Scam?

[Shirl]

As some of you may know, I have a few items for sale on here and on other sites. I received this email the other day. Has scam written all over it, huh? I think this is another idiot trying to get personal info.

hello,
i am interested in purchasing your item with no delay,but first? What is the final price of the item? Is the
price firm? Will you be accepting a US certified Check or money order
Contact me with the present state of the item and your contact
information to mail out the payment to you as soon as
possible. Name you want on check:
Home Address:
City:
State:
Country:
Phone Number/Office Number:

[kristen]

Re: Scam?

tell them the info to someone you dislike and see if they end up dead

[4thgenowner]

Re: Scam?

tell them the info to someone you dislike and see if they end up dead

[UDLOSE98]

Re: Scam?

I dont know, I wouldnt be so quick to call it a scam.

I would give them everything (maybe a business address) and no phone number.

[rt1]

Re: Scam?

Ask them what their name and address is, so that you can see how much shipping will be. If it's on the up and up then they will give you real info. I've learned recently that you can find alot about people over the internet... alot.

Rob

[Shirl]

Re: Scam?

Yeah, I emailed them back and asked where they were from and said that I would meet them somewhere or they could come to the house if they are local. Otherwise, I would need a shipping address. (I wanted to see what their reply would be.) Of course there was no response to that.

[Shirl]

Re: Scam?

Asking about the "item" I have for sale was a dead giveaway that something was fishy. Most people say... "hey, what's the lowest you'll go on the tires" or... "how much is shipping to xxxxx"?

[AZ3.8Camaro]

Re: Scam?

Scam or no scam, it sounds fishy.
Better safe than sorry, just don't deal with them.

The "item" and "current state of item" sounds like a scam. They obviously can't just come to the website and look for some reason.

[Tyler]

Re: Scam?

get a PO box...

[Mighty Thor]

Re: Scam?

Just take the check and wait for it to cash in.

Unfortunately I have a problem with Paypal and I've been buying a ton of stuff from ebay. I've paid most of them with checks and MO. SO far none of them have had any problems with me.

[Shirl]

Re: Scam?

Bahahaha.... just got this tonight!

HELLO ,
THE PAYMENT THAT WILL BE SENT TO U WILL CONSIST UR ITEM MONEY ,THE
SHIPPING FEES AND MY OWN COMMISSION AS THE AGENT,SO MY CLIENT PROMISED TO ISSUE OUT A payment TO U WHICH WILL BE ENOUGH TO HANDLE ALL THE
TRANSACTIONS.MY CLIENT SEEMS TO BE VERY INTERESTED IN PURCHASING UR ITEM AND HE DOESNT WANT ANY OTHER PERSON TO BUY IT. HOPE ALL IS WELL AND UNDERSTOOD?,I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND ALL YOU NEED WHEN YOU GET THE CHECK..

1,Deduct the sales price of your item out of the money

2,Go to western union with the remaining money and wire it to the name
and address that enclosed with the payment...all western union charges
should be deducted out of the money to be wire.....

3,As soon as you get to the western union just take the form that you
want to wire money and you have to provide your valid identity card and
the name of the person that you want to wire the money to,after you
might have wire the money finish, western union will give you receipt of
the transfer you have to scan the receipt of the western union and scan
it to me and you will give me all the wiring information such as...mtcn
number senders name and amout sent after western union charges

4, can we trust u with the money?

5,will u be able to wire transfer the excess the same day u receive the
check?

6,will u be available when the shipping company will be coming for the
pickup?

7, is the item is brand new?

8,Which name and address i should i send the payment to?

9, can we take u for ur words?

10,do you have an equity line of credit where cash can be sent to if you have do bother for waiting the payment you will have it sent to your bank account, so do you have?

Kindly get back to me asap
Regards



Is this a ****ing joke??? All this bull**** for $40 tires??? Dirtbags...

[3.4 slow to go]

Re: Scam?

how much IS shipping to Nigeria anyway?

[kala]

Re: Scam?

how much IS shipping to Nigeria anyway?

I am guessing more than $40......haha it's funny though how they think we'll fall for that....i think i have seen a website where this guy wrote how he really fu*ked this scammer in england....it was about a laptop..... i don't know if anyone had that link....that way i could show it to you (shirl) how he did it...it was awesome.....i HATE scammers ....

Maybe i should take this opportunity to alert any ebay members that last few weeks i have been receiving emails subject, " Your item has been listed on ebay...." or "Your ebay item has been sold" or even worse, "Your ebay username/password has been reset..." so, i open the email and see a link to ebay ..i click on the link ...as soon as you click on the link it takes you a site that has been made exactly like ebay .....there they want you to put your username and password...i was shocked how close the site was compare to real site but they couldn't fool me.. after all i have been member for 4 years now :) ...... so you put you username and password ..bam now they got your info in their database...F*ckin' Scammers.......just to figure out how u can tell it's a scam site, is that if you receive an email with "item has been listed " or "item has been sold"...when you click on the link of the item, in real ebay, it takes right to the item WITHOUT having to type in any id or password....but in the fake ones they want u to type in id and password....hope it helps someone...i just don't want any of our members to get scammed....these Nigerian scammers were able to earn $5 billion since 1989...that's a lot of money....

[Shirl]

Re: Scam?

Kala, I got the SAME EXACT type of email except it was for AOL. It looked exactly like AOL's site and it asked for "updated information". Also got one for ebay a while back (like the one you just described). I didn't even have an ebay account at the time, so that was pretty funny. Anyway, I was talking to my credit card company about these scams, and they said the scammers are copying the exact sites now to look like legitimate sites whether it be ebay, paypal, aol, ect.

[kristen]

Re: Scam?

haahahah this is funny. when the camaro was up for sale a long time ago i got the same kinda emails. nothing will ever come of it. so don't waste your time. did they start the emails with "my friend"?