sellers beware!

[Street Hawk]

:gob: hey guys update from my last thread (international buyers (http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/showthread.php?t=28934))
indeed it was a scam i look up all the information on the buyer and it all came back legite he was happy to wait till the cheque cleared etc one thing he stuffed up on he gave some one else the same cheque and they were both banked at the same bank!
western money transfer's are the only way to go!
any one selling your bike on trade me be very careful!! and what ever you do don't give out your bike till you got the money (frauded cheques can still bite you after they have been cleared) if your unsure talk to your banks fraud department! luckily i came away un scaved!!:nono:

[The Pastor]

Back the train up! What happend?

[onearmedbandit]

Read the link...

[Colapop]

It pays to be aware of things, and now thanks to your thread, I am!!

[Insanity_rules]

Hard to know who to trust these days

[onearmedbandit]

You can trust me......honestly......would I lie to you?

[scumdog]

You can trust me......honestly......would I lie to you?

Mwahahahah!!!

[onearmedbandit]

Eh? Whatever do you mean SD? Just an honest car dealer am I.

BTW, I'll have that info for you on Monday if you still need it.

[paturoa]

I've now got another ahole (email address jimmykamer@myway.com) doing same thing.

Saying from Marshfield, Wisconson in the states, but couldn't spell the name correctly - Duh

here is the text

Hello seller,
I am an automobile agent base in Wisconsin in marshfied.i am intrested in purchaseing of this item on behalf of my client Mr Boland James.let me know if you accept cashier cheque? will you be able to send the excess fund back to the shipping company in United Arab Emirate for the shippment of the item after you must have cash the cheque.kindly get back to me with your contact name and address with your E-mail address and i will forward you the cheque, for the payment and you will have to wire the excess to the shipping company through western union money transfer the same day you cash the check is cashable,Also i want you to let me know if you are trusted?. kindly get back to me if you are willing to sell.

Looking forward to hearing from you very soon

Best regards
Jimmy.K.

[Colapop]

I've now got another ahole (email address jimmykamer@myway.com) doing same thing.

Saying from Marshfield, Wisconson in the states, but couldn't spell the name correctly - Duh

here is the text

Hello seller,
I am an automobile agent base in Wisconsin in marshfied.i am intrested in purchaseing of this item on behalf of my client Mr Boland James.let me know if you accept cashier cheque? will you be able to send the excess fund back to the shipping company in United Arab Emirate for the shippment of the item after you must have cash the cheque.kindly get back to me with your contact name and address with your E-mail address and i will forward you the cheque, for the payment and you will have to wire the excess to the shipping company through western union money transfer the same day you cash the check is cashable,Also i want you to let me know if you are trusted?. kindly get back to me if you are willing to sell.

Looking forward to hearing from you very soon

Best regards
Jimmy.K.
Very easy to ask;
"If the you require me to pay the shipping by money transfer surely you are able to arrange payment for the goods in the same manner - money transfer?"

[gamgee]

don't be a fucking idiot, they are scams, there is no point asking stupid questions like that, just delete them, the only things that can happen are you either waste some of their time by playing along with them, just ignore them, or you get ripped off
there is no way you will get their money
and if you do piss them off enough, and you've been stupid enough to provide any personal details, and this is documented! they may just attempt to follow through on those death threats, remember these guys are criminals, looking to scam a global audience, i can't remember exactly what the article i read said, i think most of it was about nigerian gangs etc. being into this sort of thing, it isn't just some geek behind a computer spamming a few people to try and make a few dollars, so make correspondence with them at your own risk, but do not give any personal details, and definitely do NOT try to make a transaction with them

[Streetwise]

I get that in email form all the time.

[Colapop]

So you're saying there's something wrong with asking a question?

[gamgee]

yes, as simple as that, yes there is, it's pointless, they are all scams

[Edbear]

Just an honest car dealer am I.







Isn't that an oxymoron?:laugh:

[scumdog]

i think most of it was about nigerian gangs etc. being into this sort of thing, it isn't just some geek behind a computer spamming a few people to try and make a few dollars, so make correspondence with them at your own risk, but do not give any personal details, and definitely do NOT try to make a transaction with them

I sent a shitload of racial derogatory blunt abuse to one of those scammers - never heard a cheep from them!!!

[gamgee]

yeah but you weren't giving out your details were you... colapop doesn't sound quite up with the play on this sort of thing to realise, no matter how smart you think you are being, your not going to get any money out of them

[Quartida]

I think colapop might have been being a little facetious.

[gamgee]

not going on his initial response to the first thread... <_<

[imdying]

Eh? Whatever do you mean SD? Just an honest car dealer am I.

BTW, I'll have that info for you on Monday if you still need it.OABs a NARC!!! :laugh:

[Colapop]

going on his initial response to the first thread...
Being the easily agitated exremely insecure person that I am, I should probably take offense at those statements and start a personal attack and red rep and then write a thread about it and get sin binned and the say "F*ck you all I'm leaving" but not really leave.....

I could quite well have been being facetious in all of the posts I've made previously in this thread. My point is that if you don't ask a question of the person contacting you then you do not know that they are a scammer. What's wrong with asking a question like I stated? Is it giving out information? Whoever the buyer is, do you seriously think they're going to go to the effort of getting even? So what if you play along for a bit?

There is no such thing as "common" sense anymore, even children are warned of posting personal infoprmation on the internet. Trademe has never said you must put your phone number, address and personal details in your ads.

I am mystified that you seem to be so vehement in your reaction to my comments....?

[gamgee]

because i have had to deal with to many people who get ripped off, by not realising, and it gets a bit repetitive after a while
if you are going to waste some of their time, read this site to find out how:
http://www.419eater.com/

[Colapop]

It seemed to me that the originator of this thread was pretty aware that it was a scam and had his eyes open. I know what you mean about people doing stupid things though. Using credit cards to pay other credits for example.

[onearmedbandit]

Isn't that an oxymoron?:laugh:

Don't know what an 'oxy' is but I resent being called a moron! And you left a 'space' out between the two words.

























(P/T - for those that don't know)

[scumdog]

OABs a NARC!!! :laugh:

Nah, he just works undercover as a chain-saw juggler - but he's SO undercover the Pleece don't know of him hence he gets no pay from them..<_<