Louvre Tec 3

They've very kindly replied to my email and seem to be very keen to give me this job - I'm so lucky!
Just pondering my response...

Re: Online Job Offer
Friday, July 17, 2009 8:30 AM
From:
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"Louvre Tec Products Ltd" Add sender to Contacts
To:
"Andrew
Dear Andrew

Once we makes a sale we deliver the product to a customer (usually
through UPS).The customer receives and check the products. After this
has been done, the customer has to pay for the products. About 90
percent of our customers prefer to pay through Bank Wire Transfer. We
have decided to open this new job position for solving this problem.
Your tasks are;

1. Receive a transfer payment from Customers,

2. Deduct 10% which will be your percentage/pay on Payment processed

3. Forward balance after deduction of percentage/pay to any of the
offices you will be contacted to send payment to. (Payment is to
forwarded by Local transfers (Western Union only). A local Money
transfer takes barely hours, so it will give us a possibility to get
customers payment almost immediately.

For example you have got 50,000.00 GBP

You take your income: 5,000.00 GBP


Our payments will be sent to your bank, deduct your 10% and forward
the balance to the company via Western Union only.

We understand it is an unusual and incredible job position. This job
takes only 3-7 hours per week.

You will have a lot of free time doing another job, you will get good
income and regular job. But this job is very challenging and you
should understand it. We are looking only for the worker who satisfies
our requirements and will be an earnest assistant. We are glad to
offer this job position to you. If you feel that you are serious about
this and be an earnest worker, All we will need for recording you to
our database is below:

Full Name:-
Address:-
Date of Birth:-
Your Mobile Phone No:-

David Smith,
Louvre Tec Products Ltd
http://www.louvretec.co.nz This is the real address of the company, but they're definitely not involved!

Louvre Tec 2

I've responded to their kind job offer as a man of the cloth... I'm hoping that, as a priest, they may accept a bit of moral questioning - I'm just waiting to see what they come back to me with...
I've sent the second email as they just emailed me back their original mail!
Not sure if they know what they're doing - here's hoping!
(I hasten to add that throughout this correspondence I am not dealing with Louvre Tec or any of their associated companies, as they are a legitimate company and wouldn't engage in such dubious practice - legal bit done! :-)).

Re: Online Job Offer
Thursday, July 16
From:
"Andrew andrew
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louvre.tec.prd@
Dear Sirs,
I have already replied to your original email - Please see copy below.
I am still very interested, but would like more information.
Please send as soon as possible, so that I may start working for you.
Kind regards,
Canon Andrew

Re: Online Job Offer
Thursday, July 16
From:
"Andrew andrew
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To:
louvre.tec.prd
Dear Sirs,
I am most very interested in your proposed offer of job, as I feel I would be of much benefits to your company.
I am not experienced in transfer of monies, but I can spend it and have had a bank account since I was six.
Could you send me more information about this opportunities please, as I would very much like to help myself and you.
I would also like to bring to your attention that I am a man of the cloth and so hope that my participations would not contravene my moral status.
Kind Regards,
Canon Andrew

Online Job Offer

Hi again,
I feel so lucky! I've been selected for an online Job Offer, by a New Zealand company.
I don't have to do much for them, but apparently I'll be rolling in money!
Check out the amazing offer below....I'll email back and ask how I can get this job....

Dear Sir/Ma,

Louvre Tec Products Ltd has grown to become a market leader in the design, manufacture & installation of a range of Aluminum Opening Roofs, Sun Louvres & Shutters. Many of our systems are multi-functional.

Established in 1996, Louvre Tec Products Ltd is a New Zealand owned company and operates from custom built premises on Auckland's North Shore. Louvre Tec Products Ltd is available nationwide and worldwide. Research and Development play a vital role in the Louvre Tec Products Ltd story. All Louvre Tec Products Ltd's products are fully engineered and tested for reliability.

Louvre Tec Products Ltd offers a full sales and installation service and will provide design ideas to complement your project. We need representatives in the United States/UK who will be in charge of all our payments from the United States and United Kingdom clients/customers.

