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You know, this is so lame that I just have to share it... I wonder how many other PS dealers are dealing with this one right now:
"I want to buy this diamond, please send me wire transfer instructions..." turns into:
Hello Todd,
I appologize for not getting back to you any sooner, I have visited two banks in the past one week with your wire transfer instruction but could not get the funds out, one of the banks told me the Apex bank (Bank Negara) has put in place a monetary control and monitoring policy that requires me to visit the Apex bank (Bank Negara Malaysia) to get an approval letter before the funds will be transferred. I dont want to visit Bank Negara for approval for personal reasons, I told my bank manager, so she suggested I draw an International Bank Check/draft in US funds from my account as there are no restrictions on this form of fund transfer,funds will be drawn on a US bank that is connected to my bank she said. This payment I was told would clear funds into your account within 3-5 days upon deposit of the check. Please let me know what you advice because this is not what we agreed to in the first place.
To which I responded:
Thank you for the update. The situation which you present could be resolved by merely withdrawing the money from your bank and taking the cash to another bank. I’m sure that there are banks in Malaysia more adept at international banking. I’m sorry, but we don’t accept checks or cashiers checks from local clients, let alone international transactions due to the high rate of counterfeit cashiers checks and rampant Nigerian Scams. Have laser printer, will counterfeit and all that. Perhaps you can send the cashiers check to a friend or relative living here in the United States and they can cash the check and initiate a wire transfer to our account on your behalf.
Hey, does anybody like how I Nigerian Scammed the Nigerian Scammer in the last line of that response
"I want to buy this diamond, please send me wire transfer instructions..." turns into:
Hello Todd,
I appologize for not getting back to you any sooner, I have visited two banks in the past one week with your wire transfer instruction but could not get the funds out, one of the banks told me the Apex bank (Bank Negara) has put in place a monetary control and monitoring policy that requires me to visit the Apex bank (Bank Negara Malaysia) to get an approval letter before the funds will be transferred. I dont want to visit Bank Negara for approval for personal reasons, I told my bank manager, so she suggested I draw an International Bank Check/draft in US funds from my account as there are no restrictions on this form of fund transfer,funds will be drawn on a US bank that is connected to my bank she said. This payment I was told would clear funds into your account within 3-5 days upon deposit of the check. Please let me know what you advice because this is not what we agreed to in the first place.
To which I responded:
Thank you for the update. The situation which you present could be resolved by merely withdrawing the money from your bank and taking the cash to another bank. I’m sure that there are banks in Malaysia more adept at international banking. I’m sorry, but we don’t accept checks or cashiers checks from local clients, let alone international transactions due to the high rate of counterfeit cashiers checks and rampant Nigerian Scams. Have laser printer, will counterfeit and all that. Perhaps you can send the cashiers check to a friend or relative living here in the United States and they can cash the check and initiate a wire transfer to our account on your behalf.
Hey, does anybody like how I Nigerian Scammed the Nigerian Scammer in the last line of that response
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