WHAT'S NEXT?

By
Real Estate Agent with Century 21 Olde Tyme

OK so call me crazy.  I thought Active Rain was for those connected in some way with the building industry.  Did I miss something?

I know it has been several months since I worked AR but I was floored when I was answering the posts that had arrived while I was gone.  I came upon a post sent from AR.  One Anna Johnson.  She was telling me in here note that she had an investment deal she wanted to to take a look at.  In as nice a way as possible I told her that at this time I wasn't interested in any other venturers and not be to surprised if I said no.  I thought that would be the end of it. 

I went to AR and checked and sure enough she is a member with 196 points.  I thought well if she is new it might take her some time to get her profile in shape to post and also to ge the hang of AR.

Well later that night I got a reply from her..........it was one of those darn letters from the individuals that are, "poor refugees without parents, but whoes parents have left them $7,000,000. and they have to have help getting it out of the country of origin. 

Who would have thought?  NOT ON AR TOO!  I was bombarded with those darn things for the longest time last year but thought the had given up.

I would be interested in knowing if anyone else had heard from her or do I just have "stupid" tattooed on my forehead?

Color me livid. 

Comments (18)

Greg Nino
RE/MAX Compass, formerly RE/MAX WHP - Houston, TX
Houston, Texas

Relax Robert! :) That crap is everywhere, including here.

- Best

Mar 30, 2008 08:02 AM
Diane McDermott
Realtor®, GRI, Landis e2 Real Estate, LLC - Charlotte, NC
Charlotte NC Real Estate Market
Hi Roberta, It's not just you - I've gotten 2 of those "need help getting large sums of money out of the country" today alone!
Mar 30, 2008 08:03 AM
Johnny Huang
Pleasant Hill, CA
Insurance and Real Estate Broker
spammers will always find someway to get spam to you. I got one of those letter saying I have a distant uncle in Ireland...I'm friggin chinese!!! LOL
Mar 30, 2008 08:03 AM
Eric Reid
Renaissance Realty Group of Keller Williams Atlanta Partners - Lawrenceville, GA
I have had 2 or 3 of those type of letters and the only thing I can say is its the Internet and with Active Rain you are trying to out your self way out there so buyers and sellers can find you and as a result so do a whole lot of others. It the good with the bad thing.... again.
Mar 30, 2008 08:03 AM
Justin Williams
Independent - Virginia Beach, VA
Loan Officer
Roberta -Hi there, unfortunately they are everywhere online and you can't be safe anywhere where your contact information is shown.  Spammers are getting smart all the time they even have web crawlers that sniff out this information and tada will get the infamous note.  Let's not forget that even Bill Gates gets over 4 million spam letters everyday :)
Mar 30, 2008 08:13 AM
Kim Sellers
Lake Arrowhead, CA Coldwell Banker - Lake Arrowhead, CA
Lake Arrowhead Realtor - BRE#01412099 - Lake Arrow

They seep in and get in where ever they try.  Unfortunate thing about the Internet and stupid people

 

Mar 30, 2008 08:17 AM
Elaine A. Cook
Connect Realty.com - Bellingham, WA
Bellingham Real Estate
It is everywhere, but what's funny is they are all the same...you start to recognize them..."delete"  Did the AR police get her off of AR???
Mar 30, 2008 08:17 AM
Natalie Langford
Realty Negotiations - Winchester, VA
Winchester, VA Real Estate
Oh, Roberta, you just look like a kind hearted person!  I'm sorry you were bugged, and by virtue of commenting, I'm sure I'll get three letters myself.  
Mar 30, 2008 08:22 AM
Lisa Marie Thomas
Prudential - Salt Lake City, UT
there is no escaping, next time don't be so nice.
Mar 30, 2008 08:35 AM
Neal Bloom
Brokered by eXp Realty LLC - Weston, FL
Realtor CRS-Weston FL Real Estate

Roberta,

No idea who she is...but you can have all the poor little refugee emails that I receive...and there has been an average of two per day lately:)

Mar 30, 2008 10:03 AM
Steve Loynd
Alpine Lakes Real Estate Inc., - Lincoln, NH
800-926-5653, White Mountains NH

Roberta

I just sent Anna all my money should I be concerned, She said she was going to sent me a ton of money back, since I've been a Realtor for 25 years I believe everything everyone tells me and she seemed sincere... now I'm worried... just kidding we all get these hit delete.. Steve

Mar 30, 2008 10:50 AM
Debbie Malone
Londeree's Real Estate & Property Management - Lynchburg, VA
From Lynchburg To The Lake (434) 546-0369
Roberta, what a welcome back!LOL! I got two from Anna as well, wonder if AR will relieve her of her membership?
Mar 30, 2008 11:41 AM
Find a Notary Public needAnotary
QEC Internet Services - Long Beach, CA
They are all over the Internet, just filter the out. Spam is one of the realities of the Internet.  Sites like A/R have to constantly fight this battle.  That isprobably why they restrict the amount of email that can be sent per hour per IP address.
Mar 30, 2008 03:04 PM
Roberta Lee
Century 21 Olde Tyme - Norco, CA
Norco Corona Riversid Homes For Sale

 

Greg,  You are so right!

