**?** Potential Scams **?**

Has anyone received responses to FS items where the buyer is a Doctor or a
Reverend with very proper English? I've seen one instance where the
individual offered me more money than my asking price. Also, they insist
that they will use "their shipping agent". Has anyone seen cases of this?

"Allen Thompson" wrote in message
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Has anyone received responses to FS items where the buyer is a Doctor or a
Reverend with very proper English? I've seen one instance where the
individual offered me more money than my asking price. Also, they insist
that they will use "their shipping agent". Has anyone seen cases of this?

You are receiving VERY common scam e-mails! Sometimes the grammer is very
correct, other times the English is horrible. The common thread through ALL
of these scams is: 1-the cashiers check for much more than the sale amount,
2-sending the excess funds to a shipping agent and 3-using Western Union or
MoneyGram to send the funds. Any one of these conditions is a HUGE red flag
that the e-mail is part of a scam! The cashiers checks are counterfeit, and
there is no way to recover or trace the monies sent via Western Union or
MoneyGram. Ignore these e-mails that use any of these conditions!

In article , says...


Has anyone received responses to FS items where the buyer is a Doctor or a
Reverend with very proper English? I've seen one instance where the
individual offered me more money than my asking price. Also, they insist
that they will use "their shipping agent". Has anyone seen cases of this?

What ever you do, don't let the goods go to the shipper until you have verified
the payment is good. If you get a certified check, have your bank check it
out to make sure it is good before you ship.
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Alex

In article , Allen Thompson
wrote:

Has anyone received responses to FS items where the buyer is a Doctor or a
Reverend with very proper English? I've seen one instance where the
individual offered me more money than my asking price. Also, they insist
that they will use "their shipping agent". Has anyone seen cases of this?


This is a typical scam. They want you to accept a counterfeit money
order which your bank cashes, and before your bank debits your account
for the fake money they want you to send them money and merchandise.

steve

thompson- I've seen one instance where the
individual offered me more money than my asking price. Also, they insist
that they will use "their shipping agent". Has anyone seen cases of this?
BRBR

Yep, on our closeout shoes. Said he would send a 'cashier's check' for $2000
more than the asking price, then would I send that $2000 to a third party. Of
course the 'cashier's check' I would receive was phony.

Peter Chisholm
Vecchio's Bicicletteria
1833 Pearl St.
Boulder, CO, 80302
(303)440-3535
http://www.vecchios.com
"Ruote convenzionali costruite eccezionalmente bene"

On 22 Aug 2004 13:27:38 GMT, (Qui si parla Campagnolo ) wrote:

thompson- I've seen one instance where the
individual offered me more money than my asking price. Also, they insist
that they will use "their shipping agent". Has anyone seen cases of this?
BRBR

Yep, on our closeout shoes. Said he would send a 'cashier's check' for $2000
more than the asking price, then would I send that $2000 to a third party. Of
course the 'cashier's check' I would receive was phony.

Cashier's checks have phone numbers on them for verification, google that number
before bothering to call. Yeah, like you've described, don't even bother with
deals that offer to kick back or move moneys other than the sale price. If
someone's really doing evasion or embezzlement he'll keep it among people he
knows.

Ron


Peter Chisholm
Vecchio's Bicicletteria
1833 Pearl St.
Boulder, CO, 80302
(303)440-3535
http://www.vecchios.com
"Ruote convenzionali costruite eccezionalmente bene"