Another Scam
 

Got this e-mail as a responce to my Formula ad in the classifieds. Now they are actually going out and looking for people instead of just posting someone else's boat at a giveaway price.

-Greg

Hello Greg


Thanks for the reply i have recieved the pics sorry i amout of town i can rech you for now let proceed forward my engineers will come to access the condition of the BOAT so please furnish me with the nearest airport to you so that when the engineers arrive you will come and pick the engineers.

i will like to know how much it will cost for lodging three days note that the hotel resevation will be at my own expense.

i will preffer the room for $100 per night the engineers are three in numbers that will come to you for the inspection for three days they will also come along with actual amount you want to sell the BOAT US$40,000.


for now i will instruct my creditor in THE STATE to issue a cashiers check worth of $7,000 and you will deduct the cost of the hotel reservation expenses and send the balance to the engineering company that will come to you for inpection it will be used for frieght charges and order charges

please send the below information so that i will forward it to
the creditor to issue the cashiers check base on your information.

1] FULL NAME THAT WILL BE WRITTEN ON THE CHECK
2] MAILING ADDRESS
3] PHONE NUMBER

REGARDS

NICE !!! :rolleyes:

Is that English?!?!? :confused: :crazy: :rolleyes:

Problem is they now have a nice set of pics and description of the boat, so I'm sure it will show up for sale at a rediculous price somewhere ... and the scam will go on.

I did send a copy of their email to the FBI, doubt it will do much though.

-Greg

Better check Beav Boats!

Ah How technology has improved the scam artist world. If I can't see it and touch it, I'm not buying it .

what the hell were they talking about

No, it's puder.

No flippin' way. Sounds like he's related to the guy that burnt me for $3k....

There must be a lot of suckers out there to fall for that.

Since they asked that I pass the information on, here is the reply I got from the FBI.

-Greg

Dear Mr. Page,


THIS IS NOT AN AUTOMATED RESPONSE


Thank you for your submission of information via
the FBI.Gov Web site. A review of the information
you provided reveals that you may have been
approached over the Internet to participate in an
advanced fee scam. There are many variations of
the scam, but most offer to pay for an item with a
cashier's check that turns out to be fraudulent.
The victim's bank does not discover the fraud
until after the victim has forwarded money to the
perpetrator. Inasmuch as the FBI receives reports
of this type of activity on a regular basis there
is no need to forward any such additional emails
to the FBI.


You do not need to forward the emails to us.
Also, if you know that you are receiving Spam
mail, it is advisable not to open the mail because
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Now,, If they could only learn proper english and how to spell.. :D :D