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valiantwagonguy

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I have a car for sale here on the site and someone expressed intrest .We have gone back & forth some and today I received this:



> Hello Ed,
>
> Thanks for the mail and i am glad to read from
> you and also that the car and the motor is still
> available.The condition and the price of the car and
> the motor is okay with me.
>
> Regarding the payment, i have forwarded a payment
> of $5000 to a seller in a previous dealings but the
> item is no more available forsale, so i will
> instruct him (the seller)to issue out a certified
> check of this amount in your name and send it to
> you.As soon as you get this payment it will be
> deposited in your bank and after it clears your
> bank,you will send the remaining balance to the
> local shipper which i have arranged for the pick
> up.I will be giving you an additional $50 for the
> entrusting you with the money and also the favour.
>
> If this payment term is okay with you,i will need
> this following details:
>
> Name: to write the check
> Address: To send the check
> A contact phone number:incase i need to know
> anything about the item
> As soon as this is received by me,the check will
> be issue.
>
> I hope to read from you soon,thanks and have a nice
> day.
>
> Thanks

What are your thoughts? I have had someone try to scam me before like this on a motorcycle site so I'm VERY sceptical . Ed
 
We're having someone try this on us right now with our Challenger, we're not sending the car or anything, but Ive been hearing more about these scams lately and stuff.
 
What?????????..............won't he also need your bank account no. so he can deposit the cheque???????????

WTF
 
Let me guess... the guy lives in another country?

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Run as fast as you can,this is the biggest scam going.If you have the money to buy a good car,you got the money to go and see it and shake the hand of the owner,other than that,tell them to F off,Mrmopartech
 
Yeah, I knew it was a scam as soon as I read that email. The reason I posted it here is because this A--hole is operating on THIS SITE . Has he tried this on anyone else here? Ed
 
Yes, Someone tried that one on me on another Mopar site... SCAM!!!!!!!
 
ny opinion is that you should report this guy to the authorites fbi or whoever can go after this guy. a story in mcg a while back was about the sane lines as this . a lot of high dollar cars were involved but the guy was busted. good luck
 
here is a copy of the private message he sent me here on this site. I looked yp his profile in yahoo 'cause he used a yahoo email address and there is no record of him.

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65 Valiant Project
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Hello,

Am instrested in purchasing your items at the Ad.
Please i would like you to furnish me with more
information about the present condition of the Item,
your final price and also send me some pictures via
email attachment.
Also i would like to know if you will accept a check
as a mode of payment for the item .
Thanks and looking forward doing business with you.

Jack Ray

So Beware of this guy and I would hope that whoever runs this site will remove this fool and ban him from returning. Ed
 
Here is this fools profile :

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The question must be asked,Why do we let people in here without filing a verifiable profile. We are setting ourselves up for this kind of crap by not being a bit more selective in the membership requirements. Ed
 
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