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Post by Carl McFly on Sept 1, 2009 21:14:32 GMT -5
Got a question for you. Sold my car on ebay. Supposedly. Got this msg from the buyer:
Hello,
I have won the auction using the buy it now and I want you to answer the below questions accordingly before I get the bank check and send it out to you.
1. Can I trust you with the money?
2. Will you be able to wire transfer the added fee the same day you receive and cash the check? Because I will add my shipper fee on the check ,that mean I will put additional fee on the check so when it clear you will have to just deduct your item fee and kindly pay the balance to the shipper I have got.
3. Will you be available when the shipping company will be coming for the pick up?
4. Is the item just the way you describe it in eBay?
5. Can I take you for your words?
6. You can provide me your name; address and phone number if you are agree to the above
Questions so that I can send the bank check by tomorrow. Again I do not have a Pay Pal account that mean am going to send the full payment by check that is cashable at your bank same day.
I basically responded by saying send a bank check or money order to my FedEx hold for pickup address. A personal check will be laughed at. And shredded. Once the bank check clears and I have cash in hand, it's yours. He's not asking for my acct number and he's not getting it.
What do you think?
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Post by Scott on Sept 1, 2009 21:19:48 GMT -5
STOP!!! Do not send any wire transfers! He added a fee, come on now. this is a classic over seas scam. report it to e-bay.  If he's using a transporter to move the car he can and should pay for that himself. |
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Post by Kurt on Sept 1, 2009 21:20:53 GMT -5
Scam!
Very common approach to bilking people out of money.
Scheme is to have you wire "extra" money back or to someone once you "cash" the check they send you.
However after a week or two the check you received will bounce at your bank. You will be out whatever funds you sent back and possibly your car.
Scam!
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Post by eve on Sept 1, 2009 21:27:48 GMT -5
Absolutely report it.... These are all questions he most certainly could/should have asked BEFORE winning the bid. And really, who in the world asks "can I trust you" and expects an honest answer or sends a total stranger extra money??
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Post by Carl McFly on Sept 1, 2009 21:33:37 GMT -5
You're right.... Scott, Kurt, Evelyn..... you're all right. Even if a check comes and I "cash" it, no matter what, I get whacked with a bounced check fee. Jeez...... seems so obvious now...... what the eff was I thinking..... thanks again. And Evelyn? When you buy my spare parts, I'll be expecting cash!  |
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Post by Chris75 on Sept 1, 2009 21:34:08 GMT -5
Got the SAME email response from CL !!!!
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Post by johnsxj on Sept 1, 2009 22:21:49 GMT -5
SCAM, SCAM, SCAM, SCAM, SCAM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It's just like all those spam e-mails with the BS story about needing your help with an inheritance from somebody in a 3rd world country.
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Post by marky on Sept 2, 2009 21:29:51 GMT -5
Run away! If his attempt to rewrite the contract he agreed to doesn't tip you off his grammar certainly does. It's consistent with someone who does not speak American english natively. He also verbalizes a trust issue twice in an attempt to appeal to your sense of honor which is usually intended to knock you off your guard and want to prove your trustworthiness. This is also a common tactic among overseas scammers. Finally, why can't he pay the shipper? I think we know why.
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Post by eve on Sept 3, 2009 21:33:45 GMT -5
Trust no one - except me of course.... I'm sure you'll be fine with my person check riggghhhttt???
I'll even through in the extra for you to give back to me. lol
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Post by johnsxj on Sept 3, 2009 22:21:15 GMT -5
There all over the place! Here's a copy of one that was in my spam filter today..... We have actually been authorized by the Presidency and the governing board of Central Bank'the British Government with the help of the World Bank to investigate the unnecessary delay of your award inheritance/contract payment of ($US10.M),Therefore send your full Name, Address and Tel.and Fax No. immediately as your fund is waiting for your claim. Betty Wright Senior Spacial Assistant to Ban Ki-Moon United Nations,London Gotta love the spelling  |
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Post by ddewar53 on Sept 4, 2009 8:41:29 GMT -5
There all over the place! Here's a copy of one that was in my spam filter today..... We have actually been authorized by the Presidency and the governing board of Central Bank'the British Government with the help of the World Bank to investigate the unnecessary delay of your award inheritance/contract payment of ($US10.M),Therefore send your full Name, Address and Tel.and Fax No. immediately as your fund is waiting for your claim. Betty Wright Senior Spacial Assistant to Ban Ki-Moon United Nations,London Gotta love the spelling Proposed reply: Dear Betty Plaese halp me git mah munny Mah naime and adres is: Barry Obama 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue Washington, DC 20500 Phone number: 1-800-BITEMEE |
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Post by Kevin W. on Sept 4, 2009 11:32:05 GMT -5
I get a very similar response from someone literally EVERY SINGLE TIME I post something on Craigslist... it's SOOO annoying!
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Post by opie on Sept 4, 2009 14:16:49 GMT -5
Carl...tell you what - you send me enough CASH to cover the check - then I'll deposit it for you, then I have a bridge I'm selling you may be interested in....
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Post by eve on Sept 4, 2009 16:38:58 GMT -5
Love Craigslist - got my jeep there!!
See, it's not all bad....
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Post by johnsxj on Sept 7, 2009 17:21:02 GMT -5
And here's todays!!!!!!! MR. MATHEW SILVER Telephone: + 27 73 599 0807. Urgent Business Proposal. Attn: President/ CEO, I am a Chief Internal Auditor at AMERICAN EXPRESS BANK of South Africa (AMEX SA). I am writing to seek your cooperation over business deal. In my Department, I discovered an abandoned sum of (US$35.7Million). In an account that belongs to one of our foreign customers who died along with his entire family in a plane crash that took place in Kenya, The account belongs to the Late DR. GEORGE BRUMLEY, a citizen of Atlanta, United States of America and contractor with Anglo Gold. Since we got information about his death, we have been expecting his next of kin or business associate to come and claim his money because it cannot be released unless somebody applies for it as next of kin or business associate to the deceased as indicated in our banking guidelines but unfortunately, all his supposed next of kin or relation died along with him at the plane crash leaving nobody behind for the claim. You can read more about the crash on the site below; www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/07/20/kenya.crash/index.html It is therefore upon this discovery that I now decided to make this business proposal to you and release the money to your account as the next of kin or business associate. The banking law and guideline here stipulates that if such money remains dormant after five years; the money will be transferred into the Bank treasury as unclaimed funds. The request for your assistance and maximum co-operation as a foreign citizen is highly needed to release these funds. I will like us to share this money mutually on two equal half between me and you. Please note that I don't have any access to withdraw any cent from this money due to the money was insured by the owner DR. GEORGE BRUMLEY. I will like you at this point to understand that this is privileged information and must be strictly confidential. Please reply to above email or Phone number. Thanks and God bless. Yours Sincerely, Mathew Silver |
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