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19-10-2014, 10:03
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Join Date: Mar 2011
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Possible Scam.?
A girl in her 20s is seeking a crew position from FL. to USVI.
I asked where in Florida she was.
Just got 2 PMs...one from a guy named James who said he and his fiancée need to get to St. Johns because of a terminally I'll aunt. The 2nd PM was from the girl.
Both messages were written in such a way that English may not be there native language.
Anyway...just thought you should know it felt like a scam.
Thanks for a terrific website and resource.
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19-10-2014, 10:07
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Join Date: May 2008
Location: Fort Lauderdale, FL
Boat: 48 Wauquiez Pilot Saloon
Posts: 5,972
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Re: Possible Scam.?
Good "hmm be cautious...."
But don't crucify yet...
Thanks for the post bud!
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19-10-2014, 10:07
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Trunk (boot) of my car
Boat: Tinker Traveller...a dozen feet of bluewater awesomeness!
Posts: 1,230
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Re: Possible Scam.?
If they're going to visit a terminally ill aunt, you'd think they'd arrange to find a slightly faster mode of transportation.
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19-10-2014, 10:53
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Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Catskill Mountains when not cruising
Boat: 31' homebuilt Michalak-designed Cormorant "Sea Fever"
Posts: 2,115
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Re: Possible Scam.?
Maybe the aunt is dying of old age . . . and she's 52.
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25-10-2014, 20:40
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Moderator Emeritus

Join Date: May 2007
Location: Ohio
Boat: Now boatless :-(
Posts: 11,580
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Re: Possible Scam.?
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Originally Posted by Cormorant
Maybe the aunt is dying of old age . . . and she's 52.
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Hilarious -
Although young folk today don't have any compunction using social media to solve their "instantaneous" needs.
They view the internet as a connection to 6 billion people and someone out there will help. or not...
I have a real a-hole buddy. He was working a party hitting on all these married women - I mean direct, "Do you wanna hook up?" stuff. First I told him he was an incorrigible a-hole. Then I asked him if it ever worked. He said if you don't knock on the door no one will ever answer. (and yes it works about as good as any other method, according to him...)
Oh - They also get the world. A girl seeks a ride - you are into it. Her boyfriend shows up and now it's a scam? Hmmmm....
Late leaving Roppongi taxi drivers didn't pick up Gaijin males. We'd send the girls out to flag down a cab and then we'd all jump in.
Bottom line is that the internet is a wild jungle - be cautious...
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25-10-2014, 22:50
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2008
Location: daytona beach florida
Boat: csy 37
Posts: 2,976
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Re: Possible Scam.?
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Originally Posted by ironhorserider2
A girl in her 20s is seeking a crew position from FL. to USVI.
I asked where in Florida she was.
Just got 2 PMs...one from a guy named James who said he and his fiancée need to get to St. Johns because of a terminally I'll aunt. The 2nd PM was from the girl.
Both messages were written in such a way that English may not be there native language.
Anyway...just thought you should know it felt like a scam.
Thanks for a terrific website and resource.
Sent from my DROID RAZR using Cruisers Sailing Forum mobile app
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That guy has been posting as "Mister Smith" and trying to get a ride on anything that floats. With luck he's just your garden variety moron; otherwise he's running some kind of scam which might include highjacking your boat.
For a good laugh do a search to check his posts - he is on at least four threads.
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25-10-2014, 23:05
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Vancouver, Wash.
Boat: no longer on my Cabo Rico 38 Sanderling
Posts: 1,810
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Re: Possible Scam.?
Would you pick up a hitchhiker?
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25-10-2014, 23:15
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Moderator Emeritus

Join Date: May 2007
Location: Ohio
Boat: Now boatless :-(
Posts: 11,580
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Re: Possible Scam.?
Quote:
Originally Posted by John A
Would you pick up a hitchhiker?
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Hot chick at truck stop? Yes.
Weird stalker, tweaker boyfriend? Not so much...
I still might end up in a ditch with my throat slit but... maybe not - LOL...
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26-10-2014, 06:33
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Registered User
Join Date: Dec 2009
Boat: JBW club 420, MFG Bandit, Snark
Posts: 874
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Re: Possible Scam.?
Quote:
Originally Posted by ironhorserider2
Both messages were written in such a way that English may not be there native language.
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A large percentage of english speakers, especially those in early adulthood, type like are still eating paste and occasionaly crapping themselves. I think it is becoming a new stereotype.
I read emails from job seekers and I wonder what school turned the brainiacs loose.
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26-10-2014, 08:08
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Vancouver, Wash.
Boat: no longer on my Cabo Rico 38 Sanderling
Posts: 1,810
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Re: Possible Scam.?
When you accept people on your boat to travel to a foreign country , they become your crew and you are responsible for their behavior.
You have no way of knowing how they will react to sailing offshore 24/7 going to windward.
At times. you will need to trust them with the lives of you and your family while you sleep.
Here's a test: go to your intercity and invite a stranger to come stay at your home or boat for a week. If this works out, then yes, go for it.
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01-10-2021, 18:49
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2021
Posts: 1
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Re: Possible Scam.?
How was it dealing with company? I'm looking do get something from them
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01-10-2021, 19:10
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Registered User
Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: Norfolk, VA USA
Posts: 732
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Re: Possible Scam.?
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Originally Posted by Fiveslide
A large percentage of english speakers, especially those in early adulthood, type like are still eating paste and occasionaly crapping themselves. I think it is becoming a new stereotype.
I read emails from job seekers and I wonder what school turned the brainiacs loose.
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The video below discusses how typing norms are changing. As someone who was raised to speak and spell "correctly", this irks me to no end. But apparently we all have to deal with the fact that languages do indeed change with use over time. And the reasons aren't all bad.
A very young co-worker once laughed about how I and the other managers wrote text messages. He said "Y'all type like you talk in real life. Haha!" I guess I'm going to have to get the book and learn how to communicate with the whipper-snappers.
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01-10-2021, 19:21
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2018
Location: NZL - Currently Run Aground Ashore..
Boat: Sail & Power for over 35 years, experience cruising the Eastern Caribbean, Western Med, and more
Posts: 2,129
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Re: Possible Scam.?
Quote:
Originally Posted by ironhorserider2
Both messages were written in such a way that English may not be there native language.
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01-10-2021, 21:49
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Moderator
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: aboard, in Tasmania, Australia
Boat: Sayer 46' Solent rig sloop
Posts: 29,958
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Re: Possible Scam.?
...something about not attributing to plan what can be adequately explained by stupidity?
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01-10-2021, 21:56
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2018
Location: Newport Beach, CA
Posts: 111
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Re: Possible Scam.?
Did a quick search, Miami to St. John's is $44 one way. Don't know if you can actually buy that ticket but that's the advertised price.
So these two darlings can't scrape together $44 for one flight?
Run.
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