mojoe

Hi guys, i've put my car up for sale in autotrader. And today i recieved an email from a bloke who seems interested....so i responded with a few more pics and info....then he wrote this:

Hello ,
Thanks for the correspondence and for the briefing on your 1998 SUZUKI SWIFT
1.3 GLS 3dr Hatchback,i'm impressed.Am very much interested in purchasing the
Car.I will take it for the asking price of £2,100.I'm okay at that
price.Consider the Car already sold to me.I would have love to come down and
inspect it but am presently away to Holland on a seminar.I have instructed my
business associates in UK telling him i've gotten the Car i'v been longing for
and that he should make my funds {£5,300} available in payment of some fuel
equipments i supplied
to him.He assured me he would make the payments (cheque) available.
I will instruct him to get the cheque across to you and as soon as the
cleares you deduct your amount of (£2,100) from the total of (£5,300) and send
the remaining
balance of (£3,200) to my reputable shipper via western union money
transfer who will be coming over for the pickup of the Car and my other
consignments and also handle the necessary transfer titles on my behalf.
So i will need your Full Name,Mailing Address And Phone Number to where the
cheque can be received.My reputable shipper (Today's Shipping) will be
responsible for the pick up.Hoping to hear from you.

WTF
who is in this day and age talks like that? and why go through so much trouble for this car? its nothing special at all. and why send me a cheque for that amount of dough? i think its all bollox and probably a hoax....what you guys think?

CheeRS
joe

pee vee

that does sound dodgy...
hmmm,
just make sure the cash is in your account before the keys are out of your hands mate i guess!

smudgerz

Sounds a bit dodgy to me mate! Would you send more money than needed to buy a car?????

Kev.H

im sure ive seen a scam like this just cant member

mojoe

thats what i thought, i'd just replied saying i'd prefere cash, and i dont wanna handle your money and responsible for it? weirdist thing i ever heard.

The DIVA

iTrader: (3)

This is a scam mate !!! have nothing to do with him,the cheques are bogus and although they clear initially they turn out to be stolen about a week later,at which point the bank takes back the money from you leaving you in major debt....

They dont turn up for the car but thats little comfort when you are £3200 out of pocket

Fook him off.............

XR4310

Thats a common scam mate, just ignore it.

TILLIO

The cheque will clear your account, but the person who sends the cheque can withdraw it up to 21 dyas later, by this time, your car will be gone, along with a further £3200 you sent him

mojoe

Nice one guys, thought it might be. Just was weird that he'd send me more money that he needed to? tosser, just wanna sell me car and you get ppl like this

CheeRS for the feedback
joe

john

Some great storys on scoobynet about these scams.

abdr500

iTrader: (1)

dont drop in that trap ive been ther like a dickhead lost all my money

jamieslittleracer

hey i put my car in autotrader last week and i received several emails like this, all in broken english like this one. i just ignored them as theyre dodgy and ive learnt not to trust people. if someone wants to buy the car, make sure they come and give u cash.

shame u get people like this isnt it. good luck selling ur car tho

katie x

mojoe

yeah thats totally true, if they wanted it they'd ring or other to come have a look or something....ah well, i'll just write something abusive

Thanks for advice!
joe

ballin

iTrader: (1)

yeah well known scam mate, wind him up

Jimboxr4x4

This is a really well known Nigerian scam. Send the fooker lots of abuse. If you wanna find out more about these wa*nkers then check out this site:

http://www.ebolamonkeyman.com/

Charlie Chalk

iTrader: (1)

sounds dodgy

wankers

gurnE

I can't believe people have to ask if these things are scams

Charlie Chalk

iTrader: (1)

gurnE

Fudgey

iTrader: (4)

i had one of theese when i was selling my cabriolet, it was up for £3k and we agreed a price of £12k plus i would have to give him £4k also (£16k cheque to me) i ended up saying i wanted the money in used notes and in an unmarked brown envelope, needless to say, they kept want to pay by cheque but i said i had no bank account so couldnt cash it lol.

in the end they stopped replying to my emails as i kept taking the piss somewhat

neilm

Report it to your local Fraud Squad, they'll do fook all as usual... but at least its on record somewhere.

These people are scum.

Phil

iTrader: (1)

Toy with them!!!!

Get them to send a cheque over etc then send them a picture of you wiping dog shit on it and post it back to them

discodenkelly

I had one of these when selling a £250 shit box peugeot! SCAM SCAM SCAM

jas

i got sent the same when my s2 was on autotrader, thought its a scam the english was really bad.
Just ignore it

Gra

OPEN AN ACCOUNT IN A DODGY NAME, pay the cheque in, cash it take the money, then let em refuse it and ask for it back, by which time the money is yours

AndyNo1

SCAM!!! Had it happen to a mate but he was wise to it!

xr-stu

its a money laundering scam mate. theyre basicly bringing drug money into the country.

theyll have you car, take it about 10 miles down the road and trade it in for a few hundered quid to some garage and walk away with a tidy 4 grand.

dont get cauht up in it, you could get convicted for money laundering mate.

gurnE

Money Laundering my ass

They don't give a shit about the car, they want you to pay the 4k to them, shortly after that the cheque you have paid into your account will bounce.

They walk away with the 4k in their pocket.

A cheque is not a secure method of payment and doesn't 'clear' after 3-5 working days like most people think, a cheque can be returned by the bank in question weeks after being paid in.

mudhut

yup this is one of the most popular scAMS FOR GETTING MONEY, you will send to a box number and loose your money... don't touch it with a barge pole. used on E-bay alot this one

mojoe

Cheers for all the advice/storys i got another one today, same sort of bullshit, bankers draft etc, but i'm just gonna ignor it, was thinking of mentioning to a fraud squad/police but they wouldnt do anything anyways.

joe

barney

dont bother m8 i got the same on ebay when i was selling a car on there

Rs Baz

no dont do it as the rest say,

a local shop lost £10,000 after these cunt.s did it to them.

o.k so if the police dont do anything about it report it to crimestoppers thay will deal with things like this not only that you may be able to set them up with the police and get a reward for it.

Brasso

Fuckin tossers.

Didnt know that about cheques. Any more info?? How can a cleared cheque be cancelled and where would you stand??

My shells on e-bay at the mo. I've put bankers draft or personel cheque as methods of payment, is this not safe?? Cash only??

Cheers.

~nomad~

iTrader: (4)

yeah mate, i would say cash only for something that size, or bank transfer. i have had dozens of these emails after advertising the mr2, sold it 6weeks ago and i still get them.

bolski

DONT SPEAK TO HIM HE DONE the same to my bird sent her 3400 pound 4 her 400 pound xr3i from holland just wanted e-mail some pic then he said hill give full asking price then when she got the bit of paper put it in the bank whent back 4 days later to see if it gone trow it dident it was a doddy one. plus he's tryed the same thing with my mate trying to sell his gtr..........

ballin

iTrader: (1)

mate give me their email, i feel in the mood for winding them up!

cant be arsed to sell a car so ill just make up some random car and make them want it

ADUSR33

they are persistent the conning bastards