WARNING - Selling your car scam !!!

Volcano

BillTrac wrote: »

Does anyone know of any fool that has fallen for this old,old scam? Aren't these scams getting a bit tiring now? Do the perpetrators actually ever catch anyone out?

The Nigerian scam is hugely successful. According to a 1997 newspaper article: "We have confirmed losses just in the United States of over $100 million in the last 15 months," said Special Agent James Caldwell, of the Secret Service financial crimes division. "And that's just the ones we know of. We figure a lot of people don't report them."

from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advance_fee_fraud#Cheque_cashing

I read somewhere that it makes a considerable contribution to Nigeria's GDP.

This site: http://www.419eater.com/ shows how they can get a taste of their own medicine and is hilarious in places, though before you mess with these guys check out the warnings on this site as well as near the bottom of the wiki site.

ktflosspot

Volcano wrote: »

This site: http://www.419eater.com/ shows how they can get a taste of their own medicine and is hilarious in places, though before you mess with these guys check out the warnings on this site as well as near the bottom of the wiki site.

:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

Some of thse are fantastic !!!!

8LGM

BillTrac wrote: »

And it was written in such good english as well.not

Does anyone know of any fool that has fallen for this old,old scam? Aren't these scams getting a bit tiring now? Do the perpetrators actually ever catch anyone out?

As is always said, if it sounds too good to be true.... it is

Hi,

I worked for a major investment bank and yes peolpe do fall for these scams.

One that seems to work well at present is the "You've won the lottery" £4 million Euro. - Just a minute I didn't buy a ticket, and if I did I didn't give my email address.

We used to get some pretty !!!!ed off people becauae we wouldn't give them the money, after paying the many thousansd of pounds in "handling and clearing fees".

These things all work on people's greed I'm afraid.

As someone said earlier - if it sounds too true to be good, it is.

[Deleted User]

8LGM wrote: »

Hi,

I worked for a major investment bank and yes peolpe do fall for these scams.

One that seems to work well at present is the "You've won the lottery" £4 million Euro. - Just a minute I didn't buy a ticket, and if I did I didn't give my email address.

We used to get some pretty !!!!ed off people becauae we wouldn't give them the money, after paying the many thousansd of pounds in "handling and clearing fees".

These things all work on people's greed I'm afraid.

As someone said earlier - if it sounds too true to be good, it is.

I get bomping mad if a CC company charges me £12 for a late payment, so IU cant imagine how upset I'd be if I got screwed for thousands of £s !!!

iwannasave

We had emails from people who 'lived' in Finland wanting to buy our car which we had advistertised on Autotrader, We said it was a cash only sale, did we get a reply? ah no lol

liuhut

My friend had this and sent the scammer her address and details. She was so worried that they might come knocking on the door, I told her to email him and say that she had crashed the car!!! Luckly she moved to Oz the following week!

oldagetraveller

liuhut wrote: »

Luckly she moved to Oz the following week!

How's the wizard these days? He must be getting on a bit now!

levelii

This is a short transcript of an email I had on 22/6/09. I am selling a car on Autotrader - best read from bottom.

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Dear oh dear. Another leech on humanity. (in England, you should write
"you", not "You", you tokoloshe).
Why don't you find a proper job - you must get bored of ripping people
off. Do something nice for a change, something positive, make someone
else happy, not just youself. There are many good people in the world,
when you make them smile, you will smile.
david

2009/6/22 Williams James <[EMAIL="williamsjames773&#64;googlemail.com"]williamsjames773@googlemail.com[/EMAIL]>
Thanks for the mail and for the advice but i just want you to understand
that am okay with your asking price but i want you to understand that my
customer made it clear to me that he can only make the payment by bank
draft cheque and we will wait for the bank draft cheque to be clear in
your bank before making any arrangement for the transport and You have to
note that the shipping payment will also be added to the actual amount and
this will be handled by my shipper so you dont need to worry about the
shipping. if you are okay with this arrangement just send me your full
details in your next mail..
Name (has to be issue on the cheque):
Address:
City:
State:
Zip Code:
Country
Phone(Home,Mobile,Office):
Last Price:
I wait to read all this from you so that the cheque can be sent down to
your destination...
Cheers

On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 1:07 AM, David Berrington-edwards
<myemail> wrote:
still for sale (been on for 2 days). The asking price is harder now than
it will be in a couple of weeks, when i may consider taking offers, but i
belive probably first to see will buy. worth a look if yo're not too far
away in any case.
david


2009/6/20 Williams James <[EMAIL="williamsjames773&#64;googlemail.com"]williamsjames773@googlemail.com[/EMAIL]>
Hello Seller,
It's a pleasure to respond to your advert regarding the sales of your car,
i will like to know if it's still available for sale. Get back to me with
more picture of it with your final asking price. Wait to hear from you.
Best Regards

[Deleted User]

levelii wrote: »

This is a short transcript of an email I had on 22/6/09. I am selling a car on Autotrader - best read from bottom.

---

Dear oh dear. Another leech on humanity. (in England, you should write
"you", not "You", you tokoloshe).
Why don't you find a proper job - you must get bored of ripping people
off. Do something nice for a change, something positive, make someone
else happy, not just youself. There are many good people in the world,
when you make them smile, you will smile.
david

2009/6/22 Williams James <[EMAIL="williamsjames773&#64;googlemail.com"]williamsjames773@googlemail.com[/EMAIL]>
Thanks for the mail and for the advice but i just want you to understand
that am okay with your asking price but i want you to understand that my
customer made it clear to me that he can only make the payment by bank
draft cheque and we will wait for the bank draft cheque to be clear in
your bank before making any arrangement for the transport and You have to
note that the shipping payment will also be added to the actual amount and
this will be handled by my shipper so you dont need to worry about the
shipping. if you are okay with this arrangement just send me your full
details in your next mail..
Name (has to be issue on the cheque):
Address:
City:
State:
Zip Code:
Country
Phone(Home,Mobile,Office):
Last Price:
I wait to read all this from you so that the cheque can be sent down to
your destination...
Cheers

On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 1:07 AM, David Berrington-edwards
<myemail> wrote:
still for sale (been on for 2 days). The asking price is harder now than
it will be in a couple of weeks, when i may consider taking offers, but i
belive probably first to see will buy. worth a look if yo're not too far
away in any case.
david


2009/6/20 Williams James <[EMAIL="williamsjames773&#64;googlemail.com"]williamsjames773@googlemail.com[/EMAIL]>
Hello Seller,
It's a pleasure to respond to your advert regarding the sales of your car,
i will like to know if it's still available for sale. Get back to me with
more picture of it with your final asking price. Wait to hear from you.
Best Regards

VERY similar to an email I had. They must spend hours scouring autotrader for new adverts.

In my case, I was selling a crappy old metro for £300 and this email was telling me his client was urgently looking for one of these and wanted to ship it to spain. Umm, dont think so !!!!!

Dave101t

if anyone falls for these scams, ever, then they truly deserve to be parted with their money!