Okay, his or her name seems to be Cherie Limar, someone know this name here? The e-mail is cherie_limar@dakwala.com. I ask that because I think it's just someone that replied for fun... Here is the e-mail:

¨Dear Owner,
I saw your car advert on an advert page,and i love it.
i will be happy if the car can be sold to me.
i will be offering you $2,500 for the 1989 Pontiac Firebird Coupe car,
and the payment will made through a cashier's check,
drawn on an american bank, it will be sent by my client owing me the sum of
$6,800.
if you are interested please forward to me your full name, phone#,
and address so that i can forward that to my client who will send
the check.
Hope to hear from you soon.

Best of regards
limar¨

So what do you think? Seems like someone serious or not?

Here is my ad:

https://www.thirdgen.org/classifieds...tgo?adid=35665

 

Clark Howard would beat you silly if you give up any of your personal info. Why not ask for your ssn (or equivalent) while they're at it.

DO NOT reply, as this just sounds like a rip off, as soon as car out of your hands, check, yes even a cashiers, will either be bad or phony.

OF course if it is a serious offer, then "she" should have no problem waiting for her client to pay here, then pay you after making sure it clears through your bank (7 day min I'd give it)

But then , I cain buy your car right now, I a broker that needs all your personal info & bank # to do a funds transfere

 

So you say I should receive her check, wait for it to clear and after deliver the car? But to receive the check I have to give my infos no? Or do I give her my accounts and bank # so she transfert directly? Sorry if I don't understand too well I speak french... So that's why I didn't knew if this english name was for a girl or guy...

 

Don't do it, it's one of the common scams going on right now. I think I'm going to talk to Dirk and IROC about making a sticky. I'll post the rest of the info later.

 

Yes, do this ONLY if you want all your money & credit fudged for years to come.

in other words

DON'T DO IT


edit: FYI, http://clarkhoward.com/ , good consumer info, especially on scams like this

 

definately don't do it! its a scam. read the scam things in the classifieds...that's exactly what said the scammers will tell you.

 

Definately do not do it. I posted my friends 86 Corvette on Autotrader a few months ago. We got a reply from someone who claimed to be from South Africa and they had a client willing to pay our price plus $5000 to ship the car there. I repeatedly asked him to provide me with an address and telephone number so I can reach him, but he gave me some BS.

If it seems too good to be true, it probably is.

 

damn i'm suprised soemone didn't already know about this scam.

 

Well, I didn't, be sure to keep my eye out for now on. Anyone care to explain how its executed?

 

They send you a check for more then the car/shipping cost (see first post of this thread). You deposit the check into your account and wait the three days for it to clear.

Now you ship your car overseas and refund the extra amount (drawn on your account) back to the purchaser.

Everything looks cool, until about two-three weeks later.

The original check has been found to be fraudulent and the money is removed from your account.

You: are not only out the car, but also the amount of funds you re-funded back to the purchaser. Ouch. Funny part is that in Nigeria this is legal.

RBob.

 

Just out of curiosity, what are your options in a situation like that, say my bank account has a balance of 0, I deposit the money order, it clears after 3 days, I spend all the money. The bank has nothing to remove, however will they take you to court or what not? I mean, its obviously not your intentional fault if the check cleared. I sure hope there is some law to protect people against this.

 

Doesn't matter if you intended to or not. Some crimes don't require mens rea (intention) but instead only require actus rea (the act it self). Strict liability cases like that wouldn't care if you intended to.

 

Yes I realize that, the law is blind, which is why i asked if there are laws to protect you from such a thing occuring, it would seem to me the one who writes the hot check would be the one being charged, thats what im asking, not a moral question.

 

But if they're overseas, it makes you the one liable, plus you would be the one that cashed it. It's you duty to make sure it's good, which includes waiting to use any of the funds until everthing checks out.

 

always make sure you have the money BEFORE giving them the car.

 

I posted my Blazer online not too long ago, I got a guy from Africa and a guy from england both interested, and it was the same exact deal. The guy from Africa really started to get on my case when I wouldn't sell to him. Do yourself a favor and don't give him any personal information, actually don't even reply back.


Keith

 

Ah okay, I have never dealt with any sort of deal that involves deals going overseas.

 

Ok, someone makes a thread on GIVING away his old motor stuff and it gets locked, but this thread (that has no tech info at all) can stay open.

 

Whenever I buy or sell a car, there's only one thing I use- cash.

 

alot of the time they don't even care about getting what they "paid" for just the excess amount of cash sent to them.