purchasing scam..

loweryms@comcast.net · Mar 4, 2007

just got 2 emails wanting to by my timeshare...but I'd get a check for $10,000 and deduct my price and send the remained back to them......hahahahahahaha do people really fall for this?

Dave M · Mar 4, 2007

Unfortunately, people do fall for that scam, as well as a number of others. Take a look at the "how to sell" article located at the top of the list of topics for this Buying, Selling, Renting forum for a description of some other scams to avoid and for some practical advice for generating a successful sale.

loweryms@comcast.net · Mar 4, 2007

Thanks Dave for the good information. Another source for good information is Clark Howard, talk radio or his web site (where I heard about tug2.ent). He is constantly warning about these kind of scams, but it never hurts to get the information out there 'one more time'!!

sleder10 · Mar 4, 2007

Scams

Why not scam them back and cash the $10,000 and keep it all, (except it will never clear the bank I assume).:whoopie:

Tokapeba · Mar 4, 2007

sleder10 said:
Why not scam them back and cash the $10,000 and keep it all, (except it will never clear the bank I assume).:whoopie:

I bet the bank would charge him for getting it back. Don't do it.

Andy.

johnmfaeth · Mar 5, 2007

Search these threads for the word "nigerian" (these are called nigerian scams, that's where they actually come from 90% of the time).

You will see that the check is often on someone else's hijacked checking account.

purchasing scam..

loweryms@comcast.net

Dave M

loweryms@comcast.net

sleder10

Tokapeba

johnmfaeth