davec105 Posted July 13, 2004 Share Posted July 13, 2004 I am selling my bike, and have just received an email, from a guy. I will post his emails, tell me what you think..... He Wrote - Hello, I saw your advert and i'm interested in purchasing your 1995 YAMAHA YZF, with the Price:£2,495 I will want you to get back to me with the following infos.if it is still available. 1.It's present condition 2.An updated pics{if any} 3.Your last offer. I will make payment with a certified cheque payable in UK if it is still available.Hope to hear from you in earnest. I replied with pictures etc, and then he wrote - Dave, Thanks for your correspondence,for the picture and for the briefing on your bike.Am very much interested in purchasing the Bike.I will take it for £2,450 as i have to restore the rev counter.Am okay with that price.Consider the Bike already sold to me.I would have love to come down and inspect it but am presently away to Holland on a seminar.As soon as i saw your advertised for sale,i had to get across to one of my business associates in UK telling him i've gotten the Bike i'm searching for and that he should make my funds {£6,000}available in payment of some fuel equipments i supplied to him.He assured me he would make the payments (cheque) available. I would instruct him to get the cheque across to you (ASAP) and as soon as you receive the payments i would want you to get it cashed.As soon as you are through with this you would need to deduct your amount of (£2,45) from the total of (£6,000) and send the balance of (£3,550) to my reputable shipper via western union money transfer who would be coming over for the pickup of the Bike and my other consignments and also handle the necessary transfer titles on my behalf once the cheque is cleared. So i will need your Full Name,Mailimg Address And Phone Number so i can send it to him {my associate} to send the payment right away.My shipper (Today's Shipping) would be responsible for the pick up.Hoping to hear from you.Thanks Mike I replied confirming what he wanted me to do, and asked for his name, contact details etc and he wrote - Dave, Your email is acknowledged.The remaining balance will be wire across to my shipper via western union as they need to be prepaid before coming down for the pickup of the bike.I will provide you with the shipper's details as soon as you receive the cheque.Hope to hear from you. Mike I got a bit suspicious, do did a bit of digging, and found this page. http://www.thamesweirproject.co.uk/forums/...t=ST&f=2&t=2421 Same guy? He never gave me any other name apart from Mike, and the email address he used was [email protected] I emailed him back, saying that if he still wanted the bike I would only accept cash. Guess what, no replies from the fooker. Just wanted to let everyone know, so nobody falls into the trap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovell.phil.madman Posted July 13, 2004 Share Posted July 13, 2004 No way f**kin twat, cant trust any1 these days can u!! he wud hav done u gud an proper wudnt he!! wot do they make out of it tho?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Divvy_Rider Posted July 13, 2004 Share Posted July 13, 2004 Well if they are buying something worth £1000 and send you a £6000 Check, .. then you send them the £5000 back, .. they make £5000 of your cash. gotta be so careful nowa days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovell.phil.madman Posted July 13, 2004 Share Posted July 13, 2004 Got ya, but the cheque wont hav cleared if they dont hav the funds so u dont send it till it clears surely?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
axl Posted July 13, 2004 Share Posted July 13, 2004 Aha!, I got that very same shite twice infact in the last couple of days too, I just wrote back. Scammers are not welcome here, with cheques sponsored by Dunlop ect, got that!!, so piss off and dont fuckin' bother me again!!! Y'know it's funny I have had any since yesterday. Straight to the point usually does the trick!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Divvy_Rider Posted July 13, 2004 Share Posted July 13, 2004 Got ya, but the cheque wont hav cleared if they dont hav the funds so u dont send it till it clears surely?? No but as the other website said, "DAY 1 it goes in to your account DAY 2 it goes in to a checking account DAY 3 it goes to there account ( this is when some banks let you draw the money therefor E.G. you would send 4500 back to the sender of the check REAL MONEY DAY 4 the check bounces leaves there account DAY 5 bouncing check hits your account oooohhhh but you have already drawn on it therefor YOU owe the bank the ammount drawn probably bout £5000 ooppps then you may face fraundelent charges..." Although I guess you would have to be Feckin stupid to send anything back to them before checking the money is in your bank, (or does it show up as credited before it clears?? ) .. I don't know, .. im lost now too it's just dumb which ever way you look at it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davec105 Posted July 13, 2004 Author Share Posted July 13, 2004 I couldnt understand it, cos I couldnt lose!! I wouldnt send any money until the cheque had cleared anyway! Guess there are people who just send the cheque. I must admit, I was sucked in for a while :oops: I couldnt send a cheque, as mine would have gone boing....boing....boing!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
axl Posted July 13, 2004 Share Posted July 13, 2004 I couldnt understand it, cos I couldnt lose!! I wouldnt send any money until the cheque had cleared anyway! Guess there are people who just send the cheque. I must admit, I was sucked in for a while :oops: I couldnt send a cheque, as mine would have gone boing....boing....boing!! Have you got a "rubber" cheque book too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davec105 Posted July 13, 2004 Author Share Posted July 13, 2004 I have at the moment.....hence me selling my bike!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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