Roommates.com Scam
i'm registered on roommates.com so i can try and find a roommate. there have been a few emails that i've gotten from so-called "models" who happen to be out of the country for one reason or another. one was in africa, one was in korea, and now this latest one, "jenny williams" is in thailand.
after the first one i got, i decided to look into this crap, and found that they give you some bullshit about how they need you to use western union to wire them a crapload of money for travel expenses, and they list their move in date as a week away so that they can use the excuse that they don't have time to wait for a check from their manager to clear.
i first received an email from this girl, and she seemed normal enough. no mention of modeling, thailand, or broken english. i replied, thinking this might be a real person, and this is what i got in return.
On 4/3/06, jenny williams wrote:
Hello,
How is everything,? hope all is well over there, Am very happy for your quick response, yes am a female, i should have love to come and see the place in person Unfortunatelly i am not chanced.I will like to know if you can email me some pictures of the place.Cuz am presently out of the country, am in Thailand.i came to see my mum she was involed in auto accident and that affected her brain. i want to come there to stay and start up something, am an international model, open minded person, i love clean place, i will like to know the moving in price and i will like to now the method of payment
Best Regard.
jenny.
here is my reply:
so, this is a scam of some sort, so how bout you tell me how much money you need me to send you so you can fly over here, i'll tell you that i'm a registered sex offender, and we'll call it a day, ok?
$10 says i don't get a reply back
after the first one i got, i decided to look into this crap, and found that they give you some bullshit about how they need you to use western union to wire them a crapload of money for travel expenses, and they list their move in date as a week away so that they can use the excuse that they don't have time to wait for a check from their manager to clear.
i first received an email from this girl, and she seemed normal enough. no mention of modeling, thailand, or broken english. i replied, thinking this might be a real person, and this is what i got in return.
On 4/3/06, jenny williams wrote:
Hello,
How is everything,? hope all is well over there, Am very happy for your quick response, yes am a female, i should have love to come and see the place in person Unfortunatelly i am not chanced.I will like to know if you can email me some pictures of the place.Cuz am presently out of the country, am in Thailand.i came to see my mum she was involed in auto accident and that affected her brain. i want to come there to stay and start up something, am an international model, open minded person, i love clean place, i will like to know the moving in price and i will like to now the method of payment
Best Regard.
jenny.
here is my reply:
so, this is a scam of some sort, so how bout you tell me how much money you need me to send you so you can fly over here, i'll tell you that i'm a registered sex offender, and we'll call it a day, ok?
$10 says i don't get a reply back