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[Ron]

I have a couple of KLR's listed on the Dualsport news for sale. This is not an attempt to use this forum for that purpose. But I am wondering about two responses I got promising me they wanted one of them. The wording of the messages sounded like it had originally been written in another language and then run through some translation software. I do this all the time when communicating with friends in the Ukraine. Anyway I was offered some deal where would be sent a "check payable to a US bank" containing a sum considerably greater than the asking price of the bike. I would then be expected to send back the balance via Western Union to "his shipping company" who would shortly "come for the pick up of the bike". Then he asks for my full name that will be on the check and address (not P.O. Box) and cell phone number. Does this sound as fishy to any of you as it does to me or am I being paranoid. Aint no way I would send anyone anything until said "check" cleared and I had long green in hand. Any help here would really be appreciated. While I'm in tough straights and need to sell these I sure don't want to get hosed by some out of country scam. thanks Ron

[John Lyon]

Ron, It is a scam, run like hell and find another buyer. John Lyon --- Ron wrote:

> I have a couple of KLR's listed on the Dualsport > news for sale. This is not > an attempt to use this forum for that purpose. > But I am wondering about two responses I got > promising me they wanted one of > them. > The wording of the messages sounded like it had > originally been written in > another language and then run through some > translation software. I do this > all the time when communicating with friends in the > Ukraine. > Anyway I was offered some deal where would be sent a > "check payable to a US > bank" containing a sum considerably greater than the > asking price of the > bike. I would then be expected to send back the > balance via Western Union to > "his shipping company" who would shortly "come for > the pick up of the bike". > Then he asks for my full name that will be on the > check and address (not > P.O. Box) > and cell phone number. > Does this sound as fishy to any of you as it does to > me or am I being > paranoid. Aint no way I would send anyone anything > until said "check" > cleared and I had long green in hand. > Any help here would really be appreciated. While I'm > in tough straights and > need to sell these I sure don't want to get hosed by > some out of country > scam. > thanks > Ron > > > > > List sponsored by Dual Sport News at > www.dualsportnews.com. List FAQ courtesy of Chris > Krok at: www.bigcee.com/klr650faq.html > Unsubscribe by sending a blank message to: > DSN_klr650-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com . > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > DSN_klr650-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com > > > >

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[Devon]

funyfarm1@... wrote:

>Does this sound as fishy to any of you as it does to me or am I being >paranoid. Aint no way I would send anyone anything until said "check" >cleared and I had long green in hand. >Any help here would really be appreciated. While I'm in tough straights and >need to sell these I sure don't want to get hosed by some out of country >scam. >

COMPLETE scam.

[Mike Frey]

I agree. Check is NFG, if you send money, that's how they make their "profit". Scams work both ends - buyers and sellers. I was once bidding on a Yamaha XT-225 on ebay and got an email from someone in Europe saying they could make a "super deal" on their XT. I took the bait only as far as answering the email, and the picture of the bike "for sale" ($1,500) was a Yamaha XT-660, which you can't get here (and would have been a super deal at $1500). The guy insisted that the bike was US legal, told me that I wouldn't have to pay till the bike got to the US, etc. I pestered him with questions till he disappeared. Devon wrote:

>funyfarm1@... wrote: > > > >>Does this sound as fishy to any of you as it does to me or am I being >>paranoid. Aint no way I would send anyone anything until said "check" >>cleared and I had long green in hand. >>Any help here would really be appreciated. While I'm in tough straights and >>need to sell these I sure don't want to get hosed by some out of country >>scam. >> >> >> > >COMPLETE scam. > > > > >List sponsored by Dual Sport News at www.dualsportnews.com. List FAQ courtesy of Chris Krok at: www.bigcee.com/klr650faq.html >Unsubscribe by sending a blank message to: >DSN_klr650-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com . > > >Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > >

[Robert Diaz]

That's a scam! I've heard of similar ones on the web. You should cease contact with that person immediately. Rob D. Ron wrote: But I am wondering about two responses I got promising me they wanted one of them. The wording of the messages sounded like it had originally been written in another language and then run through some translation software. I do this all the time when communicating with friends in the Ukraine. Anyway I was offered some deal where would be sent a "check payable to a US bank" containing a sum considerably greater than the asking price of the bike. I would then be expected to send back the balance via Western Union to "his shipping company" who would shortly "come for the pick up of the bike". Then he asks for my full name that will be on the check and address (not P.O. Box) and cell phone number. Does this sound as fishy to any of you as it does to me or am I being paranoid. Aint no way I would send anyone anything until said "check" cleared and I had long green in hand. Any help here would really be appreciated. While I'm in tough straights and need to sell these I sure don't want to get hosed by some out of country scam. thanks Ron [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[Krgrife@aol.com]

In a message dated 6/25/04 1:01:14 PM Pacific Daylight Time, funyfarm1@... writes:

> Anyway I was offered some deal where would be sent a "check payable to a US > bank" containing a sum considerably greater than the asking price of the > bike. I would then be expected to send back the balance via Western Union to > "his shipping company" who would shortly "come for the pick up of the bike". > Then he asks for my full name that will be on the check and address (not

