You have said it. You have done it physically. Go ahead and admit it. We all say it. We all do it. Some more than others. Not just when you stub your toe or smack your finger with a hammer. It is a color fool word. A word that describes what a NGF (Nigerian Goat Fucker) does to his flock. An explicit lyric. Labeled as profanity and not acceptable in most public forums.
F U C K . . !
The F-Word I would like to share with you today is the F-Word that I have had to deal with lately. That F-Word would be...
F R A U D . . !
This F-Word leaves you feeling violated. In my experience with it just a month ago it left me feeling financially raped. Angry. And wanting accountability. But sadly in this day and age Fraud is accepted as a hazard of doing business. Many times there is an attitude of the victim being to blame for being duped, tricked into the shady deal. The lies and manipulation to steal from you is somehow your fault. We all get the phone calls/e-mail/text scams/click baits. The Saudi/Somali/Nigerian prince scams asking you to send money in return for wealth beyond your wildest dreams. Why are these potential scams not stopped before they do real harm to people. Could it be because our so called elected representatives are just as corrupt and guilty of being fraudulant people? Most likely they are.
I will never be a murderer, liar, a cheat, or a fraud. I believe in truth telling. Being a straight shooter. Shooting straight physically on target and in every day conversations such as business dealings. I hate thieves. People who are FUCKING FRAUDS..!
You see what I did right there? Both F-Words used together...😉
FRAUDSTER . . !
I listed my truck for sale on many web sites. The very first site was the freight relocation giant I have been leased to for 28 years called LANDSTAR. I listed the details in a for sale by owner community called LCAPP.
LCAPP is a program Landstar runs that supports BCO's (Business Capacity Owners) like me with discounts and programs to assist the Owner Operators.
The very next day my phone rang and it was a gentleman who identified himself as IRA (Eera?) His english was horrible and the conversation was a struggle. Middle easter arabic sounding. A loose interpretation of what he said would be that he found my for sale advert thru his friend. A Landstar BCO. He asked several questions about the truck and said he would get back to me. He did get back to me the very next day by text. He explained that he was working offshore on a drilling rig. He even gave me the coordinates of a drill rig off the coast of Australia. He said he wanted the truck and was buying several pieces of equipment. Asked me to accept $3k more above my asking price for the truck to pay the Haulage Company that would be picking up his equipment. He would be sending the funds in the form of a certified bank check.
I was immediately on guard. But I decided to go thru with this explicitly explaining that no payment or movement of money would take place until the check 100% cleared the deposit and funds were in my account. He quickly agreed to my terms.
Well as you can guess that all changed when this check arrived and We made the deposit where the ten day clock started.
F A K E F U N D S . . !
L👀ks Legit Right?
The check passed the initial scratch and sniff test. The bank/credit union teller said it was a good check and made the deposit. I did due diligence and investigated the financial institution the Fake Funds originated from. We were hopefool fools. High on Hopium. But I just knew in my gut that it was a scam. The date on that check was the same day that it was overnighted from Xenia Ohio. There is no way that check went from a South Texas credit union to Ohio then to us in less than 24 hours.
4 days after the deposit (10 days to fully clear the funds into our account would be needed) My text started lighting up. It was Eeeera (Ira?) Now Eera is lovingly referred to by us as thee...
He demanded that I send payment to his haulage company. He said the movers were already on their way and that if I did not pay them he would lose all his equipment pick ups. As nicely as I could I told him to Go Fuck Himself and referred him back to our original texts with screen shots. No Funds Until Full Deposit.
And the very next day. Day 5 the funds were pulled back as the amount of the check was in question. We were told that the check was legit. But the amount was a forgery. What these fraudsters tried to pull off was a $3k grift. Had we sent the haulage company the money. Then check is flagged as fraud. Guess who is on the hook for the advanced funds from the deposit. It is a first day $800 third/fourth day $8k and tenth day full amount type of deposit scenario. On day 5 our account was locked and showed a negative $30k balance!
F A N C U L O . . !
Loosely translated that is an Italian F-Word. And these Nigerian Goat Fuckers can GFT. Go Fuck Themselves. We did some research on all of the scammers. The so called haulage contacts Eera gave us. The social media profiles they are all from Nigeria. Most likely here illegally. 10 days wasted on these sub human fuks. That Hopium we was smokin' is some head trippin' shizzit.
Kill All Scammers Now.!!
I have two people right now interested in buying the truck. They will be in person. Face to face. Real people. They have been told of Eera (Ira?) and his low life peoples grift. They have been informed that the truck will be cash or direct wire transfer. No Checks of any kind. No Hopium will be smoked.
Thanks as Always for Reading Smokin' Da Hopium with Ol' KrazzyTrukker.
