Odd email...

[Blukoo]

email said:

Seller! How are you doing, i hope everything is going on as planned. Well, I'm highly interested in buying your advert posted for sale on internet. These are the things i would like to know about it. 1. THE OWNER? 2. THE CONDITION? 3. THE RECENT PICTURES 4. THE LAST PRICE YOU ARE GOING TO SELL IT FOR ME? Concerning my payment method, it would be by MONEY ORDER, CASHIER'S CHEQUE OR DRAFT. Kindly get back to me if you are still interested in selling it for me so that we can proceed. Best Regards,

Guessing by the poor wording of the email, i'd say ut was written by a foreigner, but the email address is "Jerry.Alex@..." Which doesn't really sound like a foreign name to me.

I do have a car for sale, but I automatically assumed this was a scam of some sort. Anyone else recieved an email like this?

Edited by Blukoo on Tuesday 3rd March 17:20

[Obiwonkeyblokey]

hI

i think you'll find pretty much anyone with anything for sale on the web has had something similar.

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[rfn]

Yep, it's a scam.

Think the key feature is the non-perfect English, along with the request for the "Last Price". That seems to be a common thing across all of these emails.

[The Walrus]

Would you take 5 million ugandan dollars for it and send me the balance ?

Thank you please

[TheEnd]

Jerry Alex.
That's not Nigerian, so you'll be safe.

[Galileo]

The money order or Draft will clear in your bank account, you will be happy and let the car go. Two weeks later the bank will decide that it was a fraudulent order/draft and take the money back out of your account. You are not protected against this. If you take a draft you have to get in contact with the issuing bank and verify that it is genuine.

HTH

[Roo]

Galileo said:

The money order or Draft will clear in your bank account, you will be happy and let the car go. Two weeks later the bank will decide that it was a fraudulent order/draft and take the money back out of your account. You are not protected against this. If you take a draft you have to get in contact with the issuing bank and verify that it is genuine.

HTH

Not quite true any more.

http://www.bba.org.uk/content/1/c6/01/15/79/APACS_...

[Galileo]

Roo said:

Galileo said:

The money order or Draft will clear in your bank account, you will be happy and let the car go. Two weeks later the bank will decide that it was a fraudulent order/draft and take the money back out of your account. You are not protected against this. If you take a draft you have to get in contact with the issuing bank and verify that it is genuine.

HTH

Not quite true any more.

http://www.bba.org.uk/content/1/c6/01/15/79/APACS_...

Cheers for that, its news to me!

[Blukoo]

Galileo said:

The money order or Draft will clear in your bank account, you will be happy and let the car go. Two weeks later the bank will decide that it was a fraudulent order/draft and take the money back out of your account. You are not protected against this. If you take a draft you have to get in contact with the issuing bank and verify that it is genuine.

HTH

Thanks.

I think i might string him along just to waste his time, and if he wants to come and see the car, i'll give him a fake address or something.

[speedychrissie]

Blukoo said:

email said:

I'm highly interested in buying your advert posted for sale on internet.

The bloke only wants to buy your advert, not your car!

tell him he can have the advert for £100 and then just email him a screen grab of it after payment has cleared!

[Roo]

Galileo said:

Roo said:

Galileo said:

The money order or Draft will clear in your bank account, you will be happy and let the car go. Two weeks later the bank will decide that it was a fraudulent order/draft and take the money back out of your account. You are not protected against this. If you take a draft you have to get in contact with the issuing bank and verify that it is genuine.

HTH

Not quite true any more.

http://www.bba.org.uk/content/1/c6/01/15/79/APACS_...

Cheers for that, its news to me!

Cheuqes never used to fully clear. they used to just hang around. It was decided this was unfair on customers so the rules changed.

[Roo]

In reply to the OP I've had loads of emails like that for the car I've got advertised. Anyone who asks for your last price is, generally, a scammer.

[Saag Aloo]

My father was foreign trade minister for sierra leone before he was shot and I am to inherit to $25,000,000 (twenty-five million dollars) and want to invest in your country...

Edited by Saag Aloo on Tuesday 3rd March 17:58

[Blukoo]

Just got a reply...

email said:

Well I informed my Dad just now and he said you will be receiving a Bank Draft of £6,000 of which you are to deduct £2,500 for the price and the stress you will encounter and send the rest funds to the transportation company he has organized through western union transfer for the pick-up to commence.please do get back to me with the following information:
YOUR NAME....................
FULL ADDRESS................
COUNTRY........................
PHONE NUMBER:..............
i am presently in England and it is not possible for me to come to location but the transportation company will handle all that.just send the details of payment so that the draft will be issued.

hhmmmm, so tempting

Edited by Blukoo on Tuesday 3rd March 18:36

[The Walrus]

Tell him you can come to him make up some excuse about seeing relatives !!

[taldo50]

sorry to seem a bit dim, but what exactly is the goal of these scams?

[john2443]

taldo50 said:

sorry to seem a bit dim, but what exactly is the goal of these scams?

They put 6000 in your account, you take the 2500 for teh car and send them 3500 'change'.

Their 6000 was a fake bank draft which it withdrawn/deleted/cancelled, they have your 3500.

[taldo50]

ahhhhhhhh, very shrewd. cheekey feckers

[esselte]

john2443 said:

taldo50 said:

sorry to seem a bit dim, but what exactly is the goal of these scams?

They put 6000 in your account, you take the 2500 for teh car and send them 3500 'change'.

Their 6000 was a fake bank draft which it withdrawn/deleted/cancelled, they have your 3500.

Doesn't this

put a stop to that?

[Lost soul]

TheEnd said:

Jerry Alex.
That's not Nigerian, so you'll be safe.