85gs

Hey Listen Up! At least 2 other RX-7 owners have been emailed by a "respected" business man in Africa wanting to have a friend who owes him money give you a $6500 check, you wire him the difference and a shipper takes your car. He then cancels the check screwing the person. Anyone else been approached by Tunte? The story sounds so rediculous but I guarantee someone has been taken by the scheme.

Sudox_E

heh, can't say I have been approached by him, but I keep hearing stories like this. Probably one of those crazy Nigerians I keep hearing about . Heh, I was in Mechanicville not too long ago, I live over in Chesapeake. And I have an 85 GS myself, heh

Stepdaddy

in africa gta is just like a homoside or gang act in the us...it happends all the time...id never do bussnes with anyone from afica...it just dosnt make sence...if its to good to be true it prabably is

Conway

Do people actually buy that nonsense? It seems hard to believe that anyone would fall for such a ridiculous scam.

Conway

81Rex6port13b

dont you think people would wait for the check to clear first?

karism

Oi!
I`am from Africa.I`am not a bad person...come on now..
*runs to the corner crying*.

85gs

No offense intended. I added that because he mentioned it in the email and I thought it strange to be shipping a Rex to Africa under these circumstances. I can chalk up another person who has received this same email also.

inittab

Spam, spam, spam, spam, spam, spam, spam, spam, lovely spam! Wonderful spam!

79+80+84_rx-7

Metallic_rock

as I posted in the for sale section, I was actually emailed by this person. He is wanting to buy my car. If he does send me this $6,500.00 check, then I will attempt to cash it at the bank it was from. If that is not possible, then I will wait until it has cleared.

We'll see if it is a scam or not. I will most definitely not let my car go until I know the check has cleared. I'll post the emails when I get home, for you to view. (I'm at work now)

Metallic_rock

here's the first email he sent me:


I am a reputable business man here in west africa ,i came across your
adress on the web and i have interest in your car,so i want to know the
least offer you could go for as per the product..just to let you know that
handling the shipping myself here in africa because
it is cheaper
Regards Tunde

and the 2nd-

Thanks a lot for your mail.This is how we are going to seal this
transaction There is an associate of mine in the US who is owing me
$6,500
i am
going to instruct him to send you a check for that amount,and when it
clears your bank you can now send my balance Via Money Gram
Transfer.The
reason
why i am doing this is that a check sent from over here in Africa
would
take like 30days or more to clear whereas a check sent within the US
would
clear almost immediately especially if it is a cashiers check.Although
i
know that the value of the check is more than the price of the GOOD
but i
am
willing to trust you with my balance So if this offer is acceptable to
you,let me have your contact information so that i can instruct my
associate
to send you a check,that is your name,address and phone number Please
get
back to me as soon as soon as you get this mail so that i can know
your
s regards this trans action, Tunde
.I am banking on my balance
so
that i will be able to settle my shippers here in there local office
because it is cheaper and faster.My regards to the family.
Tunde.

81Rex6port13b

hmmm interesting if you get a check or money order, he wants you to cash it. and give him the remainng balance of the money + your car..... my question is he has a friend in the US why dosent his freind just give you cash for the car. and have his freind "money gram" him the rest of the money in africa? just a thought.

85gs

Exact same letters word for word as mine. It's amazing how many business associates he has that owe him $6500. Run away bravely!!!!!!

Metallic_rock

85gs- did you get screwed by him? I figure it couldn't hurt to try to cash it. I can wait a month or so to see if it is good or not...

Junia

Seems like a scam. He's gonna know your name, address, phone number. What's money gram? I'm guessing thats just a wire transfer. There's a good chance he can find out your account number. Soon he'll know your b-day and SSN. Next thing you know your account balance will say $0.00. Maybe he just wants your identity to sell on the blackmarket. ........I think I watch too many movies and surf too many secure gov websites.....I wouldn't do business with him

R.P.M.

iTrader: (3)

Yes that guy keeps e-mailing me wanting to buy my Turbo motor and all sorts of other RX7 related stuff that I was trying to sell a while back.

inittab

Here's how I think the scam works:

That $6500 check might actually clear in three or four days -- but it might take weeks to determine whether or not the check itself was counterfeit. By that time, the car would have been shipped, and you would be screwed.

--Bob

OtakuRX

iTrader: (1)

if you are getting the check ask the bank to make sure it is legit, and don't do anything until the bank says all is good. Then negotiate how much the car is worth, cuz you've got his $6500

me I would run away tho, no shame in saving your own ***, and car

X4dLuvOfSpeedX

That's more or less how it works. What really happens is that the "friend" of the businessman supposedly owes more money than what the car is worth. So the friend sends you a cashiers check for twice the amount (or more) and you send the difference (Total check amount minus price of car) to the "businessman". You figure there is no problem since the check cleared and the money is on your account already, so what the hell, right? Well, what happens next is what Bob said on the post above, except you get conned out of your money, not your car. So it's really worse; most people who get scammed lose a lot more money than what the car is worth!

Here are a couple links to actual cases of people that fell for this scam. They all have the same storyline: I'm a business man from Nigeria, a client in the US owes me money, he's going to send you a cashier's check, blah blah blah...":

This one happened to a guy selling $1,600 car. He lost over $8,000:
http://www.netscalped.com/_disc4/000002d3.htm

Another one, posted on carsonline.com. This scam is widespread enough for US businesses to start posting warnings on their pages:
http://www.cars-on-line.com/nigerianscam.html

People selling cars aren't the only potential victims. These people were selling livestock (!!!) when they fell for it:
http://www.priveye.com/Nigeria.htm