Please help me -- is this a scam? - Page 2

Jolie77 · 10-28-2008, 07:44 PM

It's definitely a scam.

There are so many points that you can read between the lines to recognize it as a scam. Grammar is one of the point, and like many others said, by getting your personal information is another point.

If all those information does not add it all up, then you know it is a scam. Most of the time when you see things that are too good to be true, you know it is not the case.

HorseRace · 10-28-2008, 07:51 PM

of course it scam anyway..

SimplyMints · 10-28-2008, 07:59 PM

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Originally Posted by NorCal20

SimplyMints... [whack my head] read the backward? SCAM!- !MACS... get it?

Yeah, I got it, don't have to get mad

The exclamation point should have made me think it's backwards, but instead, it made me think of iMacs.

Hollisterbabe7 · 10-28-2008, 08:59 PM

def S C A M!! I always get those stupid scam letters in my email and I just click that away to scam folder to shedder it off.

crazyerica32 · 10-28-2008, 10:05 PM

yep it's scam... i usually get scam crap in emails I just delete them..

NorCal20 · 10-28-2008, 10:09 PM

SimplyMints, im not mad, just whack my head as "duh". You're having a long way to get know me.

SimplyMints · 10-28-2008, 10:33 PM

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Originally Posted by NorCal20

SimplyMints, im not mad, just whack my head as "duh". You're having a long way to get know me.

I thought that's what you meant, but don't worry, I take it easy, just playing. I know I'm still new here, and I have a lot of people to get to know, and it's hard for people to get to know me while I'm changing so much. (I hope people will some day because I really want a name sign, and I hope it doesn't have anything to do with rambling

)

restless_heart · 10-28-2008, 10:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Sunshinelady

then no contact with them. let them go!!!!
If you wrote one email to them, they would stay contact with you.

Yes, once you reply, they will keep bothering you no matter what. They won't stop till they get your wallet out of your hand...

Check this on out, it may help a little.

Bogus Lottery, Other Scams Target the Deaf | Reverse Mortgage Guide

LuciaDisturbed · 10-28-2008, 11:00 PM

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Originally Posted by SimplyMints

I actually had a whole fully featured 1 bedroom apartment in a complex for $350/mo including water, sewer, and garbage for 3 years all to myself before I moved here, granted I didn't live west of the cascades, so things out here were less expensive than the megalopolis. But that was my exact rent. Before that, I lived with my cousin and other room mates sharing a 3 bedroom apartment for $895/mo, so none of that threw me off.

You probably lived in the GHETTO.

I know, cause I did have a 1 bedroom place for $360 a month with EVERYTHING included except cable, and it was in the worst GHETTO of Milwaukee (North 26th and Wells). This was in 1999.

LuciaDisturbed · 10-28-2008, 11:04 PM

Of course it is a fucking scam. If you can't recognize it as a scam, then you are most likely stupid.

Bottesini · 10-28-2008, 11:08 PM

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Originally Posted by SimplyMints

I thought that's what you meant, but don't worry, I take it easy, just playing. I know I'm still new here, and I have a lot of people to get to know, and it's hard for people to get to know me whileI'm changing so much. (I hope people will some day because I really want a name sign, and I hope it doesn't have anything to do with rambling

)

Like a werewolf?

SimplyMints · 10-28-2008, 11:24 PM

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Originally Posted by LuciaDisturbed

You probably lived in the GHETTO.

I know, cause I did have a 1 bedroom place for $360 a month with EVERYTHING included except cable, and it was in the worst GHETTO of Milwaukee (North 26th and Wells). This was in 1999.

Ever heard of Eastgate in Walla Walla? Probably not. Most people haven't unless they've lived here, but in case somebody else has, they can back me up. Definitely not the ghetto. There is a ghetto in Walla Walla, but no way in hell would I be caught living there. Too much crime, ugly as sin, scare the crap out of me just to go outside, and I'd always be afraid my roof is about to cave in on me. I lived in a scary building like all the homes there before, but this was in Boise, ID. The longer I lived there, the less afraid I was that the roof would cave in on me, and the more afraid I was that the neighbours would shoot me through the paper-thin wall between us, and I knew they had a loaded gun, and they were the c... oh, sorry, I'll stop, or my name sign will be OT (off topic) or something to do with rambling.

Wokamuka · 10-28-2008, 11:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Tousi

You need to do a 180 away from this now.

As Tousi says, why are you still talkin' with this person?

Hear Again · 10-28-2008, 11:33 PM

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Originally Posted by LuciaDisturbed

You probably lived in the GHETTO.

I know, cause I did have a 1 bedroom place for $360 a month with EVERYTHING included except cable, and it was in the worst GHETTO of Milwaukee (North 26th and Wells). This was in 1999.

Off-topic...

26th and Wells? That's the ghetto allright. That neighborhood is ten times worse today.

