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athos
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Is this a Scam? - It is not one that I have seen.
« on: Nov 22nd, 2004, 2:55pm » |
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My grandpa is trying to sell an old matador...
this guys says he wants to buy..... I just ran into this email exchange and replied with pics on the car.
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thanks for ur respond derral, i only want to purchase this for my
son,cos
he is the one that told me to check the site,am okay with the price,i
will like you to understand that there is this client of mine, who is
owing so much,and he is ready to make is check payable in money order
on the amount his owing me $7,000 i will instruct him to issue
it out to you,and am counting and trusting you to wireback the excess
funds of $ 4,100 to my shipper through WESTERN UNION TRANSFER as soon
as you get the check and it's clears to my my shippier that you will
transfer the remaining to them.moreover i live at 2609 harrison
avenue panama city florida 32405. pls i will like you to send the
address where the check will be sent to including ur phone and ue
cell number.
Full Name on cheque...
State...
Zipcode...
Country...
Telephone Nu mb er... Mobilephone number...
Fax Number
----- Original Message -----
From: "Derral M Child" <derrom@juno.com>
To: felix_10@keromail.com
Subject: Re: last price
Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2004 18:06:08 -0700
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> I $2,800 is the price. I will take some pictures in the morning and then
> send them too you.
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> --ken
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Re: Is this a Scam? - It is not one that I have se
« Reply #1 on: Nov 22nd, 2004, 3:01pm » |
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Judging by his grasp of the English language he may be dumb enough to do it!
He may also may be washing some cash through you.
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Re: Is this a Scam? - It is not one that I have se
« Reply #2 on: Nov 22nd, 2004, 3:03pm » |
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I wouldn't touch this with a ten foot pole.
He's gets allot of your personal info and you have the promise of a money order.
Nobody trusts a stranger to return 4k
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Re: Is this a Scam? - It is not one that I have se
« Reply #3 on: Nov 22nd, 2004, 3:17pm » |
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By the look of it, it has the ear marks of a scam. Stay away...
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Re: Is this a Scam? - It is not one that I have se
« Reply #4 on: Nov 22nd, 2004, 3:41pm » |
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There was a great news story on this up here in Canada recently. A young lady listed here car for sale on-line. She got replies similar to this from around the world. They even sent here cheques (all of wich were forged/counterfit or bounced). When she didn't send the person the excess money she started getting angry emails and even a death threat.
Don't fall for it.
It is a big scam.
http://www.megspace.com/cars/thundersonlinegarage/autoscam.html
Run for cover!!
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Re: Is this a Scam? - It is not one that I have se
« Reply #5 on: Nov 22nd, 2004, 3:42pm » |
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on Nov 22nd, 2004, 3:17pm, Hirvimaki wrote:By the look of it, it has the ear marks of a scam. Stay away...
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I agree!
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Re: Is this a Scam? - It is not one that I have se
« Reply #6 on: Nov 22nd, 2004, 3:55pm » |
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Well documented scam. Run away.
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Re: Is this a Scam? - It is not one that I have se
« Reply #7 on: Nov 22nd, 2004, 4:11pm » |
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on Nov 22nd, 2004, 3:55pm, fubar wrote:| Well documented scam. Run away. |
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Yep. Based on the fact that a check 'clearing' is a relative term. For a check to clear takes just a few days... freeing up the funds. But for a bank/account that does not exist, it could take a few weeks for the check to be returned as non-payable, at which point your bank will debit your account for the check total.
Of course, at that point, the scammer gets to keep the wired funds.
And also of course, you get to keep the car. They are not at all interested in it.
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Re: Is this a Scam? - It is not one that I have se
« Reply #8 on: Nov 22nd, 2004, 4:15pm » |
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This seem familiar?
Quote:HELLO.
Thanks for the response .i have contacted my clienthe said he's ok with the price and she will issue to you a cheque of $,6500 after you send the following info:
Name-------------
Address------------
TelephoneCell,Home and office--------
The money is for to you deduct your money and send the balance to the shipper when the cheque clears in your bank for 3-5 days or you go your nearest cashing points to cash the money so that the shipping company can come for the pick-up the same day you received the cheque.My client said he's ready to pay an offer $3,500 as he want to use it for a film that will be shoot in miami florida.
THANKS,
YOUR BEST REGARD
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Re: Is this a Scam? - It is not one that I have se
« Reply #9 on: Nov 23rd, 2004, 3:17am » |
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I get these all the time although mine usually start out
"I am the wife of the late (insert African dictator here) and am trutsing you to help me get a large amount of money out of (Nigeria, Ghana, insert other African country here) Please send me your bank account details and I will wire US $38,000,000 to you after which you can return 90% to me.
There is usually some religious business sprinkled around as well.
If something looks too good to be true, it usually is.
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Re: Is this a Scam? - It is not one that I have se
« Reply #10 on: Nov 23rd, 2004, 4:33am » |
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Been awhile since I've seen this scam.
I would suggest /dev/null as a good place to put any requests like that.
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Re: Is this a Scam? - It is not one that I have se
« Reply #11 on: Nov 23rd, 2004, 1:40pm » |
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He wants you to cash a bogus check and if you fall for this I will laugh laugh laugh at the outcome... I get 5 letters like this a week... ree
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