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Safety Tips
FinditClassifieds.com strives to create a useful and friendly environment in
which users are honest and trustworthy. To help promote smooth transactions, we would like to
highlight some steps you can take to ensure that your experiences with us are enjoyable and hassle
free.
The Internet holds great potential for all sorts of legitimate activity and
commerce. However, as in any medium, the Internet can be abused by scamsters. New Internet scams
have sprouted up, and older mail and phone scams have found their way online.
Here are some safety tips to keep in mind. These tips are not designed to scare
you, but to encourage you to be vigilant and to use common sense in all transactions.
These Basic rules will help you avoid being ripped off:
- Do not sell your car or other high priced item to someone that wants to buy without seeing
it!
- Do not accept overpayment!
- Do not arrange shipping - they want it let them sort it!
- Do not sell to someone from overseas!
- Learn about nigerian 419 scams - they show in many variations see google
- If it seems too good to be true .... IT IS!!
- If you get a reply which seems similar to this...simply DELETE IT!
Law Enforcement Links
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Center
Overpayment Cheque Scam
People selling high-ticket items such as cars, motorcycles or computer gear via the Internet should
be aware of a cheque scam that is bilking victims out of thousands of dollars. Although the scam has
been around for quite some time, recent trends indicate that it is netting an increasing amount of
victims, especially among car owners looking to sell their vehicles.
Typically, an overpayment cheque scam works like this:
- A seller places an Internet advertisement for a car or other item with a
high price tag.
- Later, the seller receives a generous offer for the item, usually via an
email.
- The seller agrees on the price, and, often, also agrees to the proviso that
he or she refuses any other offers for the item.
- The scammers then send a cheque for the item. However, the cheque is for
substantially more than the specified amount.
- The scammers invent some excuse for this overpayment and ask that the balance
be electronically transferred to a specified bank account. For example, they may claim that
the extra funds are to pay the fees of an agent who is handling the sale or to cover shipping
costs.
- The seller dutifully transfers the amount out of his or her own funds.
- Later, the seller finds that his or her bank has dishonoured the cheque.
In some cases, the bank may actually have cleared the funds, but discovers later that the
check is a forgery or was stolen.
- Thus the seller has been bilked out of a substantial amount, with little
chance of recovering the money. Furthermore, the item remains unsold and the seller may have
rejected legitimate offers in the mean time.
The supposed buyers usually originate out of West African nations such as Nigeria. In fact, it is
probable that the same gang of con-artists that run Nigerian loan scams and international lottery
scams are responsible for the overpayment cheque scam as well. Like the Nigerian scam, the intent
is to draw the potential victim deeper into the scam via a series of emails.
To protect yourself against this sort of scam, never agree to a deal in which the payer wishes
to issue an amount for more than the agreed price and expects you to reimburse the balance. The scammers
use a variety of excuses to explain the overpayment, but any such excuse should be treated with the
utmost suspicion.
Examples:
thanks for the quick response am okay with price,and because am far away from
united states so don't worry about the shipment i have shipping agent that carter for my pick
up any where in the world. i will instruct my client to send you a cashier's cheque of (5000)
so what you have to do immediatley the check gets to you just deduct the funds for the puppies($500)
and send the excess money ($4500) to my shipping agent so that they can be able to pick the puppies
up from your destination and which will also covers the shipping fees of my other consignments
in the state. so if this is okay by you, you can forward your full name, address and cell phone
number. expecting your response back.
Thanks for your mail,I am really interested in the (plymouth),Fine i will pay
$200 for it,Please i will want to indicate my mode of payment to you since i am not in the United
States at the moment and there is a Company in the United States that is indebted to me in the
amount of $3,500,So i will want to really seek your Assistance at this point,That i will want
you to forward to me the the following informations below that i will need to forward to the Company
indebted to me so that they can make out the payment directly to you and after you have cashed
it in your bank,You will have the excess amount on the payment sent to my International Shipping
agent via WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER ,All charges you are to pay at the western union office
when sending the excess amount of $3,300 should be deducted from my balance,So you don't have
to bother yourself about that, The reason for this is that,The Company indebted to me say they
cannot make out the payment in two installment except once, And since i am purchasing your (plymouth)
from you at this time,I will want to really be sure that my funds will be safe in your hands as
i will want to entrust my money unto your care,So inorder for us to complete the purchase of the
(plymouth) now,I will want you to get back to me with the following informations inorder for me
to forward it to the Company indebted to me inorder for them to make out the payment in your name
and send it to you ithout any furtherdelay,
The following informations that i will require from you are as follows,
1] YOUR FULL NAME TO BE WRITTEN ON THE CHECK,
2] YOUR DIRECT HOUSE ADDRESS WHERE YOU WILL WANT THE PAYMENT TO BE SENT TO,
3] YOUR DIRECT CELL PHONE NUMBER THAT YOU CAN BE REACHED AT ANYTIME OF THE DAY SO THAT I CAN GIVE
YOU A CALL SO THAT I CAN EXPLAIN TO YOU BETTER,
Upon receipt of this informations i have just requested from you,I will immediately forward it
to the Company indebted to me to make out the payment in your name and send it to you immediately,I
will be awaiting your response as soon as you get this mail,Do confirm this mail and get back
to me as soon as possible.
