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Another Scammer tries his luck
Berliner Beer:
I have advertised a baby carrier/rucksack in the free adds paper and got this email...... Dont worry I didn't! Just for interest the item was advertised for £45.....Still For sale :D
"Thanks for the mail , the price is okay by me and i am ready to from you immediately, i am ok with 70POUNDS for the ( BABY/ TODDLER Carrier Rucksack ) and i want you to delete the ad from the website, i have a reputable shipper that will take care of shipping from your end and i want to let you know i have a client in the state that is owneing me a sum of 2000pounds i will instruct him to issue you a certified cashier's chueque on my behalf and as soon as chueque arrives, you hold out your amount and send the difference to my shipper for the pick up in your place, i hope i can trust you for my balance and also you will be contacting my shipper with all neccesary formation needed for pickup in your place i.e the actual weight and exact mension of the ( ) if you have it, if this terms are okay by you, do get back to me with the following details which payment be made out to you like this
Home Address...
Full Name on chueque...
State...post code...
Country...
Telephone Number... Mobile phone number...
Fax Number...
Do get back to me asap with this details for payment to able made out to you immediately Waiting to hearing.
N.B........ALSO I AM GOING TO COMPENSATE YOU WITH 50pounds FOR YOUR KIND EFFORT TOWARDS THIS TRANSACTION"
What a load a tosh
Boggert:
I know they are out there doing this s**t but what’s the scam?
No one in their right mind is going to hand out their details and nothing is being posted until payment is received.
thermidorthelobster:
It's simple; you get a bankers' draft, you bank it, you ship the goods, 4 weeks later the bank finds out the draft is forged or stolen and revokes the money. By this time you've already (a) lost the goods and (b) written out a big cheque to the scammer for the balance, which of course has gone from your account.
As I've said before, Bankers' Drafts are NOT guaranteed and CAN be revoked, regardless of whether your bank tells you otherwise.
Range Rover Blues:
Pretty soon no-one will be accepting banker's drafts anymore. What's the point? they used to be guaranteed but nowadyas they aren't worth the paper they are written on.
Boggert:
How about this one this chap sent me...
Hello Patrick....
Thank you very much for your prompt response... I want to use this medium to inform you that i am a far away buyer from Norway and i wont be able to view the car in person but i am ready to make an immediate purchase of your 2005 SUZUKI GRAND VIT because i am satisfied with its present state and condition and also from the pictures on the web, i believe in good faith that the car is in good condition.
Secondly, payment ( A UK CERTIFIED BANKER'S DRAFT) will be mailed to you via 1st class post in a couple of days if we come to a solid agreement.I have made arrangement for the pick-up and shippment, so i would like you to prepare the log-book and the dvla/v5 papers for me so that once the payment has cleared at your bank then i can have the car shipped from your residence to me directly.
I have sealed arrangements with a shipping company over here in Oslo
prior to this time to handle the shippment for me cos they have an
agent over there in the u.k who can carry out all the paperwork for me
so please inform all other prospective clients that an offer has been
placed on the car.
I am a used car dealer with my own private garage and showroom here
in Norway , and have a client over there in the U.k who owes me money
from business purchases with my showroom which i would like to use to
purchase this car.The only constraint is that sum owed me is more than
price of your car. Please,could you deduct price of car (£8,650) from sum ?and send the difference to my shipping agent in the U.K who will be on standby to come and do the pick up on my behalf.
The total amount on the draft would be £13, 500.,i would like you to
get back to me with your FULL NAME ,CONTACT ADDRESS AND PHONE NUMBER so payment can be made out to you and i can call you up so tha we could both fix a date for pick-up and all documentations when the draft is received. Please make sure you get in touch with me as soon as you get this message ..
Hope to hear from you soon
Larry
N.B. I have stated the name,address and email address and mobile number of my client in the United Kingdom,feel free to get in touch with him anytime.
NAME OF AGENT:-MR .FREDRICK JAMES.
ADDRESS:-13 ******** Drive ,Williton Taunton ,Somerset Ta4 *** .
EMAIL ADDRESS: fredrick2006mail@AIM.com
MOBILE NUMBER:-+44 702 4031 262
He origionally sent me an e-mail just asking for a few details about car....
I won't type what I wrote back, Wolfie might ban me from the site! LOL :wink:
How stupid do these people think we are? Might give the mobile a call later... LOL
oh I have edited the address just incase there is some poor sod who has been scammed and their address is being used.
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