Mr. Pinball's Blacklist--Index of Scammers--Individual Email for Scammer--robert johnson

Scammer email posted Sun Nov 14 00:17:58 2010

From: robert johnson 
Sent: Saturday, September 25, 2010 9:36 AM
Subject: Payment on the way


      Dear .
       I really do appreciate your sincere Commitment to this
      transaction. Payment and pick-up arrangement as been concluded. I just
      had a long discussion and Faxed your payment details to my Financial
      Associate instructing him to issue out this payment from what he was
      owning me on our last transaction and have it mailed to you on my
      behalf.I had requested that my associate includes my shipping charges
      to the payment to be mailed to you which you would have paid to
      my Delivery Company on my behalf.I please ask that you expect a payment
      of $3400 We have agreed on a purchase payment of $1000 plus extra $100
      making $1100, Please have that deducted once you have cash the money 
order and the rest paid to my shipping client Via any Western Union Money
      Transfer to enable the pick up of my entire goods in care of my shipper
      that he will use for all his flight charges and for the insurance of 
      my Item and other items like (motorcycle,washing machines,e.t.c) i 
placed order for within the states,he could have send the money to the 
shipping client but they have not yet assign who to come for the pickup not 
to case Demo rage fee on my side,i hope you understand?I am counting on you 
to handle this funds in trust,OK.Details for the
      transfer of funds would be emailed to you as soon as I get a
      confirmation from you that you have receive payment.
       
      I request you please deduct an extra $50 again for the inconvenience
      of having to wire the funds to my shipping client.Please do keep me
      informed as soon as this payment gets to you  just have in mind that you 
are helping me as well because i trust you from a distance.
      Please acknowledge this email I have sent you and await my Payment next 
week.
     
      Capt Rob.

                                              IN GOD WE TRUST

The above is the actual scammer email received. It has been scrubbed of recipient information.
If you received an email like this you have several choices.

Ignore the scammer. Do not respond to emails. Just delete them.
Respond, but only to lead the scammer on--to get a counterfeit check, to report stolen credit card numbers, and to waste the scammer's time. Time spent trying to scam you is time not spent scamming someone else.
Report the scammer to us and we'll post their emails so others will know about that scammer.

Whichever option you choose make sure you do the following:

DO NOT educate the scammer in any way. Educating a scammer makes them better at scamming the next person.
DO NOT let the scammer know that YOU KNOW they are a scammer. The scammer will always be nice to you if they think there's a chance they may still be able to scam you. If they know they've been discovered they will often threaten you. Their threats are empty, but are scary to some people.
DO NOT give the scammer any personal information that they cannot find in a phone book (name, address, and phone.) Feel free to give them lots of incorrect information.

For more information you may contact us by email, or by email form.

Mr. Pinball's Blacklist--Index of Scammers--Individual Email for Scammer--robert johnson

Go to: Home page, Photo Gallery, Classified Ads, Repair Tip of the Day, The Pinball Collector Register, Advertisers List, Site Map

© Copyright Mr. Pinball 2025. All Rights Reserved.