Car buying scam???

["Henry Hopkins" <hhrp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

sounds phony to me.  You will find that the $7k cashier's check is a phony.  I have read from others about similar scams.

 

Henry

----- Original Message -----

From: Kerry Pinkerton

To: IML

Sent: Monday, April 28, 2003 8:41 AM

Subject: IML: Car buying scam???

 

Someone has found one of my ads and agreed to buy the car.  He lives in Tunisia and supposedly is owed money by a friend in the US.  What he wants to do is have his friend send me $7K via US cashiers check and me send the balance (4K) to the shipper.  I have told him that I would do this AFTER the cashiers check is sent for collection and cleared the bank. 

 

This smells a little funny to me and I'm concerned about counterfeit cashiers checks.  Sending it for collection makes me safe but...

 

Any comments on car buying scams that sound like this?

 

KerryP
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