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Today's scam is a variation of the old overpayment/refund trick. Add in a little family values like giving a vehicle as a wedding gift and a blessing and maybe a dealer won't notice that it is a scam. Here's the contact email: Thanks for the response and i am highly delighted,i am okay with the price given and i will be making a deposit of $500 for the vehicle now,i want this vehicle as a surprise wedding gift for my son and he lives with his wife in Texas,in fact i am also thinking of buying another