From: Steve Grammont (islander@midmaine.com)
Date: Wed Aug 13 2003 - 08:18:46 PDT
Hi Nige,
Interesting to hear that these age old, tired and very routine, scams are
being targeted towards people in our hobby. Guess they've already hit up
all the groups with big money :-) Still, it amazes me that ANYBODY would
be fool enough to fall for such a scam. But, fools aren't getting onto
US shows like 60 Minutes for their good looks and sparkling personalities :-)
Steve
>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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