Mertin
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Registered: 12th Oct 05
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My car is advertised on pistonehads and iv had 3 of these emails now, they start off with asking the condition of the item, price and some pics. I replied saying all the info was in the advert just to see what happened next
Got this reply
Hello,
Thanks for the mail with trust and honest toward this transaction, am ok with the price (£750 ) of the ITEM .and the condtion terms are also okay with me.For the Shippment from your location, i have my SHIPPER that will come over for the pick up from your location as soon as we seal this Transaction from your end.
Do e-mail me your (FULL NAME, CONTACT ADDRESS, MOBILE & LANLINE PHONE NUMBER) For the payment arrangment, i will be paying by Cheque and i will wait for the cheque to clear before the pick up from your location bcos'i still have a goods in U.K that they will ship for me.I have a CLIENT of my that is Owning me some Fund in United Kingdom that will issue you the cheque (£3,000) as soon as you receive the cheque and clear from the bank, you will deduct the cost of the ADVERT and the remaining balance will be send to the Shipper through WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANS FER for the pick up from your location.
If this is okay by you, do e-mail me the following detail
FULL NAME ................
ADDRESS ...................
CITY.............................
STATE.........................
CODE........................
HOME PHONE...............
CELL PHONE................
for the cheque to be made out to you. Hope to read from you soonest.
Regards,
NB:- I will wait for the cheque to clear before the pick up. I will compensate you with £50 for you to remove the advert from the site.
Regards ,
Paul.....
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John
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Sounds legit 
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xa0s
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Location: Dartford, Kent Car: Turbo'd Fabia vRS
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Nah, it's the same scam they use on eBay. Dunno how anyone could fall for it. The cheque clears, you've happy with £3k, and they take the car... Then the funds go from your account, and you're left with nothing.
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DannyB
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Regards ,
George-Adgdgdgwngo
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andyc1234
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Haimsey
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They sound desperate for it if they are even giving you money to take the advert off 
Marcy Marc 
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B3KAN
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There goin to alot off effort for a £750 astra  
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B3KAN
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quote:
Originally posted by SRi Luke
Nah, it's the same scam they use on eBay. Dunno how anyone could fall for it. The cheque clears, you've happy with £3k, and they take the car... Then the funds go from your account, and you're left with nothing.
Iff the cheque clears in your account how can the funds then disapear?
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DannyB
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Post the email addy so we can all spam the fuck out of it.
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16V_1600
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quote:
Originally posted by B3KAN
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Originally posted by SRi Luke
Nah, it's the same scam they use on eBay. Dunno how anyone could fall for it. The cheque clears, you've happy with £3k, and they take the car... Then the funds go from your account, and you're left with nothing.
Iff the cheque clears in your account how can the funds then disapear?
Cleaning dirty money. Scamming bastids 
They always refer to it as "THE ITEM" also.
They are all the same, seen this scam soooooooooo many times.
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Mertin
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Registered: 12th Oct 05
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I dont exactly understand it They give me 3k and I have to give the rest of the money to the guy picking it up?
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xa0s
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Registered: 4th Mar 08
Location: Dartford, Kent Car: Turbo'd Fabia vRS
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quote:
Originally posted by Haimsey
They sound desperate for it if they are even giving you money to take the advert off
Don't you get it? It's sent to lots of people. Mainly eBay people. They get you to remove it so no one can let you know it's a scam or whatever. It's just text, and not their money -- it doesn't matter to them.
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Originally posted by B3KAN
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Originally posted by SRi Luke
Nah, it's the same scam they use on eBay. Dunno how anyone could fall for it. The cheque clears, you've happy with £3k, and they take the car... Then the funds go from your account, and you're left with nothing.
Iff the cheque clears in your account how can the funds then disapear?
Dunno mate, that's why people DO fall for it, but it happens. It'll show as available balance, and the bank will confirm it's in your account.
You can do the same with PayPal. If I hacked a PayPal account, and sent you £500 and you banked it... Once PayPal realise it was me who sent it (the hacker), they'll deduct it from your actual bank account, and it'll be restored to the original PayPal.
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