Another scam

[badal]

This reply to my classified ad smells more fish than "competition adjustments"


Greetings,i am highly interested in buying your{ 13" Hoosier Dirt Stockers}
from you ,i will like you to give me the ASKING price
and also scan the pics for me for proper verifycation . as for the
shipping,i have a liable shipper that takes goods care of all my
shipping .so about payment i have prepare a CASHIERS CHECK for you
in usa fund ,so pls email me back so that we can
conclude about it. and i will like you to feed me out
of this i.e ur personell phone num and ur adress and ur
email so that i can fax it to my client ,coz he is
willing to send you the check email ASAP....... pls

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"Bad" Al Bell
ITC #3 Datsun 510
DC Region MARRS Series

[ddewhurst]

Al, I went out for a fish dinner last evening that didn't smell this bad.

Steer clear
David

[joeg]

Nothing suspicious...the Dude simply appears to have a tough time communicating in English.

[Speed Raycer]

Replace your "Hoosier Dirt Stocker" with my "IT RX7 For Rent" and you've got the same email word for word that I recieved about 2 months ago.

This is a scam, although not quite as popular as the Nigerian Royalty scam

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Scott Rhea
It's not what you build...
it's how you build it
<A HREF="http://www.izzyscustomcages.com" TARGET=_blank>www.izzyscustomcages.com </A>

[This message has been edited by Speed Raycer (edited May 10, 2004).]

[reeceracing]

Yes,that is a scam [419] that is what it is called in Nigerian.
One guy send me cheque for $3900. to buy a used part for $250.I was to cash the cheque at a cash checking store and send him $3600.
I knew this was a joke,so i keep the cheque and the part and told him to stop emailing me.
The last email i got,he told me his wife was sick and he need the money to pay a doctor in England.I email him and,say iam sorry,to hear and good luck.

[racer_tim]

Funny thing about "Barry White" I got the same e-mail regarding my VW Shell that I have listed in the classified section, and we did have an e-mail discussion regarding this. He's in the UK, and couldn't really understand that I was GIVING away this shell. He kept on asking me what was the "asking price"



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Tim Linerud
San Francisco Region SCCA
#95 GP Wabbit (Bent)
http://linerud.myvnc.com/racing/index.html

[dave parker]

Bad Al,
Would you like to buy a bridge? I know of one for sale.
Dave Parker

[MMiskoe]

So you know its a scam, tell him to send the check, when it clears you'll ship the parts. Have the bank give you cash, don't go to a bank you do business with.

Its hard for someone to scam those pictures of Ben Franklin. (or Grant or Jackson)

[racer-025]

Ha Dave,

Reminds me of this year when our town actually had a 50 year old, 125 foot, 2-lane steel bridge forsale. They unbolted it from its foundations and used 1 large crane on one end to pick it up and 2 quarry dump trucks to tow it from the river span and park it on the road. It sat there for 2 months with a forsale sign on it until they eventually cut the thing up for scrap.

So, yes sometimes bridges are forsale, ha!

[This message has been edited by racer-025 (edited April 19, 2004).]

[eh_tony!!!]

Just got this email.... interesting is that the mailbox is an ISP based mail service

Goodday,
I`m an auto agent in Southeast London,UK.I buy/sell used cars,bikes and engine parts,e.t.c.
I saw your advertisement placed on .www.improvedtouring.com.I'm highly interested in buying your (ITB Fiat Spider).Let me know your least offering price and i would like to know present condition of it? Send pics also.
In respect of my shipping,i have a reputable International Shipping Company that take care of my shipping down to destination.
Kindly get back to me via my email account if my enquiry acceptable. Regards, Asuca Lee.....

asuca lee [[email protected]]

[Doug Ford]

I got this today from

[email protected]

Hello ,
i am Fred i have diversed customer's across the US whom i
buy various items for i have these client who has instructed me to purchase these for him which is $11,500 and will be willing to make payments with a Certified cashier's cheque drawn from a usa bank please if you are pleased with these transaction don't hesitate to email me back
hope to hear from you soon
Regards
Fred
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I think I am going to have him send it to me anyway.

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1989 Mazda rx-7 red ITS #12
1995 BMW 325is White
2001 supercrew white (tow vehicle)
Regional Executive Midsouth Region #66

[7racing]

I got the same messages when I was selling my Miata. I just disregarded them and never thought about just taking the money.

Hell, if they are trying to scam us, shouldn't we be able to scam them?

[Greg Amy]

The problem is that the money they send you is worth exactly bupkus...

Originally posted by Doug Ford:
I got this today from

[email protected]

Hello ,
i am Fred i have diversed customer's across the US whom i
buy various items for i have these client who has instructed me to purchase these for him which is $11,500 and will be willing to make payments with a Certified cashier's cheque drawn from a usa bank please if you are pleased with these transaction don't hesitate to email me back
hope to hear from you soon
Regards
Fred
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I think I am going to have him send it to me anyway.

its worthless with no such bank

[gsbaker]

One comment: Wire transfer.

Gregg

[CaptainWho]

Another way these scams can work is like the one my brother got on a Honda Odyssey four-wheeler a month or six weeks ago. The guy wanted to send a check for several thousand more than the asking price and have my brother wire the surplus back to him. Yeah. Right. You send me a check and I'm supposed to send you a wire? How stupid does my email address look?

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Doug "Lefty" Franklin
NutDriver Racing

[Scooter]

Originally posted by CaptainWho:
Another way these scams can work is like the one my brother got on a Honda Odyssey four-wheeler a month or six weeks ago. The guy wanted to send a check for several thousand more than the asking price and have my brother wire the surplus back to him.

Just to be clear, what can happen is that the "buyer" sends some kind of certified check that you deposit and wait until it clears. The when you see the money in your account, you're happy to return a surplus or send the item.

Well, since it's an international account that it's drawn from, the check can actually clear into your account and then a couple of days later the money will magically disappear when everything actually goes through.

[zracer22]

You can turn the tables on them. Have a little fun with them. Here is a link to a website with one guys adventures having fun with 419 scammers. It is funny as hell!
http://www.geocities.com/scamjokepage/

[Doug Ford]

I still have not heard a word from Ole Fred.

Man I was really getting excited there for a second...NOT!!

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1989 Mazda rx-7 red ITS #12
1995 BMW 325is White
2001 supercrew white (tow vehicle)
Regional Executive Midsouth Region #66

[Doug Ford]

here is the latest one...

HELLO,
AM Mr HENRY I BASE IN DUBLIN (IRELAND) AM A BUSINESS MAN THAT GET GOODS FOR CUSTOMER I HAVE CUSTOMER THAT IS READY TO BUY
YOUR(86/89 Mazda rx7 )AND IS READY TO PAY YOU,SO I WILL LIKE TO HAVE YOUR (86/89 Mazda rx7 )AND ALSO LAST OFFER OF IT,,I WILL LIKE TO INFORM YOU THAT I HAVE A REPORTABLE SHIPPER IN DUBLIN THAT CAN DO THE SHIPPING FOR ME ALSO TO INFORM YOU THAT I WILL BE PAYING YOU BY US CERTIFIED CASHIER CHEQUE,KINDLY GET BACK TO ME WITH THE LAST PRICE THEN WE CAN PROCEED ON PAYMENT FAST.
HOPE TO READ FROM YOU NOW.
THANKS..


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1989 Mazda rx-7 red ITS #12
1995 BMW 325is White
2001 supercrew white (tow vehicle)
Regional Executive Midsouth Region #66