i put my car for sale on dsmtrader....i got an email from this guy and he asked what the lowest i'd take was....i told him 4,000$ and he sent me this....is this for real?

Hello chris alexander

Thanks for the mail , the price is okay by me and i am ready to from you
immediately, i am ok with $4,000 for the[CAR }, and i want you to delete the ad
from the website, i have a reputable shipper that will take care of shipping
from your end i want to let you know i have a client in the state that is oweing
me a sum of $7,500 i will instruct him to issue you a certified cashier's cheque
on my behalf and as soon as cheque arrives, you hold out your amount and send
the difference to my shipper for the pick up in your place, i hope i can trust
you for my balance and also you will be contacting my shipper with all neccesary
information needed for pick up in your place i.e the actual weight and exact
dimension of the{CAR ] . if this terms are okay by you, do get back to me with
the following details wicth payment be made out to you like this
Home Address...
Full Name on cheque...
State...
Zipcode...
Country...
Telephone Numb er... Mobilephone number...
Fax Number... Do get back to me asap with this
details for payment to be made out to you immediately.
Waiting to hearing from you.
thanks..

scam.. been tried a million times.

agreed

i put my chevelle up on a couple of those sites about 2 years ago and i still get scam letters like that all the time.

Hi my name's sir allen frank and i'm a king in Uganda. i've got a friend in texas that owes me exactly what you want. what a kawinkydink. oh yeah i can only pay you in food stamps.

same thing with me. Tell him to stick it!

It's defanitly a scam. The thing is they send you a bogus check for your car. From what I have heard.

so is there anyway to catch them?

i've tried. i've got a relative in the fbi and i gave him the scam's address but he said there's not much you can do about it because people change names so frequently to stay hidden from such groups as fbi and junk like that. sorry. just going to have to delete 'em

If this is the truth, then the FBI isn't trying hard enough.

It is very easy to track people down online...even just given an email address.

Theres a webpage out there about scamming the scammers. They are dumb enough to fall for it oftentimes.. and you can make a few bucks off of them.

i guess the FBI just hopes that you're not dumb enough to sell a car to a guy in africa

know what the webpage is?

yea tell the dude to bend over and take it in the pooper cuz you want shake the hand of whoever buys your ride. i still get emails like that from my ad on dsmtrader.

Scamming the scammer