I have been selling my truck (www.68fordf100.com) and have been receiving emails from the UK where they are wanting to purchase the truck- NOW!

I have posted a sample of the email I have received below. In addition, compare it with this website, which details this type of FRAUD- http://www.dcu.org/streetwise/march2005.html

You'll quickly see how they are able to get $1-3,000 pretty easily using those checks and having you send money to "their shipper"!

I hope this helps in not getting ripped off!


EMAIL FROM UK:
Thanks for the mail and i really appreciate your response I have
> interest in purchasing the Truck from you I'm ok with your stated
> condition alone with the price $12,500. I'm located in UK ,I will
> arrange for the shipper that will be coming for the pick up and they
> will be coming with some other consignment of mine. I will instruct my
> client to procure a certified cashier check of $15,500 and send it to
> you to make this transaction fast and to avoid time wasting (the cost
> includes shipping cost because i have other goods with the shippers).
> As soon as you received the check you will send the excess funds to
> the shipping company through western union money transfer because it
> is preferable to them (kindly let me know if i can trust you on this).
> The shippers are to do the pick up along side other goods of mine in
> the states. Immediately they will be coming for the pick up so that
> they can complete and arrange the paper works,customs and other duties
> .
> They will come for the pick up at the moment everything is in place as
> i will really appreciate your efforts towards making this possible.
> Endeavour to email me your mailing information so that the cheque can
> be written out in your favour. Do send me the following information
> for my client to be able to prepare you the cheque without any further
> delay FULLNAME.............................
> CONTACT ADDRESS...................
> CITY...............
> STATE.......
> POST CODE........
> CONTACT PHONE NUMBER...........
> COUNTRY.................
> Thanks,
> Hope to hear from you soon.
> You're Blessed,

 

Thanks for the reminder, most everyone here is already wise to this scam.

 

I answer them back with
Please note the sale of this truck is for cash. Please send your agent with CASH I will foward any over payment to you...........TRUST ME

 

I've seen those emails as questions to ebay sellers. Usually when I do I send the seller a warning and a link to a site that details the fraud. Usually get a thanks from the seller.

You want to be careful but you can have fun with them
1. Give them the name and address of the local FBI fraud investigation officer/office but tell them it's your personal address.

2. Tell them you will accept their check but it will take 6 months to clear before you can remit the refund.

3. Tell them you have a special rate to deal with BS and it will consume all of their payment.

4. email them a virus.

5. Tell them the truck is sold

6. Best thing to do is ignore them.

 

I strung a guy along , kept telling him I lost the MO. He fed exed 5 of them to me before they realized i was bs'ing them

 

Thank you for the suggestions! I was wondering how to play with these as they come in!

 

I had the almost exact same email about my drum set I was selling. I was asking $750 for it, and they wanted to send me $1550, and having me forward the remaining money back to them. They also said they were from the UK

 

I would just say that I would keep the overage. Yeah, I know, it's a phony, but that's not what they want you to think. Then again, you'd get nagged by coons about why you wouldn't help them arrange shipping and all sorts of other stupid guilt trips.

No, I am not a nice enough guy to give change back even IF it was for real....

 

yes , this has been going on for some time now, a friend of mine recived the same thing when he tried to sell his Harley online, i told him it was a scam.

 

Wonder if they are really even in the UK. You'll notice that the spelling of "check" in the first paragraph is the typical American spelling(twice), while in the second it's the British version, "Cheque". "Endeavour" and "Favour", British spellings again, but I'd bet this putz is closer to home than you think. I'd really like to see where the money they want you to transfer is going to. ("their shipper" indeed.)
Never seen this particular scam, but haven't advertised much on the net. Pretty easy to catch anything wanting money to pass in the "wrong direction" isn't legit, as well as the old, "if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is" axiom. Like my wife always says, someone like either of our moms might fall for this BS, and that's just sad. I hate scam artists. Make an honest living like the rest of us, you punks.
I had a really cool teacher in high school who had a saying about making an honest living. He said: I know people who clean out septic tanks for a living. When you ask them how they can stand to do that, their answer is, 'at the end of the day, that kind of crap washes off.' (except he didn't say crap). True 'dat!

 

I've gotten this same scam several times when I was selling a couple of Jeeps I had. The one sent me the same e-mail seven times. The e-mail routing showed it as a Nigerian e-mail addy.

The scammer didn't appreciate it, when I asked why they had a Nigerian e-mail, but wanted the Jeep in the UK?

 

Forward me their email and I'll give you a map to their house.