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I am trying to sell the ford falcon in the classifieds section. and here is one of two offers from the UK. Yes the UK. from people who want to buy it. This is one of the e-mails. Tell me if you think this could turn ugly....

Hello,

Good day.Thanks for replying my mail on time.The price $3,000 is ok by me.Please kindly regard the Item as sold out to me. I'm highly interested in buying the Item from you, but I'm not presently in the Canada.I'm in the UK at the moment and pls don't say because I'm in the UK you wont be selling the Item to me.

I know cash will be preferable but in the circumstances, payment can be made only with either A Certified check or money order.My creditor in Canada is actually going to be responsible for the payment, and I have told him about this transaction and he told me that he will be sending the payment to you, he said the money I loaned to him has in cured some interest meaning you will be getting an over-payment that is higher than the cost of the Item.The over-payment You will be receiving is $9,000.

The reason why he will be sending you all the $9,000 is because the agreement we had was that he will be paying once.Please after payment, Can I trust You to refund my balance funds of $6,000 (which is to be the shipping and clearing fees) back to my shipping agent. I purchased 40 computers and printers, these have been long due for shipping. In fact it is already in demur rage at the moment. It's the shipping agent shipping these too.

Please let me know if you agree to this, its veryimportant!!!

If this arrangement is okay by you, kindly send to me : Your full Name,Your Address and Phone Number so that the payment can be made to you these Week.You can Reach Me on +44 7040106497.

Best regards and have a nice day.

Mark.

Possible? No, DEFINITE!

Umm duh! You need people to tell if it is or not?

Does this really need to be asked anymore? Come on people!

i'd do it! looks totally legit to me!

yes, a million times

Pureee Scam. Its these same damn immigrants with the same terrible english skills. Look at the following scam letters I recieved at the bottom of this page. Look how close the wording, language, and even the requests are, in fact, there is verbatim repetition. If they didnt catch this 18 year old I surely hope no other person falls for it.

Letters From Scammers...

"Hello,

thanks for your mail, i think i will like to have this item, and also like to have a picture of it. You provide your full name and address including phone number so that i can proceed to payment. But as for shipping i will take care of that with my shipping agent, and my shipping agent has only one payment policy of westner union money transfer to their booking office in NY. in this case i will include the shipping charges to your item charges, so that as soon as you get the payment and have the money you will send the shippers charges to them in NY. my shipping agents booking office were the payment will be confirm is in NY
please i will await your respoce soon.
have anice day. Ron Thomas , ron_thomas37@hotmail.com>
"
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"Hello,
I saw your advertisement for the sales of your item, I will like to make an enquires about the item if still available in sale. Kindly please am really looking for serious seller that really intending to sell this item with good personalities and who always protect is Image from bad repetition......
.....I willing to know reason why you intending to sell this product? Present condition? With the good picture (if available)?...and the actual price u intending to sell it... However, your urgent reply is needed so as to hasten the deal if my offer sounds nice.....
Kindly reply directly to my email at (lowilliams50@yahoo.com)
Really Hope to hear from you soon...
Lowrie."
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"Hello ,
Thank you for the email, i am very sorry for my late response to you and more so i am glad the way you have kept me posted on the (Wheels ) and moreso you have accepted my offer and its okay with me at $300, I will make contacts with my client in the states who will issue you a cheque as payment of $2500 drawn from his bank in the states, on my behalf since i will not be arround to help out with the completion of the transaction in the states,as i have to make a trip down to Asia for an important assignment which concerns my part in my firm. So as said this money will be meant for shipping arrangements and for the preparation of the necessary document based on the clearance of the said item from your location, and he has agreed to make out the check on my behalf for the payments. Having it in mind that business is based on trust ,i would like you to receive the check,have it taken down to any local check cashing store or deposit it in your bank for three working days for confirmation, after which you cash it and wire the excess funds after removing the payment for the said purchased which is $300,Then i would like you to wire the remaining funds through western union money transfer to my associate, so that he can arrange for the necessary papers and also for the shipment of the said purchased, If you agree with these terms mail me back with .....
Your fullname........
Contact address.......
Postal zip code........
counrty ..........
Home phone #..........
Cell #
All these in which i would forward to my account keeper back in the US to issue out the payments to you. Expecting a response from you as soon as you can.

NB.Once you received the cheque i would like you to cash it and deduct an additional $100 for your running around to the cashing store, then send the remaining funds to my shipper who will be responsible for the shipping of my purchased through Western Union Money Transfer immediatly so the shipment would commense.
I AWAIT YOUR QUICK RESPONES
PLS DO KEEP OTHER BUYERS OFF.
As said earlier on concerning the western union
fees, you are required to deduct that from my excess
funds on check for that okay.
I await your full understanding here !! ""
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So much [censored] its unbelievable. These people need to be hit with a bat, numerous times, over the head, or at least with a frozen trout . Nonetheless, hope this helps others cyaaaaaaaa.

Seriously, if your going to try to scam us, at least give us the honor of using proper English!

I think anything where the "buyer" sends you money that is more than the price and they want you to give the extra money back is a scam