So I think I have the Schiada sold...

[Jordy]

Got this email today:
JOHNSON SCOT is inquireing about a listing you placed in the ***boat.com classifieds title 21' Schiada River Cruiser.
Comments:
Dear Sir, My name is Paul Marshall sales manager of import export autos.we are located in london,europe.we aslo have a branch in British Columbia We are an automobile procurement concern that specialise in the purchase and shipping of vehicles truck bike boats e.tc to our numerous customers worldwide.We have a customer interested in purchasing your product mentioned above. We will arrange a pick up of the product once payment IS confirmed by you.Please acknowledge the offer and we will instruct the buyer to have the funds remitted to your account as soon as possible.Please get back to me with your least price so that we will reach you for payment method Thanks and God bless
Phone:() -
E-mail:carsmart@xasa.com
Now that's as good as money in my account. I'm going to send them all my account information right now. :rolleyes: :D

[Extreme Liquid]

Be careful as to what info you give them. I have heard of scams starting just like this. I hope it works out.

[MRS FLYIN VEE]

:lightsabe :jawdrop: :jawdrop: :lightsabe

[lucky]

i think i will raise my price and sell my tub !! congrats jordy

[Jordy]

Be careful as to what info you give them. I have heard of scams starting just like this. I hope it works out.
I guess I didn't use enough sarcasm in the post. ;)
I just wonder if London, Europe is the same thing as London, England? :D

[MRS FLYIN VEE]

I guess I didn't use enough sarcasm in the post. ;)
I just wonder if London, Europe is the same thing as London, England? :D
:argue: :lightsabe :D :D I got it.. :smile:

[Steamin' Rice]

Maybe you'll get really lucky, and the guy will agree to buy the boat at full price, and send you a fake cashiers check for full price plus some extra to cover shipping.. All you will need to do is refund him the extra money after shipping your boat. That way you can end up with no boat AND lose some of your own cash in the process....
After you finish this one, let me know if you are interested in contacting a family in South Africa who has the sum of 138 million US dollars that needs to be picked up.. I got an email from them the other day looking for help. :D :D

[DansBlown73Nordic]

I got the same e-mail...... :D They must have a bunch of extra money to get rid of..... :(

[Jordy]

After you finish this one, let me know if you are interested in contacting a family in South Africa who has the sum of 138 million US dollars that needs to be picked up.. I got an email from them the other day looking for help. :D :D
Those lying bastards!!! They said they had only sent that email to me... :burningm: :jawdrop: :D

[lewiville]

A guy i work with sold his 71 bel air to a guy in germany, got the check fed ex'd called 2 days later to verify funds and the bank told him that the check was a fraud and the FBI called 30 min later
DUDE, BAD DEAL

[lucky]

Maybe you'll get really lucky, and the guy will agree to buy the boat at full price, and send you a fake cashiers check for full price plus some extra to cover shipping.. All you will need to do is refund him the extra money after shipping your boat. That way you can end up with no boat AND lose some of your own cash in the process....
After you finish this one, let me know if you are interested in contacting a family in South Africa who has the sum of 138 million US dollars that needs to be picked up.. I got an email from them the other day looking for help. :D :D
actually i was going to send the boat over and wait for the check to clear - I'd still be money ahead !!! :rolleyes:

[Jordy]

OK, just for the record as I recieved some pm's from concerned individuals, I know it's a scam and is bad news. I'm not selling my boat, or anything else to these guys.
I'm thinking if they want to send me a picture (fake) cashiers check, I'll just send them a picture of the boat and we can call it even. :D

[Dave C]

but they got an office in british columbia..... you can trust those canatards...
why don't you give them some of your "private" info, like your SS# and bank account.
that should do the trick!!! ;) ;)
I guess I didn't use enough sarcasm in the post. ;)
I just wonder if London, Europe is the same thing as London, England? :D

[BoatFloating]

I'm selling one slightly used Bridge that has a few bullet hole from a war or two. It can be seen in Lake Havasu AZ. Asking $10,00 CASH!!!!! :notam:

[Jordy]

When I get my money from those South African folks, and have the Schiada sold, I think I just might buy a bridge. London Bridge seems as good as any. I can turn it into a toll bridge and keep people out of Havasu Marina.
I'm going to have more money than I know what to do with. :cool:

[BoatFloating]

When I get my money from those South African folks, and have the Schiada sold, I think I just might buy a bridge. London Bridge seems as good as any. I can turn it into a toll bridge and keep people out of Havasu Marina.
I'm going to have more money than I know what to do with. :cool:
No problem but it's cash there rubber check boy.....

