[Healeys] '55 100/4 - "M" spec For Sale - $4500!

[m.brouillette at comcast.net]

Speaking of the scams, I just got a check in the mail...



B  I had something listed on the local Craigslist for $300 and got an email a
day later offering to buy it for the full price and would send a check (for
something not easily shippable).



B  I have seen these scams before, so I decided to from an email account not
used much more play along.B  So I sent them a mailing address with a phone
number (local FBI office's number) and told them to send the check.B  Well it
came today and it cost them for UPS shipping (too bad, so sad).B  I then gave
the FBI office a call to ask if they wanted this unopened at that time
envelope and open a case.B  They told me not to bother cause they get hundreds
of these scams sent to them and they can't chase them down.B  The woman I
talked to couldn't believe how many folks fall for this and actually send back
the money.B  Oh well, I have a check as a souvenir and a story to tell.



B  If they contact me again, I will probably tell them the check got damaged
and the bank can't do anything with it, so send me another.B  Serve them right
having to pay UPS again...



Mike B

59 BT7




----- Original Message -----
From: "I Erbs" <eyera3 at gmail.com>
To: "Greg Lemon" <glemon at neb.rr.com>
Cc: "Healey List" <healeys at autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, June 18, 2009 2:43:09 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
Subject: Re: [Healeys] '55 100/4 - "M" spec For Sale - $4500!

do you need to send the money to Nigeria? I wonder if they will take a bank
draft for over the amount and send the balance back to you in cash?
I Erbs
B BT7

On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 11:26 AM, Greg Lemon <glemon at neb.rr.com> wrote:

> I viewed his other ads on the off chance that he might have misplaced a
> "0". Quite a fire sale going on, Mustang Mach Is, Shelby Mustangs, restored
> 50s Caddys, all for $4,500--could he at least vary the price a little bit so
> it doesn't look so scammy?
>
> But as some old famous dead guy whose name I don't recall said "nobody ever
> went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public"
>
> Greg Lemon