SCAM or Legit? LBC i feel like you would know

[ADKSaad1387]

This was sent via email in response to my ad to sell my rims...

I agreed to pay the amount you want to sell now any additional money for the shipping and handling. Here will go i am using this opportunity to inform you that the amount that will be on thecheck will more than your item fees.I don"t realy know the exact amount that will be.Because it will be issue by my client.and the reason of the over payment is that.the amount on the check has been signed already.And it is more than your item fees.so once you receive it.you must deductyour item fees and westernunion the balance money tomy client manager in Malaysia the item is to Malaysia also the shipping and There will be no problem about the shipment.I want you to responsible for it.also make sure you deduct ur item fees and western any aditional money on the m/o once you receive it.and emailme ur phone# asap today.Notice i want you to go and end the auction for me i would end it by my self but i dont know i to do it if u can do that for me i will adding $20 to your payment Below are the questions i have for you.1)is the item in good condition?2)is any westernunion location where you can send the balance money arroundyou?3)can you make sure you get the m/o cash at your bank the sameday you receiveit?4)can you allow me to send DHL for the pick up and complete the transaction theday you receive thecheck If yestoo all myquestions.kindly email me back your full name, address and mobile# asap todayThanks,

[telcoman]

This was sent via email in response to my ad to sell my rims...

I agreed to pay the amount you want to sell now any additional money for the shipping and handling. Here will go i am using this opportunity to inform you that the amount that will be on thecheck will more than your item fees.I don"t realy know the exact amount that will be.Because it will be issue by my client.and the reason of the over payment is that.the amount on the check has been signed already.And it is more than your item fees.so once you receive it.you must deductyour item fees and westernunion the balance money tomy client manager in Malaysia the item is to Malaysia also the shipping and There will be no problem about the shipment.I want you to responsible for it.also make sure you deduct ur item fees and western any aditional money on the m/o once you receive it.and emailme ur phone# asap today.Notice i want you to go and end the auction for me i would end it by my self but i dont know i to do it if u can do that for me i will adding $20 to your payment Below are the questions i have for you.1)is the item in good condition?2)is any westernunion location where you can send the balance money arroundyou?3)can you make sure you get the m/o cash at your bank the sameday you receiveit?4)can you allow me to send DHL for the pick up and complete the transaction theday you receive thecheck If yestoo all myquestions.kindly email me back your full name, address and mobile# asap todayThanks,

IT IS A SCAM

Do not give out any information about yourself and tell them to go f themselves

Telcoman

[Mr.Coupe]

WOW... A lot of the stuff that dude sent you I don't understand. I would be very careful with this transaction. Why would this dude be buying the item for a client of his? I hope the item is small because the shipping to Malaysia will not be cheap when you're in VA. Good luck dude.

Ricky C.

[beeristasty]

I can save you some money, time and headaches. Just mail me a check for whatever you're selling the rims for, and I'll let you keep your rims - unlike that other guy.

Edit: on second thought, make it cash $$$

[LongBeachCoupe]

It is a scam.

Never ever ever deal with money transfers or wires... EVER

I am glad you posted this rather than getting involved in it...Please fwd me the email if it is in regard to an item posted on NICO, so we can check it out.. we dont want people hawking on our members!

[ADKSaad1387]

Yea i didnt think it was something worth doing....i just wanted to make sure. its a shame people get away with scamming an innocent seller. Thanks for the responses guys

[PHENOMenalVinyl]

Yea i didnt think it was something worth doing....i just wanted to make sure. its a shame people get away with scamming an innocent seller. Thanks for the responses guys

im trying to sell a computer right now......

1) send the "money" via fake email from paypal. So i look in my real paypal nothing in there so i send him an email saying dont email me again i hate scammers

2)TThen he send an email saying THERE WILL BE LEGAL ACTION TAKEN if i dont send the product out i was soooo mad

3) sent a hate mail then sent it to msn saying it was one of those scam mails.......no more email from this guy

[LongBeachCoupe]

Guys, also please post anything you think is suspicious...

