Scam warning

[Monkeyboy]

A friend was telling me about a scam where some dodgy foreign bastard agrees to buy your vehicle, sends you too much money and then asks you to pay the difference back all the while they cancel/stop their original payment to you. You end up giving away a sum of money.

Well, someone has tried it on with me this week. I got an email asking stupid questions about 'the Used Vehicle for sale' regarding my bike. Questions which were already covered by the ad I had placed. Next thing I know a second email is sent which read;

Hello Seller,
Thanks for the mail.Am okay with the price.I will be sending you a check in excess as payment to cater for both your cost price as well as the shipping/handling charges all in one as i dont want to make a double transaction.I already got a shipper so dunt worry.kindly forward me your
Name person the check-payment needs to be payable to
Recipient Address.
Phone Number.
Thanks
Kind regards
Alan.0044 7031 899 929

I politely informed 'Alan' to go forth and multiply. Twat!

[paturoa]

Reasonably old scam I understand but more recent ones are much more professional than what someone tried with me http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/sh...ad.php?t=28288

[EZAS]

Doesn't sound like a scam to me. A multi-millon dollar uncle, somehow missing from my family tree, who resided in Nigeria (of all places) recently died and as he had no wife or kids of his own, has given me the entire inheritence. I'm just going to post off a cheque to clear the taxes then I'm gonna be rolling in it

[roadracingoldfart]

Doesn't sound like a scam to me. A multi-millon dollar uncle, somehow missing from my family tree, who resided in Nigeria (of all places) recently died and as he had no wife or kids of his own, has given me the entire inheritence. I'm just going to post off a cheque to clear the taxes then I'm gonna be rolling in it

You lucky prick , I suppose you dont have to buy a lotto ticket now with all your millions .
Good for you mate , you deserve a break .

[MIXONE]

I am now deciding which bikes to buy after winning 552,000 sterling in a Lloyds of London lucky email draw.All they want is a page of personal details and the cheque will be transferred to my bank account forthwith.Woohoo.

[Krusti]

I slept with a woman 22 years ago and was led to believe it was a one night stand. I'm still married to her..............

[skidMark]

I slept with a woman 22 years ago and was led to believe it was a one night stand. I'm still married to her..............

Oh you poor bastard you have that disease...

...Onegina.

[MIXONE]

I slept with a woman 22 years ago and was led to believe it was a one night stand. I'm still married to her..............

Fuck you would have been well out of jail for murder by now.
Mairrage.Not a word a sentence.

[rottiguy]

lol Yep I apparently just won 56 trillion dollars in a lottery I didn't buy a ticket in, lucky old me will only cost me a few hundred to free up the money and then I'll be rich........ we must be related cause I also have the same Nigerian uncle yeah that sent too much money scam has been around for a while. would love to stall and try banking the check a few times. Wonder if they get a few dishonor fees, could be worth a laugh

[skidMark]

Fuck you would have been well out of jail for murder by now.
Mairrage.Not a word a sentence.

It's witchcraft or some shit.

[JimO]

people who fall for those scams desirve to loose their $$$

[YellowDog]

Some of the scams are more subtle.

When you get a pucker looking email from you bank, you click on the link and it looks just like your bank's logon page, you logon and then told there was an error please logon on again, and all appears OK.

The first logon is the scammer stealing your details and the second logon, which looks identical to the scam site, logs you on thinking nothing is wrong.

Some people fall for these and get their accounts cleared out. Very sad and they do have my sympathy. Particularly the non-IT savvy older folk.

[Livvy]

Some of the scams are more subtle.

When you get a pucker looking email from you bank, you click on the link and it looks just like your bank's logon page, you logon and then told there was an error please logon on again, and all appears OK.

The first logon is the scammer stealing your details and the second logon, which looks identical to the scam site, logs you on thinking nothing is wrong.

Some people fall for these and get their accounts cleared out. Very sad and they do have my sympathy. Particularly the non-IT savvy older folk.

Yeah, some of this shit is sad.

I think there was another board somewhere talking about scams as well? Might have been a while ago though, so probably a good idea to bring the subject up again. Some people just never think it might happen to them...

Good on ya Monkey for picking up the scammers and sending out a warning.