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Wow. The famous African scam has moved to Sweden?

I answered an ad on craigslist. Here is the reply: ************** Dear *****, Thanks for replying back to our online job posting, requiring your tutor service for my Daughter, I would like to make a tutoring arrangement between you and my Daughter for the month of July 25 2009, I would like you to tutor her within a period of 4 weeks, on a schedule basis of 1hr Daily, 4 times weekly.We are paying you the first week teaching payment before she will be coming so that you can ensure you are hired for this work and we pay the weekly wages of $500. I would like to use these medium to inform you that my Daughter don't live in the US, she would be flying from Sweden to the US, I want you to teach her English during this period of staying in the US, if there is need to extend your services, an amendment would be made to your salary. The Local Library would be your meeting place with her, she would be dropped off/picked up by her nanny during the hours of teaching. Payment Terms & Condition: You would be receiving a Certified check that will be purchased from any bank in US from my business associates in the US, since i am from Sweden and Sweden payments wont be honored in a bank in the US, These check would be made out for the cost of the tutorial services you are rendering, and also for the living expense, nanny fees of my Daughter. Regarding this. I hope i can trust you with these payments, as the payment would be made out in excess, so all you have to do is cash the payment, deduct your part for the services, and send the remainder to the Nanny who would be contacting you with futher arrangements and instructions regarding pickup/drop off of my Daughter to the library where you would always teach her. So hope i can trust you that you will teach my Daughter good academics and some moral respects so that they can be good to their self in the future, i hope i can count on you for the tutorial and the money to be sent to the Nanny. I look forward to read a detailed message from you containing the following information, if you are OK with my arrangements, terms and condition. FULL NAME: MAILING ADDRESS (no P.O.Box please): CITY: STATE: ZIP CODE: CELL PHONE: HOME PHONE: GENDER: BEST TIME TO CALL: PRESENT JOB STATUS/POSITION: EMAIL: Thanks for your Understanding.

5 months ago - 2 answers

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They're no more in Sweden than you are :D This is a typical scammer response to an ad as it allows them to avoid giving you a US address where they live that could be checked out. By saying they are coming in from overseas effectively prevents you from doing any background research. If you know how to find the IP address of the email - and if the scammer is not using Gmail (gmail hides the IP), you could find out where the email has originated from. www ... Hint: think West Africa.

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by Alan M

5 months ago

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i'm surprised people still fall for this kind of thing.this scam has been around for years .

by bob- 5 months ago