motorcycle buying scam

[dungbeetle]

i thought everyone knew about this scam but i was chatting to a guy at work the other day and he was nearly ripped of by a similiar scam. lukkily he decided it looked a little dodgy and backed out of the transaction. there are a few variations of this one that either involve and third party holding the payment for the bike, or western union money transfer..
anyway im in the process of being ripped off by one of these guys. he emailed me last week and told me he would pay me more than i wanted for my track bike, plus he will send me the cash to cover the cost of shipping and he wants me to forward the money for shipping onto some shipping company in kuala lumpar!!! we have exchanged emails and he is now sending me a cheque to cover bike and shipping costs, so im waiting to see what happens next!!

anyway this is just a reminder, or some useful information, to make sure you guys dont get ripped off when buying or selling a bike. if someone emails you from overseas and wants to send you more money than your bikes worth, or wants to send you extra for shipping, or wants to deal with western union money transfer or a third party money holder, tell them to "go away" in some way....(my son is reading this while i type so i couldnt swear:p)

[MATTK6]

there is always the option if he does send you a cheque and it clears of not sending the bike, that's what alot of them do when they're from O.S:lmao:

[slow bro]

Good luck. hope you get your money.

[dungbeetle]

nah i know its a scam. id be really surprised if the cheque turns up. but if it does ill be cashing it:p

[MATTK6]

that's the way:ayyy:

[kellz]

nah i know its a scam. id be really surprised if the cheque turns up. but if it does ill be cashing it:p

coool...

so what ya buying me :p lol :lmao:

[Wiccad]

coool...

so what ya buying me :p lol :lmao:


Probably a name tag that says "Barbie"

:lmao:

[Sprinter]

If you are interested in email scams etc have a look around this site.

http://www.419eater.com/index.htm

[Chaser]

There have been a few scams of late on ebay and bikepoint where the person selling the bike for mile under market cost and you get the usual email telling you where to send the $$ to. I usually ask for the vin and engine #'s and they can't supply them, or you get bogus ones. Remember, if the deal sounds too good to be true, it probably is !!!

[mike-s]

Also remember that with cheques they are able to cancel the things after they are issued and cleared (i believe they can at least) and the only ones worth a pinch of shit are the bankcheques. Which would be a royal arsepain if dealing with overseas.

[WET4URacing]

i got this little beauty yest. i know its not a bike scam but i had a giggle. i get 2 to 3 a week of REQUESTS to buy M/cycles & parts i list on AUS-superbike classifieds , the best thing i have noticed if you only want to receive emails from genuine dudes with half a brain is not to use @ in your email add. just use "at" . the comp. generated spam and nigerians dont get it. just a tip .


FROM MR BIN MUDA
BANK OF AFRICA.(BOA)
OUAGADOUGOU -BURKINA FASO.

REQUEST OF YOUR URGENT ASSISTANCE

Reply me here please.
Email: mrbin.muda01@gmail.com

Dear Friend,

This message might meet you in utmost surprise,however, it's just my urgent need for foreign partner that made me to contact you for this transaction.I am a banker by profession from Burkina faso in west Africa and currently holding the post of Director Auditing and Accounting unit of the bank.I have the opportunity of transferring the left over funds ($11.5million) of one of my bank clients who died along with his entire family on 31 july 2000 in a plane crash.You can confirm the gaminess of the deceased death by clicking on this web site http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm

Hence,i am inviting you for a business deal where this money can be shared between us in the ratio of 60/30 while 10% will be mapped out for expenses.If you agree to my business proposal.further details of the transfer will be forwarded to you as soon as i receive your return mail. have a great day.yours,
Mr Bin Muda

Send your Reply to my new email address.
Email: mrbin.muda01@gmail.com

[Bigdog]

i got this little beauty yest. i know its not a bike scam but i had a giggle. i get 2 to 3 a week of REQUESTS to buy M/cycles & parts i list on AUS-superbike classifieds , the best thing i have noticed if you only want to receive emails from genuine dudes with half a brain is not to use @ in your email add. just use "at" . the comp. generated spam and nigerians dont get it. just a tip .


FROM MR BIN MUDA
BANK OF AFRICA.(BOA)
OUAGADOUGOU -BURKINA FASO.

REQUEST OF YOUR URGENT ASSISTANCE

Reply me here please.
Email: mrbin.muda01@gmail.com

Dear Friend,

This message might meet you in utmost surprise,however, it's just my urgent need for foreign partner that made me to contact you for this transaction.I am a banker by profession from Burkina faso in west Africa and currently holding the post of Director Auditing and Accounting unit of the bank.I have the opportunity of transferring the left over funds ($11.5million) of one of my bank clients who died along with his entire family on 31 july 2000 in a plane crash.You can confirm the gaminess of the deceased death by clicking on this web site http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm

Hence,i am inviting you for a business deal where this money can be shared between us in the ratio of 60/30 while 10% will be mapped out for expenses.If you agree to my business proposal.further details of the transfer will be forwarded to you as soon as i receive your return mail. have a great day.yours,
Mr Bin Muda

Send your Reply to my new email address.
Email: mrbin.muda01@gmail.com

Ha ha , that's a classic. If anyone is dumb enough to fall for this scam then they deserve to be parted with their money. As if a total stranger would offer someone a share in a multi million dollar deal.

[jasonbw]

i got this little beauty yest. i know its not a bike scam but i had a giggle. i get 2 to 3 a week of REQUESTS to buy M/cycles & parts i list on AUS-superbike classifieds , the best thing i have noticed if you only want to receive emails from genuine dudes with half a brain is not to use @ in your email add. just use "at" . the comp. generated spam and nigerians dont get it. just a tip .


If that 'at' thing works then how come you get these 2 to 3 times a week ? Glutton for punishment methinks... or like the entertainment.

