i was reading some of the threads on the classifieds feedback and read something fimiliar. right after i put my car online i got an e-mail from Babara Rusells (Babararusells@yahoo.com) telling me that she was intrested in the bird and wanted to send me a cashiers check for 5,700 and i wire the rest to a shipping agent. she told me what she had planned for my car and i told her she can just give me the money and arrage shipping hetself. she repied with that she would send me the money and she would send the excess funds to a shipping agent in london. that was tuesday dec 16 and i haven't heard from her since. should i report this?

 

you can let your local police know but they probably won't do anything. this kind of stuff hapens ALL the time. I have had the cops over a coupple times for stuff like that. just be carefull when you get people like that who want to buy from you/ a lot of times they will spell check "cheque" good luck

 

This scam has been going on for a while now. Report it to the proper authorities. My understanding is that they are trying to knab these people. You end up losing your car and your money!

 

sorry my reply is so late.... my computer was acting funny
should i report it to the fbi i mean who is the proper authorities
thanks for your replies

 

I had that happen to me and it's a scam stay away from that. I even called the fbi they said to stay away from it but didn't seem to want to deal with it. just said stay away from that. they also used a yahoo address.

 

Call your local Sherifs office or state police, I called the Sherif and they had been trying to catch this guy for a while, they already knew who they were dealing with when they saw the fraud check.

What happens is. When you cash the check and send your car or whatever away. you get stuck paying for the whole check becasue it is a fraud and you lost your car or whatever you are selling.

 

I've seen this quite a few times myself ...all from London. Maybe you should agree to it and send your car. Hide in the backseat armed with an assault rifle and take car of these bastards once and for all

 

the thing is i haven't got a check yet.... i refused to deal with shipping arrangements other than driving the bird up there i'll report it to my state policethought thanks

 

Yeah, when the sherif cam over he said to keep playing along and make up a story why I couldn't cash the check right away becasue the sherif was trying to trace the e-mails.

 

I put an ad up for some parts left over from my IROC and got this email. I had heard of it on another website, here's a copy of what they sent.

From : carroll turner <caroltuner@sify.com>
Sent : Wednesday, December 31, 2003 3:50 AM
To : tohighpsi@hotmail.com
Subject : interested buyer


Hello

I am intrested in purchasing your Complete A/C setup parts. i will like to know the best price so we can disuss further because i have been looking for this type for a very long time, hopefully the parts was in quite good condition? and i want you to narrate the condition of the parts for me in full or send it pics via mail if available,it will be shipped to london and i have a shipping agent that will cater for signing the paper and all the relevant documents at your location. so i want you to send your contact name and address including your phone # in which you can receive a payable cheque in U.S, hope to read from you soon.


Regards.

carol.


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Last I checked the non A/C parts were harder to come by than the A/C parts. Hope this helps someone recognize a scam. Another post says they got a similar email from another sify.com adress.

 

You should send them a junked Chevette, or do 88IROCZ350TPI's idea......leave it to the NJ guy.
(I'm from jersey too)

 

you have to watch your back these days!

I turned down sales from buyers who wanted me to send stuff to thier home and then pay me when they get it. While other sellers will, I won't do it, here's why:

I already have good feedback, an exellent track record.
I offer the use of pay-pal, which fully protects them. If I get shammed out of money....or it's "oh something came up, my dog got sick....." I'm out a part and the shipping expense. No money, no part.....simple as that. No disrespect to anyone I've turned down sales too, but I usually sell stuff because I need money, so I'd like to ensure I get the money.

Definitly don't ship anything if you still have the car.

I've shipped to France and Netherlands, the same way, money first via pay-pal, then I ship within 48 hours, usually 24 hours.

no need for this "shipping broker" that a bunch of crap. If someone ever did that to me, thier best option would be legal penalties form the authorities. I would send her the car with the inside soaked with fish water:

take a fish, drop it in a bucket of water, let stagnate for as long as possible, soak entire inside of car with it, the smell will never come out, even with all of the uposltry replaced.

I'd pay her a personal vistit and set her on fire, then my story would be told on one of those forensic shows.