rumour has it that Dan Paramore Racing was scammed by something
similar, to the tune of $75,000. He went out of business as a result.
--- "Wm. Thompson" <willy@thompsoncarpentry.com> wrote:
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Wm. Thompson [mailto:willy@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@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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