What do you suppose THIS scam is?

[cstreit]

What's the scam?

Received this email at our business account:

Hello my name is Jay Johnson and would like to know if you do Auto repair and general services in your company and I would like to speak with the general manager or the owner because ,my mom had an accident with her 2005 Cadillac Escalade esv VIN 3GYFK66N05G104656 on her way coming back from her cousin house in CALIFORNIA ,so the car has a brake problem, and it also needs general service as well and you would also cross check the vehicle with same other problem it may have okay, and I want to know if you can handle this repair on my mom’s car but as of now the car is currently with the towing company facility in California where the accident happened, we want to get the repair done in our town here that is why we are contacting you to deliver the vehicle for you so you can work on it for us, please let me know now if you can handle the repair of my mom vehicle and i can have the vehicle drop to your workshop for the repair . (I want to know if your company also do auto body repair as well). PLEASE COPY THIS EMAIL ADDRESS AND RESPOND TO IT.... Jayjohnson7007@gmail.com so we can communicate on that email faster because that is my private email address okay

My Name.. Jay Johnson
Here is my Private Email you would copy out to email me on now jayjohnson7007@gmail.com
MY Private Email jayjohnson7007@gmail.com
Thank you so much and I will be waiting for your email now.

[Bill Douglas]

Slightly odd English rings alarm bells for a start.

[LeeH]

Searching on the e-mail address yielded this from another auto repair facility:

I have received Fax from 909-945-1722 from jayjohnson9005@gmail.com asking me for car repair estimate which came up $700.00 Make story short. He said vehicle got involve from accident & got impounded from other shop which NOT accepting credit card, only western union money. Customer Jay told me he will give me credit card to pay by phone for $2,500.00 and I have to send $2,000.00 thru western union to towing company so they can release his vehicle and bring it to my shop for repair. Half way of our conversation through email & with hearing impaired phone call, He told me Western Union not accepting his credit card because it is not "Gold Card or Business Card" it flag to me sound like it's a SCAM! So I told him right away, I'm not accepting credit card by phone. Since then he stop replying on email. Also he gave me his VEHICLE Vin# 3GYFK66N05G104656 came out FOR SALE from other state. Beware!!!!

Getting calls from 720-223-7274? 4/4

[afterburn 549]

I know you guys know this, the hardest word to say sometimes is ...NO.
I figure real customers should be real people.
I do not need to deal with the mystical magical that wast my time with this kind of B.S.
If the customer was real, i would guess a phone call would be more EZ.>?
But if one lived in zimboland ..email is cheap.
2 - It is not his car, next thing comes the personal check for more money and send some back would ya? LOL

[porsche4life]

Yup. You send the money to the"towing company" which is him, and then the CC transaction fails and you are out the 2k

[Rick Lee]

Originally Posted by afterburn 549

I know you guys know this, the hardest word to say sometimes is ...NO.

I find it very easy, especially when preceded by a "Hell" and followed by an "And eff off!"

[afterburn 549]

Personally I would "play him"
I have had these idiots Fedex me Checks . !
I love it when they spend $$$$$$$ and get none in return !
Then i had one guy threaten me with the FBI !
I told him hurry up ! I am waiting ..LOL Never herd from him again.

[John Rogers]

There is a new one in the San Diego area where a person gets a phone call and the caller says there are warrants for YOU and we need payment right away to stop them. The caller wants a credit or debit card number or the cops will come right now!

I am waiting for the call and plan to tell them I only have cash, give them my police LT neighbor's address.....and then wait......

[5String43]

Longest sentence on record?

[sammyg2]

He wants you to send YOUR money to a towing company to get the car out of impound, and then he'll pay you back later after you fix the car. Run Forrest run.

I'd reply to his e-mail asking if he's over that ebola thing yet.

[RF5BPilot]

Send me $2500 cash for the repair and I'll send you a $500 gift certificate to get your car out of the impound.

[legion]

Funny thing is, these guys fall for their own scams.

Tell him that you no longer do car repair after you won $100 million in the lottery. Sadly, you were diagnosed with terminal cancer and have no children to leave your money to. Tell him that you are looking for a worthy heir but you need to make sure you are leaving your money to the a good person. As you are on vacation, ask him to meet you in Tehran for an introduction. Whenever he asks for money to make the trip, explain that your evil nephew has seized control of your bank account, but that control goes to your heir when you die. When (if) he gets to Tehran, explain that your evil nephew has sent you to Libya as he got wind of the plot to take the money away from him...

[afterburn 549]

^^^^^^^^^^ LOL ^^^^^^^^^^ Good one

[Bill Douglas]

Originally Posted by legion

Funny thing is, these guys fall for their own scams.

Tell him that you no longer do car repair after you won $100 million in the lottery. Sadly, you were diagnosed with terminal cancer and have no children to leave your money to. Tell him that you are looking for a worthy heir but you need to make sure you are leaving your money to the a good person. As you are on vacation, ask him to meet you in Tehran for an introduction. Whenever he asks for money to make the trip, explain that your evil nephew has seized control of your bank account, but that control goes to your heir when you die. When (if) he gets to Tehran, explain that your evil nephew has sent you to Libya as he got wind of the plot to take the money away from him...

That was so funny that I'm actually going to make a cup of coffee so I can spill it.

[JavaBrewer]

People with older relatives need to be aware of all these scams and communicate them clearly. My parents are in their 80's and were victims of a phone scam (Nigeria) where they were instructed to buy cash cards and provide the numbers to the caller. My Dad caught on but Mom is a person who can't say no to "friendly" people. They would call the house 10x a day. Mom lost ~ $2000 in the process. I had their phone number changed to stop the abuse. Mom still thinks they were honest and that we missed out on a huge inheritance...

Sucks to get old folks.

[tharbert]

Originally Posted by JavaBrewer

... Sucks to get old, folks.

Fixed that for ya!

[Baz]

[GWN7]

A search on the vehicle "2005 Cadillac Escalade esv VIN 3GYFK66N05G104656" shows it's for sale in Fontana, Ca

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[cstreit]

Ah... Above makes sense. This is a multi-part scam then. Just wondered if there was something more sophisticated. I wasn't considering doing anything about it, this was just a new one on me.