a scam i think!!

[kenkeo]

hey lads got an email from someone from the UK who spotted my car on carzone. he said he was interested and said he would send me a bank draft cheque and when the cheque clears he would organise a shipping company to collect the car.i just gave him my addressmand i recieved a cheque today for 11,000 sterling not the 8000 euro i origanally was hoping to get. bank said it will take 21 days to clear but i might just rip it up seems too good to be true. any 1 heard of something like this?

[sinlessgunner]

Complete scam mate. Take your own advice and steer well clear. Almost everyone who puts a car up on carzone gets emails like this!

[Dragonheart]

He'll be back on to you to tell you he sent a cheque for too much and can you refund him the 3K extra he paid. Then your bank will ring you and tell you his cheque bounced, an age old method!

[Mickthepieman]

It's a scam, my partner got an email more or less the same.

[Sebastian]

kenny
if you do a bit of seachin' on the forum you'll find some of the lads had similar problems .

i wouldnt give away my car unless i was payed cash in hand !

dont do the mistake of refunding any money to them

[mcgon1979]

yeah scam.. lodge his cheque anyway, it might get that account blacklisted at bank of ireland or AIB when it bounces...

I guess its ok to do this in UK, but in the USA if you write a cheque and you knowingly don't have the money to cover it, its a serious offence. jailtime like.

[Dubplate]

cash the cheque and tell him to do one if it clears or not lmao

[Myfeckin FTO]

cash the cheque and tell him to do one if it clears or not lmao

Yip - keep him hanging in there and let him think he's onto a good thing. Tell him the money has cleared and start to negotiate his refund.
If you could get him to waste a pile of money on phone calls to you then all the better.
Tell him the only way you can refund his money is via a cheque that you will post on to him - that way you'll get a lead on an address you can pass onto the relevant authorities.