cfoster

Just sold an item on ebay to someone called JAMES LARRY and got this response when i sent the invoice... What shall I do... Obviously im not going to do what he says but how shall i wind him up??

Cheers

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Hello,

Thanks for your mail response, I must tell you that i'm convinced with the price (£66.00) and the condition of the Momo steering wheel, I have a reputable shipping company (AGENTS) who will come and pick it up from your location as soon as we seal this transaction...Like i told you earlier that i will be paying youin the UK pound's cheque, it occurs that a Client of mine in the United Kingdom is owing me some funds (£3,500) and he has decided paying his debt in cheque.

I will instruct him to issue the cheque for you and as soon as the cheque clears, you will deduct the cost of the item (£66.00) and send the Remaining balance will be send to my shipper via Western Union Money Transfer for immediately shipping arrangement of the item from your location.

Though i can't predict your mind to know whether you are convinced with the above conditions but i must tell you that i am really interested in buying the item and only by this means can i get you paid for it. Furthermore, if you have reached a conclusion and it occurs that the above conditions as explained is okay by you, Then do get back to me with your information (FULL NAME, CONTACT ADDRESS AND PHONE NUMBER) so that i can forward it to my Client to issue the cheque for you as soon as possible.

Hope to hear from you soonest....

Best Regards,
james larry...
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Ratty

iTrader: (1)

Scammer, report it to ebay

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report and re list mate fookin time wasters

cfoster

i was gonna do that anyway but surely I can play along with him and wind the coont up...

FE'Z'OE

Bad man..... seems fishy to me. I won some wing morror covers last week and sent cash! last wed he sais he hasnt received it mm

Phil

iTrader: (1)

Cash the cheque and see what happens

Put it into an account with no allowed overdraft etc, when it clears take all the cash out and see what happens when they try to get it back?!

cfoster

Ive checked his profile and his account has been deleted. It says he was from Singapore.

Im tempted to reply back with a death threat or summit!!!

cossymad

Chris the same thing happened to Kev selling his Lotus.
Tell them to send a cheque. Then if he does tell him you never got it.
In 2 months cash the cheque, then give me £500 cash.
That's better.
Tell him he can't have the wheel, until he sends another cheque.
Tell him to put the checque in the name of I.M.Atwat

cfoster

that seriously isnt gonna work is it??? Who's address shall i get him to send it to etc??!!

cossymad

763b london road southend essex ss0 9su

Phil

iTrader: (1)

Buckingham Palace

1900cvh

Crazy fool !!!

cfoster

Was more worried about giving the coont my address....

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chris if he want s to he can request it from ebay incase there is a descrepency

so he can get access to all of ur ebay details

cfoster

UPDATE:

I sent an email asking him to send me a cheque and he responded:

Dear chris,


Thank for the email. i have forward your information to my client and i have instruct him to issue the cheque of £3,500 out by your name and as soon as you receive the cheque do acknowledge me immediately so that i can forward my shipping company information to you ok. I will like you to forward your contact information

NAME ON CHEQUE:
ADDRESS:
MOBILE & LANDLINE PHONE:

As soon as the cheque cleared in your account you will deduct the cost of your Momo steering wheel and remaining balance will send to my shipping company through western union money transfer immediately so that they can for the pick up on time in your location . i hope to read from you as soon as possible..

jame larry..

cfoster

Ive just replied back to him...:

I would prefer you to use paypal to transfer the money.

please send the money to the email address you are replying to.

See how far i can take him!!!

Dave Henshall

what they do is send u a cheque from a western union bank, it clears, u send the goods and the difference cheque and the moment your clears, they then recover the western union cheque (they can do this upto a month after it has been presented apparently)so u are not only the goods down but also the balance of the cheque they sent.

cfoster

cant i just not post the goods for a couple of months? Or deny that i have received the moeny??

Dave Henshall

id give it a go, opena new bank account , let the cheque clear then close the fooker. - that'll teach.

Muska

if you dont report it to ebay you'll ahve to pay the sellers fees for the £66. its about fucking time all that scamming shit stopped, does anyone know if ebay are doing anything to stop it? its is quickly destroying that site imo

cfoster

yeh the guys account has already been deleted..... Still gonna play along with him!

Phil

iTrader: (1)

Just deposit the money and keep promising you have posted the remaining amount to him with the steering wheel, see how long before the money dissapears again!

Send him £0.01 then say sorry you must have made a mistake to try and drag it out past the 30 day limit - there must be a way you can scam their £3,500!!!

D7AKE

I don't allow anyone with less than 5 positive feeback to bid or I remove their bids if they do, I give them chance to contact me to prove them selves asking for a land line number this usually fooks them right up once bitten and all that!!!!

PS business cheques if proven fraudelent use can be claimed back up to 1 year after deposit

phil4x4saph

Tell him to send it to your work address:

C.Foster
E-Fraud Combat Division
Western Union Bank
London.

DanRSturbo

Send him a trojan

Kev.H

defo scammer give his girlf an STD

bigal1978

i agrre with him

turbo terry

coonts! nearly got done by one of these sent me a cheque that had a 5yr olds hand writing on it an had been photocopied a goodun!

sent me a cheque for 3500 to buy my gti for 550!

shitheads

Clare

My mate was offered a part in a scam like this.

What do they get out of it you ask???

The cheque you are sent is from a book of stolen bankers cheques that were taken from a well known bank last year. The bank concerned did not have a record of the serial numbers of the books taken due to an admin error.

They have to wait until a cheque is presented before they can investigate it to see if it is genuine or a stolen one.
The money clears into your account as they have to honour all cheques because it takes a while for them to complete their investigation.
Once they realise they cheque you presented was stolen they will come knocking on your door. You tell them what you did, you'll be arrested for money laundering.

As much as it looks like an easy way to scam some money........ unless you can open a bank account without it being linked to you, I wouldn't risk it.

turbo terry

thats the one

i foned the bank it was from when they sent me mine said the same.

3500 for an e reg 205 gti wouldnt have been bad tho

les3002

check this site out, funny as fuck the things they get them doing

http://www.419eater.com

The Sludge

post him a big fat shit in a box