I need every ones help, Is this a scam??
05-22-2006, 11:08 AM
#1
Taste My Rainbow
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I need every ones help, Is this a scam??
Ok i'm selling my 1979 280zx and i recieved a response from this guy, what do you guys think scam or legit??
"Thanks for the response,I am okay with the condition and will await the final price.I am presently in London and will have my client in the US issue you payment.
My payment and shipping method for the (1979 280zx)thus,a client of mine is owning me some funds, I will instruct him to issue a check/money order as payment.
You will deduct the cost of the (1979 280zx) and the remaining balance will be sent to My Shipper via Western Union Money Tranfer for immediately Shipping Arrangment for it from your location.Upon receiving the remaining funds my shippers' director will be at your location for pickup and shippment.
Do get back to me If this is okay by you with the following informations (Full
Name, Contact Address, Phone Number),inwhich i will forward to my client who will issue payment asap.
Hope to hear from you Soonest.
Best Regards.
Mark............"
"Thanks for the response,I am okay with the condition and will await the final price.I am presently in London and will have my client in the US issue you payment.
My payment and shipping method for the (1979 280zx)thus,a client of mine is owning me some funds, I will instruct him to issue a check/money order as payment.
You will deduct the cost of the (1979 280zx) and the remaining balance will be sent to My Shipper via Western Union Money Tranfer for immediately Shipping Arrangment for it from your location.Upon receiving the remaining funds my shippers' director will be at your location for pickup and shippment.
Do get back to me If this is okay by you with the following informations (Full
Name, Contact Address, Phone Number),inwhich i will forward to my client who will issue payment asap.
Hope to hear from you Soonest.
Best Regards.
Mark............"
05-22-2006, 02:19 PM
#7
More Than Meets The Eye
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Mesa, Az
Posts: 5,120
Yeah I have had similiar e-mails before, stating I won a U.K. lottery. What a crock of B.S. And I believe it is a scam also, stay away bro' And I definately would not give out your personal information. That is just one way for them to steal your identity.
05-22-2006, 03:01 PM
#9
Originally Posted by hoov100zx
if he sends you a check, take it cash it, then just keep the money.
That's the problem... They DO send a check... and it bounces.... then you get to pay a nice fee to the bank for a bounced check
05-22-2006, 03:43 PM
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Location: south georgia
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Old scam, running it's course again! I read where one guy corresponded with him, got the check, put him off until the money order came back as fake and then emailed him a picture of the fake money order marked fake. If i ever got that scam, i would play with him and let him think he has a sucker on this end. Let him get his hopes up for a while, thinking you are biting and then dump the fake copy of the money order on him. Whatever you do, don't spend the money or send him ANYTHING! Have some fun, life is short.
05-22-2006, 07:25 PM
#12
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Join Date: May 2006
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yes, it is. when i was selling my '52 victoria, someone in some other country had an american "representative" issue me a cashiers check, it cleared for a couple days, then came back NSF, sadly i had already spent $600 if the money and had no way to pay it back, still owe it actually. but for fun i did it a few more times... only i DIDNT cash the checks!!!! so i have like $80,000 or so in bullshit checks written out to me, kinda fun to have.
try to get any info you can... like my guy said he needed me to send $2000 of the money to a "shipping agency" so i just gave the police that address, nothing ever happened with it though.
try to get any info you can... like my guy said he needed me to send $2000 of the money to a "shipping agency" so i just gave the police that address, nothing ever happened with it though.
05-23-2006, 05:42 PM
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Location: Temecula, CA
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Yup, the money you pay to the shipper is where you get screwed. Cause that comes out of your money. After you deposit his check his check/money order you take the money our of YOUR account and send it to the shipping company. Check/money order comes up fake and now you're out the money you payed to the shipping company. And it's usually some obscene amount as well. People were getting busted for this a while back for depositing/cashing the fake money into real money and sending it off. I guess eventually it was learned that the people doing the cashing were the ones getting scammed and not the scammers. But people were getting arrested for cashing these checks/money orders and it wasn't even the person responsible for it 
05-24-2006, 03:15 AM
#15
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Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Utrecht The Netherlands where owning a car is a CRIME!!
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BURN THIS ****ER !!!
Get his addy so I can go there to kick his but .. he ****** up for me .. honest buyer who wants to spend the cash and get the parts..
Always if they ask money back … when you are selling .. pull the scamflag!! I pay in paypal or let a friend pick it up in cash.. and then I call him friend, not client
BURN THE ****!!!
Ok this pisses me off but you got that from this
:s-redeemer:
Get his addy so I can go there to kick his but .. he ****** up for me .. honest buyer who wants to spend the cash and get the parts..
Always if they ask money back … when you are selling .. pull the scamflag!! I pay in paypal or let a friend pick it up in cash.. and then I call him friend, not client
BURN THE ****!!!
Ok this pisses me off but you got that from this
:s-redeemer:
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