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Triumph TR6 - BEWARE - Scam artist on TR web pages

Hello, all.

I have a TR6 for trade posted here and on a few Triumph classifieds web pages. This fella sent me a few e-mails acting like he wanted to buy it. As you can see, he is definately trying to pull something. BEWARE of people trying this sort of crap over the internet and across country borders. He can leave you holding a bad check and a BIG bill. And he is using our web pages. (After I told him I would only accept cash or USPS money order, I never heard back from him).

JMG

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From: "T**** B***" <t********202@dbzmail.com>
Subject: PAYMENT & SHIPPING ARRANGEMENTS...

Thanks for the mail,how was your day? Mine was
splendid! i am ok with your last firm. i will love to
have it for $3500,I will be paying you with a bank
draft via my client in the U.S,while my shipping agent
will handle the shipping,having read your mail,i will
contact my client who is presently in U.S.so,he'll
issue a cashier's check of the total money he owes me
to you,which is $10,000.Cash the check in any
cashing store nearest to you immediately you get
it,remove your payment and send back the balance to my
shipper through WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER as soon
as you receive the check.I hope i can count on you for
the balance as I'll use it for settling shipping
agency and other custom problems,while the shipper
will come to pick it in your place without giving you
any stress.if my offer is accepted,i will want you to
give me the name and the address where the check will
be sent to.so also your contact phone number.I hope to
hear from you ASAP.
Regards


> --- T**** B*** <t********202@dbzmail.com> wrote:
> > Hello,
> > My name is T**** B*** from Nova Scotia in
> > Canada.I'm interested in purchasing your advertised
> > '75 TR-6 and i will like to know the price if is
> > okay by me. if I can pay with a cheque drawn in an
> > United States Bank. If this is okay with you do get
> > back to me immediately for me to arrange the
> > payment. Concerning the shippment, my shipper will
> > come and pick it up from your location as soon as we
> > seal this transaction. Do get back to me immediately
> > with your Full Name, Contact Address and Phone
> > Number for me to instruct my client to make the
> > payment ASAP.And if there is any available
> > pictures,please send it with your reply.Hope to hear
> > from you soon.
> > --
> > _______________________________________________
> > Get your free email from http://mymail.dbzmail.com
jmg

I've heard about those scams before. People fall for it everyday.
D J Guess

I dont get it????...how was this dangerous??...you dont ship the car till you cash his check right...?
Todd

He sends bad check to cover car and shipping with extra just to make sure every expense is covered. then you send him good check for the extra amount he sent you. After your bank tells you it was a "fake" certified check he sent you (sometimes weeks later), its too late and you already sent him the good cashiers check. He doesn't care about the car. Just wants some $. Be very careful before sending someone your $ or your car. I hear most of these guys operate out of Africa.
steve

Todd,
Do not respond to any emails from Nigeria. :)

Where in Texas are you located? I'm near Denton.
D J Guess

I have also heard of this scam - I put a '52 BMW R67/2 for sale on a web site and got a lot of these types of offers. So many that I gave up and took the motorcycle off of the web site. Anytime somebody offers you 2 to 3 times your asking price, and wants you to send them CASH, it's too good to be true. Was it Barnum who said "there's a sucker born every minute"? (and practiced by most of our politicians).
R.C. Blair

I dont know about the US but a cashed check means little in the UK in terms of is it safe the banks will happly cash a forged check then months down the line inform you it was forged the vendor has ran of with your merchandise and the bank want you to refund the money of the forged check you should only accept cammels or cash.
tim

In England we call that the nigerian scam, beware.

Simon
Simon

The fact this thing is a scam is pretty much a given. Can't imagine anyone actually falling for this type of thing. The factors that would entice someone to send money to a unknown private individual over the internet are beyond me.

Regards,

John Parfitt
John Parfitt

This thread was discussed between 20/04/2004 and 04/05/2004

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