[mycirus]

Anybody on here get this e mail? Sounds like a scam to me.

Hello seller,
Goodday to you and your lovely family over there.firstly i,m larry
autos i saw you advert on computer and i'm very big interested in buying
your(bike)witch i saw for sale so i will like you to e-mail me with the
last price and the present condition of it.also i want you to know that
i have shipping company that will come for the pickup.and also i dont
know if you will except casheir cheque for the method of payment because
my method of payment will be casheir check draw in usa so i want you to
get back to me if the (bike) is still available..
thanks..
larry...

[Cam22]

Yup definitely is... (a scam...) the dude can't even spell (witch, instead of which??!?!?!?! wtf?!?!?!?)

[ssg]

a.k.a. - nigerian email scam, with a twist.

[Lucky13]

I've seen this email before...what do you think the scam is? A bad check and a stollen bike? Is that the scam or is there more to it?

[Cam22]

Many times the bike doesn't even exist at all. They post pics from other LEGIT ads and pretend its the bike they're selling...

[bemused]

Originally posted by Cam22
Many times the bike doesn't even exist at all. They post pics from other LEGIT ads and pretend its the bike they're selling...

um, yeah... that does happen...

...but in this case, sounds like the scammer is responding to a legit bike-for-sale ad...

[Lucky13]

...but in this case, sounds like the scammer is responding to a legit bike-for-sale ad...

That's the way I read it...

Thieves and scammers must die!

[damannz]

ha ha, that scam is old,tell him youll deliver the bike to his shipping company and pick up cash when you get there.lol, essentially what happens is they give you the money order you go to the bank and cash it and the bank says its good at first then some scummer comes to pick up your bike(shipping co.) that the guy uses with a fake name.Ends up in a chop shop somewhere then after youve spent some of the cash your bank tells ya it was bad and now you owe them and all that mess.pretty crappy deal.i always write them back and tell em to piss off, after all this guy or guys are trying to steal your bike right from you. COWARDS THEY ARE.................................................

[Stoneman]

Yip, seen many versions of that one. I like fuggin' with 'em though. Have fun with it, just don't give out any important info (you knew that). Keep us posted...

[MissTwisties]

DEFINITLY a scam. I got the same shit when selling my car. They are fuggin everywhere! On Ebay, craig's list, etc. I reply to them saying "fuck you and your scam"

I don't why but they also use parentheses all the time...weird....(bike)

[Stoneman]

Originally posted by MissTwisties
I don't why but they also use parentheses all the time...weird....(bike)

Because it's just a form letter. They just go through it and fill in the blanks. They're too stupid to realize they hafta remove 'em...

[kmobrien76]

Another important thing that I make sure to do, whenever exchanging phone #'s with someone that you are buying/selling from use a cell phone since if you use a home phone and have soemthing for sale such as a bike, they can do a search and look up your home # online and find out your address and take your bike...

Now that I have had a bike stolen I am paranoid about my info, I don't give out my home address to bike shops anymore, no reason for them and their 100 friends to have it...call me paranoid with a bike or call me paranoid without a bike :-)