ORIGINAL: asybra00
Hey guys i just wanted to drop a quick line and feed this forum a bit with an encounter i JUST finished up TONIGHT. His name on here is LuiG I am selling an F-18 RTF and he was interested, so we talked he changed his prefered payment often throughout a few days asked me for pics etc. I EVEN SENT HIM A COPY OF MY AMA, LISCENSE AND A BUSINESS CARD! My mistake there. Anyways it was selling for 2000.00 and he sent the "Bankers Check" i went opened up a NEW account for it and they said it could take 60-90 days to FULLY clear if you have it checked. WOW!! This would have been the SECOND time ive EVER been scammed the other was the typical i have a friend who owes me money etc. i would have been out 8000.00. And to top this whole thing off the DAY he emailed me with interest was the DAY he joined RCU!! Does that not set up a MAJOR red flag?? ANYONE?? Well i wont keep going but here is a copy of a few of our emails to eachother, he could be legitimate i dont know but i dont really want to take my chances. Ya know what i mean?? Here they are. And one more thing he was of Latin decent (spanish, mexican)?? im not racial but his english really sucked in the first couple emails, look how good he speaks english in the last two. There a little bit upside down because i wrote him and saved my sent messages so youll read my response then his:
Luis,
To me it is seeming that you are the one doing the counterfiting. Why would your RCU account suddenly be opend the DAY of your offer, sounds suspicious doesnt it?? and then you are willing to buy it as fast as you could, PLUS you wanted all this information about me and i sent everything you asked EXCEPT a picture of me which you never stated to say that you wanted one of me and the jet, that would not have been a problem, If i were a thief wouldnt you think that i would have a bad review in the year and a half that i have been on RCU?? Most would think so. When you called me at work i couldnt talk long and i said hey i have to go, so i apoligize for the sudden and abrupt hangup. As for COD with ANY COMPANY here i cannot do that due to the size of the crate i will be building for the jet. And you said you understood that when we talked on the phone a few times ago. And as for depositing the bank i opend up a SPECIAL savings account that i was going to deposit it into and the BANK, NOT A BUDDY, asked what i wanted to do. I could have them research it or just deposit it. There were a few things that made me leary of you and our deal and it was your recent subscription to RCU, the fact that when you sent you Driverse liscense, come on now YOU COULDNT EVEN SEE YOUR FACE!!! and to top it off you wanted to do almost every method of payment in the book, you know it is not hard to do a payment on paypal, and from how your emails sound you DO know how to use computers pretty well, its no harder than running a fax machine. If you call and im not busy or at work i AM willing to talk that is not an issue, so heres what I AM GOING TO DO, i will not send your money order back to you, i will 1 either have you pay through paypal for the jet and ALL MISSUNDERSTANDING WILL BE TAKEN CARE OF SO I KNOW THAT YOU ARE LEGITIMATE, or 2 i will take the money order to the police and have them research it to find out if you are for real or not, 3 we can both get on the phone with you bank and they will allow me to see if the funds are REALLY there, i cannot do this without your personal ok. If you ARE FOR REAL and not trying to screw me over on a counterfit check i will have no problems and do not mean to be rude to you but you do have to admit that there were quite a few red flags on your end that came up. So you tell me what you would like to do and we can go from there. If you do want to pay through paypal i will gladly send your VOIDED check back to you , to get a paypall account just go to paypal, register and you are allowed to do a credit card payment to me there. Or we can get on the phone with your bank and they will allow me to verify that the funds are there and they are legitimate, so let me know and we'll go from there.
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>>>>>Is this F-18 still available?? if it is, I would appreciate a
>>>>>call to this # xxx-xxx-xxxx so I can find out more about it.
>>>>>this is my cell # thanks.
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http://www.rcuniverse.com/market/ite...0518&cobrand=1
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I dont know about you guys but to me this seemed like a scam waiting to happen what are your guys thoughts?? Or was i just going off the deep end?? Let me know so i dont possibly screw up another sale?? or call me 763-439-1604 Aaron D. Sybrant
I love this guy!
"im not racial but his english really sucked in the first couple emails, look how good he speaks english in the last two."
I dunno, how WELL does he speak english? Well enough to use PUNCTUATION, CAPITAL LETTERS, SENTENCES, and PARAGRAPHS? Better than YOU?
Sounds like you don't have a clue of what you are talking about, scam-wise, AND...
You owe this guy a big apology.
There is a lot of gross misinformation on this thread.
One guy who really knows what he is talking about is Tam. Listen to him. He knows.
Wire transfer? Safe. Sorry.
"Don't give ANYONE your account numbers!"
False. Sorry. Nobody can "clear out your account" just by having your account number. Your account number is on every check you give out. Don't beleive EVERYTHING you hear on that stupid, stupid AM radio. The Clark Schmendrick Show or whatever. Did you know Rush Limbaugh was on drugs? Kind of changes everything, no? I used to have a drunken uncle who went on and on like that guy, but we were not dumb enough to take anything he said seriously! He died when he was getting a drink from the sink in the basement, he banged his head on the faucet, knocked himself out, and drowned. No lie!