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| Having Fun... |
By: LuisM | On: Jun 17 2009 |
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So recently I’ve had the greatest opportunity to mess around with one of the biggest and most annoying type of people anyone can encounter, a scam artist. Lately I’ve been posting ads online for all sorts of things, including tutoring and not too long ago I was handed the pleasure of exchanging e-mails with a scam artist called Mario Laja Quadri who is apparently looking for a math tutor for his 14 year old son. Let’s look at the e-mails that went back and forth shall we?
[First E-Mail Request from "Mario Laja Quadri”]
From: laja quadri (mrquadri2@gmail.com)
Sent: Sun 6/14/09 9:20 PM
To: Luis M
Subject: Summer Packet Tutoring! - Spanish/Math/Science
hello,please kindly get back to me if u are still available to tutor
my son on this lesson...
thanks....
Note: DO take a note of the poor English and grammar used, I figured it was some sort of typo so I happily replied the following.
[My Response]
Thanks for contacting me, I am available to tutor. Could you tell me the specifics of what your son needs?
[Second E-Mail from "Mario Laja Quadri”]
From: laja quadri (mrquadri2@gmail.com)
Sent: Mon 6/15/09 1:48 PM
To: Luis M
Subject: Summer Packet Tutoring! - Spanish/Math/Science
Thanks for replying to me Ad and so sorry for not getting back to you so sooner.Well My name is Mario Laja Quadri ,Am from united state but currently based in Jamaica with my wife and children,my son will be coming for an holiday in U.S,and i want him to be busy throughout..Therefore, i just want to know may be he can always come to you and teach him great things on every morning ,afternoon or evening on math lesson . If this is possible,i will want you to back to me with the cost of your teaching for a month which can start as soon as he get to the state..he should be in the state very soon and will be coming to your house or meet at your nearest library for 1 hour each morning or afternoon or evening, I have someone that will always drive him down to your house.. My son name is junior ,he is 14 years old. I will want you to calculate 1 hour per day for Monday,Wednesday,Friday for the whole 1 MONTH,and get back to me so that we can arrange on payment.Kindly get back to me with...... TOTAL CHARGES FOR 1 MONTH THAT HE WILL BE TAUGHT 3 TIMES PER WEEK.. Thanks and waiting to read from you soon.
Mr Quadri
Note: Once again, notice the poor English and grammar. His reply raised plenty of red flags due to the fact that there is a lack of specific information, everything is vague and there is no mention of any specific location, city or county. Just something mentioning about nearest library but then his son will have someone drive him to my house? Which is it?
But As you’ll see on my response below, I go over the top with my price since I’ve already caught on to his little game, I did a little bit of research and found out that this isn’t anything new since found his name on a web site with the same e-mail and name [http://partiallyawesome.blogspot.com/2009/05/conman-uses-broken-english-to-lure.html], here is where the fun starts.
[My Response]
Hello, okay well my price is $5000.00 for the month with a $500.00 down payment.
Tutoring math is fine with me.
[Third E-Mail from "Mario Laja Quadri”]
From: laja quadri (mrquadri2@gmail.com)
Sent: Tue 6/16/09 5:15 PM
To: Luis M
Subject: URGENT : Summer Packet Tutoring! - Spanish/Math/Science
Well my son is still new at this.so you just have to start from the beginning with him,i will also ask him to bring other materials needed so if there is any hand book needed just let me know with the charges for it OK, my son will be coming down there..I have make contacts with my son concerning the arrangement of the tutoring which he told me is alright by him and that he will be making arrangement for his arrival any moment from now to commence .So I want you to know that I am going to pay for a 1 WEEK payment like you said which is $500 and also i want you to know that i will instruct my client in the state and will be sending you my salary payment,so the rest of the fund will be used to get accommodation beside your location and any other arrangement for the lesson,So as soon as you get the payment then you will have it process and deduct your cost of tutoring for a month, and send remaining funds to my nanny so that he can relocate my son accommodation to your nearest address for him to attend the lesson in the appropriate time.i think i can trust you with the remainder of the funds since you are going to be my son tutor.Regarding this kindly get back to me with your full information to receive the payment where its will be made out in time
Your full name .............................. ..........................
Your full address,apt # with zip code..........................
