Is This a Scam?
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Is This a Scam?
I hate to be skeptical, but I just got what seems to be a suspect offer to purchase an instrument from a supposed Swedish broker who sent the message below. Sounds fishy to me...any thoughts?
i will go about payment by instructing my client in the states to issue you a certified bank check of $5,000 and this should take care of all expences in this transaction, what you will do once you have recieved it is to cash it, deduct your own money($1500) and the wiring charges and wire the balance to my international shipping agent through Western Union Transfer, once he recieves the balance will come over to your location the very next day for pick up, now the money wired to the shipper is his fees for his services, transportation to your location and back to me, also for all charges that may arise along this transaction cos i will want it to be delivered to me safe and sound without problems, i shall send you my shipper address as soon as i contact him, al l i need of you now is to mail me your full name and contact address as well as phone number
John
i will go about payment by instructing my client in the states to issue you a certified bank check of $5,000 and this should take care of all expences in this transaction, what you will do once you have recieved it is to cash it, deduct your own money($1500) and the wiring charges and wire the balance to my international shipping agent through Western Union Transfer, once he recieves the balance will come over to your location the very next day for pick up, now the money wired to the shipper is his fees for his services, transportation to your location and back to me, also for all charges that may arise along this transaction cos i will want it to be delivered to me safe and sound without problems, i shall send you my shipper address as soon as i contact him, al l i need of you now is to mail me your full name and contact address as well as phone number
John
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- Tell us something.: Mostly producer of the Wooden Flute Obsession 3-volume 6-CD 7-hour set of mostly player's choice of Irish tunes, played mostly solo, on mostly wooden flutes by approximately 120 different mostly highly-rated traditional flute players & are mostly...
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Typical fraudulent cashier's check scam. You receive check, deposit, bank claims it clears, you send balance to scammer, bank eventually catches on in about 2 weeks to bad deposit, you're out good money. Western Union in foreign countries is often involved, as there appears to be poor security or "inside" help to the scammer.
Kevin Krell
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Wooden Flute Obsession CDs (3 volumes, 6 discs, 7 hours, 120 players/tracks)
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A non-profit 501c3 charity/educational public benefit corporation
Wooden Flute Obsession CDs (3 volumes, 6 discs, 7 hours, 120 players/tracks)
https://www.worldtrad.org
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\\RedFox wrote:It is a scam. Beware everyone of these scams. They usually originate in Ghana or Nigeria. If it sounds too good to be true, it is!
very true...my mother just got offered $4m...the legacy of the dying wife of an arab oil millionaire...a scam, needless to say, which originated in...(drumroll) Nigeria!
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As said above, it's a scam. Forward the message to the Federal Trade Commission at uce@ftc.gov, they collect such things....and theoretically go after the perpetrators (at least when the full moon falls on Friday the 13th in a leap year )
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Andrew, be nice
Andrew, be nice.
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Scam
This scam is frequently used on AutoTrader.com. I suppose the perpetrators are looking for more fertile ground.