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WARNING ABOUT SCAMNERS
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An ongoing problem with selling items over the Internet is dealing with scammers. People using EBay and classified ads run into the same problem of scammers trying to rip them off.
Here is a sample email a reader received:
Hello
My name is john Simth,i am interested in purchasing your which you posted for sale and i will like to know the last asking price for it and also when getting back to me,do attach a pics of it and payment will be made out to you by a Certified Check or Money Order once i know the last asking price and it present condition and also i will like you to include your full name and address including your phone number on where the payment will be send to and it is my pleasure to take care of the shipment as i have a shipping company who will come over for the pick up as soon as you must have receive your payment without stressing you.
I will be looking forward to hearing from you.
Many thanks and God bless
Best Regard
john
The reader responded to see what would happen. This is the second email they received.
Goodday Once Again,
Many thanks for your swift response on that,also i am very
gateful to hear back from you and am satisfied with all what you said,so without stressing you i will make all neccessarily arrangement with my shipping company who will come over for the shipping and clearing of the (item advertised for $425) at your location and i will instruct my associate who is owing me sum of $3425.00 to send you the payment and once you received and cashed the cheque,i will want you to deduct your own $2900.00 for your (item) and use $100 for compesating you and for the stress you will go through in transfering the rest of the $3900 to the shipping Company via western union, because that will covers shipping and clearing of the (item) at yo! ur location and paper work.
I will be looking forward to hearing from you with your full name
and address on where the
cheque will be mail to.
Many thanks and God bless
Best Regard
john simth
The crook is hoping the victim will take them up on the offer. The crook sends a money order (or check) for an amount hundreds or thousands of dollars above the price of the item. The money order is a forgery. People who are taken by the scam, don't find out about the forgery until after they've deposited the check and sent money to the crook. Eventually the bank realizes the check deposited was a forgery and the victim has to make good on the deposit.
To avoid this problem, don't reply to offers which are "too good to be true" or don't include your email address in your classified ad.
If you receive one of the scam email offers, report it to FBI Internet Fraud Complaint Center
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