Scam?

[jimbo]

I got several of these when I was selling my wife's 3000 GT vr4. The key is they always end up asking to give you more than you are asking, and get an immediate refund for the balance (the scam). From what I understand they are never really interested in stealing your car at all. The early tipoff is some kind of story involving a "client" who has already given them the check/money order for a certain amount and asked the "agent" to find them a car.

Just delete these as they come in, worthless predators.

Oh, one more thing, they often contain incorrect English grammer.

[SPAZZ]

They didn't include the fact that it would be a counterfeit payment method...but they just openly include the overpayment.
I received the below from my local online classified adds. Not anything small, but our actual large newspaper type.


Hello.
I am interested in immediate purchase of your item,but before i proceed on
this transaction i will like to ask some question as follow. i can only raise
cashier check or money order for the payment of your item so i will like to know
if the item is still available and also if is in good condition Please your
answer on this, will enable me to issue your payment to you asap 1) Do you
accept a ( Cashier Check / Money Order ) as a mode of payment? 2) What is the
firm price of the item? 3) Will you let our shipping company to come to your
house for the pick up of the item? 4)I will want you to kindly get back to me
now with your contact info where you want the payment to address to.i mean your
name and address and your contact phone number. 5) Will you be able to send the
excess fund back to the shipping company via western union money transfer same
day you recieve the check. 6)Your name and address that the payment will be sent
include your e-mail addess with it.
Regards..

[Moncha]

Ok, now that IS an idiot!!! They don't even understand the concept of the scam in itself...

ScAmMeRs are bad enough, but this is a clear example of a copy cat scammer.. What a nincow-poop!!!!

Thanks SPAZZ for the additional info.

Be carefull out there!!!

[SPAZZ]

this was a reply from z idaho.com classifieds

I notified them, they said thanks & they forwarded my complaint to the proper department. I hope they bust that idiot.

[BOSSKE]

this thing happened to me a couple a days ago. Guy mail me a "check" on $6000 for my dad's old car ( which is $2000). He was like: take your part and send rest of the money here and there for shipping. I was lucky that I wanted cash in bank so they realize that all that was SCAM. If I just deposit check on my account I would lose car and $6k. (because when bank find out that check is fake they take your money).

There is one more thing that happened to me just the other day.
Guy is selling a 2003 BMW X5 (worth $33000) for $17500. He "lost" his job etc.. He doesen't even have a phone so he e-mail to me.
And he wants $8500 up front for car before he even show me this car.
Apparently, car is locked in garage in Phoenix,AZ, he lives in New Jersey, and he place add in Alaskan newspaper.
Sounds good to be true huh?

[IndianaVX]

wow, this just happened to me on ebay today..... check this out. had pics, and description on the listing, stating no zero feedback bidders. 200.oo deposit to be paid with paypal, balance paid in 7 days, and pick up in 14 days. had a buy it now option, which this fool used. so heres what i get in my email.......

"I will be sending payment of US $200.00 for my item.


Dear maroonghia,

I will be sending payment of US $200.00 via Money Order/CashierCheck shortly.

Hello, How are you today.I am interested in your item and i do wish to know its current condition.Send me more pictures so that i can assess its physical conditions.What is your final asking price and will you accept MONEY ORDER/CASHIER'S CHECK as means of payment.Get back to me with the requested informations Fullname,Addrerss,Cite,State,Zipcide,Country and Contact Phone#..I await your response, Regards, Moore.
Print postage for this shipment online
You can easily print postage or a label for US Postal Service and UPS.


Item # Item Title Qty. Price
330037432212 Porsche : 924 1 US $800.00
Deposit due: US $200.00
Balance (Less Deposit): US $600.00 "

to start with, he used buy it now, and then is telling me he is interested??
so anyway, i call the number that is posted, and its a guy in florida, (bidder is from mississippi, maybe} said that he has gotten several calls about auctions that he has not had anything to do with. used whitepages.com to do reverse address lookup, goes to a concrete finishing company, and the number listed is a fax. errrrr. bad thing is, my surgury is in two weeks, i could use the cash, had several people looking to bid,(the listing was for a 7 day auction, and this idiot ended it after a day) and now i cant relist it for 14 days, or until the unpaid item dispute kicks in. talk about going from one extreme to another, happy that i sold the porsche, to having an even worse headache because this fool.
i dont even know what makes sense anymore.
RANT OVER.
watch out, no matter where you are.

[IndianaVX]

oh, by the way, my "cousin in law" works for the indiana attorny general....i cant wait to give him the detals on this. Steve carter, the attorny gen. for indiana is a hater of this kind of stuff. he was instrimental in the "no call list"

[VCAMILO]

The same scam is going on in Roomates.com TOO FUNNY!