I'm selling a used Procharger kit for a Mach 1 in the Stangnet classifieds. I was asking $2800 shipped. A guy contacted me and said he wanted it. I'm guessing he is not in the US based on the content of his emails. He said he was going to send me a certified check from a business partner for $6500. He wants me to take $3000 of it and then forward the rest to his shipping carrier so they can come pick up the blower. I'm not understanding the reasoning behind this? Maybe someone can explain it to me. Maybe he'll chime in, I dunno
Is this an internet scam or what? Need some advice
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Yep, def. sounds like a scam to me. ALWAYS stay away from overseas buyers. Nothing but bad news, because once they have your stuff and the check doesn't cash (which can take several weeks), you're out a Procharger. 
That's kinda what I figured. He never did say where he was located, even after I asked. Now I just received some strange email saying I won 1,000,000 euros in some weird international lottery. I get a lot of spam, but this is a new one on me. I don't think it's a coincidence. Damn Europeans...
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I don't know, sounds suspicious to me. I can't seem to make sense of this, from the forwarding of $3500 for shipping to the cheque from a business partner. I would stay away from this guy unless he sticks to your terms. Better yet, I'd probably just stay away.
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Sounds like a scam to me. Every time i hear about people selling to people over seas, i hear about people taking it up the tail pipe.
Scam.
Please private message me this person's userID or email address. I need to fix the "glitch".
Please private message me this person's userID or email address. I need to fix the "glitch".
idareu
20+ Year Stangneter 
It's a Scam!!!!!!
Taken from the State Department Federal Credit Union's website:
http://www.sdfcu.org/news/topics/scamarticle.pdf
The setup is simple – You place an ad on an online auction site selling an old
treasure. A few days later, your item is sold and you receive a check for more
than what you should be paid. Simple mistake you think- I’ll just cash the check and refund the difference back to the buyer. As you wait for the check to clear, you have already sent your item to the buyer.
Doing this could cost you greatly. The check that was sent to you was
counterfeit and now you owe your financial institution the entire amount of the check.
The scam artists, usually from overseas, typically target online sellers of
expensive items, such as cars or antiques. In a variation of the scam, consumers have received calls telling them they have won a large prize and telling them to remit part of a cashier's check to pay “expenses.”
The moment you are asked to send money back to a buyer, you should be wary.
Phony buyers sometimes offer explanations for the cashier's check being greater than the purchase price. The purchaser may claim the check was mistakenly made out for a greater amount, is a refund from an unrelated transaction, or includes transportation or import/export fees that need to be refunded. The scam artists typically ask the seller to wire money to a foreign country.
• Be wary of prospective “buyers” who send e-mails from overseas, want
to pay more than the purchase price , or ask pay by cashier's check but
then cancel the transaction and ask for a refund.
Taken from the State Department Federal Credit Union's website:
http://www.sdfcu.org/news/topics/scamarticle.pdf
The setup is simple – You place an ad on an online auction site selling an old
treasure. A few days later, your item is sold and you receive a check for more
than what you should be paid. Simple mistake you think- I’ll just cash the check and refund the difference back to the buyer. As you wait for the check to clear, you have already sent your item to the buyer.
Doing this could cost you greatly. The check that was sent to you was
counterfeit and now you owe your financial institution the entire amount of the check.
The scam artists, usually from overseas, typically target online sellers of
expensive items, such as cars or antiques. In a variation of the scam, consumers have received calls telling them they have won a large prize and telling them to remit part of a cashier's check to pay “expenses.”
The moment you are asked to send money back to a buyer, you should be wary.
Phony buyers sometimes offer explanations for the cashier's check being greater than the purchase price. The purchaser may claim the check was mistakenly made out for a greater amount, is a refund from an unrelated transaction, or includes transportation or import/export fees that need to be refunded. The scam artists typically ask the seller to wire money to a foreign country.
• Be wary of prospective “buyers” who send e-mails from overseas, want
to pay more than the purchase price , or ask pay by cashier's check but
then cancel the transaction and ask for a refund.
Tonys96Cobra
professional deer "mounter"
I get 3 or 4 of these everytime I put and ad in the calssifieds
Just tell him the price is now 35k and se what he says.
Just tell him the price is now 35k and se what he says.
You guys remember the PPPPowerbook, where a guy who someone tried to run that scam, he sent them a fake product with the price on the package so the person thinking they would pick up the product had to first pay the taxes. He sent a fake cardboard laptop, to match the fake check they sent him.
Don't send anything until you have the CASH in your hand. Any bank will wait until the check clears before putting the money in your account, and if you were to buy anything even out of state, most professional sellers will not send until the check has gone through.
Europe is very liberal, and allows this type of thing to take place. I would like to send one of them a car packed with explosives. Spend the "extra funds" on ammonium nitrate.
Don't send anything until you have the CASH in your hand. Any bank will wait until the check clears before putting the money in your account, and if you were to buy anything even out of state, most professional sellers will not send until the check has gone through.
Europe is very liberal, and allows this type of thing to take place. I would like to send one of them a car packed with explosives. Spend the "extra funds" on ammonium nitrate.
Here's one of the emails I got. I think they would have better luck running these scams if they learned how to speak English
Hello,
Thanks for the mail.What i want you to know now
is that you don't need to border yourself about the
shipping i will send my shipping company to come for
the pick up in your location.And immediately you
recieve the check of $6,500 deduct your money($3,000)
and send the remaining balance to the shipping company
so that they can come for the pick up in your location
okay.So get back to me with all the information i
asked you to send so that the check can be sent out to
you fast..
Hello,
Thanks for the mail.What i want you to know now
is that you don't need to border yourself about the
shipping i will send my shipping company to come for
the pick up in your location.And immediately you
recieve the check of $6,500 deduct your money($3,000)
and send the remaining balance to the shipping company
so that they can come for the pick up in your location
okay.So get back to me with all the information i
asked you to send so that the check can be sent out to
you fast..
Roland69
Sergeant Tangnet
I got them all the time I would respond with "Fu-ck off you scammer I don't wan't you fake checks"
and they would respond back with ok now I need your adress and all that stuff..like I said ok sold or somethin.... and some of them wanted by account# so they could "deposit it in my account"
and they would respond back with ok now I need your adress and all that stuff..like I said ok sold or somethin.... and some of them wanted by account# so they could "deposit it in my account"
Roland69
Sergeant Tangnet
and nottice he want's you to send the stuff so he can send you a check after he gets the item...........I SMELL A SCAM
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