Took your suggestion and reported it to fbi.gov Submit a Tip.
John H.
>From: tom strange <tstrange@sbcglobal.net>
>Reply-To: tom strange <tstrange@sbcglobal.net>
>To: EDWARD BARNARD <edwardbarnard@prodigy.net>, Randall Young
><ryoung@navcomtech.com>, fot@autox.team.net
>Subject: RE: RE: 1950 GMC Service Station pick-up truck
>Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2005 01:39:53 -0700 (PDT)
>
>YES.... these do slowly get chased down.
> A local man here (building a spit for racing) got into one of these
>selling a motorcycle. He took the whole thing to the local fbi office &
>found out they were anxious to have his info, as they were allready working
>on the same individual...
> You might consider doing the same with this info.
>
>
>
>EDWARD BARNARD <edwardbarnard@prodigy.net> wrote:
>Okay, consider me naive but doesn't anyone ever do a sting on these
>scammers? The $6200 check or note must come from somewhere. I understand if
>it's from another country we have no / little ability to go after the
>people, but this is happening at such an alarming rate that our goverment,
>which prides itself in how well it protects us from ourselves, must be able
>to take some action. Has anyone ever heard of a sucessful sting on such a
>scam? Thanks - Ed
>
>Randall Young wrote:> I can't see
> > how the scam
> > is going to work, but complex financial transactions are always suspect.
>
>The trick is the $6200 check being used to pay for a $2500 item, with the
>rest of the money being sent somewhere else. My guess is that the "shipper"
>is nothing of the sort, just another alias for the scam artist. Most likely
>would never show up to take possession of the truck (and risk being
>arrested) ... but the $6200 check will be discovered to be a forgery in a
>few weeks. John's $3700 check to the "shipper" will most likely be good ...
>but even if not, the scammer hasn't lost anything.
>
>They say the scam artists always use bad English, so the potential scam-ee
>can feel superior and confident they can't be ripped off by someone who
>can't write well. Doesn't follow obviously, but I'm told that's the
>psychology of it.
>
>Randall
>
>
>Tom
>
> http://www.fot-racing.com/spit/caption/tom_strange.htm
>
>#4 white spitfire
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