Subject: is this a scam?

David:
This is a variation of the Nigerian 419 scam. A son in law of a
friend of mine lost five grand over a bike transaction similar to one
you describe. The cashier's check was fake, bounced at the bank. You've
already figured out that it was a scam. In case you felt bad about
hurting the guy's feelings:
For your reading entertainment:
http://www.geocities.com/scamjokepage/
or more seriously
http://home.rica.net/alphae/419coal/

John Prusnek

have listed a MG for sale for a friend of mine, and he has had at least

two different people agree to purchase it sight unseen. They are
both from
foreign countries, supposedly collectors of older Guzzis, and
seem to have
people here that will ship the bike for them. One is offering a bit more
than the asking price, the other agreed to have a cashiers check
delivered
to the owner, that is well above the asking price due to money
owed to the
buyer by "client" here in the states, if the seller agrees to send the
difference back to him.

This sounds incredibly fishy to me, but maybe there are
collectors who deal
like this? Don't want the guy to miss out on a sale, but seems pretty
strange to me. Anybody ever seen this?

The e-mail messages are in broken English, so I may be losing a
bit there,
but not much.

Thanks,
David Szenasy

Subject: is this a scam?

Author: John Prusnek

Date: Jan 30, 2003, 5:58 AM

Post ID: 1711837859

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