Its better for you to post it up and have people tell you what the real deal is than you falling for some sort of new fangled internet scam... I am up to date on all things like this and rather than emailing me, posting is better so that everyone can see it!

[Curtieson]

Also to just add to the thread...it sounded like this was from an Ebay Auction...

As a HARD AND FAST RULE THAT SHOULD NEVER EVER BE BROKEN: NEVER END AN AUCTION EARLY AND TAKE THE TRANSACTION AWAY FROM EBAY

I know...you would save $5 in fees, and that would be awesome, but unless you are doing an inperson meeting where the product doesn't leave your hands, NEVER end an auction early.

I had a friend find this out the hard way (and to the tune of $500). He had a camera up for sale and got an email from someone saying he was going on vacation and wanted the camera the next day and to end the auction early. The guy offered him $50 above what they were going for currently on Ebay...so my friend took up the offer. He was smart though and made sure the paypal fees were sent instant transfer and that they cleared then sent out the camera Next Day Air and all was well.

Two weeks down the road he got an email from Paypal saying the funds had been illegally transfered and they were removing them from his account. Turns out this guy had hacked into someone elses paypal and sent funds from there...Paypal took the money back because basically they thought he COULD have been an accompliss...and with all his fighting he could do nothing. The guy used a PO Box and couldn't be traced by the cops either...

So, he was out the $500 camera and Paypal stole his money back to repay someone that was careless with their account info...it is jacked up but it is the truth.

(Damn, that got long...but if it saves ONE person the heartache my friend went through it was worth it)

[telcoman]

It is a scam.

Never ever ever deal with money transfers or wires... EVER

I am glad you posted this rather than getting involved in it...Please fwd me the email if it is in regard to an item posted on NICO, so we can check it out.. we dont want people hawking on our members!

More on this topic

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30968506/

Telcoman

[BrianAdams03]

My rule of thumb is, if you don't already have my credit card number, you sure as hell aren't going to get it. In other words, if it's not PayPal, at&t, or my other sites I use my card on to pay bills, I ignore and put in spam folder. IMO PayPal is one of the best things around if you are secure about it. I do ALL my online transactions that aren't with a reputable company through PayPal, and especially all items I get off of eBay.

I've known to many people who have gotten scammed cause they didn't look for the tell tell signs of someone/something trying to screw them over.....crappy spelling, crappy pronunciation, crappy message format(paragraphs and indents), and basically just crappy typing. Out of all the spams I have seen that ask for a credit card for this or that or your ssn....I have seen 3 or 4 that look good enough to be real....and I've seen hundreds of them.

Basically, if someone is trying to conduct business with you then they should type like a business person would and they should type like they talk. And if you really aren't sure about it, post it up like LBC said and I'm sure a number of people on here will be able to let you know if it's legit or not. But you can always ask for a phone number/email address and if it's a personal/home one run....run like hell.

Edit: But then again after I reread your post, you said you put your rims up on a site(craigslist maybe?) and yea, you'll get a bunch of ignorant people on there and like LBC said, if you have a doubt stick it up here.

[sammyboy]

This is def a scan. I got a similar email regarding my subs that I posted on Myspace classifelds. They wanted it shipped somewhere in Africa and I was going to do it because the person was offering more money. She said that she worked for the University Of Michigan or something like that. So she left a name and I was already getting a bad vibe from it to begin with. So I called the university and then there was noone by that name. So I looked up the location of the zip code of where they wanted it shipped and something came up. They call it the "411 Nigirian Scam" They way it works is that lets say that they are going to send you $500 they'll send you $800 by "accedent" so then when they calim the money back they clean out your account where the money was wired to. It's something really scary, people have lost fortunes, savings, some have been kidnapped and held for ransom etc. Thank god you didn't fall for it...I wouldn't wish that on anyone.

http://scamhunter.blogspot.com....html