Anyone else smell fish?
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Anyone else smell fish?
I have an engine and transmission for sale. A guy from holland wishes to purchase it. The clincher is he wants his ex-biz partner in canada to send me 3500, then I am to deduct the cost of the engine, it's various bits, and shipping. Then wire him the rest.. This sounds like a scam, but he's trying to tell me it's legit. I'm smellin' fish.......
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Originally Posted by pfogle
I have an engine and transmission for sale. A guy from holland wishes to purchase it. The clincher is he wants his ex-biz partner in canada to send me 3500, then I am to deduct the cost of the engine, it's various bits, and shipping. Then wire him the rest.. This sounds like a scam, but he's trying to tell me it's legit. I'm smellin' fish.......
A "Cut-out" in Canada that he no longer does business with.
The cash comes from wherever, in whatever currency.
Scrape off most of the valuable stuff.
An extraordinary level of trust in you sending the rest of the cash by wire...
It's a money laundering scheme! I'd bet my hindmost sphincter on it!!!
Send the contact info to the Home Defence bureau by e-mail with the details.
I bet it's based in Canada, and the guy in Holland is used as the contact point only, for credibility purposes.
Last edited by Greywolf; May 20, 2005 at 01:19 AM.
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I remember seeing another post in here a while back about this very same scam. I also remember seeing it somewhere else as well. Something to do with the certified check they send you for an amount greater then the purchase price and you depositing it and sending them the item and the difference with your check after shipping and all, and then finding out that their check was no good, forged or counterfeit. Then the seller has to pay back the bank, plus loses the item plus the extra money sent back to the buyer. NFG man.
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Originally Posted by nightowl_52
I remember seeing another post in here a while back about this very same scam. I also remember seeing it somewhere else as well. Something to do with the certified check they send you for an amount greater then the purchase price and you depositing it and sending them the item and the difference with your check after shipping and all, and then finding out that their check was no good, forged or counterfeit. Then the seller has to pay back the bank, plus loses the item plus the extra money sent back to the buyer. NFG man.
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There's maybe a 1% chance this guy is legit but I'm personally not that much of a gambling man. This makes a good read on this type of fraud.
http://sacramento.craigslist.org/about/scams.html
http://sacramento.craigslist.org/about/scams.html