CooperS

Hi All, My mate put his 1995 Corsa on autotrader, and has so far recieved 2 scam emails, which we are taking great pleaseur in winding up, here's their original emails:

Hello,
Saw your advert where you placed it and i think it suit's my requirement's perfectly.
I would like to buy for the same qoute of £1,895.Pls get in touch through this email address so that we may discuss payment options.
Also,attach pics of car.Thanks.
Regards,
Scott Hans.

which soon turned into...........

Hello Nic,
Thanks for your mail.I am very okay with the condition of the car and would like to make an immediate purchase.I would like you to do me a favour though,I intend to pay you with a bank draft that was intended for me through services rendered.
I have a client over there in the Uk who owes money which i would like to use and purchase this car.Only problem is that sum owed me is more than price of your car.
Please,could you deduct price of car from sum ?and send the difference to my shipping agent who will be on standby to come and do the pick up on my behalf.I will wait till draft clears your bank before i instruct my agent to come and do the pick up.
Pls bear with me as this is the only way i can pay you for the car for now.If you accept,Let me have your full name ,address and telephone number so that i could have my client make out draft to you and also send it immediately.Thanks.
Regards,
Scott.
P.S:Actual amount owed me by my client is £6,000.


And the other geezer came out with


Hello,
I saw the advert placement of your {1995 VAUXHALL CORSA} and decided to make
contact with you so i will like to know the actual price and present condition
of the {1995 VAUXHALL CORSA} and mind you i am paying you by cheque as per the
shipping of the {1995 VAUXHALL CORSA} i have a reputable shipper who will come
for the pick up of the it at your place.so will like you to give me payment
details to send the payment to you.
FULL NAME THAT WILL BE ON THE CHEQUE
PERSONAL ADDRESS {NOT P.O BOX}
CITY
STATE
ZIP CODE
MOBILE NUMBER AND CELL NUMBER.
pls get back with me with this infos.concerning the pick up.you dont have
to worry.i have shipping agent that will ship the {1995 VAUXHALL CORSA} from you
location.Hope to hear from you soon.ypu may also send the pics of the Cute
Cavalier along.
Regards.

and

Hello,

I will like to inform you that there is a mistake on the check sent the
amount on the check is £4,895 instead of £1,895 and it will be delivered to you
any moment from now,all i need to inform you that as soon as you have received
the check i will like you deduct your amount from the check and send the excess
funds on the check to my shipper via western union money transfer so that i can
upset the shipping charges once and for all. i hope you understand how the
transaction goes. So while you await the check i will like you to search for a
western union office where you are going to tranfer the money.I will need an
urgent response to this email asap.terrible mistake.

Thanks.

Regards.

Needless to say, we are playing along and getting the cheques sent to Seymour Butts at our work address hahahaha

Anyone else had these scams, and if the bankers draft (which I assume are stolen or forged) do arrive, shall we contact the rozzers?

Andy

tucker101uk

How do you know these are scams? am i being really dim? thought so!

CooperS

So far one of them thinks that he's desperate for the money (rover) cos his dog needs an urgent operation, and he also lives near Snagglepusstown & West Bigglesville, and the other thinks that he needs the money for a sex change op.

Oh I love bullsh*tting those scammers

CooperS

tucker,

it's a standard scam, they say that someone owes them money, and that that person is going to pay you the money, and then you send the extra onto them, so basically you end up well out of pocket when the bankers draft comes back as stolen/forged when you've already wired them the money!!

What a set of lords!!

tucker101uk

I see..... Good scam! still,


RUMBLED!!!!!!!! lol

OllyK

BuRR had a good one going here

CooperS

Yeah, I enjoyed reading BuRR's, that's what inspired me to pounce into action.

Paulo P

iTrader: (42)

I would love to see scammers getting what's coming to them! Just how many fools fall for this?

OllyK

Enough for it to be worth other people trying the same scam.

mike_u

So what happens if you cash the draft, pretend to send the money back but keep it instead! then tell the bank and police you were scammed. do you have to pay it back or are you insured?

EvilKyote

Hmm yeah i know what you mean, this look farmiliar? i got this the other week?


Payment ;
There is creditor of mine owing me the sum of (35,000pounds) but he had paid me part of the money(22,000pds) .I want to seize this oppurtuionity in retriving the balance .I will inform him in sending you the cashier cheque that belongs to mine on your behalf .I will be hoping in be in assisstance of mine in retriving the money back .I will want you to send me the necesary infomation to send .You will help me to pay the shipper the remaining balance .With your agrement i will want you to get back to me with your;name, address, zip code, telephone number for faster communication thanks for your copration.
Best regsrd..

gsm1

So the car isn't even a big issue for them. They probably just leave it or sell it to some other dodgy merchant in the UK.