Last Price

[Doro]

when selling anything on the net, usually for things over £1000

you get innundated with emails form foreigners asking for your 'last price' and offering a cashier's cheque.

these are all scams


a bit like the African prince/princess ones

easy to spot cos they're all from abroad and the person wants to buy yer goods without even seeing them...!! FFS


so look out for this


final point....why do the authorities not stop this????

[dracken1]

it's the "www" bit thats the prob. world wide web.

it may be illegal here but not where it originated from.
most of these scams, and i get a lot of them. assume we have a similar banking system to the yanks.
i.e. that we can draw on an uncleared cheque, we can't..

plus and this is the real twat with our banks. if the cheque clears and you withdraw/spend the money. and it then turns out to be counterfeit. we are liable not the bank.
even though that is what the clearence time is for, to verify it.

[Doro]

yeah I did kinda wonder how the scam would work, I would never accept a cheque from a stranger anyway, and if I did I'd make sure the cheque was cleared before handing over goods. If the bank clear the cheque and try to say it isn't kosher I'd be inclined to say it was their problem since they'd cleared it..!

and on the subject

thanks to www

I can transfer money to someone and the second I transfer it the money leaves my account, but it can take 5 days or longer to reach the transferees account. So where is it in all that time? In the bank ether that's where! In sweden the govt forced the banks to do transfers in less time cos they realised us poor sods were being ripped off (interest etc) so now their banks do transfers in an hour and a half :eek:

so what's up with our Govt???


as if I need to ask?

we've gone soft, time we moaned a lot more and to the right people!!

Doro - getting all rebellious :o

[Blackjack]

When I move money from one of my accounts to another, I go to the bank, write a cheque for cash and a fill in a paying in slip to put the "cash" in the other account.

This makes it instant. The cashier usually clicks and doesn't actually bother getting the cash out of the drawer.

Seems a bit dumb as all you actually do is put cash on the bits of paper instead of your own name.

[Doro]

yeah, my bank will do instant transfers from one account to another within the same bank (and same name) on the internet, milliseconds it takes, but if you need to put money in an account at a different bank or into an account with a different name it takes too long :(

[Gypsy]

we found that out even on those standing order things

[Shudy]

In sweden the govt forced the banks to do transfers in less time cos they realised us poor sods were being ripped off



You rob the bank and see how feckin' tetchy they are about that!!

[Gypsy]

Lmao :D

[Peirre]

when selling anything on the net, usually for things over £1000
you get innundated with emails form foreigners asking for your 'last price' and offering a cashier's cheque.

these are all scams
I`ve had a couple of these recently since I`m selling the trike, 1 asking how much I will take for the bike, ffs its got 3 wheels not 2.
the simple reply from me to any of these is; "cash only sale, buyer collects in person, all monies will be banked prior to me parting with the vehicle to prevent the possiblity of counterfeit notes"
I guess they never mail me again

[Shudy]

For Sale:-
Mystery Gift will accept £1001.00 o.n.o.


****sits back and waits for offers****

[Fanakerpan]

Cheers every1, had some stuff on bikersweb and got a few of them as well, I didnt know what they were about so I ignored them. They were always asking for reply by return and that their carrier will collect and then they give me a check and i send them back the balance, blah, blah...bustards..

I ignored them but werent sure wot they were about...so thanks again

Andy

[Fanakerpan]

Next time i will ignore them with vigilance

[Doro]

the simple reply from me to any of these is; "cash only sale, buyer collects in person, all monies will be banked prior to me parting with the vehicle to prevent the possiblity of counterfeit notes"
I guess they never mail me again


I just reply with the words

*fek off*


:D

got one today which says it all...... *re your [ITEM] blah blah blah*


obviously that fella forgot to add the item in the correct field pmsl

[Peirre]

I just reply with the words

*fek off*


:D
oh i use them words too, but its fun just to wind em up a bit :D :rolleyes: :p

[dracken1]

many of these scams offering to buy your bike/trike/used underwear originate in holland, no idea why.
some are quite well done, even the grammer is good.
you bank the cheque,on the third day they are pestering you, you phone the bank and they tell you it's cleared, so you release the goods. next day maybe in the late afternoon you attempt to withdraw the money only to find the money is no longer there.
you get told it was counterfiet, but the bank is not liable, nor do they normally inform you of whats happened untill you find out the hard way.
yes it is wrong but like many of our big establishments they are a law unto themselves.

[Peirre]

i just got this mail offering to buy my bike:

Am Theodore_Roosevelt ant to purchase your advertise bike
for sale ,i will like to know if still available for sell,if still available for
sell. kindly get back to me with the least price and the total condition for
it.hope to hear from you.

Regards
roosevelt

ffs, its a trike, don`t they know the difference.................. :rolleyes:
ask me nicely and I`ll post the addy so you can take the pish

[Yoda]

i just got this mail offering to buy my bike:

Am Theodore_Roosevelt ant to purchase your advertise bike
for sale ,i will like to know if still available for sell,if still available for
sell. kindly get back to me with the least price and the total condition for
it.hope to hear from you.

Regards
roosevelt

ffs, its a trike, don`t they know the difference.................. :rolleyes:
ask me nicely and I`ll post the addy so you can take the pish

i got the same one to this morning as well LOL

[Peirre]

if the name wasn`t so familiar, I might have given it a second look, but all I did was pmsl

[Yoda]

well here is one i got this morning
it started like this

<Dear Seller,
I am interested in buying your Boat advertised on the net.I checked and confirmed it's gonna serve me a great deal.I will like to view the jpg pic's.I will want you to send me a detailed information of your terms of payment Or If a certified Cheque will go through for the Payment of The Boat which will be verify within 2 days or same you deposited it.You can forward your mailing details to me Example are:>

What fecking Boat????
where the hell did they get Boat from
ohh i get it trike = sinks boat = doesn't ...there must be some conection there somewhere

so here is my reply i have sent
Boat Fucking Boat
You stupid twatty spamming Cunt
HAHAHAHAHAHA cant even scam right

If you are going to try to scam someone at least get the details right

I suppose you have a cheque for me as well I tell you what how about you buy my 'Boat' for cash and send me your address so me and the lads can deliver it for you

Now please write 20000 lines
'I am a stupid thick spamming scamming Twat' hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

Bet you feel thick now don’t ya cunt

Your lovingly Elvis Presley

[100%Pat]

dont you think you could have put it a bit stronger terms Yoda, maybe he wont understand you.... I would have added a few more fecks in there. :D

[Yoda]

dont you think you could have put it a bit stronger terms Yoda, maybe he wont understand you.... I would have added a few more fecks in there. :D

just sent him/her/it/thing another one full of fecks..thanks for the advice :D :D

Yoda

[Doro]

lol

go yoda
go yoda
go yoda

:D

[Grav]

feck feckity feck feck feck. :D

[100%Pat]

arse....................................

[Yoda]

arse....................................

Ok sent one full of ARSE

what next (gosh i will get done for spamming a spammer soon :) )

Yoda

[krammer]

Ok sent one full of ARSE

what next (gosh i will get done for spamming a spammer soon :) )

Yoda gosh? :D bit strong aint it.