WARNING FOR CLASSIFIED SECTION SELLERS!!!
Posted: July 09 2003 10:25 PM
I have some items for sale in the classified section and this a.m. I received a message from a person who identified herself as "Kathy Maria" who supposedly is an auto dealer in South Africa. Bottom line is that if this person or anyone contacts a member regarding the purchase of something you have for sale in the classifieds, be aware of a possible fraudulent scheme. Protect yourself by asking questions and being firm in how you will expect payment and when you will ship the items for sale. In this instance, the person says that they are interested in buying what I have for sale, that they are owed ($6,500) money by a customer in the USA and that they will have their customer send me a cashiers check for that full amount they are owed and I am to deduct the purchase price from the cashiers check and forward to them another certified check for the differance in the amount. Then they will make arrangements for the item(s) purchased to be picked up. They will provide no shipping information. They did leave me a YAHOO address for the FBI to inquire about. This appears to be a fraudulent scheme in every sense of the legal definition |