Guest Posted December 30, 2003 Share Posted December 30, 2003 Received this e-mail today... Dear Mr WilsonIn the last 3 months we have been tracking down customers who haven't returned their Library books from Cornwall Library. 1780 days ago you borrowed a book titled "Where's Wally 'The Return'". Our records show this item is still on loan and a charge of ?150.38 has been incurred on this book. ------------------------------------------------------------- Where's Wally 'The Return' ISBN: 01712605819 Loan Date: 01/04/97 Penalty due: ?150.38 ------------------------------------------------------------- Our electonic database has been tracking people through their place of work and email address. The total amount in overdue fines is running into the millions - and anybody refusing to make payment will be sent a court summons. You may clear your fine and make your payment by clicking on the link below. www.booksoverdue.co.uk Finance Department Central Libraries Ref. WKD51D3 They cant be serious!!? Isnt it great they wait 6 YEARS after i take the book out to tell me it's overdue!! BAH! What do i do!? *feels ashamed* - WHERES WALLY ROCKS!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red_5care Posted December 30, 2003 Share Posted December 30, 2003 most libraries can't charge more than the original cost of the book. red Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonovate Posted December 30, 2003 Share Posted December 30, 2003 Just tell them you returned it the nite it was due into the slot outside.... and if they deny, just pay the price of the book, like all the libraries out here let you do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Vice Posted December 30, 2003 Share Posted December 30, 2003 6 Years...wow seriously how can they be sure that they didnt misplace the book before it was taken off your name? That happened to me once...I went to the library myself and showed them that they had the book not me...silly librarians...they're just after the money, haha! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark03 Posted December 30, 2003 Share Posted December 30, 2003 did you actually borrow this book? looks like a scam to me- "pay using our website". :ninja: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homer Posted December 30, 2003 Share Posted December 30, 2003 Wouldent pay it. ?150 is rediculus. They could take me to court all they ****ing like but they wont get a penny out of me and theyd be paying teh costs. Morons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.... Posted December 30, 2003 Share Posted December 30, 2003 Man. If you go to jail watch out for your cornhole, dude. I hear they are brutal on overdue library book crooks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 30, 2003 Share Posted December 30, 2003 was a scam! worked like a charm though www.wkd.co.uk <--somewhere on there? Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homer Posted December 30, 2003 Share Posted December 30, 2003 Man. If you go to jail watch out for your cornhole, dude. I hear they are brutal on overdue library book crooks. Yeah man, they are real brutal on you there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonovate Posted December 30, 2003 Share Posted December 30, 2003 was a scam! worked like a charm thoughwww.wkd.co.uk <--somewhere on there? Tom If it was a scam, how'd they know you had the Wally book? In your original post it sounded like you had taken that book out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 30, 2003 Share Posted December 30, 2003 6 years ago.... tis hard to remember :p Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazzla Veteran Posted December 30, 2003 Veteran Share Posted December 30, 2003 I'd wait it out, odds on it's BS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 30, 2003 Share Posted December 30, 2003 erm... it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TruBD Posted December 30, 2003 Share Posted December 30, 2003 mm i remember taking out 2 books from NYC public library about 7 years ago. never returned them and they never contacted me...oh well. but that doesnt really matter, you can ask anyone who goes to a public school to get you a "fee waiver" from the offices and it takes out any amount you owe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadishTM Veteran Posted December 30, 2003 Veteran Share Posted December 30, 2003 I love the ideas the scammers come up with these days :rolleyes: By law they can't ask for more than the price of the original book. Radish? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firebud Posted December 31, 2003 Share Posted December 31, 2003 That's pretty lame. Why would they charge so freakin much when the book itself is prolly only 1/18 of that? :no: And it seems wierd having to go to a site to pay. :pinch: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tartan Posted December 31, 2003 Share Posted December 31, 2003 Yes just tell them the book was returned, it's your word against theirs and they have no way to proove you did or do still have it, since library records are NOT full proof and the people using it can and often do make mistakes. The court would recognise that fact. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark03 Posted December 31, 2003 Share Posted December 31, 2003 (edited) erm... i thought we'd established the fact that it's a scam? http://www.wkd.co.uk/flash4/windup/overdue_book.asp dude, you got 0wned :laugh: Edited December 31, 2003 by mark03 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venturas Posted December 31, 2003 Share Posted December 31, 2003 Man. If you go to jail watch out for your cornhole, dude. I hear they are brutal on overdue library book crooks. LOL nastly fun comment ;) - you don't remember if you got the book or not? hehehe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xRKx Posted December 31, 2003 Share Posted December 31, 2003 That's great, in an evil 'I'll do it to my mates, but they better not do it to me' sort of way. My extreme geekisness will show through - but they messed up. ISBN numbers are only 10 digits long - never 11. *coughs* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firebud Posted December 31, 2003 Share Posted December 31, 2003 Oh my God. A prank site... XD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason the Eighty Eighth Posted December 31, 2003 Share Posted December 31, 2003 if you got away with 6 years, who says you can't get away for another 40 years? :D /me secretly waits till your fine hits ?1233:shifty:: or, just play dumb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 31, 2003 Share Posted December 31, 2003 erm... i thought we'd established the fact that it's a scam?http://www.wkd.co.uk/flash4/windup/overdue_book.asp dude, you got 0wned :laugh: haha... i got well and truely 0wned! oh well... *plots* :devil: :whistle: :shifty: :ninja: :yes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homer Posted December 31, 2003 Share Posted December 31, 2003 Be funny if they sent this scam mail to an American, now that would be totally stupid. (Their currency is $ and the scam is ?;)) ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheDogsBed Posted December 31, 2003 Share Posted December 31, 2003 When will scammers ever learn basic psychology? "Our electonic database has been tracking people through their place of work and email address. The total amount in overdue fines is running into the millions - and anybody refusing to make payment will be sent a court summons." Why the hell would any serious person tell you this bit? They wouldn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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