This is a well known scam, they send you a cashiers check which you deposit and which your bank accepts. You then send them a check back for the overpayment which your bank honors, then after a few weeks it turns out that the cashier's check was an excellent forgery, good enough to fool your bank but eventually it makes it's way back to your bank and it is charged back to your account. In the mean time your money is long gone. This is a variation on the "Nigerian" scams that have been going on for several years. Kurt Grife [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[Greg Roberts]

Ron, This is a very popular scam, and has been attempted several times on the BMW list. Usually they use a cashier's check, which will bounce, but not before they have your bike and the amount they "overpaid". Run away. Run far away. Greg Roberts Wadley, AL

----- Original Message ----- From: "Ron" To: DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Friday, June 25, 2004 2:52 PM Subject: [DSN_klr650] Re: NKLR - sorta > I have a couple of KLR's listed on the Dualsport news for sale. This is not > an attempt to use this forum for that purpose. > But I am wondering about two responses I got promising me they wanted one of > them. > The wording of the messages sounded like it had originally been written in > another language and then run through some translation software. I do this > all the time when communicating with friends in the Ukraine. > Anyway I was offered some deal where would be sent a "check payable to a US > bank" containing a sum considerably greater than the asking price of the > bike. I would then be expected to send back the balance via Western Union to > "his shipping company" who would shortly "come for the pick up of the bike". > Then he asks for my full name that will be on the check and address (not > P.O. Box) > and cell phone number. > Does this sound as fishy to any of you as it does to me or am I being > paranoid. Aint no way I would send anyone anything until said "check" > cleared and I had long green in hand. > Any help here would really be appreciated. While I'm in tough straights and > need to sell these I sure don't want to get hosed by some out of country > scam. > thanks > Ron > > > > > List sponsored by Dual Sport News at www.dualsportnews.com. List FAQ courtesy of Chris Krok at: www.bigcee.com/klr650faq.html > Unsubscribe by sending a blank message to: > DSN_klr650-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com . > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > --- > [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus] > > --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus]

[Matt]

There's been a scam going around where they send a fake cashiers check, a good enough fake that banks will cash it. You send the money, the check bounces and the bank comes to you for the money. If it smells funny, it probably is. Matt

--- In DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com, "Ron" wrote: > I have a couple of KLR's listed on the Dualsport news for sale. This is not > an attempt to use this forum for that purpose. > But I am wondering about two responses I got promising me they wanted one of > them. > The wording of the messages sounded like it had originally been written in > another language and then run through some translation software. I do this > all the time when communicating with friends in the Ukraine. > Anyway I was offered some deal where would be sent a "check payable to a US > bank" containing a sum considerably greater than the asking price of the > bike. I would then be expected to send back the balance via Western Union to > "his shipping company" who would shortly "come for the pick up of the bike". > Then he asks for my full name that will be on the check and address (not > P.O. Box) > and cell phone number. > Does this sound as fishy to any of you as it does to me or am I being > paranoid. Aint no way I would send anyone anything until said "check" > cleared and I had long green in hand. > Any help here would really be appreciated. While I'm in tough straights and > need to sell these I sure don't want to get hosed by some out of country > scam. > thanks > Ron

[Roger]

run...run like mexican water thru a first time tourist

--- On Fri 06/25, Greg Roberts < ironbt01@... > wrote: From: Greg Roberts [mailto: ironbt01@...] To: DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com, funyfarm1@... Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2004 17:09:20 -0500 Subject: Re: [DSN_klr650] Re: NKLR - sorta _______________________________________________

[D Critchley]

The cheque will clear and the bank will give you the money. You will say goodbye to your bike. The bank will contact you to let you know that the cheque did not clear in Nigeria, or Zambia, the West Bank of the Mississippi, or where ever and will you please return their money. At that point you owe the bank whatever they gave you, and you will be able to get your bike, the one involved in the deal 3 weeks ago, back. Just find it. DC Ron wrote:

>I have a couple of KLR's listed on the Dualsport news for sale. This is not >an attempt to use this forum for that purpose. >But I am wondering about two responses I got promising me they wanted one of >them. >The wording of the messages sounded like it had originally been written in >another language and then run through some translation software. I do this >all the time when communicating with friends in the Ukraine. >Anyway I was offered some deal where would be sent a "check payable to a US >bank" containing a sum considerably greater than the asking price of the >bike. I would then be expected to send back the balance via Western Union to >"his shipping company" who would shortly "come for the pick up of the bike". >Then he asks for my full name that will be on the check and address (not >P.O. Box) >and cell phone number. >Does this sound as fishy to any of you as it does to me or am I being >paranoid. Aint no way I would send anyone anything until said "check" >cleared and I had long green in hand. >Any help here would really be appreciated. While I'm in tough straights and >need to sell these I sure don't want to get hosed by some out of country >scam. >thanks >Ron > > > > >List sponsored by Dual Sport News at www.dualsportnews.com. List FAQ courtesy of Chris Krok at: www.bigcee.com/klr650faq.html >Unsubscribe by sending a blank message to: >DSN_klr650-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com . > > >Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > >