just a little heads up - not sure if you guys & gals already know about this or not, but there's a widespread internet scam that preys upon online for-sale ads, where people (usually from somewhere in west africa) send a very vague email about their intent to buy your item, and that it will be paid for by a "client" of theirs who owes them money. the "client" will give you a phony cashier's check much bigger than your asking price, and the scammer asks you to send another cashier's check for the balance, along with the item.
anyway... it's been a big topic on some other boards i frequent, mainly music-instrument related sales, and i just got the same scam email re: the bike i have for sale on here, so i thought i'd throw out a heads-up to y'all.
so uh... heads up! yeah. if you've been scammed by this sort of thing, head to www.fbi.gov and you can contact them about it, maybe help them catch the weasely bastards.
anyway... it's been a big topic on some other boards i frequent, mainly music-instrument related sales, and i just got the same scam email re: the bike i have for sale on here, so i thought i'd throw out a heads-up to y'all.
so uh... heads up! yeah. if you've been scammed by this sort of thing, head to www.fbi.gov and you can contact them about it, maybe help them catch the weasely bastards.
