Nigerian Scam attempted on my car for sale here..check this out

kycarguy 935 · 05-09-2005, 11:30 PM

Hello,
Compliments of the day to you.Am okey with the price of the car. well i just called my client who was suppose to send you the payment on my behalf and he told me the cheque has been issued but he made a mistake with the amount he issued. I called him and told him to issued out a check for the total sum of $4600 but he issued a check of $8000
Please i really dont want this to deal our transaction as i would be needing the car soon so i have told him to mail out the check of $8000 to you and as soon as it clears you would transfer outstanding balance of $3300 to the shipping company through WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER. I will compensate you with the sum of $100 for your running arround.

So please here are the figures for record purpose......

Total amount on cheque .....$8000
Cost of the car .....$4600 + $100 (compensation)
Transfer to shipping company ....$3300

Please i hope i can trust you with my money as i dont think i have any other choice.
Kindly respond immediately with your full name, phone numbers and mailing address. so that
the check can be issue out ans ent to you asap..
Regards.....

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This is the second one of these I received today and this is the only place I have the car listed.

I knew what this was right away and wanted to make others aware in case they didnt know about this.

kycarguy 935 · 05-09-2005, 11:33 PM

And another sent by email today:
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hello seller,
I am intrested in your auto part for sale and i want you to give me the last price of it and the condition of it also with the pics of it and i want you to know that my mode of payment is cashier's check.
regards

Jims5543 · 05-10-2005, 06:03 AM

There is a guy in England that does a lot of business on E-bay. He started screwing with these scammers. I might have posted something about it here. It was very funny.

He would describe the car for sale as having aminor blemish on the engine block, a hole about the size of his fist in it where the rod came out, but, it could be fixed easily.

The scammer would just agree to anything to try to get him to send money.

Screw with him and post up his replies.

kycarguy 935 · 05-10-2005, 10:41 PM

ok I sent this guy an email back. I cant wait to see what he says.

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Hello Steve,
Sure you can trust me with your money. I know I can trust you with my money also. In fact I would prefer for you to keep the $100 compensation because its such a pleasure to deal with such a trustworthy person as yourself. Let me know if I can answer any other questions.
My name is:
Herman. Q. Munster
1313 Mockingbird Lane
Universal City, Ca. 91608
ph.# 887-867-5309 ps: If Tommy Tutone answers hang up real fast. {he dont know about this car}

Joeaksa · 05-11-2005, 06:48 AM

Do a search on "ebola monkey man"...

Hope you have fun with these bastards. They deserve it. Screwed a friend of mine out of $2k...

JoeA

kycarguy 935 · 05-11-2005, 08:33 AM

It seems they are getting a check ready to ship to Herman Munster. lol. Here is what he sent today:
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Thanks for the honest mail.
I have forward your details to my client who will be issuring the check.You will receive the check at worst next mid week ok.Just consider the car sold and don`t receive any more offer`s ok..Email me as soon as you receive the check so that i can forward the shipping company information where to send the remaining funds for shipping arrangments.Looking forward to a sucessfull transaction.
Regards,
Steve..

kycarguy 935 · 05-13-2005, 12:14 AM

update:

He is sending my check...lol. Im curious if anyone at Universal Studios will accept the check in the name of Herman Munster. I cant wait to see what happens.

We had something on the news around here yesterday that one back wont deal with any Nigerian checks because they have received over $50,000 in checks and all bad. That sucks.

Jims5543 · 05-13-2005, 07:16 AM

Awesome! Scan the check and post it up for us to see.

Then give us his e-mail addy so we can abuse him.

Or better yet mail him a box of fish guts or dog poo instead of a check.

kycarguy 935 · 05-13-2005, 09:00 AM

I didnt give him my address though. I gave him Herman Munsters address on Mockingbird Lane in Studio City and Tommy Tutone's phone number 867-5309.

It seems this thing has a few levels. First feelers with fake emails and then when they get a "live one" they send it to somebody higher who can cut a bad check to send to the victim.

Eric Mckenna · 05-13-2005, 10:25 AM

tHAT IS THE BEST DAMN THING i HAVE HEARD TODAY! AHAHAAHAAHAH

ronin · 05-13-2005, 12:11 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by kycarguy 935
Tommy Tutone's phone number 867-5309.

that was Jenny's number, not Tommy's

azasadny · azasadny's Garage

If I ever sell anything else on eBay or any other Internet site, I'll put in a disclaimer that I will not sell to any Nigerian or person sending me a money order or cashier's check for anything but the exact amount. It can take up to 30 days for these bad money orders/cashier's checks to bounce. Anyone who gets taken by these clowns deserves it...

pwd72s · 05-14-2005, 09:35 AM

Hmmm, As part of my account deal with a small local bank, I get free cashier's checks. That's how I pay for my ebay purchases, which haven't been many. It's tales of PAYPAL that have scared me. So far, so good on the cashier's checks...I haven't been burned yet, but all purchased have been under $500.

kycarguy 935 · 05-14-2005, 09:53 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by ronin
that was Jenny's number, not Tommy's

Yeah your right...lol...I forgot

350HP930 · 05-14-2005, 10:03 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by pwd72s
Hmmm, As part of my account deal with a small local bank, I get free cashier's checks. That's how I pay for my ebay purchases, which haven't been many. It's tales of PAYPAL that have scared me. So far, so good on the cashier's checks...I haven't been burned yet, but all purchased have been under $500.

Since you can send money to paypal without having an account I dunno why that would worry you. Its not like you can get a cashier's check back after you drop it in the mail box.

kycarguy 935 · 05-14-2005, 10:08 AM

I have had good luck with the people on Pelican and Rennlist and so far on Ebay. No bad deals yet. If you have something posted for sale on the internet they get your email and then offer you way more then what your asking. They also give themselves away with the funny use of the english language.

I dont want to see anyone's hard earned money taken away from them. Some scammers got my grandmother for a bunch of her savings just because she didnt know. She didnt deserve it but was elderly and just didnt know. Then she was too embarresed to tell anyone except me. The boiler room was in Arizona and I got the Attorney General involved but no money was recovered but the place was closed down. Im sure it opened the next day somewhere but my grandmother never received any more contact from these people.