Hi All, I just got hit with this one so I am posting this to make everyone aware of an internet scam and cashier check scam that is going around. I was contacted about my Dyna that I have for sale and after responding to his initial email the second email I received was as follows:
Hello,
How are you today? Hope you are great. My client and I are based in England. My client informed me that the bike would be shipped along with other properties he purchased to his daughter who resides in Canada. He is buying it to present as a gift to his daughter and son in-law whom he missed their wedding ceremony because of his health condition.
I am very happy to tell you that we have concluded with our client and he has instructed me to carry on with the transaction. He said that I should inform you that the payment will get to you in a cashier check of ($19,500) which is a refund payment of a cancelled order earlier made by my client.
Due to company policy, this check has to be made out in this amount
($19,500) to you, because company policy only allows a refund payment on one cashier check, so you are required to deduct cost of your bike ($13,000] when the payment gets to you and refund balance [$6,500] to my customer's Agent, for the agent to be able to offset all shipping and handling bills, clear off taxes and offset all related cost for the bike pickup.
After payment has reached you and balance sent back to his agent - the agent would contact the PICKUP AGENT-who will come for the pickup of the bike to be shipped to my client. My client is making necessary arrangement with some of the agent(s) and will provide me with the pickup/test driver agent information as soon as he decides whom to use as an Agent for the pickup of the bike.
Please confirm this whole arrangement and provide the details below for check payment to be delivered to you.
PAYMENT INFORMATION:
1. LEGAL NAME IN FULL.........
2. FULL ADDRESS..........
3. PHONE NUMBER (S).................
Thanks for your time, effort and anticipated cooperation.
Regards
Alfonso Rincon
+447024030999
+447024020336
So, that email doesn't settle well with me. I Google the phone numbers and the search brings back several posting from ScamBook and a couple other sites where people have been hit with a very similar email scam.
It appears he is crawling ads for vehicles that are for sale and trying to buy vehicles with fraudulent cashiers checks. He changes his name frequently, but the body of the email is pretty consistent.
Needless to say, I didn't respond. So, I am posting this to share with the group and make everyone aware and as a little reminder, if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.
Oh, and my Dyna is still for sale
Hello,
How are you today? Hope you are great. My client and I are based in England. My client informed me that the bike would be shipped along with other properties he purchased to his daughter who resides in Canada. He is buying it to present as a gift to his daughter and son in-law whom he missed their wedding ceremony because of his health condition.
I am very happy to tell you that we have concluded with our client and he has instructed me to carry on with the transaction. He said that I should inform you that the payment will get to you in a cashier check of ($19,500) which is a refund payment of a cancelled order earlier made by my client.
Due to company policy, this check has to be made out in this amount
($19,500) to you, because company policy only allows a refund payment on one cashier check, so you are required to deduct cost of your bike ($13,000] when the payment gets to you and refund balance [$6,500] to my customer's Agent, for the agent to be able to offset all shipping and handling bills, clear off taxes and offset all related cost for the bike pickup.
After payment has reached you and balance sent back to his agent - the agent would contact the PICKUP AGENT-who will come for the pickup of the bike to be shipped to my client. My client is making necessary arrangement with some of the agent(s) and will provide me with the pickup/test driver agent information as soon as he decides whom to use as an Agent for the pickup of the bike.
Please confirm this whole arrangement and provide the details below for check payment to be delivered to you.
PAYMENT INFORMATION:
1. LEGAL NAME IN FULL.........
2. FULL ADDRESS..........
3. PHONE NUMBER (S).................
Thanks for your time, effort and anticipated cooperation.
Regards
Alfonso Rincon
+447024030999
+447024020336
So, that email doesn't settle well with me. I Google the phone numbers and the search brings back several posting from ScamBook and a couple other sites where people have been hit with a very similar email scam.
It appears he is crawling ads for vehicles that are for sale and trying to buy vehicles with fraudulent cashiers checks. He changes his name frequently, but the body of the email is pretty consistent.
Needless to say, I didn't respond. So, I am posting this to share with the group and make everyone aware and as a little reminder, if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.
Oh, and my Dyna is still for sale
