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I listed a car for sale in the classified section of this site and this morning and got a favorabel response from a Mr. Boyd Hector. Now I am almost positive that this a scam, and you all should be warned.
Here are the guy's contact e-mails to me:
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Hello ,
My name is Boyd Hector, i came across your advert
place ( 1986 740 GLE wagon )and am indeed interested,
i will need to know the present condition and the
price you are willing to sell, so we can proceed for
the payment and shipping arrangement...
look forward to read back from you soon...
Regards,
Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com
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and after I wasted spent an hour answering the guy's e-mail...
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Thanks for your quick reply, i will need to know the
price you are willing to sell, so we can proceed for
the payment and shipping arrangement.
Concerning the shippment that be will handle by my
shipper who cater for me.once you receive the payment
my shipper will arrange for the pick up at your
location...
Hope this clear and under stood, awaiting to read
back from you soon..
Regards,
Boyd...
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and here's where it reveals itself to be a scam.....
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Hello Nathan,
Thanks for the quick response, well the price is okay
by me and i have make the arrangement of the check
payment which will be send by my associate who is
owning me some worthy amount of money and he has agree
to issue the check in your name, so he will be issuing
the amount of $3,700 for you in other to pay for
theshipping agent company who are going to arrange for
the shippment of the (car ($250)and they are aware of
the transaction that will take place and the shippment
that will proceed in your location so the remaining
balance will be forwarded to the shipping agent
company as soon as the check has arrived to your
destination and also is not only the goods the
shipper's will do the pick-up in your location because
i buy some goods in italy and he promised me to dothe
pick-up of those goods together,importantly for my
associate to issue the check and forward it to your
location he will be needing your details as follows :
FULL NAME (NAME THAT WILL APPEAR ON THE CHECK).....
FULL ADDRESS (THE LOCATION THAT THE CHECK WILL BE
FORWARDED).....
TEL PHONE NUMBER (MOBILE, HOME AN D WORK NUMBER)....
So i will be waiting for the details as soon as
possible so that the transaction can goes on fast and
so that the arrangement can get on quickly. Once
again thanks for the mail a.s.a.p.
Kind of Regard
BOYD HECTOR......
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Sound familiar? Now they don't just try to sell you non-existant cars, now they try to buy yours. Notice the degradation of this dude's grammar.
Here's the guy's e-mail for reference. boydhector@yahoo.co.uk
BEWARE!!!!
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Volvo #6: all wagons.... 1972 145S, 1976 245 DL, 1983 245 GL, 1986 740 GLE, 1990 740 GL, now a 1995 940...
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If this fool actually read these forums, he'd know I was on to him, yet he continues to pursue me:
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Hello Nathan,
Thanks for your reply, i mean this client of mine
will issue you a certified cashier check of
($5,500)base on my debt with him and he promised to
pay up. is like a foreign check take longer 3month to
clear in my country that why and he also enssure me
the cashier check will take 3-4 days to cleared in you
account, not 15day.
Once the check cleared you are to deduct your money
for the (ettore sottsass memphis mirror diva)and have
the remaining funds send via western union to my
shipping agent for them to commence shipment at your
location...
However, let me know if you are okay with this and
do get back to me with your full details, so i can
forward it to my client for him to issue out the check
in your name.....
I will be counting on you soon..
Regards,
Boyd Hector.........
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So, I've decided to have some fun with this guy. He's wasting my time, I'm going to waste his time. Notice the precipitous decline in my grammar and spelling:
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Boyd, that sounds more legitimate. Perhaps we broker a deal after all. Because of difficulties and complications this likely to cause me, the sale price for my car has increased to 2,000.00 Euros. If this is still fine with you then we can go ahead with sale. I hope hear from you soon, please accept my big appology for have doubt of you. God bless, Nathan
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Too bad, e-mal doesn't convey sarcasm very well.
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Six Volvos: all wagons.... 1972 145S, 1976 245 DL, 1983 245 GL, 1986 740 GLE, 1990 740 GL, now a 1995 940. Number 7 (a 1967 122S Wagon) is on the way.... Who needs a sedan, when you've got storage compartments in a wagon?
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Go to the federal trade commission's website, this is one of the biggest problems in the country right now. they have a page to report this.
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-------Robert, '93 940t, '90 240 wagon, '84 240 diesel (she's sick) , '80 245 diesel, '86 740 GLE turbo diesel, '82 Mercedes 300SD for sale
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I've read many warnings about car-finders, but this is my first experience with a fake buyer. I'm wondering if any of the other sellers have had similar experiences. Once I responded that I though he was a nigeria scammer, his prompt e-mails suddenly stopped. I also demanded that if he were legitimate, we would complete the transaction via paypal.
No word yet. None expected.
This world has a lot of jerks in it... The time I wasted writing a detailed description of the car was time I could have spent on something important.
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Six Volvos: all wagons.... 1972 145S, 1976 245 DL, 1983 245 GL, 1986 740 GLE, 1990 740 GL, now a 1995 940. Number 7 (a 1967 122S Wagon) is on the way.... Who needs a sedan, when you've got storage compartments in a wagon?
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I think a really good policy is to never sell a car sight unseen. That is,
if the person himself can't come and get the car, he can't have it.
Also waiting for the check to clear is a good deal in any transaction.
(although it is getting harder and harder to get a bank to tell you that
a check has indeed cleared and to guarantee that they will not come back
after the money. Lately they have told me that "after 5 days you can
ASSUME it is OK......". )
You know the drill: "Assume" makes an ASS out of U & ME.
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George Downs Bartlesville, Heart of the USA!
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My sister got tangled up in a cheque fraud scam where her bank ended up reversing cheques which were deposited to her account 4-6 months earlier. The issuing bank cleared the cheques and the money was released, then the account holder realized something was amiss, and who ended up on the hook? My sister, who had deposited the cheques, waited for them to clear, and had to pursue a civil suit against the fraud artist to recover the money that her bank held HER accountable for. Beware indeed - it took filing proceedings against the banks involved, alleging violation of Canadian cheque-clearing regulations by them, to clear her Equifax (credit) report.
Beware indeed!
I won't accept a cheque from anyone I don't know, and I do not expect anyone to accept my cheques unless we've established a rapport already. Money orders or Paypal it is...
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Chris, Dartmouth NS Canada 70 M-B 280SE, 83 245DL, 84 244 turbo, 90 780 turbo, 92 VW Golf
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Well, it's not a new scam persay - it's been going on for a while. Still, emails are cheap, and if they managed to sucker someone, it was worth their time.
-- Kane
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While I would never deliberately mislead anyone, take into consideration that any information and advice provided was at no cost to you.
6 Volvos in SoCal, from '64 to '94. See profile for fleet infomation.
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posted by
someone claiming to be johnwr
on
Wed Mar 30 09:30 CST 2005 [ RELATED]
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you get a good looking worthless check
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