That is precisely the scam that was reported. He should not go through with
the deal, and should inform the FBI, or Customs, or whoever is appropriate.
What will happen is that the money will be "deposited" to the account, but
the bank will put a hold on it for several days for verification, at the end
of which time they willl determine that the cashiers check at the other end
was forged, leading them to withdraw the funds. If you let the car go at the
time the funds are deposited, you will be left with nothing.
on 8/6/03 5:57 AM, Eugene Balinski at eugeneb@nni.com wrote:
> A few months ago, someone on the list who was selling an
> MG commented that they had been approached by some
> off-shore buyer who wanted to buy the car, but needed to go
> through some convoluted banking scheme to get the money to
> the seller. Can someone please remind me of the facts?
>
> Seems that my friend's son has a car up for sale and an
> off-shore "buyer" has approached him with the promiss of
> direct money transfer to his bank account. This reminded
> me of the scams that I have been reading about. I am afraid
> that my friend's son will end up without a car and withoug
> the cash.
>
> TIA,
>
> Gene Balinski
> 80 B
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