Most of our customers from United States and United Kingdom pay through Bank Wire Transfer and Certified Checks which are not negotiable here in New Zealand. This brings our quest to employee a credible and trustworthy fellow as our representative to handle our payments. This would not affect your present job but serve as another stream of income to your good self. Being our representative and assisting us in processing the payments from our clients shall earn you a weekly salary and commission of about 10% of every payment you assist us with.
Due to the fact that we can not process the US/Uk Bank Transfers here in the New Zealand, we have lost in the past about £85,000 of net income each month because of money transfer delays. Most of our clients/customers who purchase our products need to pay large amount of money through their Bank wire transfer account and this is the reason we also need a representative who has eligible account to receive money for our company.

Your task is to coordinate payments from our customers and help us with the payment process. You are not involved in any sales.

If you are interested, email us back for more information


Regards,
Louvre Tec Products Ltd
Auckland's North Shore
http://www.louvretec.co.nz

Wendy 14

The previous posts were all from a thread on moneysavingexpert.com.
You can find the full story at
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?p=22502877#post22502877

Just waiting to hear back from another potential target - fingers crossed they bite!!

Wendy 13

Well it's certainly been fun, but I do believe that Wendy may have clicked on to what was happening.... It's a shame, because I was going to send her a link to this thread

Final email -

failure notice

Tuesday, June 23, 2009 2:01 PM

From:
MAILER-DAEMON yahoo.co MAILER-DAEMONahoo.com>
To:

andrewhow


Hi. This is the qmail-send program at
I'm afraid I wasn't able to deliver your message to the following addresses.
This is a permanent error; I've given up. Sorry it didn't work out.

209.85.221.98 does not like recipient.
Remote host said: 550 5.2.1 The email account that you tried to reach is disabled. 38si116038qyk.22
Giving up on 209.85.221.98.

--- Below this line is a copy of the message.


Ah well, it was fun while it lasted!

Wendy 12

As I hadn't heard from Wendy for a while, I decided to send her a further follow up email.
I felt that I was losing her, so I thought I'd go for broke....
Re: Your Gumtree York ad #40277229: Sony NIcam VIdeo Recorder - SLV E730

Tuesday,

From:
"Andrew Howden" To:


"wendy j wendyq


Hi Wendy,
I haven't heard from you since Friday.
I haven't yet received payment.
I am very much needing this money urgently as my cousin's sister's dog's husband's mother's brother's friend urgently needs medical attention. If they are not receiving this money then their much urgently operation to be curing their folliculitis cannot go ahead. And I'm sure I do not need to be telling you what a terrible circumstance that would be being.
Please let me know when I will be receiving the much needed funds.
If you do not want to help save this person, please let me know as I already have another buyer interested (and they don't even want a gift card).
Many be thanking yous as always,
Andrew

Wendy 11

Hi all.
Here's the latest email update to my "purchaser".
I'm not sure why evangelical Lutherans are desperate for a TV and Video shipped all the way from the UK, but I suppose they have their reasons
The phone number I have included is the Radio 1 Flirt Divert phone number, so I really hope she calls it (attention of the moderator - -I'm sure it's acceptable to leave this number in, as it is a publicly promoted number by Radio1).
Anyway - here it is......
Re: Your Gumtree York ad #40277229: Sony NIcam VIdeo Recorder - SLV E730

Friday,


From: "Andrew Howden" yahoo. com
To: "wendy Hi Wendy,
Please see attached invoice. I will await confirmed payment by Paypal.
I look forward to receiving the sum quoted.
If you have any further queries, please call me on +44 777 077 4914.
Please note that althought you had previously stated you were in the UK, your delivery address is in the United States. This is fine, but will incur an additional cost as stated on the invoice.
I am being thinking that you will be liking very much the products which you have been selected.
I am muchly looking forward to receiving your Paypal payment and will be awaiting confirmatiosn from them.
As soon as I am receiving such confirmations of payments I will be sending the items to you of immediately.
Best intentions, as always,
Andrew
Please see invoice below:

Invoice
Without Prejudice FromAndrewHowden

Customer - Wendy *******

Address – 2 *C****** S*****, W******r, M******, 2****7, USA

Items
Vintage Sony Widescreen Television £4200

Vintage Sony Video Recorder £5450
Standard Shipping £2000

Dog gift card Free
Gift Wrap Free

Total Payable immediately by paypal

£11650


Please note shipping has incurred an additional cost, as your delivery location is in the USA, rather than UK, as you had previously stated. Therefore, as they are bulky items I have had to add the shipping cost to your order.

