Watch out for This scammer
 

My wife ran across a too good to be true listing on boattrader for a 2002 Sea Ray Sundancer 34'. The add lists the boat for 50k. She asked for pictures and he responded with the email below and pics of someone elses boat ("Treading Water" from Dunbar New Hampshire) which is listed on Yachtworld. The guy is using the name Willian Hansen with an email address of [email protected]. His first email

Hello,
I'm sorry for the late reply but for some unforeseen reasons I was unable to check my e-mail until now.
The boat is still for sale. The asking price is $50,000 (shipping included).
This used to be my grandfather's boat but he died last year and I don't have any use for it right now.
After my grandfather died last year I took the boat with me and I live in Mandan, ND.
But the price includes the shipping costs.
Right now the boat is registered on my name and the title is clear.
It is in great condition, no dents or scratches.
It has never suffered any kind of damage.
If you have any questions regarding the boat just let me know!
I had a buyer offering $51,500 and I've lost about 2 weeks waiting for him to pay just to find out in the end
that his loan wasn't approved. I've lowered the price because I'm in desperate need of cash
it's either the boat or the house so if you don't need a loan you can have it.
I'm currently signed up for a protection program offered by Google Checkout and I would like to close the deal through them.
If you are not aware of this program you should know that it will allow you to inspect the boat before paying me.
You will have a 3-day inspection period to decide whether you want to keep the boator not before they release the funds to me.
They will secure our deal and they will hold your payment until you get, check and accept the boat
If you are still interested and have cash just send me your Google id (www.GoogleCheckout.com) and I'll ask them to fill you in with the transaction details.
I don't want to offend you, but the boar is priced for a fast sale so please if you intend to apply for a loan or financing do not reply to this message!

Looking forward to hear from you.
Thank you

He responded back to her request for pics with this email

If you are interested in buying the boat you have to know that once you receive it you have 3 days to inspect it and if you find that it is not like I said,you can send it back on my expense...but I'm sure that won't be the case...After starting up the transaction at Google Checkout, your payment which will be deposited in their safe account will be blocked until the end of the deal.
You make the payment to Google Checkout through a bank to bank transfer.After they will check the payment they announce me to start the shipping.
After you will receive the boat and see that is ok, you have to announce them that you have it. Only then, Google will release your payment to me.
In order to begin the deal,please email me your Google ID in order to open the contract,and they will contact you with all the information you need.
Also I will need your full name and address for shipping.
Thank you.

once you do a wire transfer say good bye to your money it is a one way trip and as far as i know it cannot be stopped

Bastards:greenchainsaw:

Got the same kind of email reply on a bobcat the other day. Who would seriously take the bait after reading this kind of crap email...

Lots of these people around unfortunately.
Got burnt myself once on Ebay.
My lesson was - for big ticket items only deal with big
business, costs more but it's safer in the long run IMHO.
Unless you know the person you are dealing with.

scammers
 

Funny, I got the same email on a Kubota Tractor that was on craigslist.

unfortunately people do all of the time or they wouldnt still be trying it just like the guy thought he could buy a 2007 30 outlaw for 50k i the baja section

Isn't Bill Hansen from Dateline NBC:eek:

Chris Hansen :)

There are a lot of red flags in that e-mail but the "no dents" comment is all I needed to see.

:lolhit: LOL Maybe it's his brother.

I enjoyed the fact that if I didn't like it i could just ship it back for free! I emailed Boattrader and the guy who's pictures were being used. Boattrader supposedly pulled the add. I haven't heard back from the owner of the boat in the pics.

FYI....

"add" is a math function (if you add 3 and 2 you get 5)
"ad" is an unofficial abbreviation of "advertisement"

Back to the scammer :D :D

If you read the ad carefully you can see the broken english in the spelling. probably some idiot from india thinking we are all as stupid as he is.

If you can't go look at a boat, don't buy it!

I received a similar email on a 2004 Ford F150 4 x 4 that was for sale on AutoTrader. Autotrader said the seller was located in Oregon (Im in Washington so its close enough)..The email response I received from the seller said the truck was in Miami and said the transaction would be handled by ebay (wtf???)! I questioned why they had listed the truck in Oregon but of course didnt get an answer to that question.
I told the seller my sister lived in Miami and to give me the address so she could go look at it. I also told the seller to not worry about shipping the truck and that I would have my sister handle the transaction.

At the end of the day the seller didnt respond! I knew it was a scam from the minute I heard the truck was all the way across the country. Furthermore why would anyone who is desperate for money offer to cover shipping roundtrip and ship the vehicle with title to your door awaiting your payment? The whole thing just didnt make sense. lol!

I got this same kind of junk from my car ad in autotrader. The clown claimed to be a computer programmer working in Ohio and was going to send someone to get my car after I sent him all the stuff he wanted to drain my bank account. Right right right. Just let me send you my swift numbers and you can rob me blind. LOL :evilb:

Phuck'n scammers!:angry-smiley-038:

But, you are the lucky one.
You have a wife that looks at boat ad's for you!!!:drink:

Similar has happened to me, but the ironic part is I always just "happen" to be in the town that the car/truck is in. They usually respond saying that you cant see it, that its already in the shipping container. Then I proceed to just "f" with them until they give up which is actually pretty hard to do.

I can`t believe this is the first one you came across. They are everywhere.
When I was looking for a new truck/ boat I came across em all the time. They can be a form of amusement:lolhit:

This boner is trying to pass off a 07 H2 for $15K as legit, he does the "best regards" which is another dead giveaway..














Stupid computer man lol:D




Him:
Awesome comeback !!:yay:

sounds like the towel is wound too tight on his head!!!:coolcowboy:

Ran into pretty much same thing on a 69 Mach 1 that was online for sale for 4,500.00. Pics looked awesome but for reason the only way to handle the same was with aa paymment of 2,500.00 down via google acct. After I insisted on going and paying cash and didn't want nor need delivery the emails stopped. Can't believe all these scams. I kept the emails going as long as I could just to toy with the individual. I knew from the start it had to be a scam however couldn't help but ck it out. I didn't realize though there was so many.