Your phone number for contact................................
Thanks and waiting to read from you soon
Warmest Regards........
Note: Oh now we’re getting down to business, money and information required. And the fun continues. Do take a note of the name and address I respond with =].
[My Response]
Hi.
$500 is the down payment for one month.
$5000 is for the month.
Here is my info
Full Name: Juan Pancho de la Villa
Address: 245 Suckish St - Silver Spring, MD 20906
Phone Number: (301) 321-7654
If you have material, that's fine. I can provide some too.
[Fourth E-Mail from "Mario Laja Quadri”]
From: laja quadri (mrquadri2@gmail.com)
Sent: Tue 6/16/09 5:51 PM
To: Luis M
Subject: URGENT : Summer Packet Tutoring! - Spanish/Math/Science
HELLO, I ONLY NEED U TO TEACH MY SON FOR ONE WEEKS NOW OK... COS I CANT AFFORD THE $5000 OK..
THANKS..
Note: So wait, you’re trying to tell me that a scam artist is actually picky about how much fake money he can give? Alright so now he only needs me to teach for one weeks, see my reply.
[My Response]
ok that's fine, one week for $500 it is.
reason why it's so expensive is because I have a proven system that works. your son will be able to learn fast and efficiently!
if it's too expensive for you, as it appears. here's what I'll do, if you pay a processing fee of $100.00 I can teach your son for $3250.71 for a month!
[Fifth E-Mail from "Mario Laja Quadri”]
From: laja quadri (mrquadri2@gmail.com)
Sent: Tue 6/16/09 6:32 PM
To: Luis M
Subject: URGENT : Summer Packet Tutoring! - Spanish/Math/Science
hello, i will like u to take him for just one week ok, cos that also is much for me ok..
thanks... one week for $500 ok...
Note: I tried to work out a deal, with a really random odd number and he still says he can’t "afford” it. But hey, I guess thieves can only make so much fake money uh?
[My Response]
Ok one week is fine ok
I will teach him math ok
ok $500 is fine with me ok
Ok thanks ok
[Sixth E-Mail from "Mario Laja Quadri”]
From: laja quadri (mrquadri2@gmail.com)
Sent: Wed 6/17/09 2:13 PM
To: Luis M
Subject: PAYMENT FOR LESSON ON THE WAY: Summer Packet Tutoring! - Spanish/Math/Science
Hello,
Thanks for your info. You have been accepted as my son 's tutor for Math lesson. i have faxed your info to my client in the state and he will be making out the payment to you very soon. Please i will want you to keep in touch with me always and contact me always even if you didn't hear from me , so as for me to be assure of your confirmation.the lesson should commence by June for a month till July and my son should be in the state by then..,. he is interesting in sports, going to beach, museum and kids party. i will be sending you the tracking number of the check payment for you to monitor the delivery as soon as the payment is sent and will also email you the nanny info in which you will be sending the rest of the money that will be on the check for my son accommodation... my son is very glad to have you tutor him and he has accepted you as his Math tutor. So keep in touch always and will keep you updated on the payment and if there is any other information i will let you know.as soon as i my son get to the state i will ask the nanny to call you .. dont worry about that okay. Stay blessed and enjoy the rest of the week.
Regards....
THANKS SO MUCH....
Note: Alright so that’s pretty much it. I didn’t bother replying to this last email about his supposed payment and gratitude for my services which I haven’t even given yet, not like I’ll give him any services anyway.
So how does all this work you ask? As you saw from the e-mails, he has officially sent a fake check to my fake address, believe me, if I would’ve given him my real name and address I would be receiving a check like this person did on another blog [http://hubpages.com/hub/Tutor-Scam-on-Craigs-List].
Anyway, these scammers are usually from Asian countries. From what I know a good amount of scammers reside in Nigeria, and a few others from Jamaica (such as the one I received, or so he states). Their transactions are shady and very random, they vary from scammer to scammer but the usual transaction works something like this.
