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Does this sound fishy or is it just me? - Ponch - 11-30-2005
I received this about my RS4 on RCU....
"Greeting,
I saw your advert and i'm interested in buying your HPI Racing
RS4 3 18ss kit (Built) RTR (RTR) for $220.00.And I'll be paying you
through my client that is indebted to me in your country?If you are okay
by this i will like you to forward me with your full information for
the payment such as your full name that will be printed on the
check,your full address where the check will be send to or your full bank
account detail so that I can instruct my client to send the funds to you
through Cashier's Checks or Money Order Once the funds clears, And
deducting the cost, can I trust you to send the rest of the amount you will
send to my shipper through western union money transfer so that he can
come for the pick up ontime (i.e the Residue fund) to my shipper whom
will take Cars of the pick up. Let me know as soon as possible, so that I
can get in touch with my client.
Thanks for your co-operation while anticipating your earliest response.
hoping to hear from you ASAP.
Best Regards,
*******"
Sounds fishy...I don't like checks. And friends getting the product and paying me...
Does this sound fishy or is it just me? - snakebite46 - 11-30-2005
It's a scam. Someone else got the same e-mail on another forum.
Does this sound fishy or is it just me? - Ponch - 11-30-2005
Alrighty then! Will delete asap.
Is there some way to like report these people some how?
Does this sound fishy or is it just me? - PoPRC - 11-30-2005
No way to him to F-off. I get those "My father was a millionaire and I need an american account to deposit the money into and I will give you a cut" emails everyday.
Does this sound fishy or is it just me? - snakebite46 - 11-30-2005
Not that I know of.
Does this sound fishy or is it just me? - snakebite46 - 11-30-2005
PoPRC Wrote:No way to him to F-off. I get those "My father was a millionaire and I need an american account to deposit the money into and I will give you a cut" emails everyday.
Yup, I get those once in awhile also.
Good thing you didnt fall for it Revo2K
Does this sound fishy or is it just me? - Ponch - 11-30-2005
That sucks...Oh well. I hope somebody doesn't fall for this...
Does this sound fishy or is it just me? - Ponch - 11-30-2005
snakebite46 Wrote:Yup, I get those once in awhile also.
Good thing you didnt fall for it Revo2K
Yep...I be a well edukated won....Yeah my dad was a detective till he got promoted and I remembered something about scams like this....
Does this sound fishy or is it just me? - Mr. Tune - 11-30-2005
Good move checking up on something like this! It did sound fishy, and turns out it is!
Does this sound fishy or is it just me? - Ponch - 11-30-2005
Hey tune, a little off topic, but you want another RS4 to keep yours company?lol...I want to get rid of this thing!
Does this sound fishy or is it just me? - Mr. Tune - 11-30-2005
LOL, I was thinking of getting rid of mine since I never use it. But after thinking about it further, I decided to keep it at least I race it once at LH to see how much fun on-road racing is. If I don't like it, I'm gonna sell mine too. It's boring to drive the rs4 up and down my street.
Does this sound fishy or is it just me? - Ponch - 11-30-2005
Thats how I feel lol...
Does this sound fishy or is it just me? - Sh1nn3r - 11-30-2005
Its a scam, they are indentity thiefs!!
Does this sound fishy or is it just me? - DAVEC-NITRO-RS4 - 11-30-2005
Yep, scammers, I have gotten similar emails from every item I ever listed on eBay.
Does this sound fishy or is it just me? - north_shore_racer - 11-30-2005
wut iwould do is get the guys address...then file a claim with the ifcc i think....or summin like that i filed a claim over some rc stuff i still hvent gotten back from a guy... so we'll see...
John
Does this sound fishy or is it just me? - Czech-it-Out Graphics - 11-30-2005
reply to him give him some bs email adress and other info and say u want his info to send it out to him. Then never ship it. Stick it to the man lol
Does this sound fishy or is it just me? - Traxxas_Junkee - 11-30-2005
i think it is spelled edumakated
Does this sound fishy or is it just me? - Ponch - 11-30-2005
eeh-juh-mah-cated
That's the pronounciation lol....