[SinatorJ]

I got this reply for my Ventanna, What do you think?

Thanks for the reply,i have a shipping O.K I will buy it $2,650infact i will like to buy this 04 Team Issue Ventana El Quervoimmediately if you will accept money order, I can instruct my client presently in the USA who is owing me the sum of $4,400. I may now ask him to procure money orderin your name for this amount and have it posted to you.But i must count on you to send my balance of the money back to me via a western union money transfer. I will then instruct my shipping agent to come over to your location in order to pick the 04 Team Issue Ventana El Quervoup for shipment.If this is OK please e-mail me now with your
full name
address
country
city
code
Tel #
so i may

 

[Slugman]

Old Scam....

 

[Jm_]

I got this reply for my Ventanna, What do you think?

Thanks for the reply,i have a shipping O.K I will buy it $2,650infact i will like to buy this 04 Team Issue Ventana El Quervoimmediately if you will accept money order, I can instruct my client presently in the USA who is owing me the sum of $4,400. I may now ask him to procure money orderin your name for this amount and have it posted to you.But i must count on you to send my balance of the money back to me via a western union money transfer. I will then instruct my shipping agent to come over to your location in order to pick the 04 Team Issue Ventana El Quervoup for shipment.If this is OK please e-mail me now with your
full name
address
country
city
code
Tel #
so i may

I think you should just send me $1750, and you get to keep your bike, which is better than loosing $4,400 and your bike.

At this point, I usually make up some kind of excuse to drive the price up astronomically, like up to $6,000, and then I give the scammer my address as the secret service building (you know, the conterfeit guys) in washington DC. Then, if they ever want to actually go after any of these guys, they already have the evidence!

 

[OGRipper]

That is a fine but not too original example of a very common e-scam. Do pay pal or something. Dude should collect from his client separately, and there's no reason you can't mail it. I know I don't want anyone's "shipping agent" coming to my place...

 

[shocktower]

Wake up peoples if sounds so good it`s not BTW don`t trust foreiners

 

[SinatorJ]

...yup thats what I thougt. I had just never experienced the scam in person

 

[iridebikes]

I keep getting those emails every time i post something on pinkbike.com I hate to say it but i laugh at those who would fall for that. most of the time they're from africa, or somewhere over seas of course and they want to use "thier own delivery company" or something like that to come pick it up.

 

[MikeD]

You can even see how he pasted in the "04 Team Issue Ventana El Quervo" and missed the space with 'immediately.'

I want to get a job as a 'shipping agent.' Apparently they run around America getting to pick up cool DH bikes for the big Nigerian downhill scene...