Transaction canceled

I posted about a fake “transaction canceled” email I got but today I experienced a real canceled transaction.

I’ve been looking around for an LG Optimus V phone and thought I’d found the perfect one on Craigslist. It was priced at 60% of what a new phone costs:

VIRGIN MOBILE ANDROID – $120 (RALEIGH)
Date: 2011-03-28, 7:30PM EDT

THIS IS THE LG OPTIMUS V BRAND NEW IN BOX CALL 919-758-xxxx this is a touch screen

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Biting the hand that feeds

I’ve never understood how some people who’ve made their living serving in the military can turn around and proclaim that government is bad. Especially when they continue to enjoy government-paid health care and other benefits.

It makes me glad that I made it out of the military with my ability to think intact.

ACH Payment canceled scam

Got this scam email today. Of course NACHA does not send emails about any transactions, so you can consider this to be fraud.

Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2011 15:36:01 +0000
From: risk@nacha.org
X-Mailer: The Bat! (v2.10.03) Personal
Message-ID: <2450512739.Q2NA84TE047826@urzrjfbftr.tlgwdedu.info>
Subject: ACH payment canceled

The ACH transaction (ID: 58051732944390), recently sent from your bank account (by you or any other person), was rejected by the other financial institution.

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