Wendy 10

Latest email back from my beloved buyer.
I've googled the address they've given me and it's an evangellical Lutheran church in Westminster, Maryland in the good old US of A!
I'm open to suggestions for the next email to them - What can I do to get them to bite do you think?
p.s. believe it or not, I've had to annonomise the address details to protect this idiot's 'privacy'!!!

From: Wendy

Nope i do not want any additional item...Just the one i told you in my previous email ....I will prefer standard shipment .....
Address:2* C***** Street
City: W*******,
State: *D
Zip Code: 2***7
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Wendy 9

Here's my response - hopefully it will get a more interesting reply than the last one.
I feel they may have cottoned on.... but fingers crossed......

Hi Wendy,
I have prepared your dog card and the goods are ready to ship to you.
I need answers to the other questions in my last email though, otherwise I can't ship to you.
1. Do you want the additional item previously mentioned, bringing the total to £12350 (not including feed or bedding).
2. Will someone be available to help the courrier deliver the items into the house? If not, they will deliver to the kerb (at this point, you take responsibility for the items and must check for damage).
3. Please let me know which shipping method you require from the following options:
a) Standard
b) Standard express
c) Express express
d) Next day
e) Next day before tea time
f) Premium delivery (includes nude delivery driver (male/female) at extra cost)
4. Please provide your delivery address, so I know where to send the goods to.
Once I have this information, I will send you an invoice to your stated email address
Once I have received confirmation from Paypal that I have the funds, I will ship the item to you.
I hope this is acceptable and I wait to hear from you.
Please get in touch soon.
Kind regards,
Andrew

Wendy 8

The latest reply has confused me somewhat. I think they might be trying to figure out how to answer the rest of the questions, but I'll mail them again to point out the highlights. I'm disappointed they didn't go for the Jolly Roger card, as I'm sure there'd have been mileage in it

New mail:
Re: Your Gumtree York ad #40277229: Sony NIcam VIdeo Recorder - SLV E730

Tuesday, June 16, 2009 10:22 PM

From:
"wendy
To:
"Andrew H yahoo.com>


Okay i will prefer dog card

Wendy 7

I've just sent this email through to "Wendy" - I'm not sure if she'll respond though....... Depends how daft she thinks I am, I suppose...


Re: Your Gumtree York ad #40277229: Sony NIcam VIdeo Recorder - SLV E730

Tuesday,

From:
"Andrew Howden" yahoo.com>
To:
"wendy johnson"
Hi again Wendy,
Thanks for your agreement to the total cost of £9650.
If you so wish, I have one further item available which would raise the cost to £12,350, but this does not include feed and bedding charges, which we could discuss further if you choose to go ahead.
The items are quite bulky, so you would have to make sure that someone was available to help the delivery driver carry them into your house.
Unfortunately, due to your delay in replying, I'm afraid I've run out of the cat gift cards
and they've been replaced by our new Jolly roger card. Or you could still choose from dog, little boy, little girl or christmas tree cards. Let me know which you'd prefer.
Once I have your delivery address I will send you the invoice.
I understand you would like to pay through paypal, which is acceptable to me.
Please forward payment on receipt of the invoice and I will despatch the goods to you immediately.

Hope you are well and look forward to speaking with you soon.
Many thanks, as always,
Andrew

Wendy 6

7
When I received this one, I was surprised, to say the least.
I advertised a video recorder for twenty quid and now they want to give me nearly ten grand! And they want a cat gift card as well!
I’m still thinking up what to send back to them.
I think I’ve run out of cat gift cards…
Re: Your Gumtree York ad #40277229: Sony NIcam VIdeo Recorder - SLV E730

Tuesday
From:
"wendy johnson" To:
"Andrew Howden" < @yahoo.com>
Thanks for all this questions and sorry for the late response....I
agree to pay 9,650GBP to the item...I will be paying you through my
paypal account and the item will be ship oversea and make the gift
card a cat and also make the invoice to my name and this same email
address am using to contact you.Thanks

