Scammers in Marketplace

[Kevin Kingan]

Hi All;
I get those broken English reply's all of the time.
If I do respond(which is rarely) I usually tell them that I will only accept
cash in person or a USPS Money order. To my surprise I never hear from them
again.
I wish there was someone or a place to report these scammers to!! Like the
Attorney General or Postmaster General ect..
Does anyone know of any recourse to these people?
Cheers all
Kev




Message: 1
Date: Thu, 3 Jun 2004 09:39:39 -0400
From: "Emre Washburn" yumyjagermiester at hvc.rr.com>
Subject: Re: Scammers in marketplace?!
To: "gerard" <gerard at 2226.co.za>, quattro at audifans.com>
Message-ID: <004201c44970$381d0fd0$2053a118 at D5NDDC11>
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Will they ever stop? No. Someone on AudiWorld just got scammed out of $3,000
trying to sell his wheels on Audifans. Tisk tisk.

Emre
92 S4
90 CQ
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "gerard" <gerard at 2226.co.za>
To: <quattro at audifans.com>
Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2004 5:22 AM
Subject: Scammers in marketplace?!


 Well, well, well. I advertised some stuff on the marketplace last night
and
I get this e-mail this morning. You read and see if it seems familiar.

 Bob Po just received a 2 word reply, one started with "F" the other with
"O".

 ---------- Forwarded Message -----------
 From: "bob po" <bob_po at keromail.com>
 To: forums at 2226.co.za
 Sent: Thu, 03 Jun 2004 17:14:47 +0800
 Subject: Audi 5K/2C turbo Euro headlights

 I'm interested in purchasing your advertised( Audi 5K/2C turbo Euro
 headlights) to which the price is $350 and this is okay by  me.so i want
you
 to know that i will be paying with a cashier's check drawn in a U.S
American
 bank.If this is okay with you do get  back to me immediately for
arrangement
 for the  payment.And Concerning the shipment,do not worry  about the
 shipping i already got a shipping company  to which goes for pick-up of
any
 goods from any  where in the world so my shipper's will be the one  to
come
 for the pick up from your destination as  soon as we seal this
transaction.
 so i will instruct  my client to issue and send you a check of  ($4,000)so
 once you got the check i want you to deduct your own cost and send the
 remaining funds to  the shipping company via western union money transfer
 for immediate shipping arrangement.If this  is okay with you do get back
to
 me immediately with your full name,contact address and all your contact
 phone number for me to in
 struct my client to issue the check in your name.
  Regards.
 bob....