Weird person wanting to buy my car. Scam??

[YamaLube]

String him along, he will send the cheque, then just before you get it he will tell you the amount was wrong and to wire transfer the money back to him, bla bla bla.

Ask him to wire transfer the 3700, I'm sure that will end the cherade real fast..........

[jdmSiR]

scamssss

[Kloubek]

I thought this might be an old thread I already responded to.

But... nope. Yet another person feels he should post this identical scenario on Beyond to see if others thought it was a scam.

Believe me OP - it is. It doesn't matter HOW or WHY they are looking to scam you. Just the fact they are is reason to walk away.

[eg_eric]

Originally posted by Kloubek
I thought this might be an old thread I already responded to.

But... nope. Yet another person feels he should post this identical scenario on Beyond to see if others thought it was a scam.

Believe me OP - it is. It doesn't matter HOW or WHY they are looking to scam you. Just the fact they are is reason to walk away.

I agree, even if you think it's a scam, walk away. I never to anything "wire transfer" or email. Too many scammer out there.

[chris746]

Oh man are people retards. If you fall for that you deserve it.

[Justin-88]

Originally posted by Kennyredline
"Michael Brown....?" Are you fucking joking???

My name is Tom Jim David and I like your car.

[justin@lonestar]

This is whats gonna happen in sequence:

1. he sends you the check
2. five days later the check will clear and you will get your cash
3. you call him and he comes to pick up his vehicle then he drive it back to where he is at right now.
4. 3 weeks later the bank will call you three times a day to let you know that you have to return the 3000+ dollars you have taken out in cash because the check is fake and now you are responsible for fraud.
5. if you want to hire a lawyer to explain, the bank has 30+ lawyers to fight it.
6. you loose your vehicle and then you have problems coming from the bank.

the first three sounds legitmate but its always the result that you have to think about risking. Its kinda like having sex without condoms.

[max_boost]

TRUST NO ONE!

[Unknown303]

Always call the bank that the cheque is made out from. They will let you know if it's legit or not.

[Unknown303]

From: [email protected]
My name is Mr.Thomas , I am interested in buying this truck ASAP, but I can only pay $9,800 flat. Does the truck have any engine problem or transmition problem? Well call me with this number 416-826-7141, if my offer is acceptable or you can send me an email

Then I reply with something. Thinking things are already strange but interested in seeing how it pans out.

Thomas Scott to me
show details Feb 12 (2 days ago)

Hi
How are you doing? Hope great. I will like to send you the payment ASAP by cheque. As soon as you receive the cheque, go ahead and deposit the cheque in your account, and once the cheque clears call me to let me know that the cheque has cleared. Then I will come and get the truck for shipment, if my offer is accepted please let me know. I am not in town right now I will be back in 3 to 4 weeks time, tell me how to send you the payment cheque. I can`t call you right now because I am very busy in my office when I have the time I will call you so that we can talk OK and I live in south west of Calgary see you soon .

1). Full Names .............................
2). Contact mailing Address city and postcode...............
3). Name to been written on check......................
4). HOME PHONE...........................
5) CELL PHONE..............................
6) the price $..........................
Best Regards.
Thomas Scott

then I

[Jetta-2.0]

tell him to westren union the money lol

[signature7]

I just expect this now every time I try and sell a car.

[canuckcarguy]

He'll send you more money than is owing, then ask you to send him the difference.

These bank drafts are good fakes and take a long time to bounce. It's worth knowing that if you do get scammed, your own bank actually only has a limited amount of time to either honour the cheque or bounce it. If they go past that time limit, they're liable, even if the cheque ultimately bounces. Not like you'd want to go several rounds in court to prove the issue, but you do have a case.

I usually respond to these ads by offering to send the car to the buyer at their designated address, in a crate and along with a spanner wrench for easy re-assembly. So far, every scammer I've sent that to has been fine with that arrangement, as long as I'll provide the details to them for payment.

That's always a pretty good sign it's bullshit...

[sherjack]

This Michael Brown tried the same thing with me. Selling my car on Autotrader. Same email. Same story. I had him send me a cheque anyway so I could report him to the cops as it sounded REALLY fishy. I was asking $2,950 for the car and he sent me a cheque for $9,950. I reported it to the RCMP as I had heard of this type of scam before - they send you more than the vehicle is worth and then have you just deposit the cheque and send them the difference once the cheque has cleared. In a month or two the counterfeit cheque is discovered and you are out the money you sent to the guy.

The RCMP took all the info and told me the cheque would be counterfeit. Strangely enough they didn't want the original cheque so i think they must already have a lot on this guy.

This Michael Brown has emailed three times since and just called my cell phone to see if the cheque had cleared. As if I'm going to deposit it - just ignore this guy and if you do get a cheque DON'T deposit it.

Sherri

[freshprince1]

People. If you are selling/buying something and you have to ask yourself, "I wonder if this is a scam? I'm not sure?" it is a scam and not worth your time.

But on the other hand, great thread, will read again.

[schmooot]

his first line in the first email gave it away, they always say something along those lines.

[Sebasshole]

tottal scam, happen to a friend of mine who is really really stupid.
now hes making payments to the bank to pay back $3000 and he has no car. i have had this email a couple times come to me and i always reply.

Get a fucking life you stupid fag, i hope you get busted and see the world change around you as your stuck in prison getting a huge dick fed to you daily cause your a little punk bitch.
:0 lol

[masoncgy]

I'd just want the phony cheque to hang on my wall... hmmm... it could go next to my $1,000,000,000 Zimbabwean bank note.