-----Original Message-----
From Wm. Thompson [mailto:willy at thompsoncarpentry.com]
Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2004 8:48 PM
To: Frank Clarici
Subject: RE: yet another SCAM sorry about the attached version
Frank, the kicker on this deal, is even after the check "clears" it really
don't, see
"Scam Warning!!!
Overseas Buyers
There have been at least two incidents that I know of where ads posted on
this board have been targeted by scam artists. Please do not fall for this.
The message received indicates that the sender is a car dealer in Nigeria or
Saudi Arabia or some other exotic locale. It goes on to say that they want
to buy your car and they have a contact in the USA who owes them money. They
offer to have this American contact send a cashier's check (counterfeit) or
wire the money to your bank. Of course the amount is more than you are
asking for your car so they want you to send the surplus on to them. They
don't ask any questions about the car (they really don't care).
Beware of this scam. The premise behind this scam is that most US banks will
automatically clear funds after two weeks, whether or not they get a
clearance from the source bank. Many of them will clear a cashier's check in
24 hours. People believe they have the funds (i.e. the check cleared) and
then the bank withdraws the money a month later. It makes no difference that
you were acting in good faith!
Closing the account is not a good option as the bank will try to charge you
with fraud, even though the issue was caused by their automatic check
clearing. The amount that you lose is enough to hurt your personal finances
severely, but not enough to interest the FBI.
Internet car ads can be dangerous.
Here are a few links to read if you still have any doubts:
http://www.geocities.com/scamvictimsunited/scam.html
http://www.classicsandcustoms.com/discussion/detail.asp?postID=2012
http://denver.craigslist.org/den/car/8440679.html
http://www.katu.com/news/story.asp?ID=53359
If you have any questions, please email David Lieb.
-----Original Message-----
From Frank Clarici [mailto:spritenut at exit109.com]
Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2004 8:06 PM
To: willy@thompsoncarpentry.com
Cc: Spridgets
Subject: Re: yet another SCAM sorry about the attached version
willy@thompsoncarpentry.com wrote:
> meanining what !!!!!!!!!
Willy
Take the money, just tell him afterwards that you are waiting for it to
clear. Say 60 days to be safe or until you have cash in hand. THEN mail
the excess to his shipper using some foreign bank account.
--
Frank Clarici
Toms River, NJ
Back up to too many sprites again.
http://www.exit109.com/~spritenut/
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