Scam or not selling machine

[kirkln]

I recieved these emails from a guy looks like a scam to me what do you guys think

1st email
HELLO
MY NAME ID MR.WAYNE STANLEY,AN AMERICAN BUSINESS MAN,BUT RESIDE IN THE UK.I AM IN THE INTERESTED IN PURCHASING YOUR Hypertherm Max 200.


ALSO,I WILL LIKE TO MAKE THE PAYMENT THROUGH A CASHIERS CHEQUE AND I WILL WANT YOU TO GET BACK AT ME THROUGH EMAIL waystanley00@yahoo.co.uk TO KNOW YOUR FINAL ASKING PRICE FOR THE ITEM.

KINDLY GET BACK AT ME ASAP,

REGARDS,

MR.WAYNE STANLEY
+447024076160

(I replied 4000.00)


2nd email
ATTENTION:Kirk Michigan welding

I AM HAPPY TO READ YOUR MAIL TODAY,THANKS FOR YOUR PROMPT RESPONSE AND I WILL WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT I ACCEPT YOUR PRICE FOR THE ITEM.

I WILL WANT TO START WITH THE MAILING OF THE CHEQUE TO YOU AND I WILL WANT YOU TO PROVIDE ME WITH THE BELOW DETAILS ASAP:

1.FULL NAME
2.STREET ADDRESS
3.CITY
4.STATE
5.COUNTRY
6.PHONE NUMEBR

I WILL GET IN CONTACT WITH A SHIPPER HERE IN THE UK WHO WILL BE COMING FOR THE PICKUP OF THE ITEM AS SOON AS THE CHEQUE CLEARS FROM YOUR BANK.

REGARD,
WAYNE STANLEY

[little bubba]

Standard pure scam. American Business Man, Cheque???? I'd play with him for a while and waste his time, and I highly doubt he is in the UK.

[highspeedmazak]

Just report it and move on. I would never send anything that large and heavy over seas It would not be worth the time or money can you imagine how much shipping would cost.

[ssrmr2]

beware, its possibly a scam.

I have had people email me from craigslist and send huge bank checks. After calling the bank to verify, it turned out to be a scam. if you are wary, then ask him for all his personal info. ie. name of the american business. phone number of business and any points of contact or additional customers. usually they will not be able to back up the claim.

[kirkln]

I thaught so he contacted me because it is advertised on this site so I didn't know for sure Thanks I agree with all of you Kirk

[lovebugjunkie]

From the sound of his email, he is the same guy that wants to send me 12 million dollars, because he won the lottery and for tax reasons wants to process it out of country or some such BS. All I have to do is send him $135.00 to get the paper work started.

[Kipper]

Possibly an immigrant? Certainly not English lol...It may have been fortuitous for him to have called himself Gorton Winstanley the third....He may be a Nigerian King or even just a lowly Prince....I get those all the time

I recommend testing the waters...Get him to send you a million dollars or whatever the currency is in his fake world and agree to send the change from a Donut! Sounds fair to me..........btw I sell Donuts for a measly $999.9999.99 if you're interested....I don't accept "checks" however


hth

[mactec54]

Hi Kirkln

I'm not sure the reasion that you would think that this is a scam he is going to send you a check once it is CLEARED they will pick up the goods

He has not asked for any bank information Etc just your address & phone number If you are selling the item he wants then you are covered by the fact that the check has to clear before your machine is shipped

To be sure ask him for his imformation & check it out as easy as that if he had asked for bank information you would have something to think about he has given you his phone number give him a call

Histeria at its best guys The guy can not do anything with your name & address but to send you a check put it in the bank when the check clears let him know to pick up the machine

[little bubba]

Originally Posted by mactec54 Hi Kirkln Histeria at its best guys The guy can not do anything with your name & address but to send you a check put it in the bank when the check clears let him know to pick up the machine

A guy I used to work with got scammed exactly like this. The check cleared, he spent some of it, and 2 days before the merchandise was to be picked up, they pulled the check back out, this was 4 weeks after it had cleared. He ended up with $14k in DVD players in his garage and ended up having to take out a loan to cover the huge gaping hole in his bank account.

[Bugsy36]

Run!!!!

[kirkln]

LMFAO Too funny so lovebugjunkie it's only 135.00

[nwrepair1]

Little Bubba is right. Check clearing your bank means nothing. It takes months before that check clears that international bank. If its found to be phony, your libel and may be investigated for fraud. You would have to prove that you didn't create that check to defraud your own bank. Besides that, all your checks in the system that you wrote would bounce.