Hi,
At first glance it seems pretty fair that this is a scam. Avoid ! But
looks like you already figured that out.
Address checks out in as much as Queens Drive exists, and it is in post
code N4 2XG in London. For those in the know, it's not far from the
Arsenal Football Ground (Highbury). See here
http://www.multimap.com/map/browse.cgi?client=public&X=532000&Y=186500&w
idth=500&height=300&gride=532251&gridn=186480&srec=0&coordsys=gb&db=pc&a
ddr1=&addr2=&addr3=&pc=&advanced=&local=&localinfosel=&kw=&inmap=&table=
&ovtype=&keepicon=true&zm=0&out.x=2&out.y=7&scale=10000
Phone number is a Mobile Phone number, so not quite so easy to trace
without expense being incurred. Assuming it is his mobile number, he
might be traceable via the mobile networks. A quick search finds this
page :
http://www.ukphoneinfo.com/cgi-bin-Phones/nng?GNG=07031+918838&Submit=Su
bmit
but note that, as the page says, the numbers can be transported to other
networks (ie my mobile number was originally Vodafone. When I moved to
Orange I took my number with me ...)
The use of a "personal numbering" service, which this seems to be, could
be a way of hiding yourself. Kind of like a forwarding service so the
caller doesn't know your real number ?
Anyway, the scam-radar is flashing big red lights. But with a little
googling (and not always on the most "legit" sites) you can probably
find enough info to scare him into realising he isn't as anonymous as he
thinks ... !
Regards,
Jon
-----Original Message-----
From: olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Scott Gomez
Sent: 16 December 2005 23:59
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [OM] Totally OT, need London (?) info
Any of you UK types that can provide more info regarding this?
Telephone: +447031918838
Address: 25 theolbalt court Queensdrive, N4 2XG. London UK
>From what I can determine via the web, the address (somewhat mistyped)
is a large block of flats in London. Dunno about the phone number.
Just a little background, it's some guy who contacted me via IM and is
trying to get me to buy into the fact that he's got some legitimate
travel deal and that I should send him $230US via Western Union Money
Transfer in order to get in on it. Like *that's* gonna happen. Yet he's
been remarkably persistent in talking with me, and being ever so
reasonable in trying to convince me that he's legitimate, so I figured
I'd see what I can find out and meanwhile keep trying to string him
along in IM.
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