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Business Owners, Does This Sound Suspicious?

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Hi Squilly,

thank you for bringing this to my attention.

I work for a very respectable business in the global sector of the world and am able to deal with your problem. If you can provide me with yours or your brother's bank details, name and address I can use my world class resources to check the legitimacy of the transaction.

Yours faithfully,
Prince of Isle Seven
Head of Business Operations - Worldwide Business Ltd.
 
niuniu said:
Hi Squilly,

thank you for bringing this to my attention.

I work for a very respectable business in the global sector of the world and am able to deal with your problem. If you can provide me with yours or your brother's bank details, name and address I can use my world class resources to check the legitimacy of the transaction.

Yours faithfully,
Prince of Isle Seven
Head of Business Operations - Worldwide Business Ltd.
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Why, what a kind and generous offer. You are, indeed, a gentleman.

I, too, wish to offer my services...so when you get the bank information, etc., please let me know how I can be of assistance. Your generosity has stimulated my altruistic impulses, and I hope you will allow me to be of service.
 
:rolleyes:
GoCubsGo said:
I don't think you're gullible, at all.
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Sarcasm?

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niuniu said:
Hi Squilly,

thank you for bringing this to my attention.

I work for a very respectable business in the global sector of the world and am able to deal with your problem. If you can provide me with yours or your brother's bank details, name and address I can use my world class resources to check the legitimacy of the transaction.

Yours faithfully,
Prince of Isle Seven
Head of Business Operations - Worldwide Business Ltd.
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See, red lights going off...
Although it was pretty damn convincing until I read the "Prince of Isle Seven" part.
 
niuniu said:
Hi Squilly,

thank you for bringing this to my attention.

I work for a very respectable business in the global sector of the world and am able to deal with your problem. If you can provide me with yours or your brother's bank details, name and address I can use my world class resources to check the legitimacy of the transaction.

Yours faithfully,
Prince of Isle Seven
Head of Business Operations - Worldwide Business Ltd.
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Niuniu, my only quarrel with this wonderful missive is the flawless prose. Usually, when I read missives which purport to come from such enthralling locations, the prose is - ah, slightly dubious - the spelling, frankly questionable, the grammar peculiar and the syntax downright strange.

Sad to relate, the august, esteemed, most honoured, and venerable HRH The Prince of Isle Seven needs to work on his imperfect grasp of the English language. As it stands it is insufficiently......exotic.....regrettably, the verisimilitude of the prose may be called into question as the number of errors are unduly....negligible...

But, rest assured, I shall be more than happy to tender my sterling services in this regard......

Squilly said:
:rolleyes:

Sarcasm?

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See, red lights going off...
Although it was pretty damn convincing until I read the "Prince of Isle Seven" part.
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And what is wrong with that august handle borne by HRH the inestimable Prince? My quibble is with the improbably flawless prose, not with the impressive (and doubtless completely authentic) title.
 
Scepticalscribe said:
Sad to relate, the august, esteemed, most honoured, and venerable HRH The Prince of Isle Seven needs to work on his imperfect grasp of the English language. As it stands it is insufficiently......exotic.....regrettably, the verisimilitude of the prose may be called into question as the number of errors are unduly....negligible...
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I LOVE this opening! These guys must have a ball writing this stuff..
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Dear Respected One,

GREETINGS,

Permit me to inform you of my desire of going into business relationship with you. I got your contact from the International web site directory. I prayed over it and selected your name among other names due to it's esteeming nature and the recommendations given to me as a reputable and trust worthy person I can do business with and by the recommendations I must not hesitate to confide in you for this simple and sincere business.
 
LittleConrad said:
I jumped to page 4 from page 2 and saw your question at the top. I registered just to answer this, since no one mentioned it on the first two pages.

The operating systems contain encryption algorithms that are illegal to export outside the US. The keys used that are ok to export are shortened. That means that a long section of a x-many-bit key is standardized, the same in every generated key, leaving only a short portion that the NSA is able to crack. No, i'm not saying this just because of recent events. I learned this long ago.

The devices you are about to export are not for export, period. That is where you can get arrested.

What your brother "should" do if this were legitimate in the first place (and it's not, see export law) is obtain IN HAND all the cash up front so that it can't be yanked back, not sitting in some joint account that THEY say THEY need permission to withdraw from. What he is doing is simply not how real business is done. In reality, what he should do is acquire proper contracts as a test to see if these guys are real. What he should do for now is get out of it.

Does he have real names, addresses, offices, cross-referenced externally (looked up separately from the people involved) to make sure these offices are real? Have they met over skype? Most importatntly, did they sign contracts that were notarized? This story reminds me of something a 22-year-old would get sucked into nowadays. When I was 22, this would be something a 13-year-old would fall for.

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Oh my! I'm sorry guys. I thought there were only 4 pages on this thread....not 11! I'm way behind.

