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woodystealthdude
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 Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2006 11:26 pm |
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Joined: Wed Jun 15, 2005 10:02 pm
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Location: Hayward, WI
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Hello,
As you know I am attempting to sell my Car becuase i want a Twin Turbo. Now i've posted my Car for sale on Sportyfieds.com a free Classefieds ads marketplace thats not to big. and i was 1 of about 12 other cars listed. So i have gotten about 3 offers with the same story, there out of the United states, they have found Great interest in my car for there Store, they want to pay me about $8,000 and take the $5,500 out for my car adn then Western Union the Rest of the Money too the Person picking it up. They are going to issue me a cashier's check. Sounds a little phony to me i dont' know how they could scam me but what do you guy's think? It's been about 3 people with the same story. but different names. So let me know on this on, I've asked if i could do paypal and they said that the shipper doesnt' accept it... They want my Name, Address, and phone number. all of that good stuff. soo what do you guy's think?
Let me know,
~Woody
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jmaggio
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Posted: Wed Feb 01, 2006 7:17 am |
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Sounds like a scam. Me and my wife work at the Post Office. There are alot of bogus money orders coming from overseas and whatnot. Some have been found right here in our little town of Canton, Illinois.
Why would you sell your car using a service with only a few cars for sale? I'm sure there are better ways of getting it sold. If this is a fake money order then your out of luck and may possibly be in trouble for trying to pass it.
Jason
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Turbo_StealthRT
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Posted: Wed Feb 01, 2006 8:24 am |
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Location: St. Paul, MN
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This is a widely known scam. What happens is you deposit the fake cashiers check, then they request that you immediately wire money to an overseas account using Western Union. A couple of days later you find out the cashier check bounces, and your bank subtracts the money from your account. You have no way of getting the wired money back. So you are out the amount of money you wired to the overseas bank account.
Brad
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unclebenny
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Posted: Wed Feb 01, 2006 12:55 pm |
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Location: Oconomowoc WI
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DO NOT DO THIS!
I work with a guy that had this same thing happen to him a few months ago. Long story-short, he's out almost $5K and has no recourse due to the scam artists being in nigeria.
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curt_gendron
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Posted: Wed Feb 01, 2006 1:49 pm |
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woodystealthdude
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Posted: Wed Feb 01, 2006 8:21 pm |
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Location: Hayward, WI
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But they all seem sooo nice... lol jk, yeah, that's what i figured. I haven't accepted anything yet and i won't for sure now. Thanks everyone.
P.S. I'm cheap so i try to get my car posted up on a few sites as well as in the local newspaper, but you are right, there are better ways then internet transactions.
Thanks again,
~Woody
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3000gtwis2
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Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2006 2:14 am |
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Location: Madison
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THANK GOD you didnt fall into this. I posted mine up for sale awhile back on a number of online sites and got at least ten emails like your explaining, almost every day. There is no way in hell someone is going to buy a car sight unseen anyway so you have to know that this kind of thing is a scam.
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