Diane,  It's not receiving them that bothers me. I have received dozens at my email address.  What bothers me is that she is a MEMBER of ActiveRain.

Johnny,  I had to laugh out loud when I read yours.  Who  knows what lurks in the dark DNA!  lol

Eric,  I agree with you , however it seems to me that there are those that police AR and tht would breech our rules.

Justin, I'm sure glad I'm not Bill Gates.  I have trouble keeping up with all that I get now! :)

Kim, It's surprising that they are so educated to the internet when they are living in a refuge camp in some third world country.

Elaine, As of this writing I don't think so, but I didn't sent them an alert.

Natalie, Thaks for the compliment, and I hope you don't get any.

Lisa,  I guess it's just the nature of the beast.  I just can't start out being rude or mean.  I guess that's what you get huh?

Neal, Oh you generous soul. Thank you but no thank you. No my dear I get enough as it is.  You can keep yours.

Steve, Be afraid, be very afraid...  lol

Debbie, Thank you it's good to be back.  Well I feel some better knowing I wasn't the only one.  I wonder why she is just pciking on us females when there are so many sweet, giving males in AR that would just love to help her.  lol

Find a Notary Public,  It's kinda hard to filter out this kind of thing when it comes from AR.

Thank you everybody for jumping in on this and for all of your comments.  You have given me a great Welcome Back!

 

 

Cowgirl 

 







Mar 30, 2008 05:32 PM
Kerry Skinner Maximum Equity Home Staging
Maximum Equity Home Staging L.L.C. an Oklahoma Business - Stillwater, OK
Roberta, unfortunately I heard from our Anna Johnson yesterday too.  I guess since anyone can join AR there are going to be people out there trying to take advantage.
Mar 31, 2008 01:19 AM
Roberta Lee
Century 21 Olde Tyme - Norco, CA
Norco Corona Riversid Homes For Sale

 Cowgirl  

 

Kerry

I guess I'm wrong but I thought you had to be part of the building/housing industry to join AR.  It seem to me with some of the in house posts that we write and mark ActiveRain Community we may be writing to an entirely different audience.   Humm, gives one pause to consider.

 







Mar 31, 2008 05:49 AM
Chris Fisher
Your Virtual Assistant - Concord, CA

Darn!  Anna contacted me too.  You mean it's not real?  lol  Unfortunately, we get the solicitations on here too.  I guess that means I didn't win the Canadian lottery either.  I'll just have to keep my day job.

Mar 31, 2008 06:59 AM
Cowboy Gonzalez
Keller Williams - Norco - Norco, CA
This Cowboy rides the extra mile.

I am sharing this with the world, so you better jump on the gun.

 

 I am Nick Osler,Director of Investment management, SMITH & WILLIAMSON Private Banking. I am contacting you concerning a deceased customer and the investment he placed under our bank management three years ago. I would respectfully request that you keep the content of this mail confidential and respect the integrity of the information you come by as a result of this mail.I am making this contact with you based for a need of an individual/company who is willing to assist me to stand as the next of kin to my deceased client.
 
Being the deceased financial consultant before his untimely and sudden death and since i am the only one who has the knowledge of the vaulting company in Europe where these funds ($30million) was moved to and can move this deal forward to it's successful end once we conclude to work together.It is a task well worth undertaking.According to practice, the vaulting firm will by the end of this financial quarter broadcast a request for statements of claim, failing to receive viable claims they will most probably revert the deposit back to SMITH & WILLIAMSON Private Bank.
 
What I propose now is that if you are the relative to my client please let me know. I alone have the deposit details and the vaulting firm will release the deposit to no one unless I instruct them to do so. I alone know of the existence of this deposit for as far as SMITH & WILLIAMSON Private Bank is concerned, all outstanding interactions in relation to the file are just customer services and due process. The vaulting firm has no single idea of what is the history or nature of the deposit. They are simply awaiting instructions to release the deposit to any party that comes forward. This is the situation.
 
My proposal is that; you share similar details to the late fellow; I am prepared to place you in a position to instruct the vaulting firm to release the deposit to you as the closest surviving relation. That is: I will simply nominate you as the next of kin and have them release the deposit to you.Upon receipt of the deposit, I am prepared to share the money with you in half. I would have gone ahead to ask the funds be released to me, but that would have drawn a straight line to me and my involvement in claiming the deposit.
 
I have evaluated the risks and the only risk I have here is for you to betray my confidence.Hope to hear from you soon if you are interested.

Nick Osler

May 01, 2008 04:21 PM

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