Re: [FWDLK] Fw: Possible Scam ?

[Dave Stragand <dave.stragand@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I would bet that it is.  Beware of "free email" providers like pilemail -- there's no way to trace the sender.  And I bet the payment would be by certified check.  Fake certified checks are all the rage these days... complete with watermarks, magnetic ink, the whole shebang.  Your bank WILL cash it, but when it bounces a week (or several weeks) later, you WILL owe the bank the money back.  That's why they always insist on hurrying the transaction.  If you really want to sell it, I might insist on a Western Union wire payment -- he'd wire you cash.

 

Another twist is they send you a check for much more than you ask, and ask you to send a refund (often times it's stated as "a friend owes me money so I'll have him send the check right to you").  Then when that check bounces, you not only have lost 1) the money, 2) the car, but also 3) the 'extra' amount you sent him.  You'd in reality be paying him to steal your car.

 

Outblaze.net is also a free email company, and firstshippingcompany@xxxxxxxxxxxx shows no results on Google.  I would beware.  There are MANY scams like this going on right now:

 

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/11/01/eveningnews/main527883.shtml

http://www.fossilcars.com/scam_alert.html

http://classiccarfair.orcon.net.nz/scamalert.htm

http://www.americandreamcars.com/scamalert.htm

http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,56829,00.html

http://www.secretservice.gov/alert419.shtml

 

Anyone else have any thoughts?

 

-Dave

----- Original Message -----

From: Owen & Jo Grigg

To: L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

Sent: Friday, September 26, 2003 5:33 AM

Subject: [FWDLK] Fw: Possible Scam ?

Recently I sold my '70 GTX  locally but I had it advertised on one or two different websites. I received this email yesterday.He knows nothing about the car apart from one pic on the website. Maybe I'm wrong, but this possibly looks like a scam to me.....just a heads up if you're selling a car.

Owen

  

 

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