I am trying to sell my 2000 F-150 on the Classified fourm. Last night I received two emails from a person "interested" in purchasing it. Below is the second email.

Hello ,
I'm really glad with the content of your mail.Thanks soo much for everything, Pls help me take good proper care of it cos i belive by now it belongs to me. i am okay with the price and coondition.Please DO NOT respond to anybody again anymore.About the shippment ,
i will take care of that myself. i shall contact a shipping company who normally does that for me
.i shall pay in USA Cheque $ which would CLEAR in your bank account within 2 to 3 working days and Soon it clear you will deduct your own cost and send the rest fund to the shipping company throught western union money transfer in order for the shipment to take
place... I am really glad that you want me to get the Item and i will be happy also when i get it.'cos is going to a good home Pls email me back today. I'll
need your data for
the check, viz;
FULL NAME.......
CONTACT ADDRESS.......
ASKING PRICE.........
CITY.........
STATE..........
ZIP CODE..........
PHONE NUMBER..........
Pls mail me today to let me know i am the rightful owner Thanks for selling to me.

Cheers

Gannay

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This really chaps me to know that there are crooks like this out there.

 

There are crooks on the Internet?!!! I'm shocked!

 

yep got a similar email like 8 times when i was trying to sell mine a couple of years ago.....

 

Try posting on craigslist and see what happens..

 

I don't understand how people can fall for scams like that....

- NCSU

 

For every scam artist, there is a gullible person waiting to be scammed.

 

Working in loss prevention at a bank, I can tell you that people fall for this everyday. If it isn't selling something on the net it's those stupid lottery scams where they send you a counterfeit check to pay the taxes on your "winnings". We also see work from home scams, lonely hearts scams, inheritance scams, and the classic 419 Nigerian scams. There is no shortage of victims here in the US and Nigerians are picking them off like fish in a barrel, they have even started immigrating (illegally) into Canada to do their dirty work in a safer environment.

 

I would like to know more about this "inheritance scam".

 

Seriously, people get e-mail or faxes stating that a long lost relative whom they have never met or never heard of in a foreign country was tragically killed and has left their vast fortune to them, their only living relative. They arrange for the administrative fees and taxes to be financed by someone supposedly in the US who will send the funds to the victim by (counterfeit) check, which is to be cashed and sent via Western Union or Money Gram out of the country. By the time the check comes back, the money is long gone and the victim is on the hook for several thousand dollars. You would not believe the seemingly intelligent people who fall for this.

 

Wow, if people are that stupid they deserve to be scammed!

Who are we to mess with Darwinism?

- NCSU

 

LIFE LESSON; If it sounds to good to be true, it probably is not.