Selling bike - Is this email dodgy?

[Ditto]

Hi all,

Selling my Bandit atm and got this email today. I know that there are scam emails etc but this one doesn't seem as blatant a scam as a lot, if it even is a scam.

Him: What is your final asking price??

Me: Hi, Price is £1200. Thanks.

Him:
Hello,

Thanks for your urgent reply,am really sorry for not to have reply you back on time,i have been on a business trip anyway I'm not very close to you,am half German,Half England,i do want you to know that am okay with the asking price and am ready to buy it from you,I will be making my payment to you via CERTIFIED bank cheque ,which when you received it,you will take it to your bank for immediate cash.

I will arrange for the pick up after the bank cheque is 100% credited on your account

I want you to get back to me with all the necessary information listed below in order to make out the bank draft payment to you:

Name ..
Address....
City... .........
Post Code...
State......
Country...
Mobile Number...
Office Phone...
Home Phone...
Price...
Offer...... € 20 {Free For You}if you reserve this for me...

As regards the TRANSPORTATION of this item to me, this will be handle by my shipping agency man so do not be worried about that.

I will make sure the payment get to you within 5 working days....

REGARDS

John


What do we think?
Cheers!
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[SirEdward]

Scam. That cheque of his will bounce, when you ship the bike.

Half German Half England. You might as well be making business with these guys - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sZuN0xXWLc&feature=related
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[Tsopo]

Had I received this, I'd have deleted it. If I see bad spelling/grammar, it throws up red flags straight away.

It's the fact that they're trying so hard to convince you they're genuine that shows they're not, IMO. Never bought a bike online, but it looks similar to many scam emails you get from places like Gumtree.

[Ariel Badger]

You have two gold blobs and think that may be kosher? FFS!
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[Frost]

If ever you get an email anything like it it'll be a scam for certain.

[Ditto]

Well I dunno. Never sold a bike through someone else before. All the emails iv'e seen are saying about sending the cheque for more than the amount...then the seller returns the bit on top and never hears again.

But iv'e also heard loads about people from the continent buying UK bikes as they are cheaper etc.
This says about sending a cheque, waiting for it to clear and then sending the bike.

I'm obviously not that sure about it or I wouldn't be asking on here.
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[MarJay]

Anyone who asks for the final asking price is a scammer.
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[SirEdward]

[Vincent]

It does look like a scam but whenever I've bought or sold stuff from/to someone in Germany, they do like to deal with IBAN bank transfers. They think we are completely stupid using Paypal and I think they may be right.

If you think it could be genuine, make sure what type of credit transfer he means and ask at the bank.

Why would someone in Germany want to pay for haulage? Don't they have Bandits in Germany?

[Marmalade]

[cromwell]

[Jayy]

Everything about selling my KTM sounded like a scam. I wasn't convinced until they asked for bank details to pay a deposit. I decided to take it through PayPal to be safe and they sent it. I rang PayPal and got them to verify the account hadn't been stolen or suspicious.

Then paid me another deposit to hold the bike for another 2 weeks via PayPal. Finally asked for bank details and they would send a courier to pick it up.

Sent bank details and the money was transferred that day, again, rang the bank for confirmation it was a legit account and it checked out. Two hours later, said courier arrives and takes the bike.

However, the lady who I was dealing with was the Hungarian blokes cousin who lived in England and was very well spoken. The poor English of that email is the give away. Whenever I get them emails I just ask them to give me a number so I can ring and they never email back.

[potato]

When i sell a bike, it's simply a matter of...
"call me, and cash only, or gtfo"

None of this e-mailing bullshit
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[bikertomm]

^ Yeah, tell him cash in hand or GTFO

To be honest the bad grammar puts me off straight away, I would'nt.


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[Paulington]

Hey,

That guy seems pretty legit, you may want to shoot him an e-mail asking if he conducts business with the Prince of Nigeria? !

It's a scam, simple as that. Any e-mails I receive like that I bait them for a laugh then tell 'em to shove it.

For hilarious things to do with these scams including epic baits, look here: https://www.419eater.com/. Some of them are genuinely hilarious like asking the scammer to send a photo of them with the e-mail in stupid poses/really REALLY badly photoshopped passports etc.

Cheers!
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[carlosthejack...]

Have you got an email address for him so we can all have a play? We could have some fun with this guy. We could all offer him "great and value deal on England motor bikecycle" playtime please.
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[SirEdward]

[mapex]

defo a scam...i've had this type of email before...avoid
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[Wafer_Thin_Ham]

Cash or nothing.

I've sold a couple of bikes overseas, and one using a courier, both times they paid cash.

No arguements then.
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[Rogerborg]

[bacon]

Blatent scam mate, cash or nob off is the only way

For a start if he was half English/half German, his English would be bloody good, Germans learn English from the very start of their education. He wouldn't sound like one of those Nigerian scammers if this was so.

[Andy_Pagin]

Personally I'd walk away from this one, the bad English looks typical Nigerian fraudster, I've known quite a few Germans and they usually have very good English.

I cheque can credit to your account and look ok for up to two weeks if I remember correctly and still bounce and be recinded. I think that's the scam here, the buyer aims to be in possession of the bike before the cheque bounces.
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