Ive recieved 3 emails im going to copy and paste, will yall tell me if ya think that there real or not?

#1
Hello,

We are a used car company specialised in sales and purchase
of used cars,truck,boats and bikes.We have a customer whom is
interested in buying your ATV.

Please confirm if your 2002 Bombardier DS650 ($3,900) is still
up for sale.

I await your prompt response.

Regards,
Richard Smith.
INTERNET PURCHASE MANAGER
AUTOMOBILE MERCHANTS LTD.

#2
Hello,

Thanks for the response as i am pleased to know that
the Bombardier DS650 is still up for sale.

Please furnish me with the following.

1) YOUR BUTTOM SELLING PRICE
2) MAINTENANCE/SERVICE HISTORY WITHIN THE LAST SIX MONTHS
3) HAS IT EVER BEEN INVOLVED IN ANY ACCIDENT?
4) DETAILED PICTURES

Do get back to me ASAP,so that we can arrange for inspection and
payment.

I await your prompt response.

Regards,
Richard Smith
INTERNET PURCHASE MANAGER
AUTOMOBILE MERCHANTS INC.


NB[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-tongue.gif[/img]LEASE SEND PICTURES TO OUR ALTERNATIVE EMAIL ACCOUNT:
automerchants_04@yahoo.com

#3
Hello BJ,

How are you today?

We are in receipt of your mail with the pictures.have forwarded them
to our customer whom was very impressed with what he saw and he is
ready to make immediate purchase at your price $3,900

However he has asked me to inform you that payment will get to you in
a certified money order of $6,650 which is a refund payment of a
cancelled order earlier made by him.

This payment has to be made out in this amount to you because company
policy only allows a issuance of a refund payment in one transaction
(one name).So when payment gets to you and clears your banks,you are
required to deduct the cost of your bike ($3,900) and send the
balance ($2,750) via western union money transfer to our customer's
appointed prepaid agent/shipper Via western union money transfer to
enable them arrange for the pick up at your location and to offset
shipping charges.


Please acknowledge this by providing your full names,address and
phone number to enable payment issued and sent to you via overnight
mail delivery as we looking forward to having this transaction
clinched as early as monday next week.



Regard,
Richard Smith.
INTERNET PURCHASE MANAGER
AUTOMOBILE MERCHANTS LTD
12 Seymour Place,
London,W1H 7NT
U.K
TEL: + 44 7005976719
FAX: + 44 7005976729

NB:NB[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-tongue.gif[/img]LEASE FEEL FREE TO CALL IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS


What do yall think? I dont know if this is legit or not..

 

SCAM! I've seen this on another form when I was selling my mtb bike. Go to www.mtbr.com and do a search.There is alot of info about these scams.

What they do is send you a fake "certified money order" you send them the balance. When the bank figuers it out. your account gets hit for the balance you sent them.

Would you send me $6550 and hope that I'd send you $2750 back? I don't think so. Good luck on the sale of your quad, but not to them.

 

Scam... the money order is counterfiet you will be liable for the full amount if you cash it! all though you could accept the money order and not send the creep anything and he would be out the cost of the money order and what ever is cost to send it to you. Get in to his pocket a little bit.[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img]

 

AFRICAN SCAM.
Write them back that you hope they die during a gang rape by AIDS infected goats.

 

I agree that this sounds too fishy. I would not even reply back again. A money order can be bought and made out to a person, then cashed by original purchaser. I had to do this 1 time because I bought a money order and sent it to the wrong person. The story is long, but to make it short, I had to do a recall on the posted mail, and was very complicated but it can be done. So what does this mean? You can cash a money order made out to someone else as long as you are the original purchaser. Scam Scam Scam they could figure out how to send the right amount. Don't be fooled !

 

Yes, well I would approach it by locating the actual place of address and notifying the authorities. Just to let you, there are ways to track everyone and everything, so you could find out who you are dealing with.....

 

SCAM, I've gotten a few of these responses.

 

Alright, thanks guys! I was really starting to wonder about it.

 

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There was a thing like this going on in kentucky with elderly folks. They called telling them they would send a check and they had to go and cash the check and wire the funds to them for something I forget what it was now. Turns out the checks was fake and the people that took them to the bank ended up getting the stiff at first. After about 100 or so of them came through the local bank there they had already caught on at the bank, telling the folks that the checks was fake and the checks was sent to the local FBI office after that. The calls and emails stopped shortly after the bank caught on and it seems they have since moved to other areas. Dont ever take anything that someone wants you to send back money, they are going to SCAM ya. It was all over the local news and papers around here about 2-3 months ago. Common since would tell anyone IMO if someone is willing to trust YOU enough to send back money from a overpayment, something isnt quite right about it. How many people would rip them (the scammers) off if they actually could is beyond me but since it is a fake check/money order and they have nothing to lose from the get go. Report the emails to the proper athorities and let them take it from there, because these scammers leave a trail that goes cold fast and the wuicker you let someone that is in position to do something about it the quicker that these cats get caught and nobody else has to suffer from it.

Just my 0.02