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Old 4 April 2017, 10:38 PM   #1
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Scammer?

When I got into office today, I noticed 3 missed call on my office phone. All 3 missed calls were made from the same number. I thought to myself, why didn't that person call me from my mobile if it was that urgent.

I called the said number and someone answered after a few rings. I said, I got a missed call from this number, who is this and how can I help? (The reason why I bothered to call back is because I work in a multi national company and it is pretty common for my other colleagues from other offices to call me.)

Anyway, the person who answered and was pretty hesitant. Then he said, my name is XXXX from Nigeria and I sent a proposal to your company. It is regarding a project in cooperation with the United States and World Bank.

I suspected something amiss and asked him, which company did not you send it to? What is the name of my company? He was unable to answer. So I said, thank you and bye bye.

I think I caught them off guard by calling back and they were not prepared with the script. Anyone have a similar experience to share?
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Old 4 April 2017, 11:16 PM   #2
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It's a common scam....
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Old 4 April 2017, 11:50 PM   #3
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Nigeria, who would have thought.
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Old 4 April 2017, 11:53 PM   #4
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Old 4 April 2017, 11:54 PM   #5
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Nigeria, who would have thought.
lots of princes there.
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Old 4 April 2017, 11:56 PM   #6
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Old 5 April 2017, 12:13 AM   #7
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Nigeria . . . 😂

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Old 5 April 2017, 12:25 AM   #8
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Nigeria, who would have thought.
I am gobsmacked too
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Old 5 April 2017, 12:38 AM   #9
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Did they offer you 10 million in your bank account?

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Old 5 April 2017, 12:44 AM   #10
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Why would they even mention the word Nigeria? Might as well say Hi, this is Scams R Us.
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Old 5 April 2017, 01:33 AM   #11
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Old 5 April 2017, 02:03 AM   #12
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With all the scams coming out of Nigeria, how does a legit business from Nigeria get anything done? Must be very frustrating for them.
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Old 5 April 2017, 02:36 AM   #13
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With all the scams coming out of Nigeria, how does a legit business from Nigeria get anything done? Must be very frustrating for them.
There aren't legit businesses in Nigeria.

Kind of tongue in cheek, but the institutional corruption there makes it extremely difficult to do honest business. My last company abandoned the market rather than engage the corrupt system (they would have been damaged in their USG business sector if they played the game).

A friend who is a rice specialist works for the UN in Nigeria and travels extensively in the hinterlands. His body guards carry AK-47's. They need them. It's a bad place and life is cheap.
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Old 5 April 2017, 03:04 AM   #14
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Old 5 April 2017, 06:41 AM   #15
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Old 5 April 2017, 06:43 AM   #16
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Nigeria? Had hundreds from over there
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Old 5 April 2017, 06:43 AM   #17
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Old 5 April 2017, 10:12 AM   #18
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There aren't legit businesses in Nigeria.

Kind of tongue in cheek, but the institutional corruption there makes it extremely difficult to do honest business. My last company abandoned the market rather than engage the corrupt system (they would have been damaged in their USG business sector if they played the game).

A friend who is a rice specialist works for the UN in Nigeria and travels extensively in the hinterlands. His body guards carry AK-47's. They need them. It's a bad place and life is cheap.
I have done real business in Nigeria. However I was skeptical at first.
Key is they wire for the goods in advance and then you ship them
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Old 5 April 2017, 04:05 PM   #19
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I have encountered something similar before...and like most of you here, why do they even bother to mention Nigeria. That is a big red flag...well, apparently, it was done on purpose. It was meant to filter out the false positive so that the scammers do not waste time and effort on you. And they can concentrate on the real gullible victims to be.
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Old 5 April 2017, 05:05 PM   #20
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I received a couple calls where the person explained to me that I have malware on my computer and they are Microsoft "tech support" reaching out to me because my OS alerted them.

My first response was, "that's weird because I don't own a computer." The guy cursed at me and hung up.

The second time I kept him on the phone introducing myself as Ben Dover...and responding in a nonsensical manner, while recording the call so I can play back for entertainment.

They're usually Indian, and it's well known they have call centers in India randomly scamming people.

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Old 5 April 2017, 05:31 PM   #21
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Old 5 April 2017, 06:53 PM   #22
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Unfortunately you might have been charged an extra fee to your phone account by calling this person back. I'm not saying that this is certain. But it is a common scam. I never call back missed calls to phone numbers from countries where I know nobody.
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Old 5 April 2017, 07:43 PM   #23
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I received a couple calls where the person explained to me that I have malware on my computer and they are Microsoft "tech support" reaching out to me because my OS alerted them.

My first response was, "that's weird because I don't own a computer." The guy cursed at me and hung up.

The second time I kept him on the phone introducing myself as Ben Dover...and responding in a nonsensical manner, while recording the call so I can play back for entertainment.

They're usually Indian, and it's well known they have call centers in India randomly scamming people.

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I have never heard about India scams. I know a lot of call centers were outsourced there, but hadn't heard about scammers from there.
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Old 6 April 2017, 01:47 AM   #24
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I have never heard about India scams. I know a lot of call centers were outsourced there, but hadn't heard about scammers from there.
I had that same thing happen last year.

A women from "Microsoft" called with the same story and I said, please hold.

Every 3-4 minutes I'd pick up the phone and say, I'll be right with you.

After about 35-40 minutes she hanged up and hasn't called back.

Don't know if she called from India but she had an Indian accent.
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Old 6 April 2017, 02:39 AM   #25
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a nigerian prince will send you a ceramic daytona if you let him deposit $100 in your bank account. $200 if you want the white face dial.
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Old 6 April 2017, 02:52 AM   #26
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I have never heard about India scams. I know a lot of call centers were outsourced there, but hadn't heard about scammers from there.
Oh Yes...and they have IT skills. The next step is they ask you to join a remote session, where the unsuspecting mark is asked to relinquish control of their computer and then they'll show you random program files and say they are malicious, then ask you for your credit card details and for $400 they will "wipe" them out for you. When in reality they dont need to do anything.

There are youtube videos posted by people who allow the scam to move forward to a point so they can record their operation and post on youtube. This one (techy) guy let the scammer take hold of a wiped computer he was using, and when the scammer knew he was being screwed with, he cracked into the guys home router and started screwing up his router setting out of spite. LOL.

This one can be particularly dangerous, because they can also leave behind who knows what on your computer.

In addition to the "MS Support" scam...authorities also arrested a bunch of people in India posing as IRS agents cold calling, although I haven't received those calls yet, but made bigger news.

Youtube videos on this one too, one in particular was a CPA taking and recording the call...LOL.
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Old 6 April 2017, 03:12 AM   #28
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Nigeria? you should have told them Nigeria is out. the current trend is IRS. I got a call from "IRS" few weeks back and told I was about to get sued by IRS unless I pay. LOL
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You mean.... you mean that $2,500 I sent to Nigeria WON'T get me the millions they promised?
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Old 6 April 2017, 04:01 AM   #30
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why did you XXXX out the name? you said Nigeria and scam, what are you protecting?
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