MannyC
Enthusiast
This was posted over at the ALLEY, but I thought I might post it here in case any of you get contacted byt he same guy. My ad was in the Auto Trader, so bewar.
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So my DLM car is arriving in 4 days, and I just so happen to "sell' my RT/10 a few days ago, sort of. So all is looking good -- extra cash to dick around with.
But, here's the deal. This guy that was buying the car saw the ad online and emails me. He represents a Canadian client that is interested in the car -- a broker, no big deal. The client was going to purchase another Viper, but it was sold, and the amount of cash in escrow was more than what I was asking for my car, however, the cashiers check would be made out for the amount they have in escrow, and I could refund the difference. FLAG #1. I decide to go along with this for now. The guy asks me to pull my ad -- I tell him no, not until funds are received. Sure enough, today I get a fed ex with a Bank Of America Cashiers check for $7K more than I was asking. The check looks totally legit, or so I thought, until I really look at it. I notice at the bottom of the check this is text that says, "HOLD AT A ANGLE TO VIEW WHEN CHECKING THE ENDORSEMENT." Notice the part "A ANGLE" instead of "AN ANGLE." I can't imagine BofA would have an error like this on their cahsier checks.
So I take it to my bank and ask them to verify -- they call the branch it was supposedly issued out of and sure enough, it was never issued. This is a fake.
The guy who sent it wants me to western union the difference (there's the scam) and also wants to set up a time to have a trucking company pick up the car. I expect they will never try to pick up the car and instead just want the wester union money, which goes to some account in Canada it looks like.
So, this all just happened. I contacted my local FBI, but nothing they can do since I didn't lose any money or the car. So ******. But if somebody 'attempts' to rob a bank and gets away with nothing, they would be all over this. Stupid. I guess these guys will continue to do this to others. No doubt they contact hundreds of people and a few of those hundreds of people fall for this, and they just keep cashing in. Beware.
-Manny
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So my DLM car is arriving in 4 days, and I just so happen to "sell' my RT/10 a few days ago, sort of. So all is looking good -- extra cash to dick around with.
But, here's the deal. This guy that was buying the car saw the ad online and emails me. He represents a Canadian client that is interested in the car -- a broker, no big deal. The client was going to purchase another Viper, but it was sold, and the amount of cash in escrow was more than what I was asking for my car, however, the cashiers check would be made out for the amount they have in escrow, and I could refund the difference. FLAG #1. I decide to go along with this for now. The guy asks me to pull my ad -- I tell him no, not until funds are received. Sure enough, today I get a fed ex with a Bank Of America Cashiers check for $7K more than I was asking. The check looks totally legit, or so I thought, until I really look at it. I notice at the bottom of the check this is text that says, "HOLD AT A ANGLE TO VIEW WHEN CHECKING THE ENDORSEMENT." Notice the part "A ANGLE" instead of "AN ANGLE." I can't imagine BofA would have an error like this on their cahsier checks.
So I take it to my bank and ask them to verify -- they call the branch it was supposedly issued out of and sure enough, it was never issued. This is a fake.
The guy who sent it wants me to western union the difference (there's the scam) and also wants to set up a time to have a trucking company pick up the car. I expect they will never try to pick up the car and instead just want the wester union money, which goes to some account in Canada it looks like.
So, this all just happened. I contacted my local FBI, but nothing they can do since I didn't lose any money or the car. So ******. But if somebody 'attempts' to rob a bank and gets away with nothing, they would be all over this. Stupid. I guess these guys will continue to do this to others. No doubt they contact hundreds of people and a few of those hundreds of people fall for this, and they just keep cashing in. Beware.
-Manny
