Beware Of E Mail Scam For Used Cars
 

so i put my truck up for sale on a few websites and i got a e mail back about some guy claiming to want to buy it. i smelled scam from the beginning but played it out a little and then got my uncle (a detective) to look into it and its a big scam.

here are some of the e mails i got... dont wanta hear about ne 1 gettin caught in this so here is all the main info i got.

Thanks for your prompt email reply, I want you to know that I am an Independnet car dealer based in the United kingdom and my client is an auto trader who buys this used cars from Europe,America,Canada and Australia and sell them to African countries for the sole aim of making profit and buisness making,Morealso I wantb you to know that my client is a canadian and has been banking with the Royal bank of Canada for over eight years now also i want you to know that my client is not around at the monent as he is on a buisness trip of this kind in Australia so we will be using hios shipping agent who will be coming over to sing all the necessary document after pay has reached you and has cleared and have the car shipped.
I look forward to hearing from you.
Regards
NB: For further enquiry call me on my
Phone:+447024093153
Fax:8704900359
I look forward to hearing from you soon.

Kenn

Date: Sat, 6 Oct 2007 05:24:12 -0700
From: kenn_motor2@yahoo.com
Subject: ADVERT CAR
To: atomic_156@hotmail.com

One of my customer is much interested in your advert
car , Please mail me back if the car is still available stating it
present condition and the bottom price.
kenn

oh and his spelling is horrible but i figured it could just be because he claims to be in the UK

ok, help me with this one... by friend put his car up forsale and got a reply from a guy saying he wants it and he's going to send an international money order in the mail for 28000$ + shipping for the car.

he doesnt say where he's from, his spelling is good but he does mention a few times about his client, i cant remember what they say excactly.

so he's just waiting for the cash in the mail. its fishy so could someone tell me what could go wrong here?

check to see if it has any similar contact info to mine.
also tell your friend to sign up for the free trial version of point of mail... pointofmail.com :: advanced email experience and e mail the "buyer" from there... make sure the check if it shows up clears, the goal is usually for them to give you a cheque you deposit it, its put on hold and then they take your car.
if you question the seller for his name and a phone number he will respond with something like " it seems lik you are not ready to sell your car" or something like that.. tell your buddy to delay the car pick up time untill after the bank can 100% assure him that it is legit and they will insure the money if something happens.
once the ownership is signed he hands onver the keys he cant get it back and probably no way in tracking it....and the car will be shipped overseas

i'll get some more info about it, but the plan right now is to wait for the $$ and get the bank to clear it

also the guy must be really dumb because the price of the car is $28000 or $470 a month lease take over and he replied back " i dont know what you mean by lease but im preparded to pay the full asking price of the car"

the hot thing nowadays seems to be email scams... when i was trying to sell my PS3 on kijiji maybe around 20-40% of all the replies i got were people from Africa and stuff asking if i can ship it while they send me some cheque.

It's a scam. Anything like that is a scam. Trust me. He'll offer up a ridiculous amount saying its for shipping and give it the cheque to his shipper and blah blah blah. I asked one of them for their shipper's contact and he refused. I asked for a reference and he refused. It's a scam dude. Sorry to say.

Good think you have a brain bro. I've been tried twice before and they just don't seem to get the point. They are the worst mother f.u.c.k.e.r.s on the planet I swear.

if anyone wants me to forward them the rest of the e mails so they know what to look out for just let me know i think i still have them in my e mail inbox.

thats rediculous, my buddy out here in barrie got some money order from some dude and said that he'd pick his car up but ended up oweing 4 grand to the bank in the end from some scam, i dont understand it

ha ha thats funny im in barrie too
shitty bout the money tho

That sucks bigtime bro. I think once they have your info. they've got you. I might have an example of the cheque they send. Ouch..why wouldn;t the bank understand he got scammed and maybe try to recover some of the guys money?

I was selling for 9000 and this guy offers 18000...haha I'm like..dude I could get you cheaper shipping ya know. I ****in' owned him though. He said he lived in Calgary and had an office there. I said, what's the number? He says the office is closed for the time being. I said ok where exactly did you live? He tells me something like, majestic city of... I thought who the hell would say it like that so and he said he worked for a car place. So I google the majestic city of... or whatever...To my amazement the first link is the exact quote and is a website for the car company he said he worked for..haha..soo..I friggin call them up and ask if they know this guy. They obviously had noooo idea who he was. So then I told him **** off, get a ****in real job, ****in piece of ..ahaha..they deserve to be in lots of pain.

ya if i knew someone doin that i'd b like the roadrunner and ****KAAAPOWWW***** right in the face MOTHA SUCKA, then when hes on the ground, i'd drop a duece on his face, take a picture of it and post it in this thread, let that b a lesson to u scam artists out there

My buddy got nailed with this scam, well, partially.

It was another Canadian from out west , same deal. The buyer said he understood the car was for sale for $8,000, for the troubles and having to load it onto a truck he would pay him $10,000.

So my buddy was like ok, send the money. He got a Int. Money order, deposited it and was about to get the car shipped over.
I was speaking with him and mentioned he should let it clear first, you never know.

