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does something sound fishy
Saturday, August 06, 2005 10:38 AM
ok well im trying to sell my car this guy says that he wants to buy it but something doesnt seem right check it out

thanks for getting back to me this time.am located in canada i will pay the amount you want for the (car) . but i will have to pay you with a cheque drawn from an AMERICAN bank through my client who owes me the sum of $17,000 and he has agreed to send the cheque out in your name in which you will cash it and deduct your own $12,000 and help me send the rest back to my shipper through WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER.this remaining money will be used for the shipping of what am buying from you. i want you to get back to me if you think you can help me out with my proposal.

and then i asked for money order and he sed
OK I WILL TELL MY CLIENT TO MADE THE PAYMENT TO YOU BY
MONEY ORDER OKAY. AND DO SEND THE INFORMATION I
REQUESTED FOR THE PAYMENT.....

wut should i do something doesnt seem right

Re: does something sound fishy
Saturday, August 06, 2005 10:42 AM
It's probably some scam where they try to launder money ... I hear chances are they won't even pick up the car or product, they'll just take the money you send and assume you'll be happy with your cut and still having a product. Where did you list your car for sale?
Re: does something sound fishy
Saturday, August 06, 2005 10:58 AM
sounds a lil funny to me...i wouldnt sell to him even though he did say he'd pay what ur asking. honestly, i wouldn't sell unless i was able to meet the guy somehow in person where he could give me the money himself rather than getting it through some other guy that owes him money...
Re: does something sound fishy
Saturday, August 06, 2005 11:13 AM
That makes absolutely no sense. Why doesn't client send him the money initially and not make you the middle man?

Tell him that you don't feel comfortable handling someone elses money and if his "client" can just send him the money directly so he can send it to you without any type of problems. See what he says...if he has any problems then it's more than likely a scam or just not worth your time.



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Re: does something sound fishy
Saturday, August 06, 2005 11:17 AM
its the oldest scam on the net, don't do his deal, you'll wind up getting hurt while the scammer gets rich


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Re: does something sound fishy
Saturday, August 06, 2005 11:26 AM
lol...this is so old. you arent getting a cut or anything.

You cash the check and now its your problem. You send them the money and viola the check is conterfiuet. So they get there money..and now u owe 17grand to the bank



Re: does something sound fishy
Saturday, August 06, 2005 3:16 PM
Don't do it.
Re: does something sound fishy
Saturday, August 06, 2005 3:20 PM
tylEr wrote:Don't do it.



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Re: does something sound fishy
Saturday, August 06, 2005 4:03 PM
I'm about 99.9% sure this is a scam. Best bet, do not accept that payment.











Re: does something sound fishy
Saturday, August 06, 2005 6:17 PM
I have a bridge I'd be willing to sell you for the bargin price of $10,000 Dollers american.
Please make checks or money orders out to the lawfirm of Dewy, Dickem and Howe.
They will forward the money to me and I will mail you the deed.


I'm only kidding dude. So do not do this you will wind up with either no car or police knocking down your door. Remember if it seems to good to be true then it is. And this my friend is WAY to good to be true. Tell this guy to wire you cash via western union.
And once you get the cash in hand then he gets the car. But do not re-send him money from a refund from a client something deff is not right. Be carefull

And let me know about the bridge.




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Re: does something sound fishy
Saturday, August 06, 2005 7:44 PM
please dont do it!!




Re: does something sound fishy
Sunday, August 07, 2005 4:04 AM
It has been asked about a million time. Same old scam. You'll end up with bill to pay.



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Re: does something sound fishy
Thursday, August 11, 2005 10:30 PM
Roscoe is right, this is not a joke.

Do not accept this deal.

You will be paying for it all out of your pocket.
Re: does something sound fishy
Friday, August 12, 2005 9:52 AM
Might want to report it to the fraud dept. of the FBI along with any information you have / can obtain from it.
Re: does something sound fishy
Friday, August 12, 2005 8:53 PM
610pennsylvania wrote:It's probably some scam where they try to launder money ... I hear chances are they won't even pick up the car or product, they'll just take the money you send and assume you'll be happy with your cut and still having a product. Where did you list your car for sale?


and then your really gonna be happy, cause then you would have gotten exactly what you paid for!




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Re: does something sound fishy
Saturday, August 13, 2005 1:45 AM
its a scam
check my email responce i got from this guy for my .. 2.3 intake mani ...


Sorry for the lately response and Thanks for your quick response you offered to my mail, am ok with your asking price $200 and you don,t need to bother or strees yourself about the shippment cos i have a reliable shipper that will come to your location for the pickup of the 2.3 quad intake mani to my house in uk and also my shipper will be assisting me in clearing and picking some of my goods that i bought from other buyers down to my house. In respect of payment i have a client in the europe who is owing me and he has agreed to issue a cheque of $1.100 .All i need to do to make payment easier and faster is to instruct him to procure a certified cheque and mail it to you on the address and name you want on the cheque. But i would want to know if i can count on you to send my balance to the shipping company via Western Union Money Transfer as soon as you cash the money ,so that they can start to process the INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING DOCUMENTS of the the 2.3 quad intake mani and come for the pick up at your location.Mail me asap to enable me arrange payment.Furnish me with your name,physical mailing address and contact/cell phone number, so I can forward it to my client in europe who will issue the cheque for the payment ok.
I will be looking forward to hearing from you soon,
Thanks and God bless,
Regards to you and your family,
Nicolas Williams




Re: does something sound fishy
Saturday, August 13, 2005 7:15 AM
Xian G wrote:Might want to report it to the fraud dept. of the FBI along with any information you have / can obtain from it.


The FBI knows about it already.


These people are from Nigerian countires usually.

They are hard to track down, they sometimes use one time use e-mail address, they route the e-mail through other places before going to you.





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Re: does something sound fishy
Tuesday, August 16, 2005 12:25 PM
Yea its a scam, They just caught 2 guys from Eastern Canada trying to buy a motor home in my city, western part of Canada.
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