Wendy 5

6
I thought with this next email that I’d push the boat out a bit further, to see if they’d bite…..
Re: Your Gumtree York ad #40277229: Sony NIcam VIdeo Recorder - SLV E730

Monday
From:
"Andrew Howden" < @yahoo.com>
To:
"wendy johnson" Hi,
It's ok, the price is £5450, not £5510 - I never over charge.
If you're interested, I could add in the second item I have advertised, but that would bring the total to £9650. Let me know if you're interested.
And this includes transport and shipping. I just need you to send me the following information to allow me to send you the item:
How would you like to pay?
Where would you like me to ship it?
Which gift card would you like? (Dog, cat, little boy, little girl or Christmas Tree)
Who do I make the invoice out to?
Talk to you soon, I hope.
Cheers,
Andrew

Wendy 4

5
Turns out they’re not!.....

- On Mon, wendy johnson wrote:

From: wendy johnson Subject: Re: Your Gumtree York ad #40277229: Sony NIcam VIdeo Recorder - SLV E730
To: "Andrew Howden" < @yahoo.com>
Date: Monday
Ok i will pay 5,510GBP

Wendy 3

4
I thought I’d see in this email if they were on the same planet as me….
Re: Your Gumtree York ad #40277229: Sony NIcam VIdeo Recorder - SLV E730

Monday
From:
"Andrew Howden" <@yahoo.com>
To:
"wendy johnson"
Hi,
Many thanks for your email.
The item is still available, but I'm afraid the price you have quoted is incorrect - The cost of the item is £5450, including shipping.
Please get back to me if you want to proceed.
Many thanks,
Andrew

Wendy 2

I replied, but then things got strange...

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Re: Your Gumtree York ad #40277229: Sony NIcam VIdeo Recorder - SLV E730

Monday, From:
"Andrew Howden" <@yahoo.com>
To:
wendy
Hi,
Yes it's still available, if you're interested.
Cheers,
Andrew

3
On Mon, wendy johnson wrote:

From: wendy johnson Subject: Re: Your Gumtree York ad #40277229: Sony NIcam VIdeo Recorder - SLV E730
To: "Andrew Howden" < @yahoo.com>
Date: Monday
Thanks for your mail. i really appreciate your response to my mail. like i
said i will like to buy this item from you and i
want you withdraw the advert from gumtree. i'm using this opportunity to
inform you that i wont be able to come and
inspect the item or pay by cash cos i have been advice by gumtree never
send payment via bank transfer ,check,
money order or sending cash by post,that is why it will be safe and secure
for us to complete this transaction through
PayPal though i am a u.k citizen and i am willing to buy this item as a
congratulatory gift for my cousin and i would
appreciate it if i can pay through paypal.meanwhile i'm willing to offer
you the sum of 50 GBP.However if you don't
have paypal account you can just log on to paypal. com and set up an account
it
is easy and secure to pay and receive money through paypal.pls get back to
me asap or you can call me on this
number if necessary +447031***318
Thanks

Wendy 1

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From: Subject: Your Gumtree York ad #40277229: Sony NIcam VIdeo Recorder - SLV E730
To: @yahoo.com
Date: Monday
This email has been sent to you through the Gumtree system because you have selected to
hide your email address in your ad:


Is this email spam? Let us know here:
Is this email dodgy? Let us know here:

Contact: wendy

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Hi Do you still have it for sale?

Gumtree scam

I've been trying to sell a VHS recorder on Gum tree and I had a response that initially seemed fine - but then it looked a bit suspect when I received further correspondence.
I'm going to put the email conversation on here.....
I hope you enjoy it.............

Scammers are fun!

We all hate it - spam that scams!
However, I've discovered a new hobby --scambaiting.
I encourage everyone to do it, it's potentially hours of fun!
I'm going to use this blog to show some scambaiting until I find a better method.
To start with, I'm going to post some stuff I've already done, that you can find elsewhere - so apologies if you've already seen it, but my repertoire is somewhat limited at the moment.
Please offer comments and provide links to your own scambaiting stories..
Cheers,
Andrew