From: Nigel Hay MILWEB \(www.milweb.net\) (Nigel@milweb.net)
Date: Wed Aug 13 2003 - 01:48:18 PDT
Folks, lots of people in UK and Europe are being targetted by West Africans
offering to buy higher value vehicles unseen and sending checks for the full
amount plus "shipping" - then calling the vendor next day to ask them to pay
the "shipper" there and then before check is cleared - which of course it
never will. It is widespread in the classic car market now so I thought you
may be interested to see the warning we send all our classified advertisers
as an autoresponse. Is it cropping up in USA?
Dear Advertiser
MILWEB is currently receiving 10.500 hits a week and is as I am sure you are
aware very aware, highly successful.
However, we feel you should know there is currently a group of criminals
targeting a wide range of vehicle advertisers, both in publications and on
the internet, with a clever scam. These fraudsters are normally of West
African origin and are very experienced at such activities. You may be
interested in looking at some of the scams exposed on www.ladsfromlagos.com
or www.scamorama.com
It currently involves offering payment for the vehicle plus shipping (this
often sounds like a large amount of money) , without viewing it, payment
being made with a 3rd party cheque or bank transfer for more than the asking
price. The scam involves the seller being asked to reimburse some of the
balance to the buyer - from what is effectively a worthless cheque or faked
bank transfer. They then disappear into the ether with your money.
MILWEB advises that you are very careful of anyone offering such a payment,
tempting as it is.
Contact is nearly always by E Mail. The fraudsters may ask for your bank
account details- DO NOT GIVE YOUR BANK DETAILS TO ANYONE WHO IS UNKNOWN TO
YOU.
MILWEB advises that you are careful of anyone offering such a payment,
tempting as it is.
Any suspicions should be reported to the police. Please keep copies of any E
Mails you may receive from any suspicious parties.
Whilst MILWEB can accept no responsibilities for any loss or problems
incurred in any transactions resulting from your MILWEB advertisements, we
feel it is important that you are made aware of such scams.
As they say on Crimewatch -"don't have nightmares....."
Thankyou for using MILWEB.
With kind regards,
Nigel Hay
Publisher
www.milweb.net
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