GrumpySmurf 0 #1 May 2, 2005 Got this in email today: My asking price for the container is $925. Hello, Thanks for getting back to me,Like i said earlier i am presently in the Western africa .there won't be any probs about the shipment,after payment ,the pick up will be made at your place. i have made arrangements with the prepaid shipping company. As regards payment,this is what i am going to do.I have a client in the US who is owing me $2,600 i would instruct him to makeout a certified check to you in that amount and as soon as it clears your bank. you can now deduct your money from it and send me my balance via western union ,i will be using part of the money to pay for the shipping and other expenses ..Although the value of the check is more than the asking price but i think i should be able to trust you with my balance. So if my terms are acceptable to you,i would like you to give me your full name,address and phone number so that i can instruct my client to make out the check to you. Pls get back to me as soon as you get this mail so that we can round things up in a timely fashion. Thanks in this regard Jessyca. So look out for Jessyca Betty Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tigra 0 #2 May 2, 2005 Explain to her that you'll refund the difference in the same manner payment was originally made. ie a fake cashier's check! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sangiro 26 #3 May 2, 2005 Use the "Contact Seller" form option in the future. That way a person will not be able to contact you unless registered. it does not prevent these schemes but it's much easier to stop when detected by just disabling the username and forcing the person through a whole new registration (from a new IP etc) again.Safe swoops Sangiro Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
slug 1 #4 May 3, 2005 Started as soon as we read western africa. They still must be hooking some fish but this scam is getting as old as the brooklyn bridge. Wrong audience they need folks that are suffering from very O L D to bite into this one. R.I.P. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dgm458 0 #5 May 3, 2005 Parties that are interested in these scams include the FBI and the US Postal Inspection Service (mail fraud). Look up their #'s and dial the digits. They helped a friend of mine. The cashier's checks themselves are real....but the account numbers are fake. That's why it takes so long to "bounce" because the bank personnel are busy looking through old records to find the bank account #. They aren't really interested in your gear...they want that $$$$. david-------------------------------------------------- Failure to prepare is preparing to fail Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LilZilla 2 #6 May 3, 2005 I got one today too. Don't know if I'm the only one who got it but some chick from some other country is asking me to transfer her $4,300,000 into an American account for her. She said that I would get 8% for the trouble. Funny how absolutely none of this has anything to do with my ad. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GrumpySmurf 0 #7 May 3, 2005 You'ld think they'd try to be more creative by now and the sad thing is, if they are still doing it - there must be someone still willing to fall for it. So far, gotten one of these scam offers for the container, and 2 on my car. You have to laught, eh? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
