hi peeps please forgive me for double posting as this will go in chat also.
i recieved an email R.E. a car im selling requesting info and suggesting export. replied and got a email asking for my details so a cheque can be sent to me as payment this was without seing pics etc just from description so i assumed v fishy. now i currently have 6 cars for sale and low n behold ive had very simular mails regarding the lot. Im assuming its to try obtain your details for identity fraud purposes or some other scam below is the two mails i recieved, if you have recived simular please post id like to know how far this is going also please cut and paste this into any other classifieds you may visit i have done PVW CORRADO FORUM SCOOBYNETand VZI

SAMPLE MAIL ENQUIRY

> HELLO,
> MY NAME IS TAWALIK,AM I HIGHLY INTERESTED IN PURCHASING YOUR (Corrado g60
> 1991 ) ,I WILL LIKE TO KNOW MAY BE IS STILL FOR SALE ALSO TO KNOW
> THE FULL DETAILS ABOUT ALSO IF YOU HAVE THE PICTURE I WILL BE VERY
> GLAD TO HAVE IT ALSO YOUR LAST PRICE FOR THE TASMIN - B Reg, 1984,I WILL
> LIKE
> TO INFORM YOU THAT I HAVE A REPORTABLE SHIPPING AGENT THAT WILLL
> HANDLE SHIPPING ,THEN WE CAN NEGOCIATE ON PAYMENT BY CHEQUE ,I WILL
> BE LOOKIN FORWARD TO RAED FROM YOU TODAY.
> REGARD TO YOUR FAMILY.
> TAWALIK
>
>


SAMPLE DETAIL REQUEST

the price is okay by me i will like to
> am having an associate in the state who is owing me
> £4000 i will have
> to instruct him to issue the cheque out to you then
> you deduct the
> said amount and send the remaining balance to my
> shipping agent so
> that they can handle the shipping for me if this is
> okay by you i
> forward it to
> my associate in the state immidaitely then payment
> will be made out
> to you fast ,
> YOUR FULL HOME ADDRESS,
> STATE,
> CITY,
> COUNTRY,
> HOME PHONE NUMBER,
> CELL PHONE NUMBER,
> I WILL BE LOOKING FORWARD TO READ FROM YOU NOW SO THAT
> WE CAN
> ARRANGE FOR THE PAYMENT FAST AND THE
> SHIPPING,I WILL
> BE LOOKING
> FORWARD TO READ FROM YOU NOW.
> REGARD TO YOUR FAMILY,
> TAWALIK
>
>NEWS RELATED INFO AT http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/scams.mv

[Edited by hustler - 7/23/2003 7:08:28 PM]

 

Had similar emails regarding a Lancia I had advertised on-line recently. I figured that something strange was going on and stopped corresponding.

 

I know this scam - They send you the cheque for MORE than you want for the car (the excuse is in the e-mail), you then transfer the balance of the money to them and bank the cheque. The cheque then bounces, leaving you short!

They try it with anything large for sale eg caravans etc so beware

 

Had this a couple of weeks ago!! Was selling a VW Golf from the PVW classifieds about 2 years ago... Bit out of date!!

It looked fishy to start with so I just deleted the mail!!!

 

So you know, it's still current as I got it about two weeks ago, slightly different wording, but you get the idea!

I won't say why it looked dodgy, as that would give them more information on how to improve the scam!

Needless to say, I laughed then deleted it!

 

Markda (on here in the for sale section)

Trying to sell his My00 Uk spec had one of these..........very dodgy!