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I have my 95 talon listed on Craigslist for $1200. Here is a copy of an e-mail I received. I'm more then sure it's a scam but I just want other opinions. Thanks

Hello,
I'm Mr. John Kendall I'm highly interested in your Item for the price it's ok by me,beside I will be paying you extra ($50) for you to get the advert deleted from the website cos it matches what I am in need of.sorry if I may ask, is this your personal property because don't want to involve myself with stolen goods for sale. What is the condition like?I am currently not in the country, to be precise I'm in UK, and I will handle shipment of it to my base in France,You'll be receiving your payment as soon as possible through my client who's in US. I'll instruct him to issue out Cashiers Check in your name the total amount he his owning me on our last transaction which is closed at $3600, you'll receive it as soon as possible, Immediately you get this Cashiers Check i want you to take it to your bank, cash it immediately and deduct the total amount of for your item and also deduct $100 for your running around, the excess is for my shipper for shipment of the items alongside some other Items i placed order for in care of my shipper.They will also use the funds to settle some customs problem and transport their selves down to your place with immediately effect. And you'll wire the remaining balance to the shipping agent through Western Union Money Transfer for them to come for the pickup in your place 48hours after receiving the payment from you, without giving you any stress. so, I do hope i can have your trust about the excess which is meant for my shipper. Note; that you are not going to give the shipper anything.I am going to responsible for that..So i will want you to send me the following information for the process of the payment.
NAME........
ADDRESS............
CITY......
STATE....
ZIP CODE........
PHONE # BOTH HOME AND CELL.....
I await your this info so that I can fax it down to my client that will send u the payment.
THANKS

SCAM !!!
This reads as a classic 419er especially the request for personal details.

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Originally Posted by Becca1025

I have my 95 talon listed on Craigslist for $1200. Here is a copy of an e-mail I recieved. I'm more then sure it's a scam but I just want other opinions. Thanks

You'll be receiving your payment as soon as possible through my client who's in US.I'll instruct him to issue out Cashiers Check in your name the total amount he his owning me on our last transaction which is closed at $3600, you'll receive it as soon as possible, Immediately you get this Cashiers Check i want you to take it to your bank, cash it immediately and deduct the total amount of for your item and also deduct $100 for your running around, the excess is for my shipper for shipment of the items alongside some other Items i placed order for in care of my shipper.They will also use the funds to settle some customs problem and transport their selves down to your place with immediately effect. And you'll wire the remaining balance to the shipping agent through Western Union Money Transfer for them to come for the pickup in your place 48hours after receiving the payment from you,

EXACT QUOTE in scams!

I work for a check cashing place and yes we see this all the time. Cash this check for whatever reason and send the rest of the money here. Once you cash it you are stuck with the debt. And If you have wired the money basically your screwed. I would never cash a check unless I know I earned it.
A lady that works here got on Nanny.com she wanted to earn some money. She was talking to them they sat up when to watch the kid. Then he sent her several money orders saying they were out of town and needed her to pay there house payment. Needless to say they were fake and she was just trying to get the job. Since she worked here we were able to verify they were counterfiet thank god.
I get those all the time in my email. At least 10-20 a day. You would think the secret service or FBI would put a stop to this.
However if you would like to report this you can do so at 877-FTC-HLP or online at Federal Trade Commission - Home and help try and stop this scam I would call though cause I couldn't find where to click on the web site. Sorry

This was just on the news in our town recently. Of course it's a scam.

On 20/20 they even said a woman from Texas is in jail for a pretty long time for falling for a scam like this. They had her 'working' the cashier checks on a regular basis and she thought she had a legitimate international job.

I had a so called email to say I had won 1 million euros on italian lottery and had to reply to claim it,out of curiosity I did,I found out I had to pay the courier service UPS a total of around 800 euros for delivery of the cheque,for an anti money laundering document,a letter of affidavit for claims,postage,insurance and tax.is this the customary procedure for winning large amounts of money from abroad,or is it as I suspect a scam to make money out of unsuspecting people

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Originally Posted by johnm57

I had a so called email to say I had won 1 million euros on italian lottery and had to reply to claim it,out of curiosity I did,I found out I had to pay the courier service UPS a total of around 800 euros for delivery of the cheque,for an anti money laundering document,a letter of affidavit for claims,postage,insurance and tax.is this the customary procedure for winning large amounts of money from abroad,or is it as I suspect a scam to make money out of unsuspecting people

This is also a famous scam. If you do happen to win a lottery you never have to pay anything to collect your winnings.

Scam!! Lol, a bad one actually...

Wow, so many scams out there. This is defiantly one of the SCAMS.