Hello,
Thanks for the mail.
I am indeed interested in your your RANGE ROVER I wish to let you know that the price[ £11,500] is okay by me as for the payment and
shipping you have nothing to worry about. I have spoken to my shipping agent who will be coming for the pickup in your end.In regards to the payment,there is a client of mine in the UK who is owing me some funds about £16,500 so I will
instruct him to issue a cheque that can be drawn by a UK bank in your name and after you must have recieve and cash it you deduct the cost of the
VEHICLE plus additional £50 as compensation which you may spend on transport and also prevent it from being sold to any other interested buyer. You then get the remaining balance sent to my
shipper via western union money transfer.If this is okay by you i want you
to kindly get back to me asap with your FULL NAME,ADDRESS AND PHONE
NUMBER so that we can proceed on the payment and
shipping.Your understanding will be highly appreciated.
Regards,
COLLINS

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Yer ok

How does this scam really work as i bet SOMEONE has followed it up

 

tell them to fook off tiff

 

Ant

Indeed i will

 

the cheque appears to clear. you send them the difference..

thena few weeks later the cheque bounces. then you're fucked

 

You mean you're seriously not going to send him your full name, address and telephone number?

 

You are such a mug tiff.. what an easy way to win some extra money and sell him your car.

PAH If you dont do it, prehaps he wants my dads tomcat?

 

sounds like a deal

 

dunno that seems to be written the other way round?

there no way they going let you cash a cheque for 16.5k

and then you send him a car and the change?? :cry:


what probably happen is you set this up... and then there are problems with getting the cheque cleared so they'll ask you to pay charges for them etc... try to get money out of you etc...

I think

 

how can it clear and then bounce a few weeks later?


surely if it clears in the required 4 days or what have you then it clears?

 

I had two like that tell them go and jump

 

Definately a con. Jim is right the cheque appears to clear but it can take up to two weeks for the bank to take the money back. Its a Nigerian deception.

 

Stolen cheque isn't it - you would be lundering the money for them i.e. you get 16.5k stolen money, they get 4.5k in ok money back, and he then probably won't not want the car.

 

I got loads of them when i was selling a couple of cars through Autotrader

 

i think its about time they tried something new

 

It's an age old scam which originated in Nigeria.

Take a look at www.419.com

 

incorrect- cheques can still be stopped after they have been cleared. dunno how long after but they can be lol. Cheque with your bank.

 

Not if you set up an account, withdraw all the money and con the con-artist!

Not that I'd condone that type of thing - just would be quite funny!

 

no it would con the bank wouldnt it as they never would have that money in there in first place.

should earn about £25 in interest in 2 weeks though... surely you can earn interest on fake money too?! lol

 

True - never tried it before and wouldn't want to!

It's all money laundering though isn't it, so by accepting the cheque you could be arrested for being aiding and abetting a criminal!

Andy

 

why? he's only selling his car?!!!!

I dont reckon there is any money laundering involved, I think its a simple scam just to con you out of money.

 

Scumbags

 

How does it 'appear' to clear Jim, it either does or it doesn't?

People who send them any difference are fuckin mugs and deserve it for being so stupid in the first place!

Tiff, tell em there a bunch of cunts and to fuck right off!

 

Depends - I've heard that the reason why they offer you more money than the car is worth is to 'disappear' the extra x amount of £k. Or as you say they will just cancel the cheque once you've cashed it in at your bank leaving you seriously out of pocket and without whatever it is you're selling!

Whatever scam it is - it's definitely not worth pursuing!

Cheers,

Andy

 

The route of which Andy is discussing would be money laundering, not the oringal post by Tiff

 

The reason they want you to send the extra to them is because this is what they get out of it. They don't care about the car. They just want this money. They have converted a stolen cheque into 'clean' money by conning you into sending them your money.

Its not money laundering though if you are an innocent victim.