definitely my couple'a lira
Leigh
On Saturday, October 18, 2003, at 08:39 AM, Alan Cole wrote:
According to some recent media reports, one way this kind of scam works is that the "buyer" arranges for somebody to come hand you a bogus cashier's check & pick up the item in person. Of course, the cashier's check doesn't look bogus. From all appearances, the cashier's check handed over to you is the real mccoy. Plus, the check amount is for several hundred dollars more than your agreed selling price. So the "buyer" asks you to hand over the item you're selling, plus change (in cash). The cash difference that you hand over is claimed to be an amount that the "buyer" owes to the person picking up the item, or possibly an amount necessary to pay for shipping the item to some far away land. (The "buyer" says he'll handle shipping himself, right?) On the surface it all seems semi-plausible. The weenie is that by the time your bank discovers that the authentic-looking cashier's check is bogus & charges you back for the full amount of the bogus cashier's check, your item is gone without a trace & so are the person who picked up your item & the extra cash you handed over. The scam is possible only because USA bank procedures allow cashier's checks to be paid before their authenticity can be ascertained. The bad guys not only figured that out before the good guys could catch on, they also cooked up scams to take advantage of that banking wrinkle. So beware.
-- Alan Cole, rank amateur
McLean (Fairfax County), Virginia, USA.
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At 10:40 AM 10/18/2003 +0100, you wrote:I have just received this email regarding the horn I have for sale. Remembering recent discussion concerning bogus buyers/sellers on the net, I enclose verbatim, the email. Comments anyone? The emailer goes by the name of Aaron Stone. Anyone heard of him?
"Hello,
My Name is Aaron........i view your advert on internet and i contacted my client who is in need of this kind of your product.So he was very excited about your product called Walter Moennig which is £1250,I want it shipped to starford in Algeria,I'll arrange for the shipping myself.Hope payment by a cashier's check will be ok.If this is alright with you,do get back to me mmediately so I can arrange for the payment.
I await to hear from your response.
Thanks"
Many thanks,
Brian.
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