posted on February 22, 2007 07:29:31 PM new
I listed a piece of art glass with a $495 BIN for US buyers only. The first day, I received this email, which I immediately forwarded to ebay: "Hi there;I'm David Ayres,I am interested in the immediate purchase of your item and I will like to know if the item is still available.If yes,have got a deal that I hope you will grant.Also would like to know if you accept a Cashier Check as a mode of payment,with immdiate payment of $750 and if you will be able to wire transfer sameday the remaining balance to the shipping company in united kingdom for immediate pick up via western union money transfer after you might have cash the check and have deducted your own part of the money.I will like you to forward me your contact name, address and number so that I can forward the payment to you as soon as possible.You can get back to me via my email: [email protected] or my contact phone number +447903809064.
Regards
David"
The next day, the auction ended with the $495 BIN & a US zip code. I received this similar email: "Hello Seller,
I agreed to pay the amount you want as buy it now .But i am using this medium to inform you that the amount on the money order is more than ur item fee,and the reason of the over payment is that the money order has been over signed by my stock broker, once you receive it, pay them to your account and deduct ur item fees and money gram the balance money to my store manager in uk(united kingdom). As soon as this is done I will call on my shipping company for the pickup.There will be no problem about the shippment.Iwill make provision for it via my shiping company DHL.
just make sure you deduct ur item fees and money gram the balance to my store manager once you cash it.
Below are the questions i have for you.
1)is the item in good condition as you describe it?
2)is there any money gram location where you can send the balance money arround you?
3)can you allow me to send DHL for the pick up and complet the transaction after the money orders clear in your bank.
If yes to all my questions.kindly email me back your full name and address with your phone number, so that the money order will be mail out today.
Thanks"
I immediately forwarded to [email protected] & searched & saw this buyer bought 4 pieces of Art Glass - all over $400 each. Ebay NARU'd this guy within an hour of my email.
Be on the lookout for this scam & never click on their links.
posted on February 23, 2007 05:29:06 AM new
Variations of this scam have been around for awhile. The "cashier's check" the "buyer" would have sent you is most likely a counterfeit.
If you had agreed to the scamster's proposal, you would have been out both your $495 piece of art glass AND the $255 he wanted you to send in the form of a wire transfer.
You should have put this crook on your "blocked bidders" list the first day, as soon as you received his original e-mail message. You were right to report him to eBay, and you did all the other art glass sellers a huge favor.
posted on February 23, 2007 06:26:20 AM new
They dont go after just glass sellers,they go after any high dollar item with BIN and no immediate payment required.They dont care about the item,they want the cash you are going to remit to them.
I received 2 USPS postal orders from UK,each is $975 for an order of 700 dollars,the texture of the paper they are printed on is different and there is no watermark.
I reported it to the USPS postal investigator and he has seen many already.
Some one posted last year he took 2 of them to the post office to be cashed and 2 USPS guys carrying pistols took him to the back office and interrogate him.
posted on February 23, 2007 11:55:42 AM new
That is rampant on craigslist.org too, same verbage. I played one guy, he sent the worthless Check...It was actually FUN to see him sqirm when I told him I KNEW of his tricks and I was NEVER going to send him didly and it REALLY Did cost HIM $20.00 for the fed Exing of the "check" hahahaha......play em' out for Fun they REALLY Lose Money.... We like that.
posted on February 23, 2007 02:58:57 PM new
That is good idea Jack, as soon as you get the MO then turn it over to police or FBI. Cost the jerks to send it and you only loose a little time--but that give them time to go scam others.. Problem there is that the FBI and such don't like to waste their time on smaller amounts.
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