Is this for Real

[George16v]

anyone heard of this before



Sir/Madam.

I am Amos White,manager of Amos autos,Ridderstraat 2320 Madison Street, hollywood , Fl , Usa.We specialise in purchase of Autos(car and bike) for customers here in America,and we get paid in commission,after payment has been confirmed by the seller to the buyer.I write you on behalf of our client to contact you and arrange for the buying and shippment of your vehicle which our client saw on the internet,we would like to know the conditions of the said vehicle and probably arrange for payment to get to you and shippment.

My customer interested in purchasing your car mentioned above for the sum of pounds 8,995 ,and we will arrange for the pick up of the car once payment is confirmed cleared by you. Please acknowledge the offer and we will inform the buyer of your confirmation of acceptance to sell and have the funds remitted to you as soon as possible ,and ill like this transaction to be kept in utmost trust.I hope you can understand. Our office is located in America,as stated above.

Thanks,

Amos.

 

[Tom]

Nope!

tis a BIG scam

 

[Daipac]

No it isnt ! It is a scam ! DO NOT DO THIS !

 

[jimmy_mac]

Quote: Originally posted by George16v on 17 June 2004


anyone heard of this before



Sir/Madam.

I am Amos White,manager of Amos autos,Ridderstraat 2320 Madison Street, hollywood , Fl , Usa.We specialise in purchase of Autos(car and bike) for customers here in America,and we get paid in commission,after payment has been confirmed by the seller to the buyer.I write you on behalf of our client to contact you and arrange for the buying and shippment of your vehicle which our client saw on the internet,we would like to know the conditions of the said vehicle and probably arrange for payment to get to you and shippment.

My customer interested in purchasing your car mentioned above for the sum of pounds 8,995 ,and we will arrange for the pick up of the car once payment is confirmed cleared by you. Please acknowledge the offer and we will inform the buyer of your confirmation of acceptance to sell and have the funds remitted to you as soon as possible ,and ill like this transaction to be kept in utmost trust.I hope you can understand. Our office is located in America,as stated above.

Thanks,

Amos.

well then nevermind...



no never heard of this, is that the best offer youve had???


[Edited by jimmy_mac would like to point out this is sarcasm^^^ on 17 June 2004 at 9:02am]

 

[Daipac]

It was posted a few months ago. It is a massive scam and people have lost all of their money by doing this ! STAY WELL CLEAR !

 

[Charlie]

no! i got this this morning too...exactly the same and replied,

"Right, and you don’t think I know that this is a scam. Sort your lives out and get a real job that involves making money and not taking it. Its people like you that make this world an unhappy place. Plus the car is sold so SORRY!



Yours disgustedly

Charles"

bloody nobs!

 

[Phil 99]

load of tosh

 

[George16v]

I told him that,lol here is his reply

Hello ,
Thanks for the mail,In other to conclude our arrangement concerning your car my client wants to purchase I forwarded your mail content to him and he Agreed on the price you are selling but He said you will be getting payment inform of a cashier check in the amount of pounds13,000.
This amount he explained to me that this amount will come to you in that form based on earlier order he made from a company in the states but it did not workout because there was delay in the shippment of the goods he ordered so he has proposed that if you agree with the terms of payment you should forward youf
Full name.............
phone number...........
And Full address.......
for him to forward it to the company to make out the check in your name and when the check gets to you ,you are to refund the balance{pounds 4,005} to his shipper via Westernn union money transfer immediately for him to be able to arrange for s hipping on time.So confirm this and provide the info for payment to get to you.
Best Regards,
Amos.




Cheers guys will stay well clear then!!

 

[Yugguy]

My Dad still gets stuff from Holland, about hes won 15 grand and just needs to send 100 quid to get it. Really annoys me this stuff cos there must still be people greedy and stupid enough to fall for it.

 

[Viv172]

Quote: Originally posted by George16v on 17 June 2004


I told him that,lol here is his reply

Hello ,
Thanks for the mail,In other to conclude our arrangement concerning your car my client wants to purchase I forwarded your mail content to him and he Agreed on the price you are selling but He said you will be getting payment inform of a cashier check in the amount of pounds13,000.
This amount he explained to me that this amount will come to you in that form based on earlier order he made from a company in the states but it did not workout because there was delay in the shippment of the goods he ordered so he has proposed that if you agree with the terms of payment you should forward youf
Full name.............
phone number...........
And Full address.......
for him to forward it to the company to make out the check in your name and when the check gets to you ,you are to refund the balance{pounds 4,005} to his shipper via Westernn union money transfer immediately for him to be able to arrange for s hipping on time.So confirm this and provide the info for payment to get to you.
Best Regards,
Amos.




Cheers guys will stay well clear then!!

Wot???

 

[Daipac]

In summary, they send you more money than you wanted for the car, they then ask you to send back the difference and then the original cheque they sent bounces and you are down whatever you sent back to the guy.

mailto:W@nkers">W@nkers the lot of them !

 

[George16v]

Quote: Originally posted by Daipac on 17 June 2004


In summary, they send you more money than you wanted for the car, they then ask you to send back the difference and then the original cheque they sent bounces and you are down whatever you sent back to the guy.

mailto:W@nkers">W@nkers the lot of them !

and the car!

 

[telford_mike]

Quote: Originally posted by George16v on 17 June 2004


I am Amos White,manager of Amos autos,Ridderstraat 2320 Madison Street, hollywood , Fl , Usa.

