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| Thread ID: 126370 | 2012-08-23 08:36:00 | PLEASE HELP! Car Selling Scam?? | Poppycat2103 (16874) | PC World Chat |
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| 1296501 | 2012-08-23 08:36:00 | Hi I listed my car on Buy, Sell and Exchange website and paper . I got a email from a "John"through the buy, sell and exchange website saying he was keen to buy the car etc . He said he is unable to veiw the car because of his current location (he didn't say where he was) but is still happy to buy! But it will be getting shipped to Australia to his company for resale . He said I will not have to pay a dime for shipping costs and that he will be making a secure bank transfer . I gave him my account details . I even informed him that the car never passed the current warrant and needed a new tyre which he said not to worry about . The terms were that he is going to bank the shipping money to my account (which i'll check in the morning) which then I send to the shipping company through western union to the USA? then once I have sent that I send them the location of the car and my name etc then he will deposit the car money into my account and the shipping company will contact me to arrange pick up! This all seem legit apart from the sending the money to the USA but apparently he can't send it because it must come from the person selling the car and the shipping company will arrange change of ownership . I had asked for his number maybe twice but he hasn't given anything . His last email he sent to me today was that he had transferred the shipping money to my account . Here's a little bit of it: And as soon as you forward this information to them and they verify they will contact you and make an arrangement and you will also receive your car money . Also to save time you can go to your nearest ATM machine to withdraw the shipment fee with your ATM/EFTPOS card and take the cash to your nearest western union agent to send the money to the shipping company so you can have your car money immediately as well,and you will deduct the western union transfer charge from the payment and send the rest . I hope to hear from you as soon as the shipment fee is sent and you can email me the western union details as well and i hope you can come online to confirm the shipment fee? I replied back to him: Will let you know when money has shown . Are you able to give me a bit more information on the shipping company as I am a bit weary and confused as to why the money is going to the USA, when I'm NZ Sorry for all the questions but surely you will understand . I would also appreciate if you could give me company details as to who will be picking the car up ie Name, Address, Phone numbers, email address . And would also like if you could give me your contact details, Full name, Address and contact numbers . I feel bad asking all these question but I just want to make sure this is not a scam as I've heard it can happen easily to people . Where are you located? What is the name of your company that the car is going to Australia? What is the amount of the shipping fee you have put into my bank account? I know it's alot to read but could someone please enlighten me! If they think this is a scam and is there anyway I can lose money or my car or anything?? Thanks |
Poppycat2103 (16874) | ||
| 1296502 | 2012-08-23 08:47:00 | I think that you have answered your own question. Get out of the deal immediately, if its not too late! Never send money anywhere especially overseas. LL |
lakewoodlady (103) | ||
| 1296503 | 2012-08-23 08:48:00 | I don't know if you noticed, but there is a rather large elephant in your room. | R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 1296504 | 2012-08-23 09:01:00 | hahaha first time selling anything online and this happens bugger!! | Poppycat2103 (16874) | ||
| 1296505 | 2012-08-23 09:06:00 | At least you were smart enough to stop and ask some questions - so well done. | Jen (38) | ||
| 1296506 | 2012-08-23 09:34:00 | Although Western Union is legitimate, its use by scammers means as soon as you see that name the red alert flags should go up. "In a nutshell, Western Union and Moneygram allow the scammers to anonymously collect the money from any victim without fear of the transaction being traced back to them. They can even claim to be in one place and in reality be in a totally different one. Fake IDs make it highly unlikely the scammers can be traced when they receive the payments this way. " www.romancescambaiter.com Googling Western Union and scams will give a zillion hits.....www.google.co.nz |
Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 1296507 | 2012-08-23 10:07:00 | Scam. If the buyer is legit, get them to raise an Irrevocable Letter of Credit through the banking system payable (by your bank) on presentation of a Bill of Lading. If they are legit, they should have no problem with that. If they say they'll get their bank to write a letter of credit, forget it - they have no idea what it is. Talk to the international dept of your bank (forget the bunnies at branch level). Back out. Now. |
WalOne (4202) | ||
| 1296508 | 2012-08-23 10:40:00 | Scam. As LL said, just get out. You don't need to explain yourself to scammers. | Nick G (16709) | ||
| 1296509 | 2012-08-23 11:13:00 | Typical scam, seems legit because they give you money to send off (instead of you sending off your own money) basically they are using you as a money laundering system. They compromise a bank acct, send you the money and you union it out and its lost. | The Error Guy (14052) | ||
| 1296510 | 2012-08-23 11:27:00 | So any idea what I do if money shows in my account? I'll let you know in the morning if there is anything because apprantly he has sent the money to my account. And now that he has my account details is there anyway he can access that account? Its not my everyday account that I use it's with a completly different bank it just a debit card account I use to make online purchases.......Thanks for confirming my suspicions | Poppycat2103 (16874) | ||
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