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General Discussion To Gateway To Airguns => Back Room => : Gene_SC October 20, 2008, 11:47:02 AM
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I received 4 Postal Money Orders last Friday totaling $2600.00. This was the newest scam to date. First I got an email requesting to buy my Air Arms 410 when I first put it up on several classified sites including the GTA. On that one I got a certified bank check for $4200.00..:)
A bit of information to anyone who does not know how these work. I could of put the checks in the bank and it would take at least 30 days before the checks would be denied from original source. You would have spent the money and now you owe it back..:( The other part of the deal is the person who sends you the checks to begin with will ask you to send him the difference of what you were asking for the product back to him. Your check will clear with that person within 10 days and you will be double dubbed.. LOL
I am posting a PDF file that I saw at the bank when I went to verify the last batch of money orders which of course turned out to be fraudulent. I may put this document up somewhere in the Classifieds where people will notice it as well.
I also reported all this to: http://www.ic3.gov/default.aspx (http://www.ic3.gov/default.aspx)
Gene
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thanks for the heads up on this.
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Gene you know my money was good right.. I don't want ta wait 30 days for a shipment..
The s410 is sweeeeet... hey those scams are all over the net.. sometimes thay ask ya what you were selling... hmmmm big red flag.....And all the mispelled words is a dead giveaway... not that my spellin is that great. its the redneck in me...
I say prosecute thier hinnies.....
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Weren't we just talking about this? Gene, I got this email the other day(I think I'd forwarded it to you) from Commerce Centers(generic name) in Seattle, Washington. The respondents name is Rhea(a uni*_*_*_*_*_* name?) and we've been corresponding. This party wants me to send them samples of our products. There is a phone number listed which when I call I only get an answering machine. I put their address into a search engine and when I saw where their address was- it's residential.
Now, they haven't asked for money or to buy anything but they seem to want samples for their clientelle of stores. When I asked them to name some of their stores they declined over confidentiality. Real fishy, man... real fishy. Attached to the bottom of my every work related email is my 800 number. I've asked this party to call me... three times now. They haven't.
Looks like you've got money falling from the sky- too bad it isn't legit!
It's kinda funny, isn't it?
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Maybe the scammer desperately needs your AA 410.....sorry, actually he desperately needs your money. Thanks for letting us know there`re scammers trying to drain us poor airgun folks of their hard earned moola.