I'm selling my entire B16a swap, everything top to bottom. This guy e-mailed me without an address. Here's what he said after I said I still had the engine:

How are you today?I am sorry for getting back to you lately due that i qas busy all days and am happy to read your email concerning the sale of your item,i am intrested in it and willing to purchase it as soon as possible.I will handle the shipment myself via my company shippers,They will come for pick up when you must have gotten your cash at hand from the bank.They will prepare all shipment papers and also bill of sales.The item will also be insured by my company shippers.This is due to the fact that my mode of payment will be Via Bank Check .Once you are satisfy with my mode of payment you can proceed to delete the advert of the item ,So email me your name and address and also phone number with valid email address to recieved the check.As soon as the check is recieved to your address proceed to cash the check,I will wait for your bank to clear the check and verify it before we proceed with shipment.I will await your email today if this is Okay by you.

I think it's a scammer, but he said take my time until the bank check clears. I know bank checks actually take about 2 weeks to clear.

 

scam lol

 

dam scammers!!

 

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If he is willing to wait two weeks for the check to clear, then it might be legit after all...

 

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If he is willing to wait two weeks for the check to clear, then it might be legit after all...</TD></TR></TABLE>

That is what threw me off. I'll tell him that I have to wait 2 weeks for the check to clear and see what he says. I'll tell my bank that I think the check might be a scam, so investigate.

 

ok, maybe im missing something but i dont see how him paying for the item before you ship it could end up being a scam...if he pays, and the check clears, let him send his shippers or w/e. just seems to me like he needs to learn english a little better.
i just dont possibly see how this could put you at any risk, since you are receiving the money first

 

X2

 

Ok, I've told him:

I can sell you the swap. However, please note due to scams, Bank Checks take around 2 weeks to actually verify their origin and arrive at their parent bank to clear. I’ve had bad dealings with Bank Checks before so you must know I take special pre-cautions. If you will accept these terms, e-mail me back and I’ll give you my info.

So , I guess I will see from there...

 

100% SCAM ILL TELL YOU RIGHT NOW AND THE REASON I KNOW IS BECAUSE IVE DEALT WITH ONE OF THESE PEOPLE IN THE PAST. I WAS LUCKY I DID NOT GET SCAMMED BUT I WAS CLOSE. THEY WILL SEND YOU A CHECK OVER THE AMOUNT AND MAKE YOU SEND THEM THE REMAINING BALANCE MEANWHILE THEY WONT EVEN PICK UP THE SWAP. THE CHECK WILL COME UP FRAUD AFTER 3-4 WEEKS AND THEN YOU WILL HAVE TO END UP PAYING THE FULL AMOUNT FOR THAT CHECK. DONT DO IT 100% FRAUD

 

This buyer isnt planning on having the swap picked up untill the check clears, so if the bank clears the check after two weeks and lets the seller cash it, its no longer in his hands. The bank cant call him up 3-4 weeks after they said it was cleared and let him cash it, and make him pay the full amount if it was a fraudulent check, the bank would go after the person who wrote the check.

 

you can not trace these guys. what happens is these scamers take money out of peoples accounts usually in the beginning of the month just after they checked their statement. Then they send out the check hoping that the person they send it 2 gets it cashed and sends them back the remaining balance. At the end of the month the persons who's accounts had the money taken will notice its gone and report it. By then the scammer could already have his money and their is no way to trace them. Also pay attention to the way he writes, the sentences are broken up and messy. I am not making this up I am speaking from experience and if you do not believe me then go on hondaclassifieds.com, or craigslist.com, and make a post for something for sale and i guarentee you will get a few emails from those types of guys and they all type the exact same way!!! I personally sell parts and ive gotten atleast 20-30 of these emals or PM's in the past. A check can still come up fraudulent even if you cash it because the person these scammers took it from have no idea its even gone until they check their statement. BTW you can goggle this, its been talked about numerous times on different forums.

 

ok, I'm gonna ignore the guy then. I've found some ppl locally that are paying cash. At least the chances of counterfit money is less than that of fraudulant checks.

 

SCAMM!!!! this is all over craigslist, ebay, thepartstraders, etc. dont EVER DEAL with checks if you know personally know who they are.