Guys, friends, realists,
My wife is selling her VW Polo and she received the email copied below. I
say its a scam. The car version of the Nigerian oil ministers widow
lineIll send you a zillion pounds if you send me a small sum to get
things moving The small sum vanishes and the zillion never shows.
QUOTE
From: "taquita campbell" <tqsanb@yahoo.com>
To: "Alexa Lachlan" <a.lachlan@homecall.co.uk>
Subject: Concerning Payment...RED VW POLO
Date: 15 June 2006 10:11
Goodday Alexa Lachlan
Thanks for the prompt mail, i'm o.k with the price.And for the shipping i
will have to handle this myself because i have a reputable shipper of my
own that always handle my shipping, i will offer you #2900.00 for the RED
VW POLO, i will instruct
a client of mine who is owing me the sum of #5000 and he is ready to make
payment to forward the cashier check to your location what you will do upon
receipt of the check is to take it to a nearby cashing store or the nearest
bank to you and get it cashed, after you might have done that you deduct
your own selling price of #2900.00 and get the rest funds sent to my shipper
and mind you, it is this funds you will be sending to my shipper that will
enable him to come for the pick up of the ( RED VW POLO} at your place and
here are the charges he will be facing and they are the custom charges, the
tarriff to be charge on it and insurance cost so i hope you can get this
rigth and if so then let me have your name to be written on check,
your address with the postcode, and your phone number so that i can tell my
client to forward payment to your location as soon as he can get things
done.
Thanks and i await your swift response.
TAQUITA......
UNQUTE
I have persuaded her to reply and say that she wont deal with any shipper,
that she wont accept a penny more or less than the sale price and that she
wont releaser the car until the money is in the accountnot cleared, but
in hand. But I reckon its all a waste of time and dont want to even
correspond with Tarquita. (Tarquita Campbellstrange name? Or is it just
me?)
Hope you get a laugh out of this at least.
Simon Lachlan
Comfort House
Bradninch
Devon EX5 4NN
UK
MkII BT7.
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