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Subject: mail me the pricehi,
My client want you to send the pics . and i have already explained everything to him
about
the Amplifier and he wants to mail me the final asking price of it.
he requested for your name and address with your phone number so that
he can
make the cheque for you.because he is paying with a money order which is easy to cash.i will also arrange for the sh ipping agent
who
will come for the Amplifier.when the cheque clears.
thanks for your cooperation,
Best regards,Jeff,
The pictures will be too big for your yahoo account to handle, but I will do it in the morning. Still you did not tell me where are located?
The final price is UD$2500.00 and you pay for the shipping.Hello,
Thanks you very much for your understanding,pls i will like you to contact the shippers so that they can give you more clues regarding the picking up, and here is there contact email address johnnyshippers@yahoo.com
Follow Ups:
I had one go so far as to send me an obviously counterfit money order for $3620... no watermark and issued by a bank that has been out of business for about 4 years (my girlfriend's father worked for the bank!!). I asked them gibberish questions that sounded "technical" and never a reply, just "ACT QUICKLY----WIRE TRANSFER FUNDS". Then I mentioned that my brother was in the FBI (not the truth...)... they seemed to leave me alone after that!!
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It has a lot of similarities to a response I had to an amplifier for sale a year ago which I'm quite certain was a scam.
If your buyer can't give you an address or phone number, be very suspicious. If they don't ask for further details on the equipment, they probably aren't interested in it at all but just want some information about you.
I didn't follow through on the offer I received but I think these are just a form of "phishing" and to be avoided.
Well I nearly fell for it. I gave him my work address and phone number. What kind of trouble am I into?Upon further questioning he said he is from Malta! Go figure.
The email reply I received to my ad came from someone claiming to be in the U.K. and represented by an agent in N.America. Said he wanted to buy what I had for sale and would arrange for it to be picked up. Kept asking me questions unrelated to the actual gear. Never asked to see a photo and never asked for details about the equipment. When I pressed for payment with a money order or bank draft, the communications stopped. Each email I received was very non-specific and impersonal almost like a form letter that a large corporation might use.
On another occaision, I received an offer on a piece of gear where the buyer said he would pay by bank transfer. A stipulation was that he transfer more than my asking price but I would need to give him the extra amount back in cash. He explained this was because his funds were awkward to access. That one was obvious.
It's a nuisance and a frustration that so many of these people are around. I'm sure I don't have S T U P I D tatooed on my forehead.
I don't think you need to worry about your involvment so far. I think these schemes require several steps and communications. The initial correspondance is simply to see if they can easily manipulate you. I'm guessing they would be looking for someone over-eager to make a deal work.
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