Dear fred,

I got your mail and the contents well uderstood, as i informed you in my
last mail,that we have a cashier check which is made out for the order,but
the amount on it is bigger than what you are supposed to be paid.However,our
client has instructed us to carry on with his check, that means that payment
will get to you in cashier check of $27,700 which is a refund payment of a
cancelled order earlier made by my client.So you are required to deduct cost
of your car $22,500 when payment gets to you and refund balance $5200 to my
customer via western union money transfer for him to be able to offset
shipping charges .After payment has reached you and balance sent back to
him,our agent will come for the pick up and drive to a prepaid shipper to be
shipped to my customer,while title papers and other necessary documets will
be handed over to my agent at the time of pick up.
Please Confirm this and provide name,address and phone number for check
payment to be delivered to you via fedex courier .i am located in London.
you can call me on my number:44703194118,
Thanks and God bless,
Jimmy Mike


" <vete76@twcny.rr.com>
>To: "jim jim" <jamojemba@hotmail.com>
>Subject: Re: get back to me
>Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2003 15:35:10 -0400
>
>i don't understand what you r trying to say. please explain
>i need to get the car sold asap, lost my job friday.
>fred
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "jim jim" <jamojemba@hotmail.com>
>To: <vete76@twcny.rr.com>
>Sent: Saturday, October 11, 2003 9:07 AM
>Subject: get back to me
>
>
> >
> > Dear fred,
> > I got your mail and your price well accepted.
> > How ever the amount in the check he deposited for the order is bigger
>than
> > what should be paid to you, though it's meant the total expenses which
> > includes the purchase ,the pick up and the shipping bills. so we want to
> > know if we shall carry on with that .Please get back to us as soon as
>you
> > recieve this.
> > Thanks and God bless,
> > Jimmy Mike :_dupe:
what can i do?

 

YES that is a scam. E-mail him back and tell him to go to hell, or report him. Some in here will chime in later, I think this same thing has happened to a couple of forum memebers. ( members too :crazy: )


[Modified by Tx96LT1, 10:03 AM 10/13/2003]

 

Yes, Definately a SCAM - contract the authorities, there have been several posts here on the same type of scam... :mad

 

See the following threads:
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/zerothread?id=637594
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/zerothread?id=637860

 

Yup...big scam

Remember that even if your bank credits your account with the full amount of the cashiers check it can take 15-30 days for an overseas cashiers check to really clear....so you could get screwed bad.

I can't find the link but one of the guys in off-topic went through this....luckily he figured out it was a scam but figured he would deposit the check anyway to see what would happen....everything was fine until the bank figured out it was a counterfeit cashier's check...they locked his accounts and refused to unlock them...his bank president wouldn't even discuss the matter. It took him weeks to get it straight.

edit: typos :banghead:


[Modified by Bodhi, 12:09 PM 10/13/2003]

 

Totally a scam! Tell him to go to hell and call the police. They are totally trying to rip you off!

 

That dude's more crooked than a 92 year old man with siphilus. Tell him to get bent and report his azz. :yesnod:

 

Straight dummy move, man! Yup. Straight scam. Run, don't walk away from this one! :nono:

 

Tell them to eat the cost of a new check if this is for real. Total scam if not. You will not ship a product to an overseas location until the funds are completely cleared through YOUR bank, bank can explain the details. NOT NEGOTIABLE....Report it, but it will likely net you nowhere but just the satisfaction that you didn't fall for it.

 

tell him to deliver cash. otherwise pound sand. pure scam.

 

vete,
Where have you been living for the last several years? This is a notorious scam. Play along with him if you want, but it is NOT legit and DON'T give him any financial information!
Sell your car to someone else and get on with life. Good luck to you.

Larry
code5coupe...the Assassin
:seeya

 

ttt.