Scam Alert

[Norm reynolds]

There is a scam coming out of Africa involving cars going over seas
Makes you wonder if Dennis Tuttle got hooked
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/...in527883.shtml [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif[/img]

[Don_Lightfoot]

I got an email involving that exact thing Norm [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/bs.gif[/img]

[shor]

Norm,
I noticed your email doesn't say"remove me first".
Maybe that is how they zapped you? [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/scholar.gif[/img]

[82z96ss]

This report surfaced as well on other boards a couple of months ago. If I remember a board memember of of SLP was contacted about selling an 02 35th to an African client, but someone showed him the link before he took the deal.

[Tommy_Mathison]

i was invloved in the same scam, the guy even called my on the phone! got the check and went to the bank to see if it was legit.....fake! [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/bs.gif[/img]

[Norm reynolds]

Shor I check my home page it does say remove me first on the
e-mail ??? [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/dunno.gif[/img]

[shor]

sorry norm, i meant don

[VIPERICH]

i got this email the other day about a car i had for sale.i didnt know about this thread but i luaghed when i read the letter.he asked if i would mind a us bank check?lol
the only way i would do that deal would be if the suitcase of cash was shipped to me first.here is what the email said//
Hello,
I am a car and bike dealer based in South Africa. I
saw your advert placement at carsearch.com and am
interested in buying your car. Please forward me your
final asking price only as my client who is based in
the US. would handle the shipping and pick-up. Also
indicate if you would accept a cashiers check drawn
from a US. bank for payment. I look forward to reading
from you. Thanks, Osas

[Norm reynolds]

Boy I wonder how many HAVE been hooked by this scam
I would hope that the banks in the good old usa by now have caught on
The word needs to get out to stop these crooks

[Chevy454]

Just got an email about buying a jet ski we had listed on another site for sale, saying he was "overseas" and would take it sight unseen. But, said someone in the states owes the buyer some money, and that person would forward the entire amount owed to me, and I was to send the "balance"...yeah right!

So, where do I go from here? Do I need to contact someone, or suck this guy in, or...?