SimplyMints · 10-28-2008, 11:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Bottesini

Like a werewolf?

The last of my hearing has totally gone over this past summer, and just yesterday, I got my last hearing test, and it's confirmed, completely gone, so I'm adapting to this new life without music, without sound at all, and it's changing my personality. So people are having a hard time getting to know me because of that. I'm having a hard time getting to know myself even. I'm figuring things out though. Just taking a bit of time, that's all.

LuciaDisturbed · 10-28-2008, 11:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Hear Again

Off-topic...

26th and Wells? That's the ghetto allright. That neighborhood is ten times worse today.

I bet, and I'm not surprised. I haven't been back to visit Milwaukee since 2004 or 2005. I only lived in that apartment for about ten months, and then I moved out because my ex was physically abusing me.

Sunshinelady · 10-28-2008, 11:52 PM

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Originally Posted by restless_heart

Yes, once you reply, they will keep bothering you no matter what. They won't stop till they get your wallet out of your hand...

Check this on out, it may help a little.

Bogus Lottery, Other Scams Target the Deaf | Reverse Mortgage Guide

thanks for LINK. that is good an information at all deaf PPL.
yep, I also got an Email from strange person, so I wont to open it. I just read on their subject, If it is nothing, then kick this email out. tho (peace)

Hear Again · 10-28-2008, 11:56 PM

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Originally Posted by LuciaDisturbed

I bet, and I'm not surprised. I haven't been back to visit Milwaukee since 2005. I only lived in that apartment for about ten months, and then I moved out because my ex was physically abusing me.

Yeah...When I first moved out with my boyfriend, I wanted to live on 19th and Greenfield because there was an upper duplex available for only $250/month. Once I mentioned this to my parents, they told me how dangerous that neighborhood was. I didn't know anything about the city (how neighborhoods east of 59th and National or west of Wisconsin Ave. were unsafe to be in). Now that I've lived on my own for many years, I'm familiar with the city and what places I should avoid.

Wokamuka · 10-28-2008, 11:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Hear Again

Yeah...When I first moved out with my boyfriend, I wanted to live on 19th and Greenfield because there was an upper duplex available for only $250/month. Once I mentioned this to my parents, they told me how dangerous that neighborhood was. I didn't know anything about the city (how neighborhoods east of 59th and National or west of Wisconsin Ave. were unsafe to be in). Now that I've lived on my own for many years, I'm familiar with the city and what places I should avoid.

WHOA $250 a month?

I'm payin' $600 for a studio!

Hear Again · 10-29-2008, 12:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Wokamuka

WHOA $250 a month?

I'm payin' $600 for a studio!

This was back in 1989 and was in a neighborhood people used to call "Little Mexico" since it had a high concentration of Hispanics and Latinos. When I went apartment hunting in 1994, it was easy to find a studio apartment in the suburbs for $300-$400/month -- and they were all in decent neighborhoods. However, I don't know if that's the case today.

SimplyMints · 10-29-2008, 12:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Hear Again

This was back in 1989 and was in a neighborhood people used to call "Little Mexico" since it had a high concentration of Hispanics and Latinos. When I went apartment hunting in 1994, it was easy to find a studio apartment in the suburbs for $300-$400/month -- and they were all in decent neighborhoods. However, I don't know if that's the case today.

If you get into an isolated city or a smaller town out in the country, the prices go down a lot compared to the better known cities around the country. At least that's the way it was a few years ago. The places are far from dumps. They're nice places. Scammers ... I can't think of anything more to say about scammers, so I'm gonna stop now.

Hear Again · 10-29-2008, 01:23 AM

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Originally Posted by SimplyMints

If you get into an isolated city or a smaller town out in the country, the prices go down a lot compared to the better known cities around the country. At least that's the way it was a few years ago. The places are far from dumps. They're nice places. Scammers ... I can't think of anything more to say about scammers, so I'm gonna stop now.

The suburb where I found studio apartments for $300-$400/month had a population of 61,000 and was located 10 miles from downtown Milwaukee.

As for how nice these studios are, I think that largely depends on the city or town. For example, in the suburb where I found studios for $300-$400/month, they left alot to be desired because of old carpeting, bad plumbing and old windows that allowed too much wind in causing higher heating bills.

I have no doubt that there are nice studios out there. I just haven't been able to find any where I live.

The duplex I mentioned for $250/month was actually a really nice home. Most of the homes in that area were built well, but the violence in the surrounding neighborhood was one of the reasons why rent was so inexpensive.

SimplyMints · 10-29-2008, 01:42 AM

I always imagine scammers live in ghettos because they're too fricken stupid to go to university and get themselves respectable careers. There, did I tie it back in?

NorCal20 · 10-29-2008, 03:32 AM

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Originally Posted by SimplyMints

I thought that's what you meant, but don't worry, I take it easy, just playing. I know I'm still new here, and I have a lot of people to get to know, and it's hard for people to get to know me while I'm changing so much. (I hope people will some day because I really want a name sign, and I hope it doesn't have anything to do with rambling

)

its cool with me.. im still feel like im still new to this. You know?

its cool if we get know each other to KNOW WHO YOU ARE. you know? ha. Nice to meet you, SimplyMints.

LuciaDisturbed · 10-29-2008, 09:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Hear Again

Yeah...When I first moved out with my boyfriend, I wanted to live on 19th and Greenfield because there was an upper duplex available for only $250/month. Once I mentioned this to my parents, they told me how dangerous that neighborhood was. I didn't know anything about the city (how neighborhoods east of 59th and National or west of Wisconsin Ave. were unsafe to be in). Now that I've lived on my own for many years, I'm familiar with the city and what places I should avoid.

Ah, 19th and Greenfield...the south side. I used to live right around there with a friend when I was 13, before I went into foster care. Not a very good neighborhood. Lots of gangs.

Dismal Shadow · 10-29-2008, 09:56 AM

Hear Again · 10-29-2008, 10:01 AM

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Originally Posted by LuciaDisturbed

Ah, 19th and Greenfield...the south side. I used to live right around there with a friend when I was 13, before I went into foster care. Not a very good neighborhood. Lots of gangs.

That's exactly why my parents didn't want me to live there. Instead, I ended up moving to 77th and Waterford (Milwaukee/Greenfield border).

SimplyMints · 10-29-2008, 10:09 AM

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Originally Posted by NorCal20

its cool with me.. im still feel like im still new to this. You know?

its cool if we get know each other to KNOW WHO YOU ARE. you know? ha. Nice to meet you, SimplyMints.

Always a pleasure

Um .. trying to rescue thread ..

.. Yeah, what most people have said, mark this scammer's address as SPAM or JUNK. If you're using a client, I recommend switching to web-based Gmail, which as a great system for dealing with spam once you learn how to use it properly and it gets to know you. You can have your mail sent to that box from your old email address, or tell your friends and business you've changed your email address. Scammers and spammers really like Yahoo for some reason, so I've had to learn to stay away from that because of that, and it has worked really well.

10-28-2008, 07:44 PM	#31 (permalink)
Jolie77 Premium Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Kentucky, USA (The Bluegrass State) Posts: 8,182 Blog Entries: 1	It's definitely a scam. There are so many points that you can read between the lines to recognize it as a scam. Grammar is one of the point, and like many others said, by getting your personal information is another point. If all those information does not add it all up, then you know it is a scam. Most of the time when you see things that are too good to be true, you know it is not the case. __________________ “Tough girls come from New York. Sweet girls, they're from Georgia. But us Kentucky girls, we have fire and ice in our blood. We can ride horses, be a debutante, throw left hooks, and drink with the boys, all the while making sweet tea, darlin'. And if we have an opinion, you know you're gonna hear it.” - Ashley Judd

10-28-2008, 08:59 PM	#34 (permalink)
Hollisterbabe7 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Neverland Posts: 984	def S C A M!! I always get those stupid scam letters in my email and I just click that away to scam folder to shedder it off. __________________ ~~~I AM A PROUD MOMMY TO A LIL PEANUT~~~

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NorCal20 -Surfer of West Coast- Join Date: May 2008 Location: Golden State Posts: 4,357	SimplyMints, im not mad, just whack my head as "duh". You're having a long way to get know me. __________________ "Keep it simple, simple is better"

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LuciaDisturbed ~~Future~RN~Nurse~~ Join Date: May 2006 Location: San Antonio, Texas Posts: 7,127	Of course it is a fucking scam. If you can't recognize it as a scam, then you are most likely stupid. __________________ "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." - Philosopher George Santayana. Implanted left ear 10/11/06, activated 10/16/06 - Nucleus Freedom My own CI experience, my views on CI and ASL and Deaf Culture and Society DeviantArt

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SimplyMints I love all my ponies! Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Eastern Oregon, USA Posts: 1,183 Blog Entries: 1	I always imagine scammers live in ghettos because they're too fricken stupid to go to university and get themselves respectable careers. There, did I tie it back in? __________________ "A world that is not on the verge of annihilation can still be perfectly stimulating, and definitely not boring." - Andrea Berlinghoff "Thanks to all my friends, I've learned that being different also makes me special. Besides, the only way to truly shine is to be yourself." - Lily Lightly

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10-28-2008, 07:51 PM	#32 (permalink)
HorseRace Registered User Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Austin TX Posts: 1,593	of course it scam anyway..

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crazyerica32 -Erica- Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: san jose, CA Posts: 4,589 Blog Entries: 5	yep it's scam... i usually get scam crap in emails I just delete them..

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