A quick warning to anyone selling anything.
I was selling an old bike engine and had a really unbelievable offer for it.
They offer you the best price, want to send you more money than the value, usually for 'shipping'. You get a cheque, place it in you bank and they then ask you to forward on the extra money.
The cheque's a fraud, and if you've sent any money you've lost it.
I didn't send any money but it is very easy to get drawn in as you may really want to sell the item you have, as I did, and the offer was so good.
DON'T GET INVOLVED
I spent an afternoon down the cop shop as they thought I was part of the scam and had my flat searched as they were looking for the cheque writing machine!
I've heard of lots of stories of people losing lots of money.
And if you think your bank will help, think again. Not many people know that a bank has the right to claim back money up to SIX MONTHS after a cheque has cleared in your account if it turns out to be fraudulent. So don't trust the 3 working days clearance.
In my experience the scam was connected with Nigeria and the met police call it 'WAFFle' West African forward fee. This is because there are so many of these type of scams originating from there.
I no longer trust any email or contact from there nor anyone using Yahoo email address.
As they say, if it is too good to believe, it is!
I was selling an old bike engine and had a really unbelievable offer for it.
They offer you the best price, want to send you more money than the value, usually for 'shipping'. You get a cheque, place it in you bank and they then ask you to forward on the extra money.
The cheque's a fraud, and if you've sent any money you've lost it.
I didn't send any money but it is very easy to get drawn in as you may really want to sell the item you have, as I did, and the offer was so good.
DON'T GET INVOLVED
I spent an afternoon down the cop shop as they thought I was part of the scam and had my flat searched as they were looking for the cheque writing machine!
I've heard of lots of stories of people losing lots of money.
And if you think your bank will help, think again. Not many people know that a bank has the right to claim back money up to SIX MONTHS after a cheque has cleared in your account if it turns out to be fraudulent. So don't trust the 3 working days clearance.
In my experience the scam was connected with Nigeria and the met police call it 'WAFFle' West African forward fee. This is because there are so many of these type of scams originating from there.
I no longer trust any email or contact from there nor anyone using Yahoo email address.
As they say, if it is too good to believe, it is!