Con
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The
problem is, that in order to
claim their $47,000 they
first have to send the
"broker" their 10%
commission - a mere $4,700.
When the guy who lost his
money told the con man that
he did not have that much on
hand, the
"broker", during
one of several phone
conversations they had,
kindly offered to let him
send just half the money
now and the rest after the
mark was paid for the
domain. Who wouldn't jump on
a deal like that (except for
anyone who gave it more than
5 seconds thought, of
course)!?
So
the victim mailed his money
off to an address in Goodyear,
Arizona. Then, the
weirdest thing happened. The
broker stopped answering his
emails or taking his calls.
Go figure! Upon further investigation,
the victim learned that the
"office" address
he sent the money to was
actually a
rented mailbox in a UPS
Store.
The
main reason these two cases
were reported to me is that
the "broker"
pointed the marks
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