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1. UK Scam?? (score: 1): Author: Bill Snyder <wtsnyder@juno.com>; Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2003 10:05:22 -0500; I posted a car for sale on the MG Enthusiast's site on Saturday to be distributed in the US and Canada. Yesterday, I received a request for more info and a photo, followed by an offer to buy from a g; /html/mgs/2003-12/msg00089.html (8,082 bytes)
2. Re: UK Scam?? (score: 1): Author: "ptegler@cablespeed" <ptegler@cablespeed.com>; Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2003 10:44:10 -0500; It's a scam Bill. BTDT... just recently even with my Midget. You'll get a few more emails (if you even respond) asking to have to accept a 'larger' check and return the funds. Paul Tegler ptegler@cab; /html/mgs/2003-12/msg00092.html (8,975 bytes)
3. Re: UK Scam?? (score: 1): Author: "Paul Hunt $T$" <paul.hunt1@blueyonder.co.uk>; Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2003 15:57:30 -0000; Cap. Mark? I can't imagine a Brit referring to himself this way, 'Captain Mark' maybe, but Mark is more commonly a given name than a family name. Get him to give more details of his location etc. and; /html/mgs/2003-12/msg00094.html (8,017 bytes)
4. RE: UK Scam?? (score: 1): Author: "Larry list account" <list@marketvalue.net>; Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2003 09:40:28 -0700; Sounds like the typical scam. It won't hurt to get his check, but beware. Here is how the scam works. The check you receive will be for MORE than the purchase price. The remitter will indicate the c; /html/mgs/2003-12/msg00095.html (9,920 bytes)
5. Re: UK Scam?? (score: 1): Author: "Rick Brown" <mgrick@mgcars.org.uk>; Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2003 11:49:19 -0500; As long as he isn't asking for your bank account number and the cheque clears before you release the car to him, you should be ok. I have a UK email address but I am in NJ so the email address alone; /html/mgs/2003-12/msg00096.html (9,704 bytes)
6. Re: UK Scam?? (score: 1): Author: "Paul M." <rowman22001@yahoo.com>; Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2003 10:03:41 -0800 (PST); What about international money orders? Or wire transfers? For my business, I deal with a lot of clients overseas, and they wire us money all the time. To do that, I have to give them my bank name, ac; /html/mgs/2003-12/msg00099.html (8,365 bytes)
7. Re: UK Scam?? (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <mvheim@studiolimage.com>; Date: Mon, 08 Dec 2003 10:39:57 -0800; Absolutely not true. This widespread belief is what makes this scam possible. I have read several descriptions of this sting, and it works something like this: If you deposit a foreign-origin cashier; /html/mgs/2003-12/msg00100.html (9,148 bytes)
8. Re: UK Scam?? (score: 1): Author: Bert Palte <palte@gmx.net>; Date: Mon, 08 Dec 2003 20:32:31 +0100; I would say: let him pay simply cash. Only once in my life I bougt a car in a foreign country and cash is accepted everywhere. Showing cold cash gives the prospective buyer an advantage. A few thousa; /html/mgs/2003-12/msg00101.html (7,887 bytes)
9. Re: UK Scam?? (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <mvheim@studiolimage.com>; Date: Mon, 08 Dec 2003 11:17:16 -0800; Apparently, yes. It seems like the only "safe" thing is to know whom you're dealing with. -- Max Heim '66 MGB GHN3L76149 If you're near Mountain View, CA, it's the primer red one with chrome wires; /html/mgs/2003-12/msg00102.html (7,802 bytes)
10. Re: UK Scam?? (score: 1): Author: Barrie Robinson <barrier@bconnex.net>; Date: Mon, 08 Dec 2003 14:29:31 -0800; It is very easy to avoid being taken. Just get his banker's cheque and go winging down to your trusted bank and tell them the tale including your fears of a scam. Get them to give you a notice to th; /html/mgs/2003-12/msg00103.html (9,602 bytes)
11. Re: UK Scam?? (score: 1): Author: Rocky Frisco <rock@rocky-frisco.com>; Date: Mon, 08 Dec 2003 14:04:11 -0600; Here's how the scam works (if it IS a scam): He sends you some sort of bank draft or cheque for a goodly amount MORE than you asked, then requests a refund of the overpayment. When you send it, he st; /html/mgs/2003-12/msg00104.html (9,517 bytes)
12. Re: UK Scam?? (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <mvheim@studiolimage.com>; Date: Mon, 08 Dec 2003 12:54:27 -0800; Agreed, but the point of my longer post was that the info you receive from low-level bank employees is typically incorrect on this subject (or deceptive, or however you want to say it). The victims o; /html/mgs/2003-12/msg00105.html (8,302 bytes)
13. Re: UK Scam?? (score: 1): Author: "James Nazarian" <jhn3@uakron.edu>; Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2003 17:23:20 -0500; I tried to have a check verified once and was told that the bank could tell me whether the funds in the account at the time of the phone call were sufficient to cover the check. They could not, howev; /html/mgs/2003-12/msg00148.html (8,109 bytes)
14. Re: UK Scam?? (score: 1): Author: LBCarCoMail@aol.com; Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2003 18:38:40 EST; Was just looking at the MGCars Site and they have a notice on it as well covering this topic, Warning: Please beware of fraudsters who may contact you when you place a classified advert. A typical on; /html/mgs/2003-12/msg00152.html (8,208 bytes)
15. RE: UK Scam?? (score: 1): Author: "Roger Los" <roger@los.com>; Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2003 12:40:35 -0800; What was the result of your suspicious purchase? Did it come off or was it indeed a scam? Just curious, Roger Los; /html/mgs/2003-12/msg00292.html (7,236 bytes)

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