From: Nigel Hay MILWEB \(www.milweb.net\) (Nigel@milweb.net)
Date: Wed Aug 13 2003 - 06:21:44 PDT
Thats exactly the pattern - Peter Gray here in Normandy has just had a check
fedexed to him and the Africans were on the phone next day asking for the
"shipping" fee.
Bloody parasites!
Nige
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jon Shoop" <shoop19@brick.net>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2003 3:07 PM
Subject: Re: [MV] Buyer from England
> Scam................
>
> Had a reply to my ad on the Resin M3 Breech I make. The e-mail looked cut
> and pasted which raises my suspicions. Buyer wanted the breech
M3M6...which
> was wrong, and was having an associate in the US that owed him a sum of
> money, send me a check.
>
> I was to send the item, M3M6 breech to an address in England. Several
> e-mails follower confirming the deal and announcing the sending of a
> Cashier's Check Via FEDEX to me the next day, Friday.
>
> Friday came and so did FEDEX from some guy I never heard of, a check drawn
> on the US Bank of San Francisco for five thousand dollars for a six
hundred
> dollar item. The last e-mail stated to send item and forward balance of
cash
> to the Western Union system for the buyer to pick up in England.
>
> Went out of town that day and the e-mails and phone calls came pouring in,
> "where is the money"? "I know the check has arrived as FEDEX and my
> associate has confirmed", overseas operator calling, message.."where is
the
> money, why haven't you consummated our agreement"...??????again and
> again....
>
> By now, Monday , I go to the bank and show the officer the check.....she
> makes several calls....SCAM,,,BOGUS check. It started as a Cashier's check
> for $80 not five thousand. By Tuesday the e-mails and calls stop,,,I still
> have the check.....and all is well....BE Careful.....Seller Beware!
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Nigel Hay MILWEB (www.milweb.net)" <Nigel@milweb.net>
> To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2003 3:48 AM
> Subject: [MV] Nigerian vehicle Purchase Scam
>
>
> > 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
> >
> >
> > ===Mil-Veh is a member-supported mailing list===
> > To unsubscribe, send e-mail to: <mil-veh-off@mil-veh.org>
> > To switch to the DIGEST mode, send e-mail to
<mil-veh-digest@mil-veh.org>
> > To reach a human, contact <ack@mil-veh.org>
> >
>
>
> ===Mil-Veh is a member-supported mailing list===
> To unsubscribe, send e-mail to: <mil-veh-off@mil-veh.org>
> To switch to the DIGEST mode, send e-mail to <mil-veh-digest@mil-veh.org>
> To reach a human, contact <ack@mil-veh.org>
>
>
This archive was generated by hypermail 2.1.4 : Sat May 07 2005 - 20:23:35 PDT