Highly unusual response to a forum classified ad.... what do you think?

nevrenuf

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I received this reply to a post I had in the classified ads here.....


We are interested in buying your mentioned RB1 AM/FM/SAT/NAV Radio at
advertised rate of $1,000. Radio will be picked up from your location for
onward shipping to us. Cost and modalities of shipping to be borned by us.

Payment is by check through a debtor in US. The debtor owes us higher than
your asking price. He will therefore be sending you a check for $5,000 to cover
the cost of our purchase, as well as the Shipping costs.

On receipt of the check, you will cash and deduct your asking price. The
balance you will send as we would instruct you to the Agency that will ship the
Radio to us. If this arrangement suites you fine, please send us your address
where to send the check, as well as the name to be on it. Also send us your
phone number for easy communication.

Looking forward to hearing from you.

Thank you.

Best Regards

BRIAN GREEN.
 

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did i mention it was a scam?
 

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did i mention it was a scam?
 

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did i mention it was a scam?


Let me clear it up. ITS A SCAM!!!!
 

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I second Prosthogod, get the check nothing to lose,go to the bank see if they will cash it and then decide what to do.
 

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After much thought to the deal.I would be carefull.It may be a


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Whatcha think the chances of his check being real are, Gomer?
 

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Get the check but don't try to cash it. My lawyer advises me that you will be held accountable. If you must take it to the bank advise the bank manager that you suspect the check is a fraud and be very up front with the bank. Ignorance is not an excuse, banks and law enforcement take this very seriously...CYA...
 

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Look at the website. http://www.419eater.com/
You can play along and make these guys do hideous things and have fun.

Tell the guy you will pay him but he needs to get a real VCA tattoo on his arm and send pictures to you. Otherwise the VCA board you belong to won't let you pay this guy. Once we get the pictures showing the real VCA tattoo, we will send him $5,000 with Western Union as a sign of our gratitude. :nana: :nana:
 

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If you cash a check that is later found to be fraudulent, your bank can not only make you accountable for the cost of the check and their costs, they may also freeze your account (even your honest money!) until the issue is fully settled. Which could be several days.

Best not to mess with anything shady.
 

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Typically in these scams the bank will cash the check, and you think you are in the clear. A month later when the check is determined internally to be corrupt they will debit your account for the full amount.
End result.
Crook has your item.
Crook has the "extra" money your sent them.
You are out the full $5K
 

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What amazes me is that this scam seems to work. I've been getting the Nigeria letters several times over the last 10 plus years. They must be getting some people to fall for it! I had a similar experience with a 69 Mustang Boss 429 that came up on E-bay. It "sold" for $75,000 once, then for $35,000 and when I e-mailed the seller to ask what's up it became available to me for $6,000.00 because she was tired of getting ****** around. Of course the car wasn't available to be inspected in New Jersey as listed because it was actually in Italy (she was sorry for the error; didn't fully understand how things worked in the US). And I work for a living!!
 

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Just like the $72,000 cashiers check I received for my SRT-10 sight unseen. They wanted me to wire the $5000 difference "immediately". Check mailed from London - but was from a bank in Texas (B of A). I knew it was a scam the whole time, but played along. I took the check to Bank of America and they laughed... It actually looked real - watermark and all, but was a check from about 15 years ago. They said they hadn't seen a check like that in ages. Needless to say, when I responded that the check was bogus - never got a reply...

Now when I get these solicitations, I email back and agree just so they waste their time by sending me their bogus checks. I got three of em now. Looks like I'm starting a collection.... :) With a truck I was selling I got a check and told them the truck was on it's way with the remainder in cash under the floormat. The guy absolutely freaked out - quite funny, but that was because the address was bogus all along. I was just playing him to pay him back for trying to scam me.

I can't believe anyone would be stupid enough to fall for these scams, but they must be out there somewhere...


SCAM!!!!
 

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Get the check and cash it.

I would not even do this. I had this same mentality when I ran across a scam much like this. So I just waited for the check to come, when it did I deposited into my bank account. A few days later I got a call from the bank regarding the check. Turns out it was a forgery and that I was not under investigation. I had saved all correspondence from the individual so I was able to exonerate myself.

MORAL: IF IT SMELLS LIKE A SCAM...IT'S A SCAM. NEVER ACCEPT ANY FOR OF PAYMENT OTHER THAN CASH MONEY!
 

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Besides, you're probably having these checks mailed to your residence and you don't know the type of person or persons you're dealing with. You think you're teaching these crooks a lesson but you may be putting yourself and your family in danger. Simply not worth it.
 

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I had one that told me that I had won a new car,all I had to do was send them a check for the taxes and they told me they would ship the car but when I told them that I would meet them and give the money to them when I pick the car up all I heard was a dial tone after that.
 

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Besides, you're probably having these checks mailed to your residence and you don't know the type of person or persons you're dealing with. You think you're teaching these crooks a lesson but you may be putting yourself and your family in danger. Simply not worth it.

Exactly!
 

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I love screwing with these guys, but I wouldn't give out my address. Give out a work or PO. One time, I actually got them to paypal me the money, and they did. From that I was able to actually make an impact (cancelled cards and accounts).

Follow the 419 rules and report it to their country. Also report the email to abuse@where the emailcame from.com. One time I actually got someones passport photo, real address and phone number (I called it). I sent this all to the nigerian 419.

It's fun playing with scammers, it takes their time away from scamming someone who might fall for it, and who knows you might get enough info to get them.
 

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