Morning fellas! I recently put two front bumpers in the classified add section. I received a response yesterday from :

From: kelvin
Email: k_kolo007@yahoo.co.uk

Now this morning I received another reply from a ...@yahoo.co.uk user.

Has anyone else here put something for sale and received replies from a similar web address. The replies state:

Thanks for the email,I am okay with the asking price so I will want you to know that am interested in buying it,so I will be of more help to you if you can give me the details below in other to send the cashier's check for the payment to,and as soon as the payment has been verified I will arrange for the pick up,so get back to me with the
NAME TO BE ON THE CHECK
ADDRESS TO SEND THE CHECK TO
STATE AND CITY,POSTAL CODE
CELL AND WORK PHONE NUMBER

Do you guys think this is ligit?? I already replied back with the information requested. Do you guys think that was safe??

Thanks!

 

Sounds a bit fishy. Usually though they want your bank routing numbers and such so they can wire the money to your account, then they wipe it out.

There was something about a laptop being sold to someone in the UK with a similar tone to it. Let me see if I can find the website for that. Maybe that'll help.

 

Typical scam. Go ahead and delete the email. You probably did not give him/her/it any information they could not otherwise find on the web somewhere. And, since these dirtbags scammers come and go, I would venture that the email address will no longer be active in a couple weeks. I would also venture that dozens of people have received similar offers from similar email addresses, but it woudl be a waste of time to try tracking them down to one person.

 

Thanks guys. Darn I really hoped this was legit, but oh well. I'll delete the emails and wait for a member of this forum to reply.

 

Ahh, it was using a fake escrow acount. Here's the link, it's a funny story..

http://www.newssocket.com/features/article/231/

http://www.p-p-p-powerbook.com/

Beware the fake escrow account. If one is used the seller needs to be the one picking the escrow company.

 

Ask him what his user name is on F150online.com and check his post count. Not to be negative, but I would only sell to someone with a post count of at least 25.

 

Good idea!

 

I doubt he/she/it is a member of the site. That would make them too easy to track down. We don't have a membership requirement to reply to classified ads.

 

That is GRRRRRRRRRRREAT!

(Scamming the Scammer story)

 

I can almost guarantee you WILL receive what LOOKS LIKE like a legitimate cashier's check via Fed Ex or DHL for an amount significantly higher than what you are asking for. The explanation will be that you have to forward the extra via Western Union to someone overseas to pay shipping or some other excuse.

If you deposit this check at your bank, they are only permitted to hold it for so long, not long enough to clear the other bank in most cases. If you send the money and the check comes back you will be responsible for it.

I see this scam nearly 100 times a year. Whatever you do, do not negotiate that check.