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| Racer |
  Apr 16 2004, 06:02 PM
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Senior Member  Group: Members Posts: 787 Joined: 25-August 03 From: Northern Virginia Member No.: 1,073 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region  |
ok.. While I certainly wasn't expecting an earth shattering amount of interest in my 1.7 core motor, as advertised in the for sale area and offered for free, you can only imagine my suprise when someone offered me $2000 for it!
Not wanting to disappoint a possible buyer (or miss a possible sale) I bit, and asked how we might make this deal work! Seems my buyer was located in S. Africa, but had debts owed to him by someone in the US. He would simply have a "Cashiers" check sent to me (by mail)for the amount "he was owed", and once cleared, I would send him the "balance"... not a word about the shipping of the motor. So if: scot freeman joe (scot_freeman@myway.com) contacts you about a similar deal, be for warned! Maybe I should have said "yes", this way he could be wanted for Mail Fraud, a US FEDERAL offense, no? Here's one for you, Scot (IMG:style_emoticons/default/finger.gif) |
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| Mark Henry |
Apr 16 2004, 08:45 PM
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that's what I do! Group: Members Posts: 20,065 Joined: 27-December 02 From: Port Hope, Ontario Member No.: 26 Region Association: Canada |
QUOTE(Racer @ Apr 16 2004, 04:02 PM) Maybe I should have said "yes", this way he could be wanted for Mail Fraud, a US FEDERAL offense, no? They get so much of this the cops won't even bother with it. It's in another country with no extradition, etc. If you want to play you could say sure send it, then tell him you never got it...send another one, etc. But he would see you were playing with his head and give up in short order. Just better to tell him to (IMG:style_emoticons/default/stfu.gif) and (IMG:style_emoticons/default/pissoff.gif) |
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| bwilless |
Apr 16 2004, 09:09 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 156 Joined: 24-January 03 From: Tempe, AZ Member No.: 192 |
I got a couple of these emails. I tell the guy to send the check. Then I give an address like
FBI headquarters 6969 Justice Ave Quantico, VA I never hear back (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif) |
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| jarbuthnot |
Apr 16 2004, 09:10 PM
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Senior Woman Driver Group: Members Posts: 201 Joined: 22-August 03 From: Pembroke, ME Member No.: 1,065 |
This one or variations of it has been around so long, they must find some suckers to bite. Don't understand why, but as P T Barnum said...
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| sanglee007 |
Apr 17 2004, 12:16 AM
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Pleeze send casheir's check to me at:
G. W. Bush 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC 20500 ------------------------------------- I wonder if he'd cash it. |
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