Weird offer of buying a bug

Hi,

A friend wants to sell a bug, and announced it at scout24. He got a weird message from an interested person, that I paste below. I smell a rat, but where is the trick?

Thanks.

Jesus

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Hello, Thanks for your response. I want to inform you that the 4500 eurs which is the cost for the car is accepted by me. I equally want to inform you that the reason why I need the car is for me to give it to my son on his birthday as a present which is coming up soonest.

Presently I am in Africa on a HIV epidemic campaign and I will not be present on the birthday ceremony but I want my gift which is the car to be there on his birthday in Greece where he is schooling. I want to inform you that I will make funds for your car which is 4500 available immediately through direct bank transfer from our local corresponding bank here in Africa which is STANDARD CHARTERED BANK OF UGANDA . You will have to send the following information to Mr (name deleted) He is the accountant incharge of our organizations account,send the folowing to his email which is (email address deleted) where you are to send the following information,

1) Your Complete name and address. 2)Your personal phone and fax numbers. 3)Your complete bank information which will include your bank's name and address,your account number, swift code and iban number.

inform him that you are sending the information on request by Dr (name

deleted), he will contact me if he receives the information, equally forward same to me for my perusal.I am a very busy man so as soon as he calls me i will give him instructions to effect payment. You should know that international bank transfer takes about 2 weeks as the bank informed me from Africa here to europe.

My son's birthday ceremony is in 3 weeks time and I have made contact with a shipper in europe who will be coming immediately i make the payment for inspection and shipping preparations and taxes so that as soon as the money is noted on your account and transfer completed he will immediately drive the car to the shipping space already booked by him. I will make arrangement for the money for the shipping with him as soon as you send the information to (name deleted) the accountant in the bank and equally send the same to me. Please I do not need any delay in this transaction because He is my only son and I do owe him everything, if you know you will encounter any delay in this transaction do tell me on time for me to look for another car immediately for my son because the worst thing i will do to him is not to fulfill my promise. I await your urgent reply. You can contact me with this number (number deleted) Regards, Dr. (name deleted)

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How much sense does it make to buy a car unseen? This is a scam. For more info, check this thread at thesamba.com:

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Remco

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Remco

Its a con, and a well known aone at that.

James

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Juper Wort

I had a similar message when I was selling a car on ebay in the UK.

There are loads of scams coming from Africa.

Are you happy to send all this info to an unknown email address somewhere?

I dont know how to say **** off in Spanish - I'm sure you do!

Tony

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Tony Bennett

Where's the trick??? His email asked you for your bank name, account number, and code!! That's the trick. Give him your bank account number, and he will pay you $4500 for the car from it, lol.

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payments338

I have this nice bridge in Brooklyn for sale -- barely broken in. Will trade for pre 69 VW vert. :)

Remco

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Remco

Thanks to all for your responses.

My friend here in Spain does not speak English and is not very expert in the internet, so I am helping him with the communication. I was sure that that offer was a scam, but was not sure of where was the trick. Now I see clear.

Regards.

Jesús

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Usuario Invitado

Or your friend could string the guy along, just for fun. Tell the prospective buyer to send a certified check and never return the "balance" of the money. Some people collect such checks for fun! If nothing else, your friend could collect the information and turn it over to the authorities. Not that that would do much good since, after all, this "Nigerian" scam (so named because it seems to be a cottage industry in that country) is so common and being international in scope, difficult to prosecute.

-- John Willis snipped-for-privacy@airmail.net (Remove the Primes before e-mailing me)

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John Willis

I had the same problem, but like someone said, play along with it. when they send you a fake money order check dont do anything, they'll end up calling and wanting to know what is going on. it makes them mad, especially if they send it fed-ex next day. cause they spent the 20 dollars or so, on sending that check lol. its funny. i did it. it even happened twice to me. but they were working through canada. still have the checks somewhere. BUT DO NOT GIVE THEM YOUR ACCOUNT NUMBER. once that is given you account will be CLEANED!

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