Which kind of scam is this?

[jerri blank]

I got this at one of my work e-mail addresses:

Hi there,


My name is Dawn Louise Jamison, I am 28 years old and I work full time, Monday through Friday and have weekends off except for once a month. I was born and raised in Fort Atkinson Wisconsin, but presently in Amsterdam Holland on a business trip for more than 10 months.......I am a professional, A Computer Consultant and I deal in various kinds of computer applications and software. I graduated in the University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW) 4 years ago and I have my B.sc in Computer Science... Please if you don't mind I will like to have answers to the following questions below:



i)I will like to have the rent fee per month plus the utilities.

ii) I will like to have the description of the Place, size, and the equipments in there.

iii) Also I will like to know if there is any garage or parking space cos I will have my own car come over.

iv) I will also be coming with some of my furniture, that is if it is allowed, like bed, book shelf cos I read a lot, shoe rank etc

v) I will also like to know if I can make an advance payment ahead my arrival that will be as a kind of commitment that I am truly coming over and for you to hold the place down for me.

vi) If the #5 questions is YES, I will like to know the total cost for the initial move as in first month rent and if you accept deposit.

vii) I will like to know the major intersection nearest your neighborhood. Like shopping mall, bus line e.t.c



Lastly, I will like to know more about you and also I will like to have your pictures as for me to know how you look like.



Here is all I can say about myself for now.



I am not really a sports person, BUT I do love Hockey Games, I am a very outgoing person and fun to be with. I do play the organ and piano, and I do have BOTH piano and organ here at my house. I am not a drinker and I don't smoke and I don't do drugs. I would also like to go out with you on weekends and weeknights when I am free. I like going to movies, concerts, plays, I like camping, hiking, bike riding, swimming, and I love to travel.



I am a very dedicated individual who is totally committed to human development, friendly, very trustworthy and value relationship above anything. I am a laid back person, I love traveling, sporting and Enjoy meeting people around the world. I am an easy going person and look forward to meet kind hearted, loving and caring person that is very responsible and understanding, someone I can really get along with. I will take my time to get you one of my pictures in my next mail for you to know how I look like, I am sure you will like me.



I am presently in Amsterdam Holland and I will be moving to USA fully to live for the rest of my life and start a new life and set up my own business as a Computer Consultant ( I have my resume). I will be staying in your Place as long as the lease is drawn.



I should be returning to America on before Aug 15th 2009



I need answers to my 8 questions above as soon as possible so as to arrange for you to get the money prior for my arrival to retain and consider the place is mine.. I will be making this advance payment ahead my arrival so that you can be rest assured that this is real since I am not in the state presently. If you think



I will be a good applicant to you and you are interested in renting the place to me



NOTE: Kindly address all emails to me directly to my private email box at djamison87@hotmail.com (djamison87@hotmail.com)



Thanks and have a good time.



Warmest Regards,



Dawn Jamison

[RyanMichael]

Sounds like one of those renter scams. Normally, people who are looking to rent a room in their won place, or to rent a place from someone, would be at the receiving end of one of these emails.

[robsam]

Take her to a Predators game.

Odd.

[jellyfish]

It is a check cashing scam.
How the scam works is that they will send you a money order or cashier's check for the rent and deposit, once you deposit the check they will ask you to wire a portion of the money to them . . . the problem is that the check/money order if FAKE so once the bank figures that out, they will want YOU to pay them back the money you wired.

Basically, if they want to send you a check/money order and then for any reason want you to wire any portion of the money back, DON'T!
http://www.scamvictimsunited.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=3313

[jerri blank]

Ahh. I missed the check scam part.

[Enidigm]

It seems off somehow and grammatically unamerican (not in the patriotic sense but cultural). It then hits this "i'll go out with you on weekends" note - no-one in America tells their potential landlord they're willing to hang out on weekends for kicks, point blank, before meeting them.

I can't clearly see the angle though, unless this email is fishing for a response then "she" sends a cute pic and then requests you help her with travel expenses....

[edit] NM probably answered above.

[jerri blank]

Heh. Should have just googled first. (http://www.scamvictimsunited.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?f=22&p=16110)

[Bill]

It seems off somehow and grammatically unamerican (not in the patriotic sense but cultural). It then hits this "i'll go out with you on weekends" note - no-one in America tells their potential landlord they're willing to hang out on weekends for kicks, point blank, before meeting them.

I can't clearly see the angle though, unless this email is fishing for a response then "she" sends a cute pic and then requests you help her with travel expenses....

[edit] NM probably answered above.

Her use of the word "will" ("I will like to know..." "I will like to have answers", etc) is completely non-idiomatic for an American, which is the tip off that the writer is foreign. And since you shouldn't trust anyone who wasn't born in the US of A it is clearly a scam.

[Talisker]

And since you shouldn't trust anyone who wasn't born in the US of A it is clearly a scam.
You shouldn't trust someone who claims to have been born and raised in Wisconsin but obviously wasn't.

[Flowers]

As someone from Wisconsin, it's clear that she's not. We say, "The Netherlands," and we don't capitalize every Noun in a Sentence unless We took German in High School. It's also a B.S., not a B.Sc. There are lots of little things that non-native speakers will never pick up on, such as the fact that certain postal abbreviations are not used in the U.S. Midwesterners also do not sign letters, "Warmest Regards," when they want something, we say, "Thanks in advance!" or, "Sincerely." We are convivial, but aloof. Contrast us with Californians, who profess to love each other, and hug quite a bit more often, yet plot against each other incessantly.

[Enidigm]

Contrast us with Californians, who profess to love each other, and hug quite a bit more often, yet plot against each other incessantly.

You mean like cats?

[Flowers]

We're Germans and Poles and Swedes and Wegies, as opposed to Italians and Frenchies. We see talking about our feelings as a form of procrastination.

[jerri blank]

To be fair, "Wisconsin" was probably a typo. She probably meant to type "Fort Atkinson Nigeria."