A few days later, bank called. Fake money order. It was in US currency or something and when they did the exchange he ended up owing. They even froze his bank account. He ended up owing $300 to the bank. Brutal!

what you just said is what i think is happening, my buddy's just waiting for the cheque. then i quess he's going to see if its a scam.

it is a scam
tell him to e mail the guy and say he wants cash , the guy will just make up excuses... warn your friend its a scam no 1 pays extra $ for hastle of a car that they havent even seen

^^^^Co-sign!

good looks lol~!!!!

i noticed this scam on KIJIji.. I saw a 3rd gen RX7 twin turbo, lambo doors, the works....selling for $7k

I sent the guy and email asking to where he is so i can check out the car...he replied that he has the car with him in New York....he sez that he will ship the car for me....I need to send him a money order..i asked him if i can use paypal and he replies no...he doesn't like paypal...money order only...went back and forth for a few more e-mails as I'm thinking SCAM and trying to figure him out...FInally i sent him an E-mail saying that I'm comming to Queens for the weekend and wud bring him cash....never heard from him again...

I think once u send them your money order there is nothing u can do to get your money back...

i cant stand these guys!, i watched some thing om 20/20 about all the scams coming from over sea's. its crazy! i dont know who could fall for that

i dont know how i keep getting all these scams but here is another 1 LOL :

PAYMENT INFORMATION‏
From: Mary Bronx (mary.bronx@yahoo.com)
Sent: April 26, 2008 9:54:01 PM
To: Mike C (atomic_156@hotmail.com)

Hello ,

Thanks for the message ,i'm ok with the price and I want you to consider that it is sold to me for now .Concerning the shipping, i have made arrangement with the shipping agent that will be coming for the pickup at your location as soon as we seal these transaction .

I will send you a companies check of $15,500 in your name and you will deduct the cost of the car when it clears and the remaining balance will be send to the Shipper via money gram money transfer for immediate collection/shipping arrangment of the car

If this is okay with you do get back to me immediately with your details....so that the check can be sent ASAP and i will wait for the check to clears before collection commence.

Regards,
MARY

i kinda wanta get the cheque and go 2 money mart lol

Send her back some monopoly money and say its Canada's newest currency and you only do your business in cash.

If they say they dont use paypal.. or wont use it and its a crossborder transaction.. Id be careful

i have been getting this a lot off kijiji. Also when you email some people for cars they are scams as well. they say the car is in Florida and they want to go though ebay. its a lot of BS!

ill send her a paper bag full of $h!* :nono::fing26:

Craigslist and Kijiji are both getting pretty brutal for this, the ratio of scams just seems to be going up and up. If only people weren't dumb enough to fall for this...

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I once came across a scam as well from kijiji.
This guy wanted only $8,000 for his 92 NSX. Once the dialog started, I found out he had no phone, shipping company phone was out of order and the only means of communication was email. :dunno:

Urgent: Please input: Wire transfer for used car scam
 

hi,

i posted my ad to sell car on craiglist and i got a response saying that he wants to buy the car, and send him the bank account number so that he can wire the money.

after 1 month, money is deposited in my account, bank confirmed but i am 100% sure that he is a scammer, as

1. he sent more money than asking price for shipment
2. guy claims to be in nigeria
3. a person who claims to be abank employee for my seller, keeps sending email from yahoo id
4. now they says that buyer does not want money and send the money back by western union.

5. they were rushing like anything. i got call from usa, india, nigeria numbers to pay asap otherwise it could be dangerous

6. i got e-mails from fake yahoo id's saying that person is from interpol and send the money asap

7. Its the 2nd day and money is still there in my account.

8. i asked to wait for 5 business days, and they agreed to that as well.


anybody came across this kind of scam?

i know its a scam, but how it works, and how to avoid this?

My bank is tracing the record.

I called OPP phone buster and registered the potential fraud case.

I need to pay his back the money, if it stays for 5 more days. but i know that its not their money.....

any inputs?

its happening a lot. do these guys actually think theyre fooling ppl:S i mean whos gonna fall for this scam. :|...like yeah ill give u 20 grand before i recieve the car...keep dreamin

lol at least ur not getting scammed. you have the money. hang on to it. change ur pin and stuff around. dont give it back. F**K them. who cares. trust me, if it was interpol, you wouldve recievd something official. not random emails and fone callsfrom INDIA out of all the places. lol interpol duznt even operate there so ur gud. you have the money you keep it. buy urself something nice. let ur bank and the people who sent the cash worry about it. jus my 2 cents

keep it dont send anything...its all yours...but make sure you dont loose the money by it being a scam

Make a report to your local authorities, it's the old Nigerian scam. Keeping the money wouldn't be a good idea, police could charge you for taking part in the scam (I know it's retarded but it can happen.)

Check your bank your bank account activity. There's always the possibility that the money he sent you came from your bank account.

Damn scammers. The problem with western union wire transfers is that they're anonymous.

Best of luck to ya.

keep the cash. u get spooked then take it out and keep the cas. cops ask. u dont know. blame someone else. i mean its easy money 4u

The rule of thumb is.... If it sounds too good to be true it most likely is!!

I personally wouldn't keep it. Any transaction you make will be tracked whether you withdraw the money in person or online.

talk 2 the bank, close your account and open a new one, tell them you are worried about someone hacking into your account and causing further issues.
if they wont help you tell them you are just going to switch to a competing bank as this is your money and their job is to protect it!!!! that is what they get paid for.

Beware
 

Hi,
Beware

beware of it.

Just be cautious

Don't try to be smart

Be simple

try something better

Hi,
We should be beware of these kind of scams.Last week i was cheated by my friend in this car scam.

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