I think I was almost scammed
#1
Driver-441
Racer
Thread Starter
I think I was almost scammed
Got this email from someone who had expressed some interest in the challenger, asked some VERY vaque questions about it then sent me this. Yall find anything odd with me paying his transporter with the check hed send me? What about when the check bounces and the transporter is really him?
Message body
Johnny
Thanks for getting back to me. I will offer you $10,000 for it and i will like to inform you that i will be having our local transporters to come to your location for a test drive process on the boat and moreover I will have to make a down payment to you so as to make you reserve the boat for me for not getting it sold to other interested buyer's till the test drive and the sale will be done as it would take time to get all of that done
I will make a down payment of $2000 and also I will include the test drive fees which will cost for $2500 and mind you I want the payment made out to you by check and also as soon as the funds of $4500 have been cleared into your account I will like you to have the boat ready for the test drive process and also you will make the remaining funds of $2500 payable to the transporters to cover for the inspection/test drive fees and all other expenses during inspection
I will be looking forward for proceedings to you and also get back to me with the full names, mailing address and phone number the check can be made payable to you
I will be looking forward to hear from you
Regards
Gary
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Johnny
Thanks for getting back to me. I will offer you $10,000 for it and i will like to inform you that i will be having our local transporters to come to your location for a test drive process on the boat and moreover I will have to make a down payment to you so as to make you reserve the boat for me for not getting it sold to other interested buyer's till the test drive and the sale will be done as it would take time to get all of that done
I will make a down payment of $2000 and also I will include the test drive fees which will cost for $2500 and mind you I want the payment made out to you by check and also as soon as the funds of $4500 have been cleared into your account I will like you to have the boat ready for the test drive process and also you will make the remaining funds of $2500 payable to the transporters to cover for the inspection/test drive fees and all other expenses during inspection
I will be looking forward for proceedings to you and also get back to me with the full names, mailing address and phone number the check can be made payable to you
I will be looking forward to hear from you
Regards
Gary
#5
Registered
Yep, pretty much identical to this one.
http://www.offshoreonly.com/forums/b...-scammers.html
Hope the authorities catch him soon!
http://www.offshoreonly.com/forums/b...-scammers.html
Hope the authorities catch him soon!
#9
21 and 42 footers
Platinum Member
See them often. They send you a check for $4500, you send out a check for $2500. You never hear/see the transporter and after a couple weeks your bank contacts you to tell you that $4500 check was no good.......and your $2500 is GONE!
Your bank can even tell you the check is good at the time of deposit but it won't be and they won't honor the "word" they gave you.
Your bank can even tell you the check is good at the time of deposit but it won't be and they won't honor the "word" they gave you.
#10
Driver-441
Racer
Thread Starter
See them often. They send you a check for $4500, you send out a check for $2500. You never hear/see the transporter and after a couple weeks your bank contacts you to tell you that $4500 check was no good.......and your $2500 is GONE!
Your bank can even tell you the check is good at the time of deposit but it won't be and they won't honor the "word" they gave you.
Your bank can even tell you the check is good at the time of deposit but it won't be and they won't honor the "word" they gave you.