Categories: all aviation bicycle gadgets misc motorcycle theater

Fri, 05 May 2006

Hooray for scams!

So, I posted the Z750s in a SoundRider ad about a week ago, and finally got my first reply:

Date: Fri, 5 May 2006 03:48:38 -0700 (PDT)
From: david cole 
Subject: Sound RIDER! Inquiry 2005-Kawasaki-Z750S-60414
To: Ian Johnston

I am  a car dealer based in the UK and i am intrested in buying your
bike .And i will want to know the price of the bike and the firm
price.Expecting your reply.

Thanks

David.

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Riiight. You want me to sell you my motorcycle and crate it up, and ship it to England? How dumb do I look?

(There's a very common scam on the Internet these days where someone outside your country contacts you about a big-ticket item you're selling, like a car, boat, plane, motorcycle, etc. They offer to buy it, often for a bit more than your asking price, and then explain that, through a complicated business relationship, they have your price plus 50-100% in a cashier's check. They'll send you the check, you take out your price, then send the rest of the money and your big-ticket item to the scammer. Several weeks later, the bank comes back and explains that it was a counterfeit cashier's check, and you owe them the entire amount. You're now out one vehicle, the price difference you sent back, and the entire value of the cashier's check.)

Anyway, I sent him back a reply explaining that if he would like to fly to Seattle and hand me $5800 in cash, he can take the motorcycle.

I don't expect to hear back from him.

Posted at 10:26 permanent link category: /motorcycle

Categories: all aviation gadgets misc motorcycle theater

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