Strange Man

[Poppet7]

Very weird, I would've been freaked out. Glad you didn't get in the car, but then again, you're not stupid!

[Sark79]

Thanks for saying I am not stupid. The checks in the mail :-)

[Ironside]

is that a check as in an X marks the spot or a cheque as in money, guess you aint stupid after all sending the poor girl an X

[Sark79]

sorry, that should be cheque. I can't spell

[Ironside]

dont try that old one you were trying to get away on the cheap

[Sark79]

lol..yea you got me

[Dewi_cool]

A similar thing happened to me about 5 years ago in Safeways (now Morrisons) car park.

Italian guy pulls up in a nice looking motor shows me his business card and explains he will give me all this surplus stock he has, my eyes light up as he shows me a few nice suits and about 5 leather jackets.

He then says it's all mine for £80.

Mmmmm, so you're not exactly giving it to me are you.

I rifle through my pockets and find about £15, he then says he will take £50 and points to row of cashpoints.

I know for a fact I had no money in my account and told him so, I then pointed to one particular leather jacket and offered him my £15 for it.

He wasn't keen on the idea and drove off.

If this is a scam I'm not sure how it works, would he have held me up at the cashpoint? Because the suits and jackets looked good quality to me.

It was mid afternoon if I remember correctly, definetley daylight anyway

And Safeway (now Morrisons) had one of those car parks with a barrier where you show your shopping reciept or pay £2 to get out. So I don't think sticking me up at the cashpoint would of been a good idea.

I think I missed myself a bargain.

Same thing happenned to me and my mate in the southwaite services on the M6, Italian fellow asked if we wanted to buy some leather jackets, said he was a rep and had some spare, bought around 9 jackets for £80. sold them all but 2 for £40 each still got 2 left, u wanna buy one !!!!!

[Graham C]

Seems this is quite common

wish someone would offer me them !

[moritzey]

Sorry, slightly off-topic, but this is what I always have to think about when reading stories like this

ATTN: MANAGING DIRECTOR/CEO

IT IS MY PLEASURE TO WRITE AND INFORM YOU, THAT YOU WERE CHOSEN TO ACT AS NEXT OF KIN TO LATE ENG. EDEN ANDREW WILSON.

I AM SOORY IF THIS LETTER COMES TO YOU AS AN EMBARRASMENT BUT BE REST ASSURED THAT YOUR PARTICULARS OF CONTACT WAS GIVEN TO ME THROUGH OUR LARGE CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY AFTER A DUE SEARCH, FOR RELIABLE AND CAPABLE FOREIGNER THAT WILL HANDLE CONFIDENTIALLY A TRANSFER OF HUGE SUM OF MONEY,FROM UNION BANK OF NIGERIA PLC TO A FOREIGN BANK ACCOUNT.

THE DEAL IN DETAILS: - A FOREIGNER, LATE ENG. EDEN ANDREW WILSON WASAN OIL MERCHANT/CONTRACTOR WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF NIGERIA AND RESIDESHERE IN NIGERIA UNTIL HIS DEATH FIVE YEAR AGO IN A GHASTLY MOTOR ACCIDENT.

HE HAD A DEPOSIT OF (US$32, 624,000) THIRTY TWO MILLION, SIX HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FOUR THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS, WITH THE UNION BANK OF NIGERIA PLC BEFORE HIS DEATH IN AUGUST 1996.I AM HIS ACCOUNT OFFICER AT THE UNION BANK, AND NOBODY HAS SERVICED THE ACCOUNT OR SHOWN UP FOR HIS MONEY SINCE AFTER HIS DEATH TILL DATE.

ALTHOUGH, EFFORTS HAVE BEEN MADE BY THE BANK TO GET IN TOUCH WITH HIS NEXT OF KIN OR ANY OF HIS RELATIONS, BUT ALL TO KNOW AVAIL (HE HAD NO WIFE OR CHILDREN).

IT IS ON THIS NOTE SOME TOP OFFICIALS OF UNION BANK, WHO ARE FULLY AWARE OF THE INCIDENT RESOLVED AND ASKED ME TO FIND AND NEGOTIATE WITH TRUST WORTHY FOREIGNER WHO IS WILLING TO ASSIST,AND ACT AS NEXT OF KIN TO THE LATE ENG. EDEN ANDREW WILSON,THIS SUM OF MONEY IS NOW KEPT IN THE “DECEASED ACCOUNT” OF THE UNION BANK PLEASE UNDERSTAND THAT THIS MONEY (US$32, 624, 000) WHEN TRANSFERRED INTO YOUR ACCOUNT WILL BE USED FOR A JOINT VENTURE ESTABLISHMENT, AS MAY BE AGREED BY BOTH PARTIES INVOLVED.

