Send me the $3,000 and I'll send it for ya. Ya, I promise!

 

I had a guy from England email me out of the blue a couple of weeks ago saying that he was a manager at a local bank which had an account worth 14 billion british pounds from a guy who died 5 years ago and had no next of kin. He said he needed an outside source to send the money too so it wouldn't look fishy on his end since he worked there. I told the guy that he must really want to jail for stealing this money. He replied that no one was going to jail and the money would be sent to my bank account. I told him that I couldn't steal money from someone and even if I wanted to I wouldn't be stupid enough to give him my bank account number. Hello uneducated bum, do you really think I would give you information that would lead a trail to my house. Some of these scammers really need to think about what they are doing.....nevermind, they're idiots, that's why they are doing what they are doing

 

The fact that you actually considered this is the very reason people still do it.

 

Exactly.

This isn't a new type of scam. It's been around for awhile. The fact you even thought it was possible should excite possible scammers and make the rest of us bang our heads in disbelief.

 

Hard and fast rule: You pay for a product once you posess it.

You don't need Latin to remember caveat emptor...buyer beware.

 

Yes, doing "detective work" is fun. So are Nigerian "advance fee" fraud scams.....of which this is one. Take it from a REAL detective who spent years working on these stupid frauds.....don't bother investigating any further, they'll just spam you to death or worse yet, send you a nice virus. They are very, very computer literate, despite their ridiculous attempts at writing intelligently. So....drop it....and slap youself once in the face for even falling for the initial bait. That's how these guys stay in business.

 

Make up a fake credit card number (Name, 16 digit number, bank name and expiration date) and tell them to take the $3k from the card. They'll get excited initally till they figure they've been had.

 

it`s a scam...as far aplaying with them i would not do it who knows what else they are involved in and try to do to you.........i.d theft..ect..

 

Wanna play with them? Learn from The Master!
This guy has a website with all his correspondence with alleged Nigerian heirs to numerous fortunes. It's a very long read, but worth the time.

 

I don't feel bad at all for initially considering it. There ARE people out there who sell things not knowing how much its worth, or just wanting so bad to get rid of it they'll take anything. Why do you think people find Hemi Cuda's in barns and buy them for $500?

I consider myself lucky, because I *KNEW* better than to immediately send money. But what if it had been true, and I immediately called him a scammer and went about my buisness? Then I'd be out of a Mustang. All it took to get to the bottom of this is a little research and opinions from multiple third parties (y'all!)

This is what I'd like to do to scammers though:

 

this isn't mustang related... but thought this might be funny for you guys.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAP...%3AAAQ%3AUS%3A1


email from seller:
"My name is Tanya, Dylan is my husband. I have received your e-mail about my Suzuki Intruder Gsx R . The bike is in perfect working condition, with no damage at all, the title is clear. Only 1210 miles. Total price with shipping included is $3,100.
I was recently promoted at Deaf-Mute Association of N.Y.D.M. so I had to move in Italy with my husband and kids. We brought the bike with us but we don't have time for it anymore and we want to buy a house here so we decided to sell it. For our protection I want to make the transaction through eBay Motors. You will have 15 days to inspect the bike before I will receive the payment from them.
In this way we will be 100% protected. If you still are interested please reply.

I`m waiting for your reply.

Regards,
Tanya and Dylan."

my reply:
"I am highly interested in this motorcycle. I have one last question though, what is the Vehicle Identification Number(VIN) for the motorcycle?"

still nothing.

 

It's kinda sad. These scams must work sometimes or the scammers would give up and try something else.

 

ebay motors has been full of scammed mustang listings lately...lots are fake just tryin to get ur money..i found an 03 cobra for like 9500.....way too good to be true...dont fall for it

 

it looks to me like the nigerian scam or more commonly known as the 419 scam...