Anyone had one of these E mails?

[rob05]

Subject M3 coupe £25600
I was fortunate to spot your advert on the net and i like to know if it is still for sale.()If available,please get back to me with the following enquiries:are you the first owner?present condition?pics of interior and chairs.
I we like to let you know who i am i.am mike browe by my name and i work for the united states goverment.....why am buying this rich car is that i want to use it as a gift to my wife on is birthday next month of 29.
Payment is by money gram,just send me your name and address and i promise you that the money we be send to you as cash.You can contact me on [e-mail] and i want to assure you that its coming to a good home THANKS............

At first i thought it was a piss take but when the second and 3rd email came with better grama and more realistic wording and phone numbers i realised the guy was for real.
My reply after the 3rd email simply read......

Thank you for your inquiry,my name is Uma Bumba,i am a gongo national working for the costa rican drugs trade,i'm currently un available but if you send me a blank cheque for the rich amount i will forward you all the relevant information.
Needless to say i did'nt get a fourth..

Edited by rob05 on Thursday 20th July 17:23

[ultra violent]

thing is he would have paid you..... Only it would be you doing the money laundering, not him.

[rob05]

If that was scam what would have been my position once the funds cleared?

[grant3]

They offer you money then tell you their cash is all tied up ready to be sent to you, so could you "pretty please" send them a few hundred pounds to cover expenses which allow them to send you all those thousands!

The amazing, sad thing is not evry one is as cute as you, people actually part with cash believing they will get much more in return...go figure!

[mousem40]

grant3 said:

The amazing, sad thing is not evry one is as cute as you

Grant3 rob05

[GuyR]

What happens is usually you get a foreign bank draft or cheque, which your bank accepts and credits to your account. However it has not actually fully cleared and several weeks later (by which time you have released the car, or paid them back the 'accidental' overpayment they made to you) the bank confirms the cheque was bogus and debits the money back from your account..........

[rob05]

The thing is you would have to be really green not to spot a sad e mail like that,the other two were better but not by much,i liked the part about the chairs.