<VV> Scam

[RoboMan91324 at aol.com]

Yes, Harry, you pegged it.

I would frame the check and hang it in the garage just for a conversation 
piece.  Next, tell the guy that you will send him a certified check for the 
balance instead of wiring the money.  Tell him that it will be drawn on the 
1st bank of Nigeria.  Then say that you are taking a holiday there and will 
be returning a rich man.  Also tell him that you can't trust your own 
assistant to handle the process.  I am sure he will understand.  Just to rub it in, 
ask him if you can take the cost of mailing the check out of the balance as 
well as the $20 delay fee.

By the way, how much extra was his certified check?  I am just curious as 
to what he feels his effort in the scam is worth.

Doc
1960 Corvette; 1961 Rampside; 1962 Rampside; 1964 Spyder coupe; 1965 
Greenbrier; 1966 Corsa turbo coupe; 1967 Nova SS; 1968 Camaro ragtop
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In a message dated 2/1/2010 3:10:23 PM Pacific Standard Time, 
virtualvairs-request at corvair.org writes:

> Message: 7
> Date: Mon, 1 Feb 2010 17:22:11 -0500
> From: "Harry Yarnell" <hyarnell1 at earthlink.net>
> Subject: <VV> scam
> To: "corvair" <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
> Message-ID: <2F7158EA34CD42E99328F2A54F64887D at harrydell02>
> Content-Type: text/plain;   charset="iso-8859-1"
> 
> Well I think I've just gotten my first scam.
> I put an AM/FM stereo radio for a '68 T-bird on Craig's list, and a chap 
> wants to buy it, but he's going to London on holiday and will send me the 
> $50 asking price PLUS $20 for the delay.
> I smell a rat.
> Today, I get an e-mail from this guy who says his 'assistant' sent me  the 
> wrong amount, and I should still cash the certified check and wire him the 
> balance error.
> Right.
> Obviously this is a fraud, but what do you do? Just throw the check away 
> and forget the whole thing? Anybody been in this situation, and what did YOU 
> do?
> 
> Oh, anybody want a factory AM/FM stereo radio for a '68-70 T-bird?
> 
> Harry Yarnell
> Perryman Garage and Orphanage
> hyarnell1 at earthlink.net