Here is an e-mail I got from this guy who is iterested in a car I'm selling. This whole thing sounds pretty fishy to me and why does this guy have "clients". Also, why would the "client" pay $4500 for a car that bluebooks $1900???

Hello,
thanks for the quick response i am very happy that 1986 Cadillac Fleetwood sedan is still up for sale, and the price is okay by me, but presently i am on a business trip in europe so i wont be able to come and have a look at it but dont worry everything is okay by me.

pls i have a client in the united state of amrican who is owing me the sum of $4,500 and i have called him and inform him about the 1986 Cadillac Fleetwood sedan and he has agreed to issue you a cheque of $4,500 so all i need from you now is to take the cheque to the bank get the cheque cashed, deduct your money from it and send the remaning funds to my shipping company via western union money transfer they will come for the pickup from your location. all i need now from you is to remove the 1986 Cadillac Fleetwood sedan from the advert on the net and consider it sold to me and i will compesate you with $100. pls i will require this information from you so that i can forward it to my client so that he can make the payment to you.

(1) the name that will be on the cheque
(2) your full address and zip code not p o. box
(3) your telephone number both home and mobile

pls after the payment have been made i will like you to inform me when you are going to be around so that the shipping company will know when to come for the pickup from your location.

yours sincerly
john




John,



Where are you located? You will pay for shipping right. I want 1500 for the car. Let me know.




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From: john_mark080 john [mailto:john_mark080@yahoo.com]
Sent: Saturday, September 03, 2005 9:50 PM
To: Sledhead0087@verizon.net
Subject: 1986 Cadillac Fleetwood sedan



i saw your advert, while browsing through the internet, i m intrested in the placed good, i would like to forward an order for the goods if they, re still available for sales, i need to be for sure of the conditions of the sale goods in-order to instruct my client to make the necessary payment for the transaction moreover, he will issue an american cheque or money order immediately i know the going price of the goods, also to make an essential contact with my shipper, so we could commencean effective arrangement of transporting the product, if the price is affordable, so im looking forward to transaction with you, looking forward to here from you, with an immediately response,



thanks

john


sounds to me like this guy is in a mafia and they will come steal the car and kill everyone I know. lol

 

its a scam

 

word. I got a very similar email about my truck add on autotrader. I hate people.

 

The way the scam works is this. The cashiers check is a forgery but will look legitimate and will initially fool your bank.

Your bank will initially put the money in your account and you will fee comfortable with it and go ahead and the difference to this weasel.

Then later on, the forged cashiers check will bounce and your bank will take the money back. But you already sent good money to the crook.

There is a site somewhere about this where the lady plays along with these scum and gets them to spend the overnight fees to send the bogus cashiers check. She leads them around for a while and then drops the hammer.

It is entertaining reading. I did not save the URL but you may be able to do a search for internet scams, Nigerian scam, or something like that. The lady is a horse dealer.

Playing along with the bastard is one thing, do not send money.

 

Definately. It sounds messed up. I wouldnt do it if i were you especially a foreigner who cannot spell!! LOL

 

A cheque???????
what the hell is a cheque??????

freakin idiots...
definately a scam
it's exactly how FS560 explained it...
Dont send them any money..

 

Uhhh...a "cheque" is this...maybe you've seen them before. As in a "Traveler's cheque"...yes...it is spelled "CHEQUE." Oh yea, and it's one of the oldest scams on the Internet.

 

yea i got one yesterday about my truck in autotrader but whoever it is must be american or is very fluent because they didnt type like those idiots do. but im going to play along for a little while. i just want them to send me a check haha

 

Just a twist on the ol' Nigerian email scam. I wouldn't respond any further unless you just want to mess with them.

 

Smart ***..
pinche Chingon