WARNING to TDR classifieds sellers

[dpuckett]

In case there are some of the membership that are a little more trusting than I, I received an email reply to a classified ad I am running for my pickup. The guy wanted to send me a "certified cheque"check for double the asking price, sight unseen, and have and agent deliver it, and send him with my vehicle and a personal check for the difference. Wanted my physical address, pictures, and phone numbers. It seemed real fishty to me, so I removed my address from hte ad, and forwarded the email to Steve St Laurent, and figured I'd post a warning here, as well. There is one already in the 1st Gen forum. I am posting here and in the OTHER forum to try to get as much exposure as possible to the membership.



Daniel

 

[Theconcreteguy]

i got the same e mail ?????????????whats up ??

 

[CFAR]

They have the same warning on ebay about that type of scam, the certifed check they pay with is usually bogus.

 

[BBrooks]

i work at a credit union in lexington, ky and we have seen 3 of these bad checks. one was for a rolex and the guy lost about 11K. I suggest posting that you will wait for the check to clear your account before delivery.



boyd

 

[Intelman34]

My girlfriends family got a similar email on different forum for someone looking to buy their snowmobiles. She works at a bank and caught on right away. My buddy traced where the email came from... . Israel.

 

[daveshoe]

What would happen if

Tell the guy to come with the check and have a law enforcement officer show up at the same time, slap the bracelets on and proove the con. Of course, you would have to clear this with the cops before you expose yourself to the bad guys.

Can any LEO's comment on this idea?

 

[DanDee]

The Nigerian advanced fee fraud... . also called "419", run a Google search on either and you will get hours of interesting reading.

There is a Secret Service site you can forward any information you have to, but I don't have the link offhand.



These frauds have been ongoing for a while and the criminals running them are very bold. They operate out of countries that don't or won't prosecute, they do this on a massive scale and the chance you'll ever catch one them of out of their protected areas is very slim.