Coach Purchase Scam

[Jim Skiff]

A seller almost fell for this one........no it wasn't Truk
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Dear -------,
I have accepted your price and i can not afford to miss the property.However i will make a deposite of ($60,000) to you for the property.I have made out a certified cashiers check of($67,000) then the balance of $7,000 is for my broker for his trip to the states for property inspection and other neccessary renovetion and welfare.So you're required to deduct the deposite of ($60,000) and send the balance of($7,000) to my broker via money gram money transfer to enable him offsett other necessary arrangements.
So if this is okay with you kindly mail me back, am so much in love with your property.
Please Confirm this and provide the name,full contact address and phone/fax number as required for check payment to be delivered direct to you,this is for security reason,again that am paying directly to you in person and for easy comminucation b/w both of you.
So if this is okay with you kindly mail me back am so much in love with your property and i can't afford to miss the property.
Please Confirm this and provide the name,full contact address and phone/fax number as required for check payment to be delivered direct to you,this is for security reason,again that am paying directly to you in person and for easy comminucation b/w both of you.
Thanks
Rick

[phorner]

I saw a Wachovia Bank cashier's check in the amount of $37,000 that was sent to a friend of mine to purchase his street rod. He had required a bank cashier's check as payment. Thought that it was the most secure method of payment.

Luckily, he had the bank check it out before depositing it and it was a fake!

Looked perfect. Had all the correct stampings. It took the bank 48 hours to identify it as fraudulent.

He has a beautiful, yet useless, check but at least still has his ride!

So, be careful........ be very careful....

[jack14r]

I have seen the same thing but different,my company checks from Wachovia were reprinted by a group of thieves and they cashed 2 of them,one at a Wachovia branch. When they were caught I got the documents from the court and they had scammed over 750K from many businesses,.I think that a wire transfer is the only way to be sure that the payment is real.

[garyde]

If you can't tell by the poor written english that the letter is a scam, then maybe I can sell you a slightly used gold mine. I delete one ot two of these e-mail scams a week.

[Ray Davis]

I had similar situation when I tried to sell a Jeep CJ-7 a couple of years back.

In fact, as I remember, I had several similar offers!

[flyu2there]

Skiffer,

When I try to market something on E-Bay or, even worse, Craig's List I seem to always get one of these. The more skilled Bunko Guys write in perfect English but its the same old scenario, offers to buy at full price or more, tells about the Cashier's Check always has a check for more than the sale price, wants Western Union or similar to send small amount back to "agent" or brother, or sister or mother. Lots and lots of other gibberish...stop them in their tracks when you inform them that you only use Escrow Services.

I have been getting one or more per week of the latest...some guy in Nigeria who owns a bank...yadda, yadda, yadda.....