Fishy offer or what

robyonfrome

robyonfrome

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Had my boat on market for a week, this guy emailed after seeing it on boatshed, somethings not quite right I feel, he hasnt even seen the boat. Im thinking its money laundering anyone else had this offer



Dear Ami,

Am so Happy to read your quick response and i want you to know that the price is okay for me and i will be making the payment to you hereafter by Bank check as my lawyer and bank advise me to make payment payable by check payment directly to seller from my bank, the check will be sent to you from my bank...

I will be needing the following details to issued the cheque on :..

FULL NAME:.............
ADDRESS:...............
PHONE NUMBER:...........

As soon as you get the check, you will deposit it in your bank account and it will clear 1-5 days, After the check has cleared in your account, i will instruct the shipping company and my lawyer to come for the pick-up...

"Please kindly get the advert off internet, considered it sold to me...

Await your name and address.

Onlabia
 
I've had similar, asking me to send the shipping company more than the boat has cost as they will be picking up several that day and then they will send me a cheque for the difference and will add a little bit on for the inconvience !

Cheers

Stu
 
ask them to send a non-refundable deposit of say £350 (as per standard UK Nautical yacht brokerage procedures), and then see what happens.
 
It's the best known scam of all, and relies on the fact that banks can credit your account with the value of a cheque, then remove it later when it proves to be fake. In the time in between, you've told the "buyer" that the cheque has cleared, and he's had your boat away.
 
Nick is right.

In fact my brother put his motor bike up for sale and I told him about the scam. It usually involves overpayment in some way and when the cheque has cleared you refund or payback the difference meanwhile some poor sod looks at his statement a month later and finds the money missing, its then taken out of your account.

I told my brother to play along, he got the cheque he even asked the bank to check it they were not interested, neither the police. After a week with the cheque the bloke rang nigerian accent asked if cheque cleared brother said he would check, they rang back several times. Brother said during one call the police want to speak to him at the bank. Bloke hung up never called again
 
Unlikely to be genuine.

If ever you receive payment like this, you will find your own bank no help at all (as has been mentioned). Instead, contact the bank that issued the cheque/draft - they should be able to tell you it's status almost immediately.

I speak from bitter experience. Fortunately, all I lost was the bank fee for handling non-sterling cheques. I hadn't parted with any goods. I kept photocopies of the cheques, so was able to phone the bank (in the USA) who were able to tell me they were forgeries. I should have done that first!
 
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If it helps, I retired 2 years ago after 30 years service with West Yorks Police during which time I headed up the Fraud Squad for a while. This is a classic Nigerian Advance Fee Fraud known in the trade as a '419'. That number is the Section of the Nigerian statute that creates the offence. My advice is to supply no details whatsoever... and tell him to bugger off. Ignore at your peril. Trust this helps.
 
almost as convincing as the reply I had, offering to pay in full, as long as the tyres were ok...
Eh ?
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