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BEWARE OF FRAUDULENT BUYERS (16 posts)

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jamiee28
New Member Registered	there is someone out there going by the name eric lett and possibly another name asking to buy your items and wanting your contact info, but soon after their email doesnt exsist and they are up to no good so just please be careful
quote / posted 12 April 2005 1:53 PM
p2000
Active Member Registered	If anyone know their email address, please spread it out
quote / posted 22 April 2005 12:27 AM
canadaboy
Animated Member Member	PeopleField has long had a page on Scam Prevention http://www.peoplefield.org/content/about.cfm/cc.30, including the most common scams. We will be updating this with more feedback from our users. Please, PeopleField is designed to avoid scammers because we try to help you sell and buy locally. Your biggest opportunity to be scammed is from people that you only deal with in email, mail and phone. Always remember, scammers have two main ways to get your money: (1) they have an offer that takes advantage of your greed (2) they have an offer that plays on "unusual circumstance" - a familiy member died, or they personally can not perform some action because of a sad situation. If those two points raise warning bells, be careful. Again, always check out our scam prevention page http://www.peoplefield.org/content/about.cfm/cc.30 [This post edited by canadaboy on 23 April 2005 ]
quote / posted 23 April 2005 10:50 AM
Moe3
New Member Registered	I have an ad in this site and a lot of people from other counties are emailing me about buying my car and sending a cashier's check. Finally, I recently received a cashier's check from Nigeria with no return address for payment of my car. So I went to the bank and tried to deposit it and planned to wait until it matures after 30 days to release my car. Once the bank saw the cashier's check they rejected it for reason that it has some alterations and some words are not visible. Also, it is a bank from the US in which Canada does not have a way of checking it. The bank manager advised me that if it is a legitimate sale, the sender will send a MONEY ORDER with the complete name, address and phone number of the person who is buying wherever he is. A person who wants to commit a fraud will totally hide his/her identity to evade the law. Just be careful and do not believe those who offers you cashier's check and are too busy to call you by phone because he is somewhere in London, US, Asia, etc. If they are honest buyer and interested to buy your product they will call you. NOTE: Read people field scam prevention before selling anything.
quote / posted 26 April 2005 5:03 PM
jamiee28
New Member Registered	the people who e-mailed me to buy my antique wedding spats are ebenezer snipe)ebensunshine@yahoo.com) eric lett)poli2000@hotmail.com, john derrick, lami hill and i belive they are all the same person saying they are from nigeria and elswhere. please be careful of these names
quote / posted 26 April 2005 11:38 PM
Moe3
New Member Registered	The fraud check sent to me was from NIGERIA WITH NO RETURN ADDRESS. Who in the world ignorant enough to send a $ 20,000.00 check to a seller with no return address and contact info. Good that banks in Canada has a strict regulation not to deposit a suspicious looking check (some alterations, unknown check owner, etc.). To those who will commit fraud against people advertsing their goods in this site. Take a hike and go elsewhere. To people advertsing their products on site, make sure that you talk to the buyer personally before giving out any personal info.
quote / posted 27 April 2005 10:33 AM
jamiee28
New Member Registered	i told each e-mailer individually i was puttin a trace on their ip address and wed locate them and wow no more e-mails, i cant believe so many scammers think were easy to scam
quote / posted 29 April 2005 4:18 PM
beautylady
New Member Registered	Wow.. i just registered as a member. this site is good, for the fact that it's member keeps each other informed.
quote / posted 03 May 2005 7:54 PM
tfcass
New Member Registered	Warning to those who have ads and get Nigerian style responses. As a fraud investigator here in the states, let me tell you that my daughter, a detective almost fell for the check scam. She advertised a car for sale and received an email response. Exactly like the post they wanted to send her a check for 2x the selling price. She was to deposit it and send a payment of about $9000.00 to cover the cost of having the car shipped and someone sent to pick it up. I asked her if she had a tel number for the buyer or an email address. The email was a yahoo account in the UK. The tel number was from Toronto..cellular ! What then happens is the check is sent to her and she deposits it. She then withdraws $9000.00 and the "Cashiers " check bounces. The bank then whacks her account and she also looses $9000.00. Report this to law enforcement ASAP.
quote / posted 11 May 2005 11:39 AM
sunalta
Active Member Registered	I got 3 offers for a certified cheque ' $4000 to pay for a $200 item. Scam 4 sure*!.
quote / posted 17 May 2005 3:05 PM
tracy1195ca
New Member Registered	hello, I have been emailing a "stella brinks" about my wedding dress. Has anyone else dealt with her. Almost sounds like a scam to me. Please let me know!! Thanks
quote / posted 16 June 2005 7:34 PM
tfcass
New Member Registered	Another word of warning...check any email addresses you receive and see if they say "UK" and they want you to call a number that may or may not be located in the Toronto area. Finally, is there a law enforcement fraud group in your area that can handle these? You may want to try a group in the RCMP that is called Phone busters. Remember; "If it looks to be too good to be true, It is !!"
quote / posted 15 August 2005 9:34 AM
lindiesel
New Member Registered	Yes I was contacted by "ade ola" aka "smith" regarding a couple of my ads, and it took a few emails back and forth for him to admit he was from Nigeria. His english was so bad I knew something was up!
quote / posted 02 September 2005 5:21 PM
vicc222
New Member Registered	same thing happened to us recieved a cheque from the u.k , he wanted us to forward extra money to a "shipping company" before the cashiers cheque cleared. Almost got us for $20,000 thank god the bank held the cheque and found it fraudulent. We made the police aware and they sent report to phone busters. HOPE THEY FIND ALL THESE GUYS!!!
quote / posted 08 September 2005 10:05 PM
tfcass
New Member Registered	To all ref the $20,000. Nigerian scam. Refer these to law enforcement. Here in the states, this is all too common. The US Secret Service maintains a file on these scams and others. Remember, if it looks to good to be true, then it is!!!
quote / posted 11 October 2005 7:09 AM
tfcass
New Member Registered	To vicc222; As for finding them..ery difficult. Best defense? Scrutinize any and all internet sale sites very carfully.
quote / posted 11 October 2005 7:11 AM

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