Once you have made a "deal” with a scammer, he will send you a check written out to your name and address for the amount agreed, the check may contain a real account number from an innocent party or it’s simply a fake check all together, once you deposit the check into your account it’ll appear as though you have been credited for the amount agreed. A few days after you will receive an e-mail from the scammer asking for a refund because his son will no longer be able to come to the "states” due to an accident or some random made-up excuse, still at this point the check deposited will still appear valid and here is where most people fall, they write out a real check with the supposed "refund”. Keep note that your check is real, his isn’t. So what happens later? The bank realizes the check you deposited from the scammer is fake or fraudulent and will then withdraw the amount from your account and of course by this time your check has been deposited by the scammer which will result in yet another withdrawal from your bank account. This will result in two withdrawals from your account, one from the fake or fraudulent check and another from the real check you wrote out for the "refund”. Crappy isn’t it?
This is the usual general transaction scammers do, others have gotten smarter but in general they are all after one thing, your money. The check they give you is fake to begin with, so the only one giving money away is you, this is how they make a living; this is how they make their money. Those damn bastards, but I hope this will reach enough out there as a warning. Be aware of shady people from other countries or even states.
As far as Mr. Mario Laja Quadri is concerned, I will play with his game for a few more days to come. Eventually I’ll get asked for a refund and my reply will include the fact that the transaction is final and that I have a strict "no refund” policy and that he can shove his greedy scamming ways all the way up his ass. Not like it’s going to matter anyway, I gave him a fake address and the check he’ll send is fake as well. But so far I am enjoying playing back and forth with Mr. Mario Laja Quadri.
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| A Discovery! |
By: LuisM | On: Apr 28 2009 |
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A lot of us have one thing in common, we either want to maintain, gain or lose weight. And I just recently figured out the secret to maintaining, gaining or even losing weight, that’s right, and guess what, it costs you nothing but discipline and counting numbers.
How so? It’s simple, every year millions of Americans spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on diets, programs, pills and even false and useless diet programs. Everyone’s a sucker for a “fast way to lose weight”, the same goes for maintaining and gaining. Weight is not a fast thing, it comes and goes gradually, unfortunately some are slower than others and others are faster, our bodies differ from everyone else but it’s possible.
This revolutionary secret is something I like to call… calorie counting! And its actually nothing new, it’s been out for many years and its just not announced as well as it should because people use this key in order to get you to buy gain or loss weight programs.
The idea is simple; you need to calculate how many calories you burn per day, based on your age, height and sex you burn a certain amount of approximated calories per day. Let’s take Nicole as an example, she is a 5’6 19 year old female. She burns an approximate 2000 calories per day, if Nicole wants to maintain her weight she will need to eat an approximate 2000 calories each day. But if she wants to gain weight, she will need to eat more than 2000 calories per day. And yep, if she wants to lose weight she will need to eat less, approximately about 1200 - 1500 calories per day. That leaves 500 calories that she burned extra that day, allowing her to lose some of that weight.
How do you calculate your calories? You can look up “calorie counting” on Google and you will find just about every web site that shows up that has a calculator that will give you an approximate number, and you will see results within a week to a month. If you don’t, you either did not calculate your calories correctly or your amount of calories burned per day is off, try the Google search right now http://www.lmgtfy.com/?q=the+calorie+counter or visit my most favorite site http://www.acaloriecounter.com
Hope this helps, happy calorie counting!
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| New SSD Site Out! |
By: LuisM | On: Mar 09 2009 |
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So I've been kind of quiet lately. Want to know why? Well you can't know. Okay, I'm joking. You can, I've been super busy working, on a new site! And I released it, just last night!
Unfortunately, it's not this one... yet! But I'll be getting to it some other time; this site is far bigger and more complicated than the one I redesigned over the past two weeks, and that's kind of a shocker, because my sites usually don't take that long. But I guess it just makes it all the better because I took a lot of time into it and made it even better than the last.
Anyway, I'm talking about my company web site. Silver Sphere Designs located at http://www.silver-sphere.net, that's right!
I went out of my way to make something completely different, something bigger, and bolder. I also got out of the tables design and applied all DIVS using CSS, it was easier than I thought but at the same time harder as well, because it took much longer but once it was organized it was easy. I've implemented WordPress on it but I'm not sure if it's going to be a keeper because the interface folder itself has over 600 files, left alone with the 200+ files that the site currently has, including images. Probably my biggest site in file size yet, next to this one of course.
Anyway, enough talk. Go check it out and let me know what you think, http://www.silver-sphere.net =]
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