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Motorcycle Talk => Motorcycle Talk => Topic started by: Apriliapilot on December 05, 2006, 02:09:35 PM

Title: possible scam
Post by: Apriliapilot on December 05, 2006, 02:09:35 PM
 anybody else get this,  I have and Item on sale in the classifieds here and on superbike planet, I get an email from some guy called lawrence mann who is in Ireland  he wants to buy item. he sends a second email stating he will pay by cashiers check, but he has a client in the US who owes him $1900, he will send me a check for $1900, I take out what is owed to me plus $100.00 then send him the balance.  what's wrong with this picture?
Title: Re: possible scam
Post by: EmerWil on December 05, 2006, 02:15:49 PM
counterfit money order...

or if you wire the money outside the country you'll never get it back....


it's a total scam...



We had a horse for sale online, the lady sent us a money order for double what we were asking for the horse (sight unseen).  Asked that when the horse transport arives to give them the horse and 1000.00 to pay for the shipment...

I went online and found the bank that the cashiers check was drawn on and called them.  They advised that the check was counterfeit and had been stolen from them several months earlier.  I was advised to contact the US Secret Service (since they handle that stuff) and turned everything over to them.

Title: Re: possible scam
Post by: spyderchick on December 05, 2006, 02:33:09 PM
<sigh>  :preachon: Ok folks, if it looks like a scam, smells like a scam and tastes like a scam. It's a scam.

Thank you for your time.
Title: Re: possible scam
Post by: K3 Chris Onwiler on December 05, 2006, 05:15:44 PM
How about scam scam scam scam bacon eggs and scam?  That's not got much scam in it.
But I don't LIKE scam!

Everybody sing along:
Sacm scam scam scam scam scam scam scam scamity scam scamity scam!
Title: Re: possible scam
Post by: catman on December 05, 2006, 05:31:14 PM
 Soup and SCAMwich-and the worse is they lose zero sleep because  :finger:its ok to them its  how things go in their REAL world! :wtf:
Title: Re: possible scam
Post by: 251am on December 07, 2006, 06:18:15 AM
 Play your "buyer" along and keep the check as a trophy?   :biggrin:
Title: Re: possible scam
Post by: Court Jester on December 07, 2006, 08:21:17 AM
same scam as here.

http://www.1000rr.com/vb/showthread.php?t=9185

Title: Re: possible scam
Post by: Apriliapilot on December 10, 2006, 09:51:12 PM
Dude, that's some serious bullshit. people suck!
Title: Re: possible scam
Post by: tzracer on December 11, 2006, 01:12:33 PM
TANSTAAFL
Title: Re: possible scam
Post by: snair on December 11, 2006, 01:16:53 PM
scam