[Whipped Caliber]

I get three of them a day!! Some times it takes 90 days before the check comes back as a fake!! :messedup:

[Jordy]

3 a day? Damn, now I'm really feeling left out of the scam loop... :(

[eliminatedsprinter]

Tell them you are sending them your bank account #s, But instead send them mine. :notam: That will fix them. :wink: :wink:

[playdeep]

...you never know.
Two weeks ago I had a 69 Mustang convertable listed on e-bay.I always put my cell# in the listing in case anyone has additional questions.First day I get call from area code 305(Miami Fla.)Woman speaking in very broken english asks how much it will take to end the auction early.
I instantly think SCAM,so I shoot her a figure that is significantly above my (listed)reserve.
She tells me that she is calling on behalf of a buyer in Brazil,and will inform him of my price,and she will call me back in 15 minutes...
I'm thinking ya sure you will. :rolleyes:
15 minutes later she calls me back and wants my address so that she can send me a cashiers check,for the total amount of the car.(listing stated $1000.00due within 48 hrs.)
I'm thinking ya sure full amount :rolleyes:
Next morning UPS rolls up and delivers an envelope containing a cashiers check for the full amount!
I go straight to the bank and deposit the check,asking for a 5 day hold to verify funds,in order to insure the check is not bogus.
5 days later I call the bank,they tell me the check has cleared,everything is on the up and up.
I don't hear from these people for over a week,late last night they call me and ask if I can drop the car off at a rent-a-car company by the airport tomorrow.
We dropped the car off this afternoon,got a receipt from the agency mgr. and came home.
I guess the car is on it's way to Brazil...
The ironic part of the whole deal....cashiers check was drawn from Sea Quest boat corp.

[AzDon]

I sold my runnerbottom a year ago to a guy in Sweden. He sent me $100 a month by paypal as deposit and rent for four months until his buddy in SoCal was ready to load a container. Paid me $300 extra to deliver to Pomona where his buddy paid me in cash. Lars is having a blast with the old runnerbottom in Sweden...... Not all international transactions turn out badly!

[Rexone]

Sounds like the email I got on my Hallett outboard Vector.
Beware of cashiers checks many are bogus and they will not come back to you for sometimes a month or more. We've been burned on a couple in the past 2 years and it's a favorite scam of these scammers posing as foreign buyers. They think cashiers check = gold right? WRONG. Be careful. Wire transfer into bank is the only sure fire way I've found to be safe on foreign transactions.

[canuck1]

Jordy
If they actually have an office in BC send the info to me and I will get one of my guys to check it out

[Jordy]

I told him I wanted $32K for it if I'm even going to think about this. We'll see what happens. ;)

[FunOnTheWater]

You have great looking boat :wink: get the money and run :eek:
I wonder how many people are taken on these things :hammerhea

[bigkatboat]

I've got a few boats on the web in various places, and the SAME PEOPLE keep showing up to "PURCHASE" them. I have boats in the 30's and boats in the 100's and the same guys are READY TO BUY for their "customers". If it is a real person taking time to "E" mail me, then I am angry. ('cause it is working and he is making money on it) If it is a 'program' and it runs 'automatically' then I'm not too hurt. You know by now that you need to sell to someone 'eye to eye' and 'face to face', so that each of you is happy with your transaction. I still feel that (with help) you would be happy with your boat, and I am willing to help you if you choose to keep it. PS, I'm not asking for money, I'm just a guy who likes V-drive boats. :rollside: :rollside: :rollside:

[moneypit]

The only way to make sure you don't get boned is to have the funds placed in a reputable bank account. I forget the name of these types of accounts. The bank will notify you when the funds are real and sufficient. They use these types of account for expensive items on ebay.

[ROZ]

Those lying bastards!!! They said they had only sent that email to me... :burningm: :jawdrop: :D
Yea, but you guys were already too late. I jumped on that soon as I saw it. Heck, I wired him 50K from my account proving how serious I was. Talk about taking advantage of that poor sap, I'm going to be rich I tell you!!! :D

[Jordy]

I hate you Roz. :D :D :D

[Jordy]

Dear Friend,
Thanks to you for accepting the offer to sell your product to my client and i have spoke to my client and he instructed me to inform you that all is set to go and again i must say am particularly impressed by the prompt attention accorded the matter considering the need for us to conclude the deal in a timely manner.
I will want to restate clearly i am an auto procurement agent service in london .united kingdom and have a branch in other european countries with long years of auto experience and arrays of clients across the north america with construction contracts. 'Towards concluding the entire deal and issuance of the cashiers check there is a slight issue which i believe should not be a problem if i can get my the message clearly to you. I want to let you know if you will be able to treat this accordingly and will want you to ask questions if you are not clear with my explanations.In order to conclude the deal as soon as possible my client has said he can only be able to raised a cashiers check for the sales of the product and the entire shipping charges of the product from the country to europe
This means the cashiers check that will be sent to you will include an excess amount which is $6,000 for the money for the sales of your product my commission as an agent and the shippers fees for organising a ca its new origin, some pick up service from your base down to europe the check will be
in the amount of $38,000 were by you will deduct the cost of the car $32,000 and send the balance of $6,000 to my customer via moneygram
transfer or western union money transfer, any of which is closest to you or prefered . You did not need to worry as our prepaid shipping company will come to pick the product up from your base for shippment to europe
The reason for this shippment method is as a result of the age difference of the product which does not make it directly shippable into europe where the product will be shipped to, and the check will include the fees i mentioned above because the check according to my client is a refund been
refunded back to him, and the company making out this refund will only make
it out in one cashier to him, so he is trusting you to handle his funds with care and honesty and UTMOST confidentiality.What i want to clarify is that will you be able to cash the check immediately from your bank and send the excess back via the wire transfer for the shipping charges that my
client will pay to the shipping company and my commision back to me through western union money transfer or moneygram method as soon as the check is
cashed and you deduct the money for the sales of your product?
please your answer on this will enable me to issue a directive to my client on the need to contact the company to get the check ready and send it to you with out any further delay .
If you agree to assist in this capacity , Will you please send your contact address where my client should send the check , your name to be on check and telephone numbers so that i will instruct my client to send the check by express priority mail to you
Please get back to me ASAP.....
Have a nice day.
Thank once again..
I'm getting excited now... :rolleyes:

