any tesco shop yourself
i want to believe that your brother is around now
keep me posted once you are through with the transfer

me: i don't shop at tesco

 

[Theseus Mock]

Don't go this far though: Japanese woman flew to Dublin over promise of €6.8m in online scam

Do you know where the scammer is from? Ask him if you can stay at his gaff for a few nights.

 

[Theseus Mock]

you can find close tesco around you on your gadget

Sounding very grandmotherly.

 

[nooleen]

First name: Oluwatobi
Last name: MAYOWA AWODEKO
Address: 11 rotana road Sharjah 00971
Country: United Arab Emirates (UAE)

 

[nooleen]

he sent me details of a load of tescos nearby i could transfer the money from

i told him "those are all too far away. it's raining and i have a bad leg"

 

[pete]

First name: Oluwatobi
Last name: MAYOWA AWODEKO
Address: 11 rotana road Sharjah 00971
Country: United Arab Emirates (UAE)

Bear in mind that the recipient in these scams is usually just some sap who thinks they've got a handy number doing a secret shopper gig or whatever.

 

[nooleen]

how does that work?

 

[Theseus Mock]

If you're scamming where there's a physical handover of cash, scam someone else to actually pick it up. (That's what the Polish woman in the story above claimed, but she had the sense to have full disk encryption on her laptop and then conveniently forgot the password to access it).

 

[pete]

how does that work?

Hire some gullible soul to do secret shopper job, checking customer service at their local western union branch. They get sent a payment to their bank account by the victim (that would be you) - who to them is another customer service colleague - then they toddle down to WU and transfer it (less their commission) to the scammer, while thinking their job is to report on the friendliness and efficiency of service of the WU staff. They're a money mule and WU transactions are effectively anonymous so the scammer gets your cash without getting their hands dirty.