SCAM EMAIL from a "harry porter" (sound familiar)

[simon1221]

(Spelling mistakes in underlined, important clues in bold)

From: [email protected]

Hello,
I am okay with the price and conition, but i am presently on a business trip out of the U.K, so i will have to contact my colleague in the U.K to make payment out to you by a cheque and as for shipping, i have a reputable shipper that will handle that, so kinly email me your address and name to be written on the check, so as to make payment out to you ASAP.
Including yourcontact phone number....
Best regards.
Harry.


so i have said:

ABSOLUTELY NOT,NOW WAY,CASH ONLY, NO COURIERS,

I will NOT fall for this scam

[synaptyx]

Sorry, I must have missed something, what was it about? Is he trying to buy (scam) something off you?

[Gazdaman]

So what for spelling errors?

If his money's good, why should there be a problem? Let the cheque clear, if you've got the money surely your responsibility would end there?

Unless you're worried about them being fraudulent bank accounts??

Gaz

[instigator]

erm, I think its done by cashiers cheque, transfer money to you, you see it in your account then you send it on to someone else. low and behold, his cheque bounces....

the guys a fookin n*b, please anyone, dont be as stupid to fall for such a scam....DO NOT SHIP ANYTHING ABROAD....especially, things worth over £5....

[RS1Banger]

what if you paid the extra tenner to clear it that day, took all his money straight out, and sent him nowt.

[instigator]

yeah, you could do that....but his cheque will bounce. Most definetely. You can put a cheque into your account for a million, and it will show up on a mini-statement as one million in your balance......but it'll bounce.

Nice thought though, I've strung too many of these people along doing such things.....now I'm just gonna sign up that email address to porn, even though its probably redundant and only made up for this purpose...

[Gazdaman]

[simon1221]

no it just sounds so obvious thats all, if he is real then fine he can email me back, come with cash and collect it himself, but i am not doing what he asked

isnt it usually "il send you a bankers draft for twice as much and can you send me the difference with a cheque?"

im sorry if he does read this, then he can prove me wrong, i will have to wait and see, i will keep you posted lol

[Gazdaman]

If you got the latter i.e send me money back via whichever medium then I'd kick him square in the nuts for you.

But if a nice crisp personal cheque drops on your doorstep and it clears, then I'd see no reason than to hand the bike to the couriers and let them deliver it.

I guess we shall see what happens...

If in doubt, DON'T SELL IT.

Gaz

[simon1221]

yes well thanks for you help,

but i aint dumb, and i have my father (biker for 30 years) and my brother (3 years) around to help as well wahey

<<<<< p.s renault 5 driver, eh?

[Gazdaman]

It's just a title, it changes as your post count raises, it's a feature with the phpBB type forum that's used here.

I was a Renault 5 driver at one point, I got through it

Scooby slayer now eh!, there are loads of headless cartoon dogs in my garage.

Gaz

[strag]

All covered recently in MCN....SCAM. as has been said the cheque appears to clear then bang the bank withdraw the funds.
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[mrchips]