Is this a scam?

[mosdelln]

Hello,
Well, the asking price is okay by me for £1500 but just because I am in dire need of this item I will like you to reserve the item for me and I will be paying you £1600 ,i will instuct my associate to issue a certified bank cheque worth £5000 for the payment and the shipping schedule .When you do receive the payment ,you can deduct the money of your item and send the remaining balance of £3400 to my local shippers inorder for them to come to your location for the pickup .If you are okay with this arrangement i will like you to get back to me with the following details :
Name :...........
Contact Address :..........
Mobile or Day phone # :.......
When you send me the following information,i will instruct my associate to issue the payment immediately.Also,as soon as you do receive the cheque kindly get back to me immediately inorder for further information on how to reach the shipper.Hope to hear from you soonest .
Regards.





IS THIS A SCAM?

[NickD]

Yep.
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[mosdelln]

Just what i thought, why would he issue a pyment of £5000 when the bike is up for sale at £1500.

[cqueen]

you would think they would just offer you the cost of the item. these people have no common sense.

[feef]

they send you a fake cheque for 5k which "clears" and you give him the remainder from the 1500 for your bike (3500) then th bank finds out it's a fake and takes the 5k back off you, leaving you 3500 out of pocket.

exploiting a loophole in how the banking system works.. you can see the "funds available" but if the funds have been obtained fraudulently, they can take them back.

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[Steve H]

Scam my Arse - you lot don't know a good thing when it's staring you slap bang in the face, wish I had that opportunity.

I bought some lucky heater for a fiver from an old biddy who knocked on my door last week. On Saturday I nearly won a tenner on the lottery (no numbers but I was so goddamn close), on Sunday I received an email from Mmwelo Umbongo asking me to look after some money for him so I gave him my bank details and am expecting ten grand in my back pocket for the bank holiday weekend AND to top it all off I went to a One Day Only Sale last night and bought a state of the art Computer (as used by NASA) for 90 quid (rrp £2999), the bloke said I should receive that within 7 days as he was packing up his tressel table into the back of his M reg Ford Transit, he also mentioned that the Computer was so technically proficient that I only had to give him my first name and the Computer would be able to find my address.

Cynics.
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