People Selling items I have heard on several occasions where a buyer will offer to buy the items at a certain price. The Buyer claims to be out of the country
Eastern Europe, West Africa, and a few other places... Anyway they claim they will pay in Cashier's check for double the amount that you are asing. You should cash the check and take what is needed for your items and send the balance and Items to them.

This has happened to me three times so far and has happened to atleast 4 other people i know. NOTE: THIS IS A SCAM

The Buyer either sends a BOGUS CHECK that will bounce and you get left with the bad check and NO ITEMS

OR the Checck is GOOD but the buyer is not the OWNER and you just helped them screw someone out of thier $$$$

#1 Here is a copy of the e-mail below:

HI

I'M CURRENTLY IN WEST AFRICA.WILL YOU PREFER A CASHIER'S CHECK? IN
ORDER TO RAISE THE FUND IN U.S DOLLAR,I COULD INSTRUCT A CLIENT OF MINE
IN THE STATES WHO OWES ME AN AMOUNT OF $8,500 TO ISSUE YOU A CASHIER'S
CHECK ON MY BEHALF.THEN YOU CASH THE CHECK & DEDUCT YOURS[$4,000] & HAVE
THE REST RETURN TO ME VIA WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER.THIS IS THE ONLY
WAY AND FASTEST WAY I CAN SEND FUNDS OUT TO YOU FOR NOW DUE TO THE
LOCATION I'AM FOR NOW.PLEASE NOTE; THAT I'M TO SETTLE MY SHIPPER FOR
PICK-UP AT YOUR LOCATION WITH MY BALANCE THAT WILL BE SENT TO ME AND I HOPE I
CAN ENTRUST YOU WITH MY BALANCE ?IF SO ,PLEASE LET ME HAVE THE FULL
NAME,ADDRESS AND TELEPHONE # [CELL & HOME]OF WHOM THE CHECK IS TO BE SENT
TO VIA FEDEX .

MY REGARDS. (sent By:charles james" <newthings17@juno.com&gt

#2 The Content is the same but the E-mails addresses are different:

Thanks for the mail.Am interest in the Valvetrain and a set of USED Type R
I am interested and would be willing
to buy it at thatprice$330and I like it. I am acar dealer
located in west africa and have an International
shipping agent that will come pick it up from
yourhouse and ship to me.I will arrange for payment
by sending your full name and address to my client in
the States who is owing methe amount of $1500, to
issue you a cashier's checkfor this amount. which is
a refund for a cancelledorder I placed with him,
and being a refund the amountcan only be written on
a single check. but aftergetting the check, I need
you to cash it and deductcost of the Valvetrain and a set of USED Type R
' then do me a favour of wiring the
remaining balance tomy International shipper via
money gram and theaddress of my international
shipper in the statewill be sent to you as soon as you cash the check sothat the balance can be sent to
me for the pick up inyour house. You will also
deduct $70 for runningaround and for the charge
fee for wiring back thedifference.After this done and he gets the money , he willthen pick itup
from your residence and ship to me. So, confirm
this and send your full name and addressincluding
phone # for mailing the check payment to youas soon
as possible.Waiting for your urgent reply,Kind
regards,mike
(Sent By:"mike thomas" <mikethomason01@yahoo.com&gt

Sorry if this is a repost

 

I have gotten a couple that were from GB, but they never followed through or got that far

 

Good info, but how'd you fall for it three times ?

 

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I got that one too....

The buyer wanted me to take a 5,000 check to pay for a ECU I was selling and then send him the remainder via western union.

I almost did it, but with a twist....

Take the $5,000 find a local bum that needs some $$$, tell him to cash it, and you'll give the bum 10%. Simple.

Screw the person in "whereever" give the bum some $$$, give the check cashing place some $$$, and WHAMMO! You've made out!!

Who's the scammer going to call? The police? For what? He sent you a check for $x,xxx there was no written contract that says you had to give them anything.....

 

yup beware of this scam it has happend to a friend of mines. a out of country buyer send him a check for triple the amount he was asking for his rims so he can ship the rims out ASAP. when he tried to cash the check he was put on side and was approached be the bank manager and was Questioned about how he got this check and was later on contact by the FBI with a couple of more Qs. it turned out that someone in there own branch is stealing real checks. this buyer was supposely somewhere in london. she wrote and sounded real proffesional. the FBI is on top of it but beware. more internet crimes are on the rise.

 

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No one said I fell for it even ONCE. I have received 3 and Maybe a forth as of Last night. A guy from the U.K. Just said he was interested in my car forsale. He sais that Cars are cheaper in the states and he was going to ship it over. The First Email is ALWAYS agreeing at your pricce and despreately interested in your item No matter what you're selling.

Anyway, I was always skeptical after the Cash this check and give me the balance routine... A few people from other MB have fallen for this Scam

If it is a STOLEN Check and you cash it YOU are left holding the bag. Another Motive I was thinking about was identity theft.
He wanted Named address telephone number Cell phone etc etc. All the other blanks can be filled in with a public records search on the internet. Becareful who you give your info to. my Cousin's identity was stolen and it took her 4 years to clear up the CREDIT mess. More than 8 thousand in Fradulent Credit card charges. The person even opened a Bank account and Passed several Bad Checks for more than 5 thousand. The FBI was looking for her and that's how she found out. She Lives in California and this person was in Texas. That was the only thing that really proved she didn't do all that stuff.
Just be on the look out Seems not to happen if you sell stuff on H-T but you post on the Parts Trader or Honda Classifieds then you get this CRAP.

 

I had 2 emails about something similar. The guy claimed to be in Europe somewhere. He then claimed someone in the states owed him $5000 and he wanted them to send me the check of $5000 and then send him the balance of what was left over via western union plus my items i had for sale. I told him to have the person who owed him the $ to send it himself and he never responded since.