Subject: Re: Not loopframe related, but is this a scam?
Author: Maitrim-@aol.com
Date: Jan 29, 2003, 3:48 AM
Post ID: 1711828185
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Dave,
Could it be they are representing themselves as an auto dealer from S.
Africa? Do they want to use Fed-Ex for delivery of said "cashier's check"?
I've received the same crock o' crap offer. I told him to send the funds,
made out to "cash" to my p.o. box!!
The deal is this: they don't want the bike, instead they want to issue you a
fraudulent cashier's check, in excess of the purchase price, and hope you
deposit it into a bank account and then transfer them (good funds) for the
difference between the selling price and the overage of their bogus cashier's
check.
Mark
Amherst VA USA
davids-@hotmail.com writes:
I have listed a MG for sale for a friend of mine, and he has had at least
two different people agree to purchase it sight unseen. They are both from
foreign countries, supposedly collectors of older Guzzis, and seem to have
people here that will ship the bike for them. One is offering a bit more
than the asking price, the other agreed to have a cashiers check delivered
to the owner, that is well above the asking price due to money owed to the
buyer by "client" here in the states, if the seller agrees to send the
difference back to him.
This sounds incredibly fishy to me, but maybe there are collectors who deal
like this? Don't want the guy to miss out on a sale, but seems pretty
strange to me. Anybody ever seen this?
The e-mail messages are in broken English, so I may be losing a bit there,
but not much.
Thanks,
David Szenasy
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<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica>Dave,
<BR> Could it be they are representing themselves as an auto dealer from S. Africa? Do they want to use Fed-Ex for delivery of said "cashier's check"? I've received the same crock o' crap offer. I told him to send the funds, made out to "cash" to my p.o. box!!
<BR>The deal is this: they don't want the bike, instead they want to issue you a fraudulent cashier's check, in excess of the purchase price, and hope you deposit it into a bank account and then transfer them (good funds) for the difference between the selling price and the overage of their bogus cashier's check.
<BR>
<BR>Mark
<BR>Amherst VA USA
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<BR>davids-@hotmail.com writes:
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<BR>I have listed a MG for sale for a friend of mine, and he has had at least
<BR>two different people agree to purchase it sight unseen. They are both from
<BR>foreign countries, supposedly collectors of older Guzzis, and seem to have
<BR>people here that will ship the bike for them. One is offering a bit more
<BR>than the asking price, the other agreed to have a cashiers check delivered
<BR>to the owner, that is well above the asking price due to money owed to the
<BR>buyer by "client" here in the states, if the seller agrees to send the
<BR>difference back to him.
<BR>
<BR>This sounds incredibly fishy to me, but maybe there are collectors who deal
<BR>like this? Don't want the guy to miss out on a sale, but seems pretty
<BR>strange to me. Anybody ever seen this?
<BR>
<BR>The e-mail messages are in broken English, so I may be losing a bit there,
<BR>but not much.
<BR>
<BR>Thanks,
<BR>David Szenasy
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