Also, I read the beginning of the thread hours ago and thought the devices may include the kind with an OS (Pads, phones, pods, etc)
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And I quote from my brother when he read that: "stupid guy"
 
Sodner said:
I don't know how you can sit idly by and wait for your brother to be arrested and eventually sentenced to prison at worst, or out thousands of dollars at best.
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In the end, everyone is responsible for their own actions. According to the thread, Squilly's brother has been reading everyone's responses and it's up to Squilly's brother to decide what he wants to do. I would still advise Squilly's brother to consult with a business lawyer.
 
mobilehaathi said:
So your brother, upon reading LittleConrad's post, said "[LittleConrad is a] stupid guy?"

On what basis did he decide that?
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Are you truly looking for a rational explanation for a totally irrational response?

The rationale for the response is "I'm doing this great deal, and anybody who doesn't think so, no matter how rational and factual their reply, is stupid".
 
niuniu said:
I LOVE this opening! These guys must have a ball writing this stuff..
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Dear Respected One,

GREETINGS,

Permit me to inform you of my desire of going into business relationship with you. I got your contact from the International web site directory. I prayed over it and selected your name among other names due to it's esteeming nature and the recommendations given to me as a reputable and trust worthy person I can do business with and by the recommendations I must not hesitate to confide in you for this simple and sincere business.
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Splendid! Perfect! Wonderful! This is exactly what I had in mind! (Cue applause. Loud and prolonged applause....). :D

Now, Squilly, this is a man you can do business with (to paraphrase the expression first used by the late Mrs Thatcher when she responded to a question on how she viewed the newly appointed First Secretary of the then CPSU, M. S.Gorbachev).....
 
rdowns said:
Please, please, please, please let this thread run its course.
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This thread is most certainly one for the ages. It reads like a good book which has a little bit of everything. We have amusement, laughter, crime, begging, crying, pleading, excitement, shock, disbelief, (for some, suspension of disbelief) and sheer morbid craving for more.

Above all, the thread has been civil and even has a quality of such, as a unity of coming together from MacRumors members who may not always see eye-to-eye, where we can sing in harmony together on a common subject. Rarely does such a thread exist.

Everyone knows this is a bad idea, posted their thoughts, their concerns and their fears, but yet, as the train rolls on, the passengers can see the bridge out ahead, and the conductor is oblivious while he plays Candy Crush on his iPhone.

I see no reason for WL.
 
SandboxGeneral said:
This thread is most certainly one for the ages. It reads like a good book which has a little bit of everything. We have amusement, laughter, crime, begging, crying, pleading, excitement, shock, disbelief, (for some, suspension of disbelief) and sheer morbid craving for more.

Above all, the thread has been civil and even has a quality of such, as a unity of coming together from MacRumors members who may not always see eye-to-eye, where we can sing in harmony together on a common subject. Rarely does such a thread exist.

Everyone knows this is a bad idea, posted their thoughts, their concerns and their fears, but yet, as the train rolls on, the passengers can see the bridge out ahead, and the conductor is oblivious while he plays Candy Crush on his iPhone.

I see no reason for WL.
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Well said...this is, indeed, a unique thread. And I sure there is more to come!:D
 
Shrink said:
Well said...this is, indeed, a unique thread. And I sure there is more to come!:D
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And I most certainly want to see what happens to us (the train passengers) as the conductor (Squilly/Squally) drives the train over the cliff!
 
Shrink said:
Are you truly looking for a rational explanation for a totally irrational response?

The rationale for the response is "I'm doing this great deal, and anybody who doesn't think so, no matter how rational and factual their reply, is stupid".
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The rationale is, admittedly, clear.

However, it is (perhaps) a folly of mine that I often insist on engaging irrationally via incessant questioning.

Besides, I'm having a rather good time.
 
mobilehaathi said:
So your brother, upon reading LittleConrad's post, said "[LittleConrad is a] stupid guy?"

On what basis did he decide that?
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Acting like a know it all (anything happens in his mind).

Also, new info. Now he says he doesn't need permission from the Poles to use the funds in the account.

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Shrink said:
Are you truly looking for a rational explanation for a totally irrational response?

The rationale for the response is "I'm doing this great deal, and anybody who doesn't think so, no matter how rational and factual their reply, is stupid".
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The rationale is money. That's it.
 
mobilehaathi said:
So your brother's reason for calling the poster "stupid" is that the poster has an apparent wealth of knowledge on the subject in question.

Beautiful.
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No, my brother thinks he's the know it all and everyone else is wrong regardless.
 
Squilly said:
No, my brother thinks he's the know it all and everyone else is wrong regardless.
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Ahhh, okay, I can see his position! Yes, a decent high school education typically covers the vast majority of human knowledge. It would be trivial to fill in the gaps in his spare time as he sets up his candy shop.

Is your brother open to some freelance consulting?
 
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