Times must be tough if you Yankies need to run pellet scams...

Got this email this morning;

Name: Nathan Smith
Phone: 3237868421
Email: [email protected]
State: California
Inquiry: Dear Sir/Madam, My name is Nathan Smith and I am the owner of Grinaco Company Ltd. Please endeavor to contact me back regarding an order inquiry of your products and service. I would actually like to know if you can supply me with wood pellets/biomass pellet for my order. Kindly let me know if you can help regarding this order inquiry so that I will get back to you with detailed information as soon as possible. NB: Also let me know if you deal in fireplace and wood pellet mill. Looking forward to welcome your response. Thank you, Nathan. Tel:+13237868421

Just googled him and got this;
3237868421 / 323-786-8421 - Unknown Caller Lookup

Seems like a hard way to make a buck.....

 

Hell, that could be folks from Outer Mongolia. You can do a lot of things via a trash and burn telephone number and a bit of tech.

 

Nah going by the responses on the "Unknown caller" site it seems this guy is in the US.
Plus he must be telling the truth since he is a Reverend.

 

Yup just like the IRS scams that light up your caller id with a real IRS number. That and a few of the Reverands are less than honest. You get a twofer for a reverand with a IRS caller id number. Then we can talk County Court House numbers actually from over seas. I like the Micky Mouse Software you have an infected computer calls. I have a good time with them since I don't have a spinning version of that stuff on any of the systems connected to the internet.

 

Well if it's on the internet, it's gotta be true!

 

Ahh, mate have a crownie, glad you saw thru it.. ... I have spent some time up by the "heart" in Vic, while studying at MIT.... but you shouldn't be needing heat now anyway...

 

Don't mind if I do

Got a son at RMIT right now as it happens.

 

still one of my favorite beers.... I want GOOD . because most here won't know what a crownie is..

 

It could be and probably is some other country. Their english is better than it used to be but it is still off. I get those all the time. They want to know how much i would charge to "service" x number of computers where x is some ridiculously large number. Sometimes they even make an offer for some ridiculous high price for service nobody in their right mind would never pay for computer service. like "we need to hire someone to remove viruses on 250 computers and are not willing to pay more than $525 per computer"

LOL.

 

These scammers buy throw away phones then register them as if they live in the US to give them some street cred with the people they are scamming. The last dozen or so things I've listed for sale on Craig's List have had scammers with US #s trying to get me to give them my home address... seems they are selling my cell phone number and address to tele marketeers.

I had one guy with a California phone number tell me he wanted the drum set I was selling and he'd pick it up in two hours if I would give him my address... I live 2000 miles away in Wisconsin! Fast car...

 

THey havent got that sophisticated here yet. It is mainly Nigerian scams. I don't think Aussie numbers are valuable enough for telemarketers for anyone to bother.
This particular scam is something which would bother me if I ever washed my car (which I dont);
Children hide as car wash thieves try to raid victim's house

 

We get those cranks all the time.
I just punch clear and go about my business.

I stopped the computer email crap too.

I run a late edition of Linux (Zorin)

Any garbage that wants to install and cause mayhem is pretty much stalled, as any mods to the OS must have Root privilege in order to access (Password)

I get little popups ever so often saying "Please enter your password"


NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO, I don't think so

DELETE, DELETE, DELETE

 

We scam here in the states when times are good as well.

 

I have a pellet mill on St. Croix USVI and will be producing palm tree pellets, free shipping globally. $199.00/ton CBD cash before delivery.
be patient ships by boat.

 

And they will kick the chit out'a Doug Firs ,super Hot and No ash never have to clean your stove ever

 

Coconut fuzz pellets for an additional charge

 

Don't forget the lime?

 

I think you are talkin Smokey Bear"s language.