Posted 2006-07-24 4:51 PM (#45335) Subject: Scams for dealers?
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Posts: 40 Location: Missouri
Curious if any dealers out there have run into email scams? Just had a lady email us wanting to send us more than we're asking for one of our trailers (several thousand more!) First time that's ever happened! Then she wants us to wire the excess money to her "private shipper". Am I just paranoid, or does this sound suspiscous to anyone else.? I told her we would need to wait for the check to clear the bank before we would ship the trailer & title and she said that would be fine. Any advice how to carefully handle this would be greatly appreciated! Has anyone else had a request like this?
Posted 2006-07-25 9:12 AM (#45368 - in reply to #45335) Subject: RE: Scams for dealers?
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Posts: 29 Location: Harbor Beach ,Mi, 48441
I ran into 2 of them this summer.They both had private shippers and when I got the check I was to wire like $3000 extra to this shipper.I told her I could do it cheaper and she wanted nothing to do with saving extra money.As soon as I got the check they were sending emails everyday trying to get me to send it .Kept saying the money had to be to the shipper so he could make arrangements to pick it up. I never talked to either one of them and both people used the words "kindly" and "regards " alot so I'm thinking it's the same person.One said she can't talk on the phone because of her hearing and she said she was in New York but the check came out of Toronto.They have a answer for every question you ask.Another thing I don't get is, with all this electronic transfers being used all the time today,why don't they make those cashier checks the same way and have it deducted right away from their account.Why should it take days to clear.It has to be in there to get the check right?Anyway ,if you run into anything where your not talking with them and want extra money wired somewhere to a shipper.STAY AWAY
Posted 2006-07-25 10:26 AM (#45372 - in reply to #45335) Subject: RE: Scams for dealers?
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Posts: 40 Location: Missouri
Thanks for all the info and heads up! That sounds exactly like the person who contacted me! I emailed her and told her that I have several questions and needed to contact her by phone and could she send me a number to contact her at and convenient time.....her response was that she travelled a lot and was in a motel in Texas and she wanted me to send my phone number and she would call me. All this time, she keeps asking what name & address to send the check to and a phone number.....our dealership name, address & phone number goes out with every email I send to her.
So what did you end up doing with the check that they sent? Or was the check bogus to begin with?
Posted 2006-07-26 9:48 AM (#45432 - in reply to #45335) Subject: RE: Scams for dealers?
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Posts: 29 Location: Harbor Beach ,Mi, 48441
I took the check to the bank and the lady there called the number on the check.She talked to a lady that gave her a number for the check.When my banker got off the phone she thought it was good but she said to wait for it to clear.About 10 days later it was no good.So beware they are even using the number on the check and acting like they are a bank when you call it.Have some fun with them.I just wonder how many people have been taken this way.When they give you the money at the bank and you send the extra off and the check comes back bad you have to pay it back.Cashier checks need to be done with a drivers license of the person who sent it or something so you can track it back.I can't figure out why, with all the big shots in the banking field that they can't find a better way and stop this stuff.
Posted 2006-07-26 10:41 PM (#45495 - in reply to #45335) Subject: RE: Scams for dealers?
Location: KY
That was a cute forger, putting a bogus phone number on the forged check. That means the receiving bank needs to use their bank directory for phone numbers! Glad your bank told you to wait til it cleared!
Scams for dealers?
