Am I paranoid for nothing here or is this too strange? Also, first the guy wanted picks, then after I said it would be just a bit he let that go. Then he wanted my home/work phone #s. Needless to say I just gave him my home # and my PO Box address for the payment.

Am I being paranoid?

His e-mail follows;



Hi Mark , How was your day? I want you to understand that the deal is on and my secretary as posted the payment promptly. But there was a little problem which we can handle with care. I contacted my secretary to confirm if she has mailed out the payment, I was made to understand that instead of the actual amount of $300 for the Dodge , she made out check for $2,000. She claimed that was what I requested her to do but she didn't get that straight. The payment was already posted before I was informed about this but I wouldn't want this to delay the sale as I have rectify this with my Bank and all you do once you have the payment is to take it to you Bank and have it cashed and you will then deduct the money for your goods plus a $100 (the cost of cashing the check and wiring). The excess fund on the payment will then be wired to my mover via western union that same day so that she can come for pick up as I already plan on using the excess on the payment to offset the cost of the various shipments she has undertaken on my behalf.
***Do let me know if I can trust you to have the excess sent to my mover thank you.***

I feel bad that I don't trust him, but it smells like the "I need to get my money out of Africa" scams we've all gotten sent to us.

Oh and the guy told me right off he couldn't talk on the phone because he is impaired.

I'm trying to be good here God.

WARNING,WARNING !!!
that has all the classic points of a "send your money to Nigeria" scams.
ignore it.

regards,Rod

I would pull the plug on the deal. You wouldn't write a check for $400.00 to Walmart for $200.00 in groceries and expect the cashier to give you the balance in cash would you?

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Oh, no doubt. But, I'm not going to go there anyway. I already e-mailed him back to Stop payment on whatever his secretary sent and send me a MO. Once it clears he can have it. Just really strange.

Wow, am I niave. Did a google search on scams and that e-mail reads exactly like one example.

Crooks are everywhere! Even buying Aspen K members! Good luck with the sale (to someone else who is legit).

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I’m Mater
The Kentucky Poser

Thanks Rob. did you ever sell the Pick-up? (I'm in Tucson and contacted you on it)

Are you still serving overseas?

Absolutely a scam. Once you deposit his "cashiers" check or "Money Order" and he gets his money and parts, about three or four weeks later your bank will inform you that the check is either a forgery or it was stolen, in either case, you're out the total amount of the check, plus whatever you sold him!


DON'T DO IT !!!!!!!!

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No way was I going to get involved in being his banker, but until I read that scam example that was exactly like his, I was sympathetic

Sound like someone needs to listen to Clark Howard on AM radio a little more.

Long listening cut short. Cut all comunication with this "buyer"

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I had a parts deal similar to that a couple of years ago; I fired back a ton of questions that never got answered and the guy dropped off the face of the Earth without buying my parts.

Last spring or summer, we got a call for a large order of glass cut to a specific size. The caller paid with a credit card which we processed and cleared so we cut the glass, telling him that it would be ready on a certain day.

The afternoon of the day promised, the guy called and in a belligerant tone of voice demanded to know where his glass was. I politely told him that it was ready and he could pick it up at his convenience. He was quiet for a short moment then started explaining that we should ship the glass to French West Africa, no longer exists as a legal entity. I told him no, we would not ship it; if he wanted to arrange shipping the shipping company could send a truck and I would make the material availalbe for shipping.

He then explained that he was on his way to Seattle because his wife was having a ababy and that he would call in a couple of months when he got back. I haven't heard from him since and the majority of his order is still sitting in our shop. I held my breath for the 90 day contest period to pass but the credit card charge was never contested or charged back. We have started using the glass when we have call for something of that size or smaller.

We later learned that other shops in the area were contacted in a similar scenario so were convinced it was some kind of attempted scam but I don't understand how it would work.

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'98 Dodge Dakota
'06 Jeep Liberty

Growing older is unavoidable but growing up is strictly optional.

Last year I won the Canadian Lotto. They sent a check from a US bank for around $6k saying that I needed to pay the taxes on the couple hundred thou I won and that I should cash the check and send the tax amount due via Western Union.
Well, I took the check to the bank and asked them to varify it. The bank existed, the account number was active but the check number was already used 2 years pror in the amount of $6.95!!! They stole this persons account number and faked all of these checks as lotto payouts!!
I called the phone number they gave with the check and letter and told them I was having problems cashing the check. They actually talked to me for quite awhile assuring me it was an error and they would get back to me. I called for a couple weeks and these idiots kept answering the phone. I did pass the info on to the local police but really, what can they do???
I looked on the net after the bank told me to report this and there were pages of of web pages explaining the entire scam.
I should have sued for getting my hopes up And who the heck entered me in a foriegn loto anyway

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That reminds me of the time I had a $300 gas bill and I accidentally sent in $2000. Happens all the time.