Thanks
Read a copy of the latest Scam Email
After receiving a report of scammers sending emails to FinditClassifieds.com
users, I posted a bogus ad myself to see just how long it would take before I was contacted by
an internet scammer. Below is an actual email that was sent to me on 3/28/2005 after posting my
ad online. It took less than a week for one of these criminals in search of their next victim
to contact me! Stay informed and don't let yourself or someone you know become their next victim.
Note: Upon scrutiny of the email, it appears that the email
may have originated from Petah Tiqwa in Israel. This just goes to show you that the Nigerians
don't have a monopoly on these types of scams. They are truley wide spread and global in scope.
As you read it you will notice the key scam elements;
- Cashiers Check or Money Order
- The items are to be shipped to an overseas location through a factitious third party
Sample Scam E-Mail #1
Hello,
Just want to know if you still have the ............Pentium
3 866Mhz...........forsale.
If yes I will be in need of the following informations below:
Firstly, the pics of the item if available I want you to have it sent to my email box. Secondly,I
want you to tell me little about the present conditions of the item named above.Lastly, the
last price and if it is negotiable. Moreso I will want you to tell me if you can accept a
cashier check/United Postal Money Order as your payment and once it clears you can release
your item?
I want you to make sure that the price given doesn't not include the shippment charges owing
to the transportation shipping agent company that I have a contract with, they will come and
pick the merchandise up once the check /Money Order clears your bank.The reason for the pick
up is owing to international shippment as the item will be picked and shipped to Australia.
If you are interested in selling to me kindly get back to me on time as I have some other
important things to handle so I am awaiting your early response.
Randall Russell
141 NORTH 6TH STREET,
GREYBULL WYOMING 82426.
Sample Scam E-Mail #2
I have a customer who is interested in buying your
( motor) ,if you are selling,kindly get back to me with the final price and picture . Payment
do you accepta certifiedcheck? Shipping i will be responsible for the shipping myself to SWEDEN,
I will be looking forward to hear from you. thanks...
From: sara martins <saramatins@yahoo.com>
Traced to Origin IP: 80.179.101.197
Traced to Location: Somewhere in the United Kingdom
If it sounds too good to be true.. It probably is!
If you receive a reply from someone in Africa/Nigeria/Abidjan who claims to
have millions of dollars from a dead husband/father/brother and wants you to help get the money
out of their country - it just sounds too good to be true! This is commonly known as the Nigerian
419 scam, and is named after the corresponding penal code of Nigeria.
If a buyer promises a cashiers check/money order/Western Union that overpays
you, and then requests that you wire the difference to them after keeping some for yourself, beware!
Scamsters who adopt this method typically use forged or bogus checks, and it's not difficult to
realize who's overpaying who.
If a seller offers his goods at an unbelievably low price, you should ascertain
if he's credible. Some scamsters take your money and run, leaving you with nothing but a lighter
wallet. Pay by credit card where possible. In most cases, you can dispute credit card charges
for non-delivery of goods.
You should arrange to complete the transaction in person, or you can use an
intermediary service such as escrow. An escrow service holds the payment, forwarding it to the
seller only when the buyer has received the goods in working order. An escrow service will also
act as a mediator in times of dispute.
If you do use an escrow service, please note that there are scamsters who set
up fake escrow sites to facilitate their scams. If someone suggests using an escrow service other
escrow.com then it is probably fake.
What to do if you spot a Scam?
FinditClassifieds.com does not tolerate abuse of our service or any kind of
fraudulent or criminal activity. Any user suspected of such will be immediately removed from our
service. However in common with all other similar sites, we cannot possibly prevent all occurrences.
It is our whole community that comes together to fend off those who abuse our service.
If you do come across something suspicious, please alert us immediately by clicking
on the Alert Support Team hyperlink found on the left panel of every Reply or Ad. Alternatively,
you may contact us to send more details.
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