West African Scam - Is it though?

[darant]

Please read the following e mail and give your own thoughts. This is a mail I've had recently regarding the sale of my moped.



They said

HELLO
I AM GARY KOLBERG I AM FROM USA,MIAMI,FLORIDA AM INTERESTED IN YOUR Motaroma Roadrunner 100 Moped SO GET BACK TO ME WITH YOUR LAST OFFER AND SEND ME PICS AND IN RESPECT FO SHIPPING I VE AN INTERNATIONAL WHICH WILL COME FOR PICK UP SO GET BACK TO ME.
REGARDS..........
KOLBERG...........

I said

Hi Gary,

My final base price is 800GBP. The Extras I'm also providing are worth a total of 125GBP.

Disc Lock: 20GBP
Heavy Duty Lock & Chain: 35GBP
Heavy Duty Rain Cover: 30GBP
3 /4 Face Helmet: 40GBP

If you are intrested though then make me an offer and I'll consider it.

Kind Regards

Daran Thomas

They said

Hello, Thanks for your responce,i am okay with your last price and this is how i will be paying, cos i will want you to know i will be sending a certified check through my client in the UK in the amount of £3000 which will be for both the shipping and your own money £800 . So all i want you to do when you recieve payment is to hold out your own selling price and send the remainig through WESTERN UNION VIA to my personal shipping agent now presently in WEST AFRICA for a diplomatic tour,so that he can come over to your location for shippment. So if this is okay by you plaese send down your full name on check, contact address and phone number so that i can forward to my client who will issue the check.
I look forward to your reply.
Regards and Thanks,
Kolberg...........

I said

Hi,

please can you explain in detail what i am to do now.

i'm not 100% on what to do.

regards

Daran

They said

hello
thanks for the mail what i mean is that a client of mine in the uk will issue you a certified check then you take it to the bank and clear it then you deduct your own money and wire the remaininig to my shipper which will come for pickup so all i need is your.
FULL NAME..................
CONTACT ADDRESSS......................
ZIP CODE........................
PHONE NUMBER..............
PLEASE REPLY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE
REGARDS.................
KOLBERG

Ive heard of scams recently and of late. Anyone care to comment please?

[cjll3]

Yeah, this was in the news recently ... it's basically similar to the 419 scams, they offer to buy your moped at an inflated price but you need to pay some cash up front to deal with legal fees or similar.

[darant]

Originally posted by cjll3
Yeah, this was in the news recently ... it's basically similar to the 419 scams, they offer to buy your moped at an inflated price but you need to pay some cash up front to deal with legal fees or similar.

Thats what I thought to.

But, they dont ask for any money. They want to send me money.

[TigaSefi]

Do yourself a favor, sell ur moped through the loot. The last thing u want is is Kilo's of crack cocaine landing on your doormat.

[Nemesis]

Nice work if you can get it .... :D

I'd be careful though

[Mark W]

I guess im the cynical sort - if that was me, as soon as id heard the words 'western union' and 'west africa' id be heading for the hills

penny to a pound they will send you a photo copy of the transfer sent by western union, but one where you cant quite make out the transfer codes - a mate at work got burned on ebay like this... :erm:

[Bifta]

Originally posted by darant
Please read the following e mail and give your own thoughts. This is a mail I've had recently regarding the sale of my moped.



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Ive heard of scams recently and of late. Anyone care to comment please?

Avoid it like the plague, it's a well documented scam, look here for an example

http://www.cybercyclery.com/Members/steve/1057047527/1057239094/view

or here

http://www.embroideryyellowpages.com/scam.html

or here

http://www.shoclub.com/membersonly/scamalert.htm

[darant]

Originally posted by TigaSefi
Do yourself a favor, sell ur moped through the loot. The last thing u want is is Kilo's of crack cocaine landing on your doormat.

It's in Loot............. That's where they got my details from.

[darant]

Originally posted by Bifta
Avoid it like the plague, it's a well documented scam, look here for an example

http://www.cybercyclery.com/Members/steve/1057047527/1057239094/view

or here

http://www.embroideryyellowpages.com/scam.html

or here

http://www.shoclub.com/membersonly/scamalert.htm

Cheers for that......... Now confirmed!!!!!

[TigaSefi]

lol.... ooo I shan't use Loot no more lol.

[Bifta]

Nigerian scams eh, you have to love their ingenuity at least ...

http://ocala4sale.com/information/nigerian-scam.htm

[bob_a_builder]

Makes you wonder why they bother doesn't it ?

Cos it bloody works thats why !!

"The Internet Fraud Complaint Center, which is operated as a partnership between the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the National White Collar Crime Center (NW3C), recently reported that 15.5 percent of the complaints they get revolve around Nigerian based fraud efforts †“ with the average loss being nearly $6,000 †“ the highest loss of any reported Internet scheme. Two years ago, the FBI stopped a Nigerian group behind America's largest case ever of check fraud, involving $50 million in stolen and counterfeit checks. Within the past year, people in the Northwest have lost over $2.5 million to this type of fraud. "

Think your about to be scammed ! - then check <Here) (http://www.crimes-of-persuasion.com/index.htm)

[Xaccers]

So how does the scam about the bike work?
Are people supposed to wire the money to Africa before they take the cheque to the bank (where its found to be a fake)?

[testcard]

Hi Everyone

I hope you are well. I'm currently not running an Official Her Majesty Government database. To be in at at the ground floor please PM with all your account details. These details will NOT be shared, simply used too bleed you dry. Please help you know you can.

Thank You

Testcard

[distortal]

Originally posted by Xaccers
So how does the scam about the bike work?
Are people supposed to wire the money to Africa before they take the cheque to the bank (where its found to be a fake)?

They say a friend in your country owes them £2000, they'll get the 'friend' to mail you a cheque for £2000, you just deduct £800 and transfer £1200 to the buyer's account.

Then the cheque for £2000 bounces...

[darant]

Originally posted by distortal
They say a friend in your country owes them £2000, they'll get the 'friend' to mail you a cheque for £2000, you just deduct £800 and transfer £1200 to the buyer's account.

Then the cheque for £2000 bounces...

So what about cheque converters?????

[bob_a_builder]

So what about cheque converters?????
After they take their commision/cut, probably wouldn't be enought left for him to afford the bike anyway