Scammer trying to reach sellers through email.

[Lone Star M3]

Guys just to let you know I got a suspicous email today regarding the sale of my car. This is a scam do not respond to this joker. Several of the bretheren over at Roadfly warded ne away from this guy. Thank God for the Internet community at large.

Here is the response I received from him.

Hello,
Thanks for your responce,i am okay with your price and this is the way i want us to seal this transaction and this is how i will be paying, cos i will want you to know i will be sending a certified cashier check through my client in the USA in the amount of $30,000 which will be for both the shipping and your own money $26,000.
So all i want you to do when you recieve payment is to hold out your own selling price and send the remainig through VIA MONEY GRAMM to my personal shipping agent now presently in WEST AFRICA,so that he can come over to your location for shippment.
So if this is okay by you plaese send down your contact address and phone number so that i can forward to my client who will issue the check.
And i will want you to send as soon as the check gets to you so that shippment will occur fast.

I look forward to your reply.
Regards and Thanks,
Mr Dacova..............


According to the guys on Roadfly:

The scam works like this.. once you cash his "certified" check and then ship the car, the bank tries to get the funds, only to find they do not exist. the check is processed and it is then bounces. Then the bank voids that transaction so there is no money in your bank account.

Now he has your car and you've got nothing at all.

I say we nail this guy. Spread the news Brothers and Sisters.

[///MZG]

whoa. Glad you figured it out. That is pretty sketchy when he says that you should send the car fast, that is the part that was way suspicious.

I guess you would have to wait a few days to make sure it clears to protect yourself.

I read about a guy that got scammed out of 50k through a fake escrow place while trying to buy an M5.

I've always heard "buyer beware" . . .I guess seller should beware also, and you were.

[Lone Star M3]

Posted by a Roadfly member:

He Over pays for the vehicle...

lets assume 25k

He pays 28k... check gets deposited, and "clears"

He says bank made mistake, pleae return the 3k (no car shipped) - you see funds cleared and - send 3k!

Several days later, the bank finds a fraud check - you are out 3k

[iwannadinanm3]

yeah, its called like the nigerian african scam or something like this, there was a few thread on it in the ot section a while ago

[Mikes325i]

yeah happened to a friend of mines friend... people... dont fall for this shit

[codeyf]

I got the same thing for my parents $3500 735i.....

[Corra]

A lot of people I know have gotten suspicious e mails like these in the past month or so.... I got a few as well, so everyone out there be careful

[Mantic]

Oh man i get 5 or 6 of those email a month. I wish we could catch these people. This has been going on for a long time.

[Filip75]

that sucks. If I'd recieve something like that I'm responding and attaching a virus to that email