Here's something anyone selling anything should be aware of. Andrew
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, February 25, 2008 8:19 PM To: Electric Vehicle Discussion List Cc: EVDL Administrator Subject: Re: [EVDL] EV scam example - sellers beware. It's ubiquitous. And apparently there are enough people who fall for it to make it worth sending out these emails. In most cases the scammer is not personally sending these out, there's an automated bot which scans Craigslist, etc and autoresponds to the ad with this scripted letter. In many cases it even just refers to it as "the item". In case you're wondering what the scam is, the money order or cashier's check will be bogus but not many people realize that they can be bogus. It could take weeks for your bank to reject it and debit your account. The scam part is that they give some nonsense reason why they sent you a $2,000 overpayment, OR they wait long enough for you to have deposited it and then say "oh I'm sorry we decided to stay in Europe and cannot pick up the item, please write me a check for the money less $1,000 to keep for your troubles". So they get an $8,000 check you wrote, cash it and run, you think you have a $1,000 credit then the bank bounces the fake M.O. and debits your account $9,000. You will NOT be able to get the bank to give you anything back. If you put an ad on Craigslist or anywhere else, you will usually get several of these. There's no point in trying to respond to them that you know you're onto them or to try to talk them into a "proper" payment scheme. There's not even anyone on the other end. Danny ---- EVDL Administrator <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This is an old scam, certainly not limited to EVs. It's been given a fair > amount of publicity over the last 5-10 years, and I would have thought most > people would have been aware of it by now - but perhaps not. > > David Roden > EVDL Administrator > http://www.evdl.org/ > > > _______________________________________________ > For subscription options, see > http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/ev _______________________________________________ For subscription options, see http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/ev _______________________________________________ Florida EAA mailing list [email protected] http://www.floridaeaa.org
