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I wouldn't do it. I don't trust anything that is done strictly over the internet, especially if the form of that letter is exactly the same in other cases. Plus, call me a snob, but if this is his profession, his letter is written very poorly, and that speaks volumes to me !

by Judo*Knuckle

1 year ago

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could be okay, just watch out if the check comes for a larger amount. The scam goes, there was a mistake when the check was printed. Keep and extra 100$ for yourself, then send me back the rest. As always, take the check to your bank, ask them to verify the funds - they can tell you if it's real or not.

by mel m- 1 year ago

Yopu really have not provided enough information to make a complete assessment, however this sounds like the familiar "Nigeria scam" in which someone asks you to cash a check for their business and then send the money to them. All of these and their variations are scams, you will lose your money and credit. As you have a tangible product you are selling, this is a little different, but not much. If your instinct tells you to pass on the deal, do so. If you decide to go ahead with it, tell the buyer you need to wait for their check to clear before they can pick up the truck. Your bank should have the funds from the check within a week to 10 days - if the check is good. You may also want to let your bank know this is an online deal and that you want to be ceratin that you have receipt of funds before releasing the merchandise to the buyer. They may help you. You can read more about the Nigerian scam at the FBI site for future reference. www ...

by starfleet1- 1 year ago

It's a scam. Only sell your vehicle to someone local who knocks on your door with cash in hand. The way this scam works is that eventually you will get a check for more than your price. This guy will ask you to wire part of it to the shipper and take an extra piece for yourself. The check will be counterfit and in about 6 ot 8 weeks it will bounce. You will be out the money your wired to the shipper.

by bdancer222- 1 year ago

T H I S IS A S C AM !!!!!!!! T h i s a S C a M repeat This is a scam NO ONE buys a truck sight unseen and sends a shipping company to come and pick it up. What is going to happen is that you will get a check that is way over the amount of the cost of the car. The overage is for you to either (send back to him or send to the shipper so that he can pick up the car) If you are lucky you wont give the 'shipper' the car and the cash. When you take this 'check' to your bank it will be a good check. Then in about two weeks (after you have sent him the overage via western union) you will get a 'love letter' from your bank informing you that you have been suspected of fraud and that you need x number of bucks back into your account prior to court intervention. The phone number will definitely be a prepaid cellphone (20 bucks with minutes from walmart that will be UNTRACEABLE) Avoid this and just wait until someone can actually come to your house and see the car STILL DONT BELEIVE ME email the guy back and tell him that you forgot to mention that the car has a new stereo system and that it will cost and additional 1k bucks if he still wants to purchase the car OR (more believeable) tell him that your truck has a flat tire and that it will cost another 500 for a new tire and ask him if he still wants the car (bet he will 'BUY' the $500 tire) 10000 to 1 he will still want the car/truck

by lisa s- 1 year ago

Extremely well known scam. There is no client. There is no shipping company. The ONLY real money is yours. They want you to pass a counterfeit check to your bank. In the short window between the check APPEARING to clear (most banks will give you a courtesy credit after 3 days) and before actually BOUNCING, they want nag you to pull out some of YOUR money and give it to them. When the check finally bounces and the bank wants ALL of if back, you will be stuck holding the bag. Heck, you could change your email to say boat, motorcycle, RV or apartment and he'd still want it. These scammers send out hundreds of these letters a day. They don't really pay attention to which particular scam they are running.

by v b- 1 year ago

DO YOUR HOMEWORK. although most reputable companies are ok to do business with on the net, my belief is to be leery of private sales and transactions. you can google most people and thier phone numbers to see how legit they are. also use google earth to look up their address and use street view to look at their location to give you a feel for thier worthyness.

by djvgt- 1 year ago

DONT DO IT... this has scam written all over it. Only deal with people in person and with CASH. Money orders and cashiers checks can be faked and then the bank doesnt find out for a while and then YOU are responsible for the debt to your bank.

by Bambi- 1 year ago