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Inquiry Scammer?? [email protected] Mathieu Griffin

I would definitely take them to the post office or to the local FBI headquarters. Make copies before you do though, and I would hold onto that envelope too. I checked the number its from Plainview, TX...
 
Well i just got back from the post office and of course they were not worth the paper they were printed on. I talked to the post office manager at that branch and gave him a copy of all emails exchanged along with my name and number and he said they will definately be looking into it and giving me a call.
 
Sorry to hear that Matt But at least you went to find out if they were real or not...

Id be FLIPPING if my assistant sent out an extra 1,500 Id be blowing your Cell Work and Emails Up trying to get ahold of you
 
No need to say sorry to me. I still have my awsome snake! lol, I just hope i helped prevent somebody else from getting scammed! The post office manager said they get atleast 1 or 2 people a week in there that actually got scammed out of their money and usually argue with them that the money orders are real. He said i was prob. the first person he's seen actually come in with the emails knowing the money orders were fake. Granted that is just at his branch but kinda says a lot about people to just so quickly think it's their lucky day! I will also ad that now that i sent an email declining to cash the money orders i quickly was picked to enter a multi-million dollar deal with a nigerian business man as well as enter a multi million dollar deal with a nigerian business woman! :rolleyes:
 
I got one one of those myself..... lol

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Hello Dear Seller i am very much interested in buying your Boa Constrictors which you posted for sale and i will like to know if is still for sale and let me know how flexible arr you on your price and the condition of it .Hope to hear from you soon
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Gotta love Fauna! This clown was contacting me about buying a boa. Just asked for my info and I decided to google his name.

Thanks,

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Well i have been having quite an amusing time toying with mr "Mathieu Griffin" who seems to be getting quite impatient with me and is telling me he urgently needs the funds sent via western union to this name and address:

Name........ DEBBIE ABNEY

Address......652 South R L Thornton Freeway

City........ Dallas,

State............ TEXAS

Zip Code....... 75217
 
806-291-7476

is a landline in Plainview Tx...USPS shouldn't have a problem catching scum like this.Their probally under staffed or just don't bother.
 
This is like the counterfeit money scam where the counterfeiters went into stores, etc and brought one or two items with a $100, $50, or $20 dollar bill, the change they got back was real money. In this way, they were able to get lots of real money. Counterfeit money was extremely common some years ago..as the FEDs got more sophiscated in identifying fake money, it's not such a common scam anymore.

If we substitute a money order for the fake cash; and it's the same modus operandi, putting fake money out to the public and getting real cash in exchange.
 
Mathieu Griffin Scam

I received the same email except his email was [email protected]. My wife got the same 2 Money orders and I took them to the Post Office. They knew right away the were fake and showed me. They took all my information and the m/o's and told me they would give it to the postal inspector. I emailed the guy and told them I had cashed them at the bank and needed to know where to ship the snakes and money. He said to ship the snakes to Baltimore, Maryland and send a Western Union for the balance to the same person in Dallas. I told him I would deliver the money since I go there every day but he was insistant on me sending it Western Union. Yesterday he called me to see if I sent the money and I told him I was out of town but would send it Monday. I did ask him if he wanted the stripe or banded snakes which he said the stripe even though the baby bairds are neither. I will probably tell him on Monday if he calls that I know what's happening.
 
You know I had a scammer try to purchase solar products from me and have them shipped to California, I acted like the credit card went through and informed them of a shipment arriving that Monday at 1:00 in the afternoon and that signature was needed. I then notified that towns police and forwarded the info onto them.
 
I received the same email from this guy. I told him I would not ship until the money order or cashiers check has been cashed. Since then I have not heard from him.

Someone mentioned counterfeit money. My fiance stopped at a local store and received a counterfeit $10 bill on Thursday. When she took it back they quickly gave her another bill and took the bad one.
 
shores enuff said:
I received the same email except his email was [email protected]. My wife got the same 2 Money orders and I took them to the Post Office. They knew right away the were fake and showed me. They took all my information and the m/o's and told me they would give it to the postal inspector. I emailed the guy and told them I had cashed them at the bank and needed to know where to ship the snakes and money. He said to ship the snakes to Baltimore, Maryland and send a Western Union for the balance to the same person in Dallas. I told him I would deliver the money since I go there every day but he was insistant on me sending it Western Union. Yesterday he called me to see if I sent the money and I told him I was out of town but would send it Monday. I did ask him if he wanted the stripe or banded snakes which he said the stripe even though the baby bairds are neither. I will probably tell him on Monday if he calls that I know what's happening.
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I was told to send the money western union as well. I am trying my best to convence him to let me send the funds with the snake. He is pretty insistent i send via western union. The plan is if he lets me send the money with the snake I will actually send him a box with a plastic toy snake in it, $1500 in monopoly money, and a note saying "how does if feel to be counter :censored:" Hopefully he wants the money bad enough he lets me actually ship to an address he or one of his associates can recieve it. Naturally any more information he gives me like that will be forwarded to the postal inspector as well.
 
Well after lots of emailing back and forth this is what i've come up with.

Hello Matt,

I Arrived London this Morning for a business meeting which i have on Monday morning,I will be glad if you can send the money directly to me here via Western Union since you will prefer to return it to me directly.Below is my name and address in London where you will Send the funds to:

Receiver's Name: Mathieu Griffin
Receiver's Address: 16 LEICESTER SQUARE.
City : LONDON
Zip Code: WC2H 7LA
Country: ENGLAND


Just take the money to any western union outlet around you and have it sent out today.Email me all the transfer details as soon as you send the money out.

Thank you
Mathieu


Looks like Mr Mathieu Griffin has been a very busy man here in the united states :shrug01:
 
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