The Nigerian Counterfeit Check scam artists are hitting this site in full force.

The Nigerian Counterfeit Check scam artists are hitting this site in full force. Here is another example of emails that they send to sellers First e-mail Hi, Just wanted to find out if you still have your 911 Turbo 930coupe for sale, I have a client who could buy it for $28,000. We will arrange for pick up as soon as the transaction is concluded and payment is confirmed. Please get back to me immediately with the price. Thanks Terry....... Second e-mail Ken, How are you today. I spoke with my client over the weekend and he said I should settle for the price of 28,500 if you do not agree for 28,000. I was to relate the information before your mail came. He has instructed me to inform you that payment will get to you in a cashier check of $34,200. Which is a refund payment of a cancelled order earlier made by my client. You are required to deduct cost of the car $28,500 when payment gets to you and refund balance $5,700 to my customer via western union money transfer for him to be able to upset shipping charges. After payment has reached you and balance sent back to him, our agent will come pick up title and drive to a prepaid shipper to be shipped to my customer, while title papers and other necessary documets will be handed over to the shipper as they come for pick up. Confirm this and provide NAME, ADDRESS, and PHONE number for check payment to be delivered to you ASAP Thanks, Terry.... Third e-mail Ken, How are you today. just saw your info and I will go ahead and send it to my client. As soon as the check is sent and I get the confirmation from him that it is sent, I'll let you know. We would prefer to get the deal over with before next week end so the pick up will be made immediately. Thank you and have a great day. Terry........ Fourth e-mail Ken, How are you, I just got the confirmation that the check have been sent and will probably get to you by Monday. But whichever, as soon as you receive it, please get me informed for further instruction as regards the transaction. Thank you and have a great day. Terry......... The cashier�s check was received today from Nigeria written against Corporate America Family Credit Union Elgin Ill. From Mike Campbell I called and sure enough the check is bogus. The U.S. Secret service in investigating but has no authority in Nigeria. SELLER BE WARE. Ken

ken-you are correct. i get faxes from these theifs time and time again in my office-i foward it to the fbi. they tell me that nigeria is one scam after the next. everyone should be aware of this, and not to conduct any transaction unless their bank confirms that the funds have cleared. to do business any other way is crazy.

Thanks,

u should send some anthrax or pipe bomb in the mail to them

http://www.419eater.com/ Check out this site...It's not about car selling scams but it about Nigerian Scams.

No offense to anyone here, but...you would have to be a complete moron to fall for this garbage...it shocks me that people would fall for this crap anywhere. The emails I get from these losers is constant source of amusement

OT: sorta reminds me of those internet hackers back in the 80s who has a passion for porsches and designed a system to dupe radio station sweepstakes. KIIS FM (a local radio station here in So Cal) was duped out of a couple of Porsches and some cash prizes. The hackers had the phone lines tapped so that when the DJ would say "caller 102 wins a BRAND NEW PORSCHE CABRIOLET!" they'd let 101 calls go through and then their call would go through and wouldn't ya believe it, they won a Porsche!

Internet hacking in the 80s? C'est n'est pas possible!

Was that before Al Gore?

These types of scams are going on on Ebay all the time!! Snowmobiles, four wheelers, cars its just nuts! Whenever you see an auction that tells you to ask to be on a pre-approved bidder list it s usually a scam!!

i lived in nigeria for 14years... my parents moved there in 1970... it's not good to generalize about nigerians when you mention 419 scams, though there are loads of them, especially when you live there.. I've had idiots come to me asking me to travel to Ghana and bring in died 100 dollar bills to wash them over in Lagos! nigerians are generally very kind hearted and naive in nature.. they love easy life without the complication of the techno world.. then again,,, i ran away from there and here i am.. Waz

waz-i think you are indicating that nigeria is lush with scams. no one is saying that all nigerians are scam artists. i think what some of us are saying, including myself,is that there is a disproportionate amount of scams eminating out of nigeria.

Apparently one of the baited scammers Mr. Semen Stains

you are right doc.. cobra, ur pic just shows how naive they can be! Waz