Peerzy
08-29-2007, 05:40 AM
Basically I'm selling an old PC on the internet and through local papers and I've had someone email me asking how much for it. I replied with £200 then got this email;
Dear Seller,
Thanks very much for your honesy and
transparency.I will want you to know that i am okay
with the everything about the (ITEM ) and i will offer
you £250 for it.
In regards to the (ITEM ) from your place
(byairline)as soon as the transaction must have been
sealed. This is how the payment will be made ,a
client ofmine in UK who is owing me some fund
£3,500,I will instruct him to issue a cheque in your
name and once the cheque clears youwill deduct the
cost of the (ITEM ) compensation and any tax
incurred and my balance will be send back to my
shipper via western union money transfer for
immediate shipping arrangement. I want you to get
back to me ASAP with the following details below so
that i can instruct my client to issue the cheque
asap.
FULL NAME :
ADDRESS:
CITY:
STATE:
POST
CODE:
COUNTRY:
(MOBILE AND LANDLINE PHONE NUMBER: )
Thanks for your understanding in anticipation and hope
to read from you today.Best regardsb N.B - I
willcompensate you with £50 for the running arround
and transportation and also to consider the (ITEM )
sold to me.......and i will wait until the cheque
clears in your bank before i arrange for the shipping
process and aslo i we like you to remove the advert
from sale.0702401XXXX
regard
Now don't get me wrong, this has got to be a scam but I just don't see how he's going to scam money from me:huh:
The way I see it, he's going to give me a cheque for £3.5K, ask me to bank it, then send him the money via Western Union apart from the £250 (I said I was willing to sell for £200 but he wants to give me £250) and any deductions.
What's stopping me from banking the cheque and then just never sending him the money.
Obviously this is a scam but it got me thinking whether you can scam the scammers.
Dear Seller,
Thanks very much for your honesy and
transparency.I will want you to know that i am okay
with the everything about the (ITEM ) and i will offer
you £250 for it.
In regards to the (ITEM ) from your place
(byairline)as soon as the transaction must have been
sealed. This is how the payment will be made ,a
client ofmine in UK who is owing me some fund
£3,500,I will instruct him to issue a cheque in your
name and once the cheque clears youwill deduct the
cost of the (ITEM ) compensation and any tax
incurred and my balance will be send back to my
shipper via western union money transfer for
immediate shipping arrangement. I want you to get
back to me ASAP with the following details below so
that i can instruct my client to issue the cheque
asap.
FULL NAME :
ADDRESS:
CITY:
STATE:
POST
CODE:
COUNTRY:
(MOBILE AND LANDLINE PHONE NUMBER: )
Thanks for your understanding in anticipation and hope
to read from you today.Best regardsb N.B - I
willcompensate you with £50 for the running arround
and transportation and also to consider the (ITEM )
sold to me.......and i will wait until the cheque
clears in your bank before i arrange for the shipping
process and aslo i we like you to remove the advert
from sale.0702401XXXX
regard
Now don't get me wrong, this has got to be a scam but I just don't see how he's going to scam money from me:huh:
The way I see it, he's going to give me a cheque for £3.5K, ask me to bank it, then send him the money via Western Union apart from the £250 (I said I was willing to sell for £200 but he wants to give me £250) and any deductions.
What's stopping me from banking the cheque and then just never sending him the money.
Obviously this is a scam but it got me thinking whether you can scam the scammers.