Scam... Sellers Read...

[Dodgegirl19]

If you get this email: Good day, I'm Interested in buying your advertised( CAR )Well,I have seen the advert and I think I 'll like to contact the seller before I can proceed.So i want you to email me some recent pics of it and also i want you to get back to me with the actual price for it so as for me to proceed with this transaction.So I'll be paying with a Certified Check which was drawn from a United State Bank.So get back to me as soon as possible with those informations. I need your quick Response My Regards It is a scam. Report it, delete it, ignore it, just don't write back. ~Amanda

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[345hemiram]

So a couple of days after I posted my truck for sale on this site, I received this E-mail from a Larry Garison (larrygarison3@yahoo.com). This is obviously a scam, just be careful selling stuff on the net.

First E-mail received:

am interested in your vehicle advertise on
http://www.dodgeforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=179913
please get back to me with your last asking price
and the present photo

Second E-mail reveived:

Hello jordan, we have concluded, making the payment
Thanks for your email and update on the bottom price($9,500),it was
accepted by my clientand he has directed us to issue payment to you. I
would need your assurance that the property whose payment we would start
processing,is in a good condition as the only view our client had of the
vehicle was on the internet and this purchase is hinged on his personal
judgement of what the property's state and output would be like,in
comparison to models of its category. However,he made out a certified
cashiers check of($14,500) before he travelled for a conference,for a
previous vehicle and its shipment charges etc,but it wasunfortunately
sold. The amount on the check he deposited for the vehicle is bigger than
what should be paid to you now, so the check is now meant for the total
expenses which includes the purchase of your vehicle ,its pick up from its
present location and the shipping charges/other necessary shipping
arrangements.However he has instructed us to bikery on with this
transaction. So when payment gets to you, you're required to deduct the
cost of your vehicle ($9,500) and send the balance of($5,000) to my client
shipping agent to enable him offsett shipping charges/arrangements. Once
the transaction is concluded, My client shipping agent will be coming for
the pick up of the vehicle from its present location, on an access to a
prepaid shipper for shipment,and also conclude other necessary shipping
arrangements. So you dont have to bother yourself about the pick up and
shipping rrangements, while title papers and other necessary documets will
be sent by you via fedex courier . Please Confirm this and provide (1)
NAME (2) CONTACT ADDRESS AND CONTACT PHONE NUMBER(s) for check payment to
be delivered to you via regular mail immediately , please remove the add
of the vehicle from the internet to avoid complications from other buyers

[3.9l93dakota]

i kinda dont understand... how is that a scam?

[dhvaughan]

Originally Posted by 3.9l93dakota

i kinda dont understand... how is that a scam?

...he made out a certified cashiers check of($14,500) ....The amount on the check he deposited for the vehicle is bigger than what should be paid to you now..... So when payment gets to you, you're required to deduct the
cost of your vehicle ($9,500) and send the balance of($5,000) to my client...

he has sent you a counterfeit check for 14,500. he hopes you will deposit it, and send him 5,000 to some out of the country account. when his check bounces, you'll be left holding the bag.

NEVER NEVER NEVER, EVER accept a check for an amount greater than the purchase price. its always a scam.

[3.9l93dakota]

Originally Posted by dhvaughan

he has sent you a counterfeit check for 14,500. he hopes you will deposit it, and send him 5,000 to some out of the country account. when his check bounces, you'll be left holding the bag.

NEVER NEVER NEVER, EVER accept a check for an amount greater than the purchase price. its always a scam.

ok, that makes sense. i guess i didnt really think of it that way.

[Altair]

Originally Posted by dhvaughan

he has sent you a counterfeit check for 14,500. he hopes you will deposit it, and send him 5,000 to some out of the country account. when his check bounces, you'll be left holding the bag.

NEVER NEVER NEVER, EVER accept a check for an amount greater than the purchase price. its always a scam.

Yup, I had someone try to do this to me in regards to renting a room we were subletting in our apartment. I took it in to my bank and told them I believed it to be a fake check and wanted their opinion, after looking over it and calling the bank indicated by the routing number on it they confirmed it was 100% BS. Had I deposited it and then sent the "difference" via Western Union to someone else as they had wanted I'd have been out over $1,000. After that I got smarter and relisted the room with "If you can't close the deal in person, don't call".

[onebad86gt]

my grandfather was actually scammed... he was looking at a pontoon boat in CA and the lady said she was selling it because her husband died in iraq... she was selling a $20000 boat for $4500... it seemed to good to be true and it was.. turns out my grandpa sent a western union moneygram for $4500 to this lady and never heard back form her... it seemed believeable too. i read his emails.. it seemed that she was having the money sent to an "agent" that would hold the money until he received the boat and he would check the boat over then release the money from the agent to her...

its crazy the stuff people will do...

you just have to be careful not only selling cars, but also buyin them too...

[95RAM360]

i get alot of those on craigslist