It is all pretty scary today. I sold 3 motorcycles on e-bay this year. One the guy paid cash and took the bike with him - I was afraid to take it being concerned about counterfeit bills, the other was a personal check, I shipped after the check cleared, the third guy showed up in person with a certified check, I was afraid to take that also, I called his bank to verify but he provided the telephone # so I was still not convinced. I had his contact info and had called him him on the phone prior to the sale and then copied his license and milatary ID just in case and let him take the bike. All worked out ok but you never know. I am concerned about wire transfers because I dont want to give anyone my account info. Now I am not an overly paranoid person but I am beginning the think that PAY-PAL is about the safest way of conducting business.
----Original Message Follows---- From: Dave Stragand <dave.stragand@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Reply-To: Dave Stragand <dave.stragand@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [FWDLK] Fw: Possible Scam ? Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2003 08:55:17 -0400 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 ?
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