I've just put my Pashley PDQ for sale on Ebay. I have now had 3 independant emails (se below) all along these lines, and using VERY similar language. Has anyone experienced similar messages?
Steve
Hello, I'm mabel canders.I am interested in your [PASHLEY PDQ Recumbent bike] and I'll like to know your last offering price if it will be okay with me.I'll be making my payment with a certified check which is drawn from u.k bank .If you do I want you to get in touch with me immediately for me to proceed with the Payment. As for the shipping I'll contact a shipper agent of mine who will arranged for the Pick up as soon as the transaction is sealed and i will like you to get back to me.while i will like you to send the pics to me through my email ads.I'll be looking forward to your response.Thanks and Have a Nice day.Regards, Mrs Mabel
I've just put my Pashley PDQ for sale on Ebay. I have now had 3 independant emails (se below) all along these lines, and using VERY similar language. Has anyone experienced similar messages?
Yes, it's a scam. Legit buyers buy through the eBay process.
I've just put my Pashley PDQ for sale on Ebay. I have now had 3 independant emails (se below) all along these lines, and using VERY similar language. Has anyone experienced similar messages?
Yes, it's a scam ..
I either ignore them, or reply that if they want the article they must bid for it through eBay's usual routine. I also send a copy of the email to eBay for them to track down. I dunno if it helps, but it feels like I've done my bit 'properly' .. 😉
Or ask them to send a cheque for £50,000 or so ...
-- Paul ...
(8(|) ... Homer Rocks
"A [censored] is a [censored], no matter what mode of transport they're using."
Or ask them to send a cheque for £50,000 or so ...
-- Paul ...
Strangely enough, the first emailer (Tony) wants my address so that an associate of his can send me a cheque for £3800 (owed by the associate to Tony). I can then deduct "my price" for the bike, which he has now upped to £600, and send the balance via Western Union to his "shipper" who will then come and collect the bike.......
If it wasn't for having to give out my address, I might be tempted.....
Or ask them to send a cheque for £50,000 or so ...
-- Paul ...
Strangely enough, the first emailer (Tony) wants my address so that an associate of his can send me a cheque for £3800 (owed by the associate to Tony). I can then deduct "my price" for the bike, which he has now upped to £600, and send the balance via Western Union to his "shipper" who will then come and collect the bike.......
If it wasn't for having to give out my address, I might be tempted.....
Post-restante is still available, I believe .. 😉
Heheheh, I'd love to get a scam over one of these scammers, it might make them think again.
-- Paul ...
(8(|) ... Homer Rocks
"A [censored] is a [censored], no matter what mode of transport they're using."
Strangely enough, the first emailer (Tony) wants my address so that an associate of his can send me a cheque for £3800 (owed by the associate to Tony). I can then deduct "my price" for the bike, which he has now upped to £600, and send the balance via Western Union to his "shipper" who will then come and collect the bike.......
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If it wasn't for having to give out my address, I might be tempted.....
Don't be. The trick is that you cash the cheque, pay him his remainder, and then it turns out the cheque is fake/bounces/whatever and you have to hand £3800 back to the bank....
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I've just put my Pashley PDQ for sale on Ebay. I have now had 3
independant
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emails (se below) all along these lines, and using VERY similar language. Has anyone experienced similar messages?
Steve
Hello, I'm mabel canders.I am interested in your [PASHLEY PDQ Recumbent
bike]
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and I'll like to know your last offering price if it will be okay with me.I'll be making my payment with a certified check which is drawn from
u.k
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bank .If you do I want you to get in touch with me immediately for me to proceed with the Payment. As for the shipping I'll contact a shipper agent of mine who will arranged for the Pick up as soon as the transaction is sealed and i will like you to get back to me.while i will like you to send the pics to me through my email ads.I'll be looking forward to your response.Thanks and Have a Nice day.Regards, Mrs Mabel
Yep - in the unlikely event that you responded the next phase of the scam would be to offer to pay you with a cheque in excess of the sale price and for you to give them the difference in cash .... needless to say their cheque will be a dud and you will no bike and have lost money. Beats me why people respond to these obvious scams .... but sadly they do, otherwise the Nigerian e-mails would not still be flying around.
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Or ask them to send a cheque for £50,000 or so ...
-- Paul ...
Strangely enough, the first emailer (Tony) wants my address so that an associate of his can send me a cheque for £3800 (owed by the associate to Tony). I can then deduct "my price" for the bike, which he has now upped
to
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£600, and send the balance via Western Union to his "shipper" who will
then
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come and collect the bike.......
If it wasn't for having to give out my address, I might be tempted.....
Steve
This is a well known scam, their cheque will bounce!
I've just put my Pashley PDQ for sale on Ebay. I have now had 3 independant emails (se below) all along these lines, and using VERY similar language. Has anyone experienced similar messages?
It's a common scam. Don't even bother replying. You could report them to ebay but it won't achieve much.
Or ask them to send a cheque for £50,000 or so ...
-- Paul ...
