Buying Scam
I, and a few other people have received e-mails from one person that has used different names. Here are a few samples:
Hello, I am intrested in buying your Silver Alto Saxophone for $300. I will make adequate arrangement as regards shipping. if this offer is okay, please mail me your contact info i.e (Name, Address and Telephone number) so that I can have my client owing me in US make payment. Regards. Daniel
Here is the next one
Hello, I am intrested in buying your Full stack for $500 I will make adequate arrangement as regards shipping. if this offer is okay, please mail me your contact info i.e (Name, Address and Telephone number) so that I can have my client owing me in US make payment Regards Akeem
And it goes on...
Dear richard,
I saw your adevert on the internet and hope they are good ampeg
svt3pro head.E.T.C with screen i love and have interest in buying your ampeg
svt3pro head.E.T.C with screen worth about $1500 dollars.I can also be your
partner in buyings things and if your ampeg svt3pro head.E.T.C with screen
are ok with me i will keep on buying from you.I am well known in the
bussines industry worldwide.
And please i will like to let you know that one of my customer over
there is about to send me a Bank Cashier's cheque of $9,600 so i will have
to direct him to address the cheque to you because sending down the cheque
to nigeria will take atleast 30 working days to clear but you,it will take
less than 24hrs since it's a cashier's cheque.All you will do is just deduct
your cost and send down the balance to me via western union money transfer.I
will handle the shipping and don't worry about that because the shipping
company i use are expert in handling my orders.I will pay the freight
company down here at their local office.After which they will come for the
pick of the order ASAP.So kindly let me have the detail of the beneficiary
of the cheque ASAP so that i can forward it to my customer over there for
proper application.
Thank you.
This letter was sent to this person again pertaining a different item that didn't even deal with
music. Just substitute the "ampeg svt3pro head.E.T.C with screen" with the word "dogs" and you
have the second letter they received. It's obvious this person is using a form and just plugging
in the item. I wouldn't be surprised if this person is sending out hundreds of letters a day.
Delete any message like this. You should be cautious when dealing with out of town ads. This is why.
This is the original information that was posted to the site ----- If you received an e-mail from someone wishing to buy your items that are listed and wants you to ship it for them please take note. A user of the site was made an offer from a person claiming to be located outside the U.S. The buyer offered to pay shipping and would send a cashiers check to pay for the cost of the item and shipping. A cashiers check did arrive for a much larger sum than expected. $5000 more. The buyer then asked that the item be shipped and the extra $5000 to be sent back. It turned out the cashiers check was a counterfeit. But this wasn't discovered until the bank called the seller to let him know. He is now out $5000.
A month ago I was contacted by this same person saying he was from Nigeria. He wanted to buy my alto saxophone that I have listed on the site. I make it a policy to only do business with people I can meet in person, which is why I only let people sell items on the site that live within a driveable range of St. Louis. This person kept trying to talk me into selling the sax, saying that he needed it for his church. I told him sorry but I would not do business with him. I ignored the rest of the e-mail's he sent requesting the saxophone. Other site users have e-mailed me to let me know this person has made multiple contacts on the site.
My point being, be very cautious when selling to individuals you can't meet. If you write a good ad and have a fair price, you will be able to sell your items to someone in the local area.
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