Hello everyone,
Here's a scam that I feel all of you need to be aware of......
My boss has been trying to sell his son's Pontiac Fiero through the local
newspaper and regional photo ad magazine for several months. He wasn't
getting anywhere with those two sources, so he decided to place an ad with a
Fiero club in the Detroit area that has a classified section on their web
site. He recently received an e-mail message from a person in Africa who
wanted to buy the car, and then have it transported to himself in Africa. The
prospective buyer then told him that he had an associate that he does business
with in the United States who owes him $6000. His plan was to have his
associate send my boss a money order in the amount of $6000 that he could
deposit immediately. Soon after that he would send someone to pick the car
up. At that time, my boss would hand him a check for $2500, and was told to
keep $500 for his troubles. Instead of $3000, he would now have $3500. Sound
good so far?
Meanwhile, the person would have the car and the $2500 check. Within a
month's time the certified check would bounce, the car would end up at a hack
shop somewhere, and my boss would be a very sad man without the car, and the
$2500. A certified or bank check can take up to a month to clear, or if it
doesn't the bank will come looking for you. But by then it will be too late.
Fortunately my boss was smart enough to catch on, but I hate to think of how
many people get the wrong end of the deal with this scam.
So far I haven't heard stories like this among British car owners, but you do
need to use extreme caution when dealing with the unknown.
Just something to share with my British car friends,
Thanks,
Scott Helms
http://users.arczip.com/zntech/britishcarweek.html
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