Since when was Hollywood in Florida?

 

[Matt16v]

I lost £80 odd once. Put an add on Auto Trader (Im assuming thats where hes seen your add) Then some one phoned up saying blah blah this and that some one wanted to buy my car and also he could get it advertised here there and every where.

Never saw or heard from them again!!

Theyre tssers. You sould just say Id rather sell it for cash to a genuine buyer, face to face.

 

[sexysez]

they r doin this wit horses, dont do it

 

[George16v]

This is the strange thing mate, Have only advertised it on here, thats it.

Want to buy in the car back (in the future) so wanted to sell it to someone on here preferably

 

[Nick J]

Ooooh yes, its most definitely a scam.



I was flogging a bit of MTB kit on the Bike Magic web page when I was approached (via email) by a character called Wilson Moore. He was willing to pay over twice the price I wanted for the part, but only if I was to follow specific payment arrangement. The deal was that a “business associate” of his would send me a (UK drawn) cheque for £3500 (for a seat post worth £45!!). I would wait for the cheque to clear (so it wouldn’t bounce), I would then take my £120 and the rest of the money would be sent on to him via Western Union Money Transfer (same company coincidence?). He claimed that the “business associate” in the UK owed him money and this was the quickest way of getting him to pay???



The arrangement mentions ensuring that the cheque had cleared, so I assumed it was a way of laundering money. Needless to say I told him what to do with his offer!



I’d stay away from this kind of malarkey.

Ooooh yes, its most definitely a scam.



I was flogging a bit of MTB kit on the Bike Magic web page when I was approached (via email) by a character called Wilson Moore. He was willing to pay over twice the price I wanted for the part, but only if I was to follow specific payment arrangement. The deal was that a “business associate” of his would send me a (UK drawn) cheque for £3500 (for a seat post worth £45!!). I would wait for the cheque to clear (so it wouldn’t bounce), I would then take my £120 and the rest of the money would be sent on to him via Western Union Money Transfer (same company coincidence?). He claimed that the “business associate” in the UK owed him money and this was the quickest way of getting him to pay???



The arrangement mentions ensuring that the cheque had cleared, so I assumed it was a way of laundering money. Needless to say I told him what to do with his offer!



I’d stay away from this kind of malarkey.

 

[Matt16v]

Also lads there is a big issue here of "money laundering"

They post money to you then you post it back it traces back to you and not to the bank robbery or credit card fraud from where they aquired it.

If your caught in a money laundering scam you can get the same 14 year sentence they get!

 

[DaveD]

General rule is to avoid anything that mentions Western Union. You have absolutley no comeback with Western Union which is why these scamsters use it.

 

[mark266]

*cough* B#LLSH#T *cough*

 

[Nick J]

Quote: Originally posted by mark266 on 17 June 2004

*cough* B#LLSH#T *cough*

Hmmm, an interesting contribution.

 

[thestig]

I got a bloke offering me £3000 for my bike!! and he said he would pay me when he got the bike!! Like hell! lol

 

[bsimmer3000]

yeah i also had this as well. he would not give me any details until i had cashed the cheque. but think of it this way. open a fake account and then tell the person the name you opened the fake account up in. get the cheque let it clear withdraw the money and you are up ££££££ what ever amount the cheque was for. just never use the account again.



dont try this @ home lol

 

[Pete]

Been posted loads of times, basically if you advertise your car anywhere youll get an approach from someone offering to pay more, then the cheque clears and then is reversed or something similar normally resulting in you moneyless and car less, have a search through off topic been mentioned a few times in there.

 

[Lunner]

You cant, you need to show two forms of ID when opening a new accoutn, its all to stop money laundering

 

[16 valver]

Quote: Originally posted by telford_mike on 17 June 2004

Quote: Originally posted by George16v on 17 June 2004


I am Amos White,manager of Amos autos,Ridderstraat 2320 Madison Street, hollywood , Fl , Usa.

Since when was Hollywood in Florida?

Ridderstraat is Dutch for Knightstreet, so I dont think theres a street with such a name in the USA.

 

[Mondial172]

Land of the free indeed

 

[cnic69]

Had someone from france offering me twice what i wanted for an item on ebay.

He would not send me the money via anything like paypal..and wanted to use a service that i was unfamiliar with..when i told him i would only accept paypal or nochex he wasnt interested.

My instinct said that something was dodgy there but i am glad i will never know for sure!

 

[b0redtodeath]

Quote: Originally posted by telford_mike on 17 June 2004

Since when was Hollywood in Florida?

Not the Hollywood, but there is one in FL between Miami and Fort Lauderdale. Doesnt change the fact that the email/letter is a load of sh*te though & a massive scam.

 

[Wezzie]

Grrrrrrrr! hate these scammy ways of earning money.

 

[Wezzie]

Hate scams!

 

[jongsr4]

there was post on here i think a little while ago about a guy who was selling a computer...got one of these scam emails and basically went along with it(knowing it was a scam) and really wound up the fraudster

I would do that

 

[kingJimBob]

Quote: Originally posted by jongsr4 on 18 June 2004


there was post on here i think a little while ago about a guy who was selling a computer...got one of these scam emails and basically went along with it(knowing it was a scam) and really wound up the fraudster

I would do that

the laptop one?!?!

yea f**king classic!

 

[jongsr4]

thats the one! classic stuff

Looking forward to getting one of these emails now, ill have quite a lot of fun with it hehe