This is a long story but good... watch out if you are selling your car on the internet!

I poted an ad in the Yahoo Auto and just wanted to sell my car...

I get the first email... seems reasonable... but the address seems funny? and no name? hatchh70 just doesn't seem like a real name.. also ck'd the area code on the net and it did not come back with anything... hum....

Sat, 17 Jun 2006 17:04:19 -0700 (PDT)
To: dennischu@yahoo.com
Subject: Reply to ad: 2001 Honda Civic, posted on Yahoo! Autos
From: "Reply to Yahoo! Autos Ad" <hatchh70@yahoo.it> Add to Address Book Add Mobile Alert

I want to know if the car is still available,the present location/condition of the car and the last price.some recent pic if any

Contact: c j
Phone: 6716543212
Email: hatchh70@yahoo.it
Best time to contact: Anytime
Best contact method: Email

Second email...
The "Line and the story setup" this "person", nigerian?, never even seen the car...

I write to inform you that your price of $11,388.00 has been accepted
for the car and i hope the engine is serviced and oil changed
too.However,my client made out a US certified cashiers check before
he travelled to japan on a business trip,for a previous vehicle and
its shipp ment charges etc,but it was unfortunately sold.The amount
on the check he deposited for the vehicle before he left is bigger
than what should be paid to you now, so the check is now meant for
the total expenses which includes the purchase of your vehicle,the
pickup of the vehicle from its present location and the shipping
charges/other necessary shipping arrangements.So we want to know if
we shall carry on with that.I will get back to you as soon as i
conclude issues with him.

I still believed "him" and told "him" the car is still available and want to close the deal... i am very suspecious of this and want to see where this can go...

3rd email
Here it comes....

I got your mail and the contents well understood, as i informed you
in my last mail,that we have a cashier check which is made out for
the order,but the amount on it is bigger than what you are supposed
to be paid.However,our client has instructed us to carry on with his
check, that means that payment will get to you in cashier check of
$20,388.00 which is a refund payment of a cancelled order earlier
made by my client.So you are required to deduct cost of your car
$11,388.00 when payment gets to you and refund balance $9,000.00 to
my customer via moneygram or western union international money transfer for him to be
able to offset shipping charges.The remainder $9,000 constitutes a
payment to the buyer agent for fees,charges and compensation relative
to consummating the transportation of the subject vechicle and the
like.
After payment has reached you and balance sent back to him,our agent
will come for the pick up and drive to a prepaid shipper to be
shipped to my customer,while title papers and other necessary
documets will be handed over to my agent at the time of pick up.
Please Confirm this and provide name, address and phone number for
check payment to be delivered to you via courie courier .
Thanks

THIS SOUNDS LIKE A TOTAL FRUAD TO ME....I WOULD BE OUT OF $9k.... AND NO WHERE TO TRACE IT.....

Tell me if i am paranoid... i am not going thru with this deal....

 

This scam has been going on for a long time. You lose out more than $9K. Stay away...far away...

 

This scam is so freaken old school. They use Western Union.....
They gave you a check(way over what you ask for) and ask you to send them some money back...

 

Thanks for the confirmation!!! This is scary.... i hope i have not given up too much of my identities....

I want to report this to someone.... not too sure if anything can be done right now... some authorities should know about this....

 

This kind of scam has been posted numerous times on this board. Don't do it Dennis. Stay away from it man.

 

I get emails like this all the time. Always from overseas. They are kind of funny so I just play along with them even though I know its a scam.

 

not only do they do this with cars, but even car parts.

someone from austrailia offered me the same type of deal for an exhaust.

i knew it was a scam from the beginning, but i replied to his emails for fun.

 

don't be a dope, it's the most common scam going all around the internet! At least they didnt choose nigeria africa this time as part of their story! haha

 

http://www.craigslist.org/about/scams.html

 

i have gotten offers of over 1 million and then return 200k to keep 800k from somehwer ein africa

yeah, dont even reply, dont do anyhting, just keep completely clear...

b

 

Thanks for ALL the info and help!! I've reported to
Yahoo Abuse. The internet market is the wild wild west!!!

 

cash and or local deal only!! unless it's somewhere in the states you can trace. good luck with the car sale.

 

Totally! I do have someone who wants to "SEE" the car! Hopefully it will go thru.

 

Dennis, still looking for "E"?

 

actually... Yes! We b shopping today. See what we can afford

 

If you want to pursue with the authorities, you can report this to the F.B.I. Sounds like they are using aliases and other false information but it could be enough information for the feds to get all up in their sh*#.

 

I was selling a wheel chair for $600 and even got the email from Switzerland