[WET4URacing]

keep forgetting to do it . and its a giggle .

[wudka]

Another scam I have come across, and it really is a no brainer,... but for anyone having a slow morning that should come acorss one, here it is.

I came across a few bikes,at a decent price overseas. To confirm it was a scam, I sent an email, the guy replied with a bull story, nice pics of the bike for sale and said he was happy to ship anywhere in the world. All I had to do was transfer(internet) 300 bucks or so into his account.... and then pay the rest at the docs, when the bike arrives... Ofcourse I would get a full refund if I was not entirely happy with it on arrival.

To assure me he was genuine he sent me his pic with him on the bike...... Also assuring me that should this be a scam, he wouldnt give me his banking details.....

He got a nice reply, in which all sorts were thrown his way.

[Pokey]

Also remember that with cheques they are able to cancel the things after they are issued and cleared (i believe they can at least) and the only ones worth a pinch of shit are the bankcheques. Which would be a royal arsepain if dealing with overseas.

This would usually be true, however I've got a mate with a bank cheque for $29,000 thats worth $50. Apparently if you microwave them the value can be scratched out and reprinted with whatever you like. For me cold hard cash is the only way to deal :ayyy:

[dungbeetle]

im just emailing another scammer on ebay. the ad says he is at quakers hill so i have emailed him asking for his address so i can go look at the bike. he wants to send me an ebay bill so that i can pay him beofre i see it or pick it up. so i keep replying that ill bring cash with me when i come pick it up. waiting for his next response.
also let ebay know so they can ban his ass!!:p

[Turtle]

George is in the process of gettinf $17500 for his motard off some dude in the UK..........7000 of it is supposed to go to the shippers..........once its cleared how can it be a scam if the cash clears in his account ??? Anyway see what happens...

[dungbeetle]

its a scam mate...make sure he doesnt send any cash back overseas til he has the cash in his hands....
also dont give the guys any account details...

[Johnny]

Nice heads up Dungy.

On another forum, a bloke selling his cbrthou, bloke comes to look at it, leaves his licence behind while going on a test ride, never comes back and bike not seen again.
Licence was fake ( queensland licence, apparently shit easy to forge), bike Gorrrrrrnnnn, only 9K ks on it :(.

[Poyda]

Cash for a test ride is the only rule, unless like when Vinnie Bought the Barge, i had Kat00 as security :confused1:

[Chaser]

Had a mate once who was selling a jetski. He lived on a waterfront, so the guy turned up and asked to take it for a spin around the bay. My mate would normally jump on another jetski and follow, but didn't this time. The guy handed him a fat wallet with a couple of notes sticking out in plain view. He jumped on the ski and was never seen again. The wallet had a few bucks in it and some paper to pad it out.

[dungbeetle]

Cash for a test ride is the only rule, unless like when Vinnie Bought the Barge, i had Kat00 as security :confused1:

if vinnie hadnt of come back, you were getting ripped off bad mate!!:p

[dungbeetle]

well i got the bank cheque today in the mail all the way from malaysia. and i took it to the commonwealth bank to cash it and they laughed at me!!!
they showed me what their originals look like and the one i had was a lovely photo copy of one!!! so i guess he was trying to rip me off!! he is now waiting for me to western union the money to his shipper now. $6250 for shipping over there!!

[kellz]

you forgot to mention this was the second fake cheque they had seen in 2 weeks..

and this is in a country town aswell.

[Poyda]

So you're starting a collection of fake cheques now, don't see how they fit in with the Bling thing, but whatever floats ya boat

Oh and wire the money to me. I know this guy and am heading over next week :ayyy:

[MadHatter]

Hahahaha!
I put my bike up on formula extreme and within 2 days a dubious person going by the name 'Jeff' was emailing me claiming he wanted to buy it.
..jeff said he lived in britain and would send me a check.
I let him have his fun.. now waiting on photocopied singaporean check ..

[dungbeetle]

take the cheque to the bank. they seem to love that sort of thing..and get a fotocopy of it so ya can start a collection...
im gonna get as many as i can!!:D

[dungbeetle]

well the guy actually rang me this morning 4 times!!! he is pretty keen for me to send him some cash. he emailed me 3 times this morning and once this arvo.
i finally told him this arvo that my bank thinks the cheque is a fake and i need proof from his bank to go ahead with the transaction!!!
at least i cost him a stamp and a couple fone calls:D
if everyone did that to these guys then they would give up eventually!

[slow bro]

well the guy actually rang me this morning 4 times!!! he is pretty keen for me to send him some cash. he emailed me 3 times this morning and once this arvo.
i finally told him this arvo that my bank thinks the cheque is a fake and i need proof from his bank to go ahead with the transaction!!!
at least i cost him a stamp and a couple fone calls:D
if everyone did that to these guys then they would give up eventually!

Why don't you send him some Monopoly money? :lmao: :lmao:

[holdontight]

Why don't you send him some Monopoly money? :lmao: :lmao:

now thats gold. You gota do it.

[Turtle]

well the guy actually rang me this morning 4 times!!! he is pretty keen for me to send him some cash. he emailed me 3 times this morning and once this arvo.
i finally told him this arvo that my bank thinks the cheque is a fake and i need proof from his bank to go ahead with the transaction!!!
at least i cost him a stamp and a couple fone calls:D
if everyone did that to these guys then they would give up eventually!

Dungy what was his name and what was the bike ??? The Dude trying to sell me a bike started getting really pissed at me and started to send a lot of shitty emails....

[Wiccad]

Why don't you send him some Monopoly money? :lmao: :lmao:

Bugger that, just photocoppy a couple of $50's. :lmao:

[dungbeetle]

his name is jery cole. he wants to buy my 600.
i should have sent him some fotocopied money:lmao: