Trying to scam Iggy... Sheesh

[Iguanadon]

Holy crap...I can't even make and sell silly little animal puzzles without an attempted scam... Received an email from a "customer" asking about how to order and maybe paying by check. I told her she could order online and pay by credit card or Paypal but if she wanted to pay by check to let me know and I'd supply my mailing addres... This was the response... Really? Screw you for wasting my time...

 

Hi Scott,

 

Thanks for your response,i must tell you I intend to give my husband a surprise with the immediate purchase of the piece. Also If you'd like to know, I'm relocating to Canada soon and our wedding anniversary is fast approaching. So I'm trying to gather some good stuff to make this event a surprise one. I am buying the piece as part of gifts to him (quickly before someone else grabs it). If we agree on a reasonable price,I will authorize a CHECK to you for the payment.

 

As regarding shipping, you don't have to worry about that in order not to leave any clue to my husband for the surprise.My shipping agent (who is also moving my Truck and my Properties) will contact you to arrange for the pick-up of the piece (this is to avoid my husband receiving it,if been shipped directly to my address would ruin the surprise for this event). You both have to sign a proof of pick up at the most. So as soon as you receive the CHECK and it clears in your bank, my shipping agent will get intouch..

 

As regarding payment, I would like to inform you, that my husband handles the family credit card/bank and PayPal transaction. So i would authorize a CHECK to you for the payment.I would have handled this much differently if I'd been at home but at the moment, am on training voyage to the North Atlantic Ocean, with new hires who are fresh from graduate school and won't be back for another couple of weeks.

 

Regards,

 

Pamela Mcallister.

 

PS: In the meantime, kindly get back to me with your FULL NAME as you want it to appear on the CHECK, ADDRESS (PHYSICAL ADDRESS PLS..FedEx does not deliever to P.O.BOX ) where you want the CHECK delivered by courier service including your ZIPCODE and PHONE NUMBER, so the CHECK can be sent right away.

Edited March 13, 2019 by Iguanadon
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[scrollerpete]

Pretty smelly to me. You just cannot trust people any more, sad conditions that we live in now.

[crupiea]

The sad part is that people fall for this, thats why they continue to do it.

[trackman]

The wording is a red flag to me. The amount of words an using. 

[rjweb]

Iggy, tell them you also sell bridges if they are interested, people will try anything to get a buck, if they would work this hard at an legitimate job they would be rich in self asteam and pride, RJ 

[OCtoolguy]

Iggy, I sell a lot of stuff on C/L and a while back, I got a very similar response on an item that I was selling. I wrote back to them that it's true that I was born at night but it wasn't LAST NIGHT! I never heard another word.

 

[stevan]

We just saw something very similar with out neighborhood message board but it was for a 2007 Honda Accord with like 93,000 miles on it.  The stories are remarkably similar.  Lots of this crap out there and like crupiea said, there are far too many people who are still falling for these stories.

[jerry1939]

Tell her there is a Nigerian prince that will assist her. 

jerry

[tgiro]

If they follow true to form - you would receive a check for a few hundred over the cost of the item. "And would you kindly take the extra in cash and give it to the 'shipping agent' so he can use it for other pickups in route to the new address."

You would, probably, find that the check is mailed to you from a different address than what she provides, and is drawn on a bank from some third location. Note that calls to that bank, even from your banks financial or security officers would result in the fact that that bank can not provide any information about the validity of personal or registered checks.

When I sold my old Shopsmith - I had a guy, supposedly from Plano, TX, who tried the scam on me. He actually sent me a registered check, which came from Charleston, SC, written by a bank in St Paul, MN. My bank, tried to verify the check, but the bank it was supposedly written by was unable to verify the check number or account number (???). The check was for $1500 over the amount of my sale price. I was supposed to give that amount, in cash to the driver who would be picking up the machine.

We were able to get the scammer to give us an address in Plano, which turned out to be an empty warehouse, according to the Plano police. And the return address on the FedEx envelope, that the check came in, was an empty lot.

We considered going through with the check to see if we could catch the driver, but bank security said "No, don't do that." Processing the check would legally be considered fraud on my part.

The bank security folks turned the whole mess over to the local police departments in Plano and Charleston. I haven't heard anything about it since.

 

[wombatie]

Tell her you are a police officer and this is your hobby and as such you do not release your address to anyone.

Marg

[lawson56]

Whoa,Red Flag,Fishy Smells.and a Whole Lot of Confusion.

[orangeman]

I'm surprised they didn't ask for your SS# as well

I had a similar request from Romania. We pay by check, not credit card. SURE!! I didn't even respond.

bb

[NC Scroller]

I would show the email to the local police department.  They might want to handle the transaction for you.

[teachnlearn]

I'm of Royal decent and don't handle money. "PLEASE SEND ALL OF YOUR PRODUCTS AND MY ROYAL ACCOUNTANT WILL SEND PAYMENT ONCE WE RECEIVE YOUR PRODUCTS". If you want to verify my address or phone number the palace is being refurbished and the phone satellite isn't overhead.  Sincerely, Royal Prince of His Majestys Service and King of All Mankind, RJF