Adam-D
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Registered: 11th May 02
Location: Cheshire
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selling a interior for a car
comes to £100 without postage
so
i get an e-mail off a guy wanting it blah blah etc
then he sends me this
Thanks ,
i have a client who is owein me 2.500 pounds , and have told me that he will make the paymnet by cashier check and i will like you to give me your full countact location so i can forword it to him to send the check to your location fast, as son as the check get to you i will like you to send the found to my shipper who will come for the shipping
so i say just send me the £100 plus whatever the postage is he reply's with
thanks do worry asd soon as the check jet to u just bill out 200 pounds and send the rest to my shipper ok just send ur countact location to me ok
i havent altered any spelling at all and im worried this is one of them con's i keep hearing about
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Joff
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Registered: 17th Oct 00
Location: Cambridgeshire
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Yes, get him to send you the cheque, take it to the bank, cash it and cut off all contact with the buyer until the bank has confirmed the money is in your account.
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Joff
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Give him my address - I'll handle the transaction for you for 2%.
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Stuckey
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Registered: 5th Jun 02
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looks like one,
why ship an interior from another country?
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Adam-D
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if im reading the last bit correct he wants me to cash a cheque for £2.5k and send him the rest of the money
fook off well a con  who in there right mind would send a cheque for £2.5k to someone they never met
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Adam-D
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ive asked for his address
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Joff
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FFS - are you as stupid as Ojc or PugNut?
Just TAKE HIS MONEY!!!!!!!
Am I the only one that can see these scams are the ideal way to make money?? Why are people so stupid 
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Adam-D
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quote:
Originally posted by Joff
FFS - are you as stupid as Ojc or PugNut?
Just TAKE HIS MONEY!!!!!!!
Am I the only one that can see these scams are the ideal way to make money?? Why are people so stupid
unfortunatly low life he may be but there's two things if i take his money he has my address and two if i did take his money that would make me a thief and i wont do that, even if he is a scammer.
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KelSE2
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Registered: 12th Mar 04
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It's a con. You pay the shipper and then you'll find that his money in you account gets recalled, and you're left out of pocket by the shipping costs.
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Phil321
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Registered: 10th Mar 01
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There is no money to take.
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Jamie
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Location: Aberdeen
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quote:
Originally posted by Joff
FFS - are you as stupid as Ojc or PugNut?
Just TAKE HIS MONEY!!!!!!!
Am I the only one that can see these scams are the ideal way to make money?? Why are people so stupid
http://www.419eater.co.uk/
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Adam-D
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ok read that theres no way he's getting my address
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Joff
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FFS you're so lame. What's he going to do?
All you do is pay the money into your account.
Get the bank to confirm that the money is in there and that it is all legal and not likely to be recalled.
If you're worried, open a new account or something then withdraw and close the account.
If you get emails from him, just say your bank is being very slow in processing payments, or basically just be crap at getting back to him. Leave it a couple of days between emails and when he asks questions, always avoid the subject - answering other questions instead.
Where have you advertised the interior for them to pick up your email?
It pisses me off when gimps like you are too fucking pussy to just fleece them for whatever they're happy to send you 
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Colin.S
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My mate had an email like that when he was selling his motocross bike.
The bloke offered £500 more than he was asking and said he would also send £2000 for shipping costs ect... a total of £6000 for a £3500 bike
Anyway my mate said yes but only after the cheque had cleared ect... 3 weeks later he still had'nt heard from the bloke or seen the cheque so he re-listed the bike on ebay and sold it to some bloke in essex. About a week later a cheque for 6K turns up in the post
It bounced
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Sam
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quote:
Originally posted by J-Me
quote:
Originally posted by Joff
FFS - are you as stupid as Ojc or PugNut?
Just TAKE HIS MONEY!!!!!!!
Am I the only one that can see these scams are the ideal way to make money?? Why are people so stupid
http://www.419eater.co.uk/
That site is funny as fuck!!
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Joff
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quote:
Originally posted by Colin.S
My mate had an email like that when he was selling his motocross bike.
The bloke offered £500 more than he was asking and said he would also send £2000 for shipping costs ect... a total of £6000 for a £3500 bike
Anyway my mate said yes but only after the cheque had cleared ect... 3 weeks later he still had'nt heard from the bloke or seen the cheque so he re-listed the bike on ebay and sold it to some bloke in essex. About a week later a cheque for 6K turns up in the post
It bounced
Exactly.
If it doesn't and for some reason the bank doesn't recall it, you're quids in!
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