got a email today from this guy called kelvin , he stated.................................................. ....................... HELLO,
Am a dealer in australia who buy's jet and jet engine and part for sale.Am interested in your BVM BOBCAT XL. RTF. and the price quotation is o.k by me which is the price of $4000. In respect of shipping, I have a reputable international shipper who takes care of my shipping. Mail me asap to arrange payment.Thanks.
Kelvin...................


later he sent me this email...........


HELLO,
Top of the day and thanks for the mail. Do not forget to send me the pictures if available and inrespect of payment. I have a client in the u.s who is oweing me $7,500 all i will do is to instruct him to issue you a cashiers cheque on my behalf and when you have gotten the cheque you will deduct your said amount and wire the remaining balance via western union money transfer to my international shipper's,So that they will come for the pick up at your location as soon as payment is received by them.My shipper's who i have talked things over with about the pick up says they will want you to make thing's snappy and to make sure that you make the all important pappers are in place to avoid shipping delay.My shipper's will email you as soon as you recieve the payment so that they can give you thier contact address were you will be wiring my remaining balance to,So that they can come for the pick up at your location as soon possible.I will like to know if i can trust you to send my
balance. Am doing this to make the payment easier and faster. Furnish me with your full contact that are bellow,
FULL NAME.................(that the cheque should be issued to)
FULL CONTACT ADDRESS.........
STATE...............
COUNTERY............
ZIP CODE.........................
PHONE NUMBER...................
So get back to me with the information so that payment can be made which should get to you by next week.
Wilson



THIS IS A SCAM!!!! BE CAREFUL NOT TO GET CAUGHT UP WITH THESE PEOPLE . IS THERE ANTHING WE CAN DO TO TAKE THESE LOW LIFE OUT. ......[>:][>:][>:][:@][:@][:@]

THIS IS HIS EMAIL
[email protected]

Don't you have a check cashing store where they charge you to cash checks?

I deal with this alot these days with the guitar business. Basically, if somebody says western union I don't deal with them. 99% of the time the scam involves a western union wire transfer.

I alerted the webmaster at www.jojomail.com that one of it's users was using his email system to attempt to defraud.

I got the same email today. I have become very wary of anyone who is looking to buy anything especially international. Fortunately for me I have the knowledge to track the header information back to the source. This guy states he is from Australia which jojomail is actually from, but the originating IP Address of this guy actually is in Israel. I sent the bottom feeding son-of-a-b*&^% a very nasty email back. This kind of crap just makes me sick.

Patrick.

This scam is like a chain-letter that just won't die....I got the same scam about 5 years ago when I was trying to sell 2 Bose aircraft headsets......Point of origin at that time was Nigeria....

Tom

I export medical equipment, these guys run rampant in our business community. Same wording in almost all of the scam attempts.

I posted a motorcycle for sale on another site and got several of these type offers. I finally decided to have some fun with one of them. I still have his fake check.

Very funny!

In reply to Randy M.....I have a fake check for $8500.00, one for $8000.00 and one for $11,000 all of which came within 2 weeks of each other (hanging on the wall as a lesson) from Ireland, Nigeria, and The Netherlands. This is a big scam where they will try to intimidate you into wiring money into a foreign country. Best way to defeat them is to either stay away or demand a contact number, address, and inform them of a mandatory hold on (usually 7 business days) the funds to verify their authenticity. I think if you respond to one they send your name out as a potential sucker to others.

The other scam out there is you are a long lost heir to some huge fortune (15 million to 35 million) or they are trying to get their funds out of a repressive country. They need you to forward your bank account number so they can deposit the money in it (yeah right) or you have to send them money to pay for a lawyer in their country that will help with the transfer. Don't fall for it. Lastly, if it sounds to good to be true.................

Yep, I've been getting both of them lately:

Hello,
Thanks for the mail and I will really love to get the Ziroli P51 from you, So please i want you to remove that Ziroli P51 from further advert placement in the net. The price $1500:00 is very much okay by me for the Items and as regards shipping of the Ziroli P51, i have a shipping agent who normally takes care of all my shipping consignments, so do not worry yourself about that, i will take care of that myself.
Yes it is My creditor in the U.S is actually going to be responsible for the payment for the Items, and i have told him about this transaction and he told me that he will be sending the payment to you, he said the money i loaned to him has incured some interests and he will be sending my money to you with the commission, meaning you will be expecting a payment that is a little bit higher than the cost of the Items Please after the cost of the Items, can i trust you to refund my balance funds back to my shipping agent who will be coming for the pick up of the Items? do let me know this, cos its very important.
Please if this arrangement is okay by you, kindly send to me your full Name and Address so that the payment can be made to you next week. Also include your phone number so that i can give you a call to discuss in details. Also remember to include a pics of the servos in your next mail, and do keep the title document and every other relevant papers of the Ziroli P51 set and intact for the shipping agent who is coming for the pick up of the Ziroli P51 Have a nice day and thanks once again for your response to my mail.
best regards,

Mark.

Another one, looks like ole Kelvin has been pretty busy:


HELLO,
Am a dealer in australia who buy's jet and jet engine for sale.Am interested in your Ziroli P51, has functioning electric starter built into the G62. and the price quotation is o.k by me which is the price of $1,600. In respect of shipping, I have a reputable international shipper who takes care of my shipping. Mail me asap to arrange payment.Thanks.
Kelvin....................

Another:


I am intrested in purchasing your(ITEM )in which the price is ($1600),i have a shipping agent that will carter for the
shippment, i have a client in US who is owing me ($5,500). And he has promise that hewill be sending the check down on
my behave,i want you Have it in mind that theremaining balance of the excess fund will be wire via WESTERN UNION transfer to the
shipping agent who is coming for the pick up.
If this mode of payment is accept by you i will like you to send your Full name and address including yourcell phone number in which you --

Daniel Taylor

crap like that really lights my after burner, lets hope they get theres sooner rather than later! thanx for the heads up! [8D]