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Posts: 255 | Just a little info on a recent scam on boats I found on craigslist I would like to pass along. I found a 2001 G3 for $2800 17 footer 60hp looked in good shape so I shot the guy an email. Sounded to good to be true but what the heck, maybe he was desperate. My antenna's went up right away so I was not scammed but, I am passing along our corrispondance to prevent anyone else from falling for this. This guy or guys do this all over the U.S. appearantly. It reads from the bottom up. Hello again, As i said in my first email i will explain how The Online Outpost works because i want you to be clear on every aspect of this transaction. They are one of the best eBay selling services. You simply drop an item to one of their stores or they pick it up from your home ,you find a buyer and they will take care of the rest. When i left in Canada i left 4 items for sale in their custody, they picked them up from my home so don`t ask at what store, or where the item is exactly because i don`t know...as long as they are handling the shipping and handling i don`t care where they are. I forgot to mention that the shipping is included in the price of sale. They offered me a discount on shipping because i am selling a large number of items and i can afford that. So basically they have the item insured and ready for shipping. As soon as i will have your shipping details i will send it to them and they will start the transaction. They will email you with an invoice and payment instructions. You will have to send the payment to one of their agents by following the payment instructions. Then you will send the payment details to them, they will validate the transaction and will start the shipping ASAP. If you will have questions you can ask them directly. Unfortunately the pick up is not possible because this is an urgent sale (like i said before i intended to sell this on eBay when i should have returned from Canada but due to some recent problems back home i am forced to sell it now). The Online Outpost suggested to offer a return policy because my offers would substantially increase so i am offering a 10 day guarantee. This eliminates the pick up option but you will have the time to inspect it and decide if you want it or not. If for any reason you decide not to keep it, they will give you a full refund and will return the item on my expense. So if you agree with this terms and decide to proceed, then i will need your full name and shipping address in order to start the transaction. As soon as i receive this details from you i will forward them to The Online Outpost exactly as you sent them. Thank you On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 3:38 PM, Tom wrote: John, Please contact me with a way to get a hold of you via phone so we can proceed with the details. Thanks Tom -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: John Clerk [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2008 6:18 AM To: Tom Subject: Re: 2001 aluminum deep hull fishing boat - $2800 (Chicago) Hi, Thank you for your email. I still have it for sale. Right now i am in Canada at my parents ranch with my son but i hope that`s not going to be a problem because i can still handle the transaction. When i left for Canada, i left the item along with several other items in the custody of The Online Outpost because i wanted to sell them on eBay when i return, but something came up back home and i decided to sell this one before i get back but not on eBay because i need to sell it faster. So if you are still interested let me know because i can make the transaction immediately. There will also be a 10 days return policy on the unit. Just let me know and i will explain all the details of the transaction... With Best Regards, Yours Sincerely John ! On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 8:00 PM, Tom wrote: I am very interested in your boat. Please contact me at (847) 555-5555. Thank You, Tom | ||
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Posts: 8849 | A girl I used to work with got hosed big time on a deal like that -- only she was the one selling. They agreed to pick up her truck and deliver it to the buyer, they UPS'ed her a cashiers check for $18,000. She got the check, they got the truck. She cashed the check, done deal. A week later the bank called her and told her they had removed the funds from her account because the cahsier's check was apparently bogus. She had no legal grounds to sue since the guy she was supposedly suing was gone like a fart in a windstorm, and had used a fake name to begin with. The bank wouldn't do anything for her except promise not to prosecute her for fraud. Law enforcement basically told her that the amount of money she lost didn't warrant an investigation, and that her truck was probably in Mexico. I'd imagine that somewhere on the other end of the deal there was some other poor slob who thought he was shelling out $10,000 for an $18,000 truck. I'd bet he never got the truck. | ||
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Posts: 143 | that's why you get back at these people. http://www.zug.com/pranks/powerbook/ | ||
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