Strangely enough, the first emailer (Tony) wants my address so that an associate of his can send me a cheque for £3800 (owed by the associate to Tony). I can then deduct "my price" for the bike, which he has now upped to £600, and send the balance via Western Union to his "shipper" who will then come and collect the bike.......
If it wasn't for having to give out my address, I might be tempted.....
The cheque appears to clear, you pay them by Western Union, then the cheque actually bounces. The banks are responsible for the illusion, even if the fraudsters are the ones who exploit it.
Heheheh, I'd love to get a scam over one of these scammers, it might make them think again.
Someone did it not so long ago in an auction for a laptop and actually managed to scam the scammer. They sent a home-made imitation powerbook to the scammer and got someone to be there when the package arrived to take pictures. Most amusing. There was a website with the full story but I'm afraid I don't have the link handy.
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Or ask them to send a cheque for £50,000 or so ...
-- Paul ...
Strangely enough, the first emailer (Tony) wants my address so that an associate of his can send me a cheque for £3800 (owed by the associate
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Tony). I can then deduct "my price" for the bike, which he has now upped
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£600, and send the balance via Western Union to his "shipper" who will
then
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come and collect the bike.......
If it wasn't for having to give out my address, I might be tempted.....
Steve
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This is a well known scam, their cheque will bounce!
What is really crazy is that Western Union allow this sort of scam to happen - IIRC there are warnings on ebay about using WU (although that may be just to encourage use of the ebay owned Paypal system)
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The cheque appears to clear, you pay them by Western Union, then the cheque actually bounces. The banks are responsible for the illusion, even if the fraudsters are the ones who exploit it.
How do they get the cheque to "appear" to clear? Would it be a normal cheque drawn on a UK bank?
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"Ambrose Nankivell" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...
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The cheque appears to clear, you pay them by Western Union, then the cheque actually bounces. The banks are responsible for the illusion, even if the fraudsters are the ones who exploit it.
How do they get the cheque to "appear" to clear? Would it be a normal cheque drawn on a UK bank?
It's happened to me in the past (not the scam just a rubber cheque); the funds were credited to my account after three days and on the fourth day they were withdrawn by the bank.
Heheheh, I'd love to get a scam over one of these scammers, it might make them think again.
Someone did it not so long ago in an auction for a laptop and actually managed to scam the scammer. They sent a home-made imitation powerbook to the scammer and got someone to be there when the package arrived to take pictures. Most amusing. There was a website with the full story but I'm afraid I don't have the link handy.
Yeah, just done a websearch .. have a look here .. very good piece .. 😉
It's happened to me in the past (not the scam just a rubber cheque); the funds were credited to my account after three days and on the fourth day they were withdrawn by the bank.
Having once upon a time worked in a bank, in the department responsible for pulling bad cheques no less, I can state categorically that this is entirely normal and it's all to do with the convoluted, antiquated way the cheque clearing system works.
Modern communications mean the process could easily be updated and automated and made much quicker but that isn't in the bank's interest because banks make a packet in interest accrued on money they hold while cheques are in limbo.
It's an even bigger scam than the Nigerian money laundering thing.
If it wasn't for having to give out my address, I might be tempted.....
Post-restante is still available, I believe .. 😉
Heheheh, I'd love to get a scam over one of these scammers, it might make them think again.
There was a play at the Edinburgh Fringe about somepone who led on a bunch of Nigerian spammers. Sadly I didn't get to see it. Any of our Scottish contingent see it? Called the Great Nigerian Spam Scam, IIRC
Onthis subject, did anyone see the bicycle journey show at the Pleasance? Missed that also... I was too busy seeing things like the wonderful Pig Iron theatre company ending and recreating the universe.
Strangely enough, the first emailer (Tony) wants my address so that an associate of his can send me a cheque for ?3800 (owed by the associate to Tony). I can then deduct "my price" for the bike, which he has now upped to ?600, and send the balance via Western Union to his "shipper" who will then come and collect the bike.......
If it wasn't for having to give out my address, I might be tempted.....
You are joking I hope. This is the just about the oldest scam in the book. The cheque bounces, of course - but not until you have sent off the balance.
Strangely enough, the first emailer (Tony) wants my address so that an associate of his can send me a cheque for ?3800 (owed by the associate to Tony). I can then deduct "my price" for the bike, which he has now upped to ?600, and send the balance via Western Union to his "shipper" who will then come and collect the bike....... If it wasn't for having to give out my address, I might be tempted.....
You are joking I hope. This is the just about the oldest scam in the book. The cheque bounces, of course - but not until you have sent off the balance.
Although people have scammed the scammers by saying, e.g. they can't afford to pay the Western Union fee due to some business process they have to follow, and they need that money shipped over to pay the fee. And of course, by the time that comes, the cheque's bounced and you can't reach the scammer to pay them the fee back.
If even 10% of people could string them along on this front, then it's worth it. Indeed I suggest getting them to send you the cheque anyway, just to waste their time at negligible cost to you.
