[DeTomaso] Scam alert # 18

[JDeRyke at aol.com]

Got this post from Randy Timm in WI who is currently trying to sell his 
beautiful blue Pantera. Seems to be a car variation on the usual NIgerian banknote 
schemes. 
Bottom line seems to be, if payment is more complicated than simply handing 
you the bucks, you're gonna lose!

Jack,

          I thought that maybe you and the rest of the poca members would 
want to

          know about how someone tried to steal my Pantera from me through an

          Internet scam.

          First off, I listed my car though Hemmings Motor News web site. (I 
also put it in           the POCA News). I've gotten a lot of interest from 
this, unfortunately- all tire  `       kickers except one guy- Don Dave is his  
"name". He indicated that he was a           broker, and that his client was 
all set to issue me a check for the car, except I         would have to give 
back some of the payment.

        - see, according to Mr. Dave, his company will only issue one check

          per purchase, and seeing as there would be an "agent" sent to 
inspect and

          take possession of the car plus the delivery fees from the shipper- 
the check

          would be made out for $11,000 over the purchase price, and it was 
up to me

           to have two separate checks issued to both the " agent" and the 
shipper.

           When I received the $81,000.00 check  - note- the check was sent 
through the 

            regular mail, not FedEx or next day air or even registered mail ! 
- I took the            check to my bank and requested a full check of it's 
authenticity.

           IT WAS WORTHLESS !!! apparently the name on the check - Bret 
Cullivan -

           has been connected to other Internet scams where people have lost 
cars, boats

            even fur coats ! So anyone out there selling anything.... the 
best attitude to        `   have- in my opinion - would be to treat every " hit " 
on your ad as a potential           scam, and by all means, don't let go of 
your car until the money is in your hands !!

           Thank you for your time,

            Randy Timm

            #2576




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From: RANDALL TIMM <srtimm1 at sbcglobal.net>
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