THIS TRANSACTION IS 100% RISK FREE, FOR WE HAVE CONCLUDED EVERY ARRANGEMENT TO SAFEGUARD YOU IN THIS TRANSACTION.

THEREFORE, IF YOU WISH TO ASSIST US, HASTEN UP AND SEND THE FOLLOWING
TO ENABLE US EFFECTIVELY PROCESS THE NECESSARY DOCUMENT FOR SMOOTH
TRANSFER INTO YOUR ACCOUNT, TO BE NOMINATED BY YOU AS THE NEXT OF KIN TO THE LATE ENG. EDEN ANDREW WILSON, YOU ARE URGENTLY REQUIRED TO SEND TO ME.

THE NAME TO BE USED IN CHANGING THE EXISTING NEXT OF KIN AT THE BANK. YOUR PRIVATE TELEPHONE AND FAX NUMBER FOR FAST AND SAFE COMMUNICATION.

WE KNOW WE HAVE NEVER MET OR ENTERED INTO ANY KIND OF TRANSACTION WITH YOU BEFORE AS TO KNOW THE EXTENT OF YOUR TRUST AND HONESTY. BUT BASED WITH THE RECOMMENDATION,I PERSONALLY WANT TO BELIEVE THAT YOU WILL NOT SIT ON THE MONEY IF IT FINALLY GETS TO YOUR ACCOUNT.

IT IS ON THIS NOTE I CONSIDER IT PROPER TO WRITE AND ASK FOR YOUR CONSENT, AND PERMISSION TO SUPPORT THE TRANSFER INTO YOUR ACCOUNT.

PLEASE, FOR SECURITY REASONS ACKNOWLEDGE ME THE RECEIPT OF THIS LETTER BY MAILING ME BACK THROUGH MY E-MAIL ADDRESS.

I AWAIT YOUR URGENT RESPONSE,

YOURS FAITHFULLY,

DR. USMAN JAFFER.

[Graham C]

you sent him your bank details though didnt you Mozza

[moritzey]

Hey I'm a student. When there's nothing in my account to nick, he could only do me good, really

[bolt pp]

A similar thing happened to me about 5 years ago in Safeways (now Morrisons) car park.

Italian guy pulls up in a nice looking motor shows me his business card and explains he will give me all this surplus stock he has, my eyes light up as he shows me a few nice suits and about 5 leather jackets.

He then says it's all mine for £80.

Mmmmm, so you're not exactly giving it to me are you.

I rifle through my pockets and find about £15, he then says he will take £50 and points to row of cashpoints.

I know for a fact I had no money in my account and told him so, I then pointed to one particular leather jacket and offered him my £15 for it.

He wasn't keen on the idea and drove off.

If this is a scam I'm not sure how it works, would he have held me up at the cashpoint? Because the suits and jackets looked good quality to me.

It was mid afternoon if I remember correctly, definetley daylight anyway

And Safeway (now Morrisons) had one of those car parks with a barrier where you show your shopping reciept or pay £2 to get out. So I don't think sticking me up at the cashpoint would of been a good idea.

I think I missed myself a bargain.

the gear was moody, or he would have given you a different pile of jackets.
You should have dragged him out of the car and drove off.
then tried to sell the jackets for £40.
why did'nt you think of that?

[daveb]

id would of told him i was a police officer and seen how he reacted, but to me most of these stories  sounds like a cashpoint scams, the guy waits in the car while you draw out money but another guy is close by watching you type your pin you card get either stuck or copied through a false face on the cash point, hey presto they have your card (or a copy) and your pin number!

[Rod Paradise]

id would of told him i was a police officer and seen how he reacted

Guy in the pub did that once - wee fella in with a bag of pirate DVDs  - offers them to a guy who pulled a works pass with his photo - said he was from the trading standards. Wee fella legs it, leaving the bag of DVDs which were shared round the pub 

[thetank]

Good fold. Obvious dodginess somewhere.

Strangers don't give stuff away, all con-artists play on peoples greed.