[PHX ATC]

I'm sure I've got something to sell to him too, let me check in the garage for some stuff.
Maybe I can get in on this great deal and make some extra cash.
We can go toss down a barley pop or 2 Jordy with our new found $$$! :D :mix:

[AzDon]

Open an account specifically to recieve cash money transfer or face-to-face cash transaction only!

[Jordy]

I hope I didn't scare the guy off, but this was my response:
I'm very anxious to get this deal done, however I do have some reservations.
I have heard of many scams going along this same line. I'm not suggesting
that your business is run on anything other than on the up and up, but at
the same time, I'm going to procede with caution.
The ideal way for this to proceed would be with the funds being sent by wire transfer. Should that happen, and my financial institution is satisfied
that the funds are there and legit, then we can procede.
If you still wish to go the route of the cashier's check, I'm going to hold
it for 90 days before I release any funds, or the boat.
I hope that doesn't cause any undo problems.
Thank you.
:D :D :D

[lucky]

I hope I didn't scare the guy off, but this was my response:
I'm very anxious to get this deal done, however I do have some reservations.
I have heard of many scams going along this same line. I'm not suggesting
that your business is run on anything other than on the up and up, but at
the same time, I'm going to procede with caution.
The ideal way for this to proceed would be with the funds being sent by wire transfer. Should that happen, and my financial institution is satisfied
that the funds are there and legit, then we can procede.
If you still wish to go the route of the cashier's check, I'm going to hold
it for 90 days before I release any funds, or the boat.
I hope that doesn't cause any undo problems.
Thank you.
:D :D :D
you just got green eggs and SPAM

[AzDon]

was there a reply to that, Jordy?

[Jordy]

you just got green eggs and SPAM
I know, and have known since the first 5 seconds after I got the email. I figure now I'll have a little fun with them. Like a non-refundable cash deposit for a couple hundred dollars, just to show that they're not scamming me. :D :D :D

[Jordy]

was there a reply to that, Jordy?
Not yet. I'm sure there will be, and it will be pretty much the previous email just arranged differently. If I can waste this guys time and make him get all excited like he thinks I'm going to send him money, then so be it.
I was supposed to keep it confidential though. Dammit, now he might not buy it. :D

[SCUBA STEVE]

Thats some funny shiz Jordy. :)

[Jordy]

Well, I haven't heard anything back, but I'm not giving up hope. :eek:
Funny thing, for being from London, Europe, the domain info reads like this:
Miguel Hernandez Briones
C/Victoria n 238 9b
Burgos, 09007
SPAIN
Domain Name: XASA.COM
Administrative Contact:
Miguel Hernandez xasa@XASA.COM
Xasa S.L.
C/Victoria n 238 9b
Burgos, Burgos 09007
ES
Phone: 34 947 471134
Fax: 34 947 471134
Technical Contact:
Miguel Hernandez xasa@XASA.COM
Xasa S.L.
C/Victoria n 238 9b
Burgos, Burgos 09007
ES
Phone: 34 947 471134
Fax: 34 947 471134
Must be from Spain Europe. ;)

[PHX ATC]

London...only a plane ride away. :D

[Steamin' Rice]

I'll be in London in a couple of weeks.. You want me to pick up a deposit from him while I'm there?? :D :D

[Jordy]

I still haven't heard back from him. :(
Guess I'll have to send him an email asking for a non-refundable $500 cash deposit before we can continue this transaction. :D
Someone posted a link to a website where people were scamming these scammers and it was some pretty funny reading. :D

[MRS FLYIN VEE]

I still haven't heard back from him. :(
Guess I'll have to send him an email asking for a non-refundable $500 cash deposit before we can continue this transaction. :D
Someone posted a link to a website where people were scamming these scammers and it was some pretty funny reading. :D
send it.. but make sure you sign it.. LOL!! :p

[AZKC]

Burgos Spain
Sounds like a nice place to visit. Lets go knock on his door ;)
Land of Castles....
Burgos was founded in 884, and its historical heritage is always evident to the visitor. It is a monumental town, charming for that so typical medieval northern castilian ambience.
The gothic cathedral is all dominant, but there are many more important monuments such as the Cartuja de Miraflores or the Monastery of Las Huelgas. Generally the town is quiet and clean, and after your sightseeing-tour or a walk through one of the parks you may want to try out Burgos' exquisite cuisine.
You shouldn't miss to visit as well the surroundings of the town, where you will find many villages of extraordinary historical-artistical value.