tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post3608835068302467367..comments2023-09-27T07:44:19.769-04:00Comments on Sabine Hossenfelder: Backreaction: Rental Fraud on CraigslistSabine Hossenfelderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comBlogger49125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-7605872767590520432010-04-15T20:31:06.985-04:002010-04-15T20:31:06.985-04:00Hi I just wanted to inform anyone looking that I b...Hi I just wanted to inform anyone looking that I believe that I was nearly the victim of a similar scam.<br />Look out for the email:job.swe1@rocketmail.com<br />This person claimed to be from the UK and living in Sweden, but the IP address originated in Nigeria.<br />There was also mistakes in the emails. Unfortunately I sent a scan of my passport before I went with me gut and wised up, so if The Staircase Witshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16806831791420342562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-44072877587612971022009-07-23T04:52:41.063-04:002009-07-23T04:52:41.063-04:00Hi Kåre,
Why don't you send me an email? It&#...Hi Kåre,<br /><br />Why don't you send me an email? It's sabine at perimeterinstitute dot ca. Best,<br /><br />B.Sabine Hossenfelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-64190364173233266592009-07-22T19:11:25.683-04:002009-07-22T19:11:25.683-04:00Hi Sabine.
I'm also going to stay at Nordita t...Hi Sabine.<br />I'm also going to stay at Nordita this fall. And started to look for a suitable place to stay through f.i. <a href="http://www.andrahandsguiden.com/" rel="nofollow"> www.andrahandsguiden.com</a> and <a href="http://www.annonsfynd.se/" rel="nofollow">www.annonsfynd.se</a>. And came across <a href="http://www.annonsfynd.se/1230321.htm" rel="nofollow">this too-good-to-be-true Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-82009764766336324062009-06-27T19:19:09.537-04:002009-06-27T19:19:09.537-04:00Rental fraud even off of Craig's List
http://w...Rental fraud even off of Craig's List<br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/28/realestate/28cov.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/28/realestate/28cov.html</a><br /><br />E.g.,<br />"Another young subtenant, Autumn Marie Griffin, 26, discovered she was being scammed only after she had been renting an apartment in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, for two years. Although Arunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03451666670728177970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-33443235903145103822009-06-24T16:45:24.947-04:002009-06-24T16:45:24.947-04:00WARNING SCAMMER ON CRAIGLIST ---- MONEY WAS WITHDR...WARNING SCAMMER ON CRAIGLIST ---- MONEY WAS WITHDRAW IN ORANGE CA and ROCHESTER NY!!!!<br /><br />I have found info about apart in NY in Craiglist. Terry Coleman of Terry Vacation Homes sent me description of flat and contract to sign. I have sent it back with deposit 50% that was sent by bank transfer on 06/04/09 to account 1177308390 of woodforest bank to Mr Jason Matthew Wade. second payment Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-1434137414882733632009-06-10T21:53:29.683-04:002009-06-10T21:53:29.683-04:00THANK YOU, SABINE!
I googled gotgatan 130 and got ...THANK YOU, SABINE!<br />I googled gotgatan 130 and got your blog...you saved me from matilda... thanks...<br /><br />-MaryAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-15000902487250883792009-06-03T23:34:35.913-04:002009-06-03T23:34:35.913-04:00Craigslist rental scam-Gideon Cole, the name on th...Craigslist rental scam-Gideon Cole, the name on the email said he was a researcher from England transferring to the U.S. and wanted to rent my house. He wanted details about the place and later send an email instructing me to deposit the $6500 check he was having sent to me and to send the balance of the check by Western Union to his decorator, Shamik Spann in Columbus, South Carolina.<br />ThisAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-2957753817211091582009-06-03T10:36:27.639-04:002009-06-03T10:36:27.639-04:00Kegan also contacted me, in response to my Craigsl...Kegan also contacted me, in response to my Craigslist post, with the same apartment in Bremen that he offered Sabine in Stockholm. BUSTED! EddieEd Shankenhttp://artexetra.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-5251496182880981262009-06-01T09:03:54.266-04:002009-06-01T09:03:54.266-04:00Hi,
I just want to thank you for posting this as a...Hi,<br />I just want to thank you for posting this as a person who just received the exactly same msg from 'Matilda'. I actually phoned 'her' to that number about several times but i could only speak to her male company because she was driving(?) for an hour......hope you get a nice place in Stockholm!;-)chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15421779049984500281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-84210238298486039612009-06-01T09:00:12.747-04:002009-06-01T09:00:12.747-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15421779049984500281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-37107244052740159052009-05-28T12:16:08.403-04:002009-05-28T12:16:08.403-04:00I got a similar email using the email address mine...I got a similar email using the email address minemine4youall@hotmail.com but this time the person was using the name "Angelique Fragniere" and an alternate email address, misangel2009@gmail.com but in my case it's in Geneva.<br /><br />This person apparently invites you to chat and sometimes asks you to post ads for him/her. I posted one ad for this person on craigslist but after I googled the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-39548155224421573742009-05-26T06:28:36.762-04:002009-05-26T06:28:36.762-04:00Wow! I was just googling for Ronald Kegan and foun...Wow! I was just googling for Ronald Kegan and found this!<br /><br />Yep, he told me about a great place in Geneva!! What an ass.<br /><br />Glad you posted this all.<br /><br />Thanks!<br /><br />BkAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-29286533334057236002009-05-23T13:09:27.346-04:002009-05-23T13:09:27.346-04:00Thanks! I'm on the waiting list for Wenner Gren, ...Thanks! I'm on the waiting list for Wenner Gren, it's currently 14 months I'm told.Sabine Hossenfelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-56156096373632303542009-05-23T13:04:34.388-04:002009-05-23T13:04:34.388-04:00Wenner-Gren centerGuest apartments for scientists....<A HREF="http://www.swgc.org/guest-apartments.aspx" REL="nofollow">Wenner-Gren center</A>Guest apartments for scientists. Normally two years queue, but openings may be available.<br /><br /><A HREF="http://www.uac.se/" REL="nofollow">Vetenskapsstaden</A> <br />(now University Accommodation Center AB)<br /><br /><A HREF="http://www.sssb.se/index.php?page=ourapartments" REL="nofollow">Student Thomas Larssonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-32629676288230369802009-05-23T09:15:27.532-04:002009-05-23T09:15:27.532-04:00Hi Bee,
Ever since you put up this post I wondere...Hi Bee,<br /><br />Ever since you put up this post I wondered why the scammers gathered in such numbers. As I related to you earlier and Johan has just confirmed, it appears that finding accommodation in Sweden is not a pleasant prospect and perhaps this has amplified things in this instance. Not that it will solve your problem yet perhaps better prepare you for what you face I came across <A Phil Warnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15671311338712852659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-73679544823031458512009-05-23T03:53:13.512-04:002009-05-23T03:53:13.512-04:00As Phil has already noted, the rental market here ...As Phil has already noted, the rental market here in Sweden is highly regulated. Legitimate first hand contracts close to the city are nearly impossible to come by without waiting many years in <A HREF="http://www.bostad.stockholm.se/" REL="nofollow">Bostadsförmedlingen's</A> queue. There is a thriving black market in such contracts but I don't have to tell you you don't want to go there.<br /><J. Swanljunghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06600229922051100087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-1659488438984983672009-05-21T14:24:03.212-04:002009-05-21T14:24:03.212-04:00Craig's List is the official method for finding ap...Craig's List is the official method for finding apartments here in NYC, but when I offered a room to sublet, I also got a couple of emails from those notorious Nigerian "mugu" scammers. They're everywhere, on Ebay too.<br /><br />I even got an inquiry from a pair of Swedish supermodel girlfriends! I assumed that could not be for real.M*P*Lockwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11740436901803793444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-79833268761712052322009-05-20T15:48:44.321-04:002009-05-20T15:48:44.321-04:00Hi Baba,
Thanks for your comment. When I got thes...Hi Baba,<br /><br />Thanks for your comment. When I got these emails I was indeed wondering do these people know how they are damaging the image of their own country. It's really sad. Regarding international law and the problems with prosecution, I can really recommend the above mentioned book <A HREF="http://backreaction.blogspot.com/2008/10/book-review-who-controls-internet.html" REL="nofollow"Sabine Hossenfelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-42252254590508365592009-05-20T13:38:35.985-04:002009-05-20T13:38:35.985-04:00I had a similar experience from this craiglist web...I had a similar experience from this craiglist website a couple of years back while I was looking to buy a car. Someone pretending to be from Nigeria wanted to sell a chic BMW for dirt. And he was ready to ship it to my place free of cost. Only I had to deposit a few bucks as a security beforehand!....that offer sounded too good to be true, and that's where I backed off. We after all live in a wondering...https://www.blogger.com/profile/01022863282288577213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-55389454380759312892009-05-20T13:17:52.256-04:002009-05-20T13:17:52.256-04:00And the big question remains:
Are humans fundamen...And the big question remains:<br /><br />Are humans fundamentally good and could become evil due to their environment and bred?<br /><br />Are humans fundamentally evil and could become good with the help of the social environment and with the proper education?<br /><br />Or humans are neither fundamentally good nor evil and their personality is based entirely on the circumstances?<br /><br />Giotisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-9306284220548063252009-05-20T10:28:15.882-04:002009-05-20T10:28:15.882-04:00Hi Bee,
I'll be sending you a personal email.
B...Hi Bee, <br /><br />I'll be sending you a personal email.<br /><br />Best,<br />ChristineChristinehttp://egregium.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-3060891205826262932009-05-20T10:13:11.901-04:002009-05-20T10:13:11.901-04:00P.S. in relation to the last Bee's comment. We sho...P.S. in relation to the last Bee's comment. We should be so happy having your alive after that LA adventure! :) Never do that again! :) Seriously, as I said above, you're right but talking about previous, ending world order. “The only reason our societies are stable...”: but the problem is that <I>they are not stable any more</I> or do you thing the current crisis is not serious enough?! (don’t Andrei Kirilyukhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15407274342959324969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-47549998748816665652009-05-20T10:03:25.087-04:002009-05-20T10:03:25.087-04:00As to general trust/no-trust discussion, I think i...As to general trust/no-trust discussion, I think in a way “everybody's right”, if you take into account recent (and very rapid) <I>evolution</I>. Traditional Western achievements indeed used to be based on generally working trust (and dominating honesty), but this is not the case any more now and that's why we have increasing number of those “crises” and others “system failures” starting Andrei Kirilyukhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15407274342959324969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-75640953026131640902009-05-20T09:56:03.304-04:002009-05-20T09:56:03.304-04:00Among other things, this story shows that internet...Among other things, this story shows that internet is not (yet) as powerful as it is supposed to be. Because finally one is forced to rely on the old good “go and find it there”, as if all those modern hi-tech bubbles were empty. Powerful connections seem to be there, but they are sort of "too stupid", not selective enough. It seems that already today's technology should permit something like oneAndrei Kirilyukhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15407274342959324969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-10714648849371833052009-05-20T09:16:07.849-04:002009-05-20T09:16:07.849-04:00Hi Christine,
Thanks for your advice. It is with ...Hi Christine,<br /><br />Thanks for your advice. It is with this blog as with many others. They might seem peripherally personal, but despite pictures of the dog or stories from the neighborhood they don't contain many private details. <br /><br />About doing things locally, well, it sometimes just isn't an option. In particular with the amount of traveling I have to do, I wouldn't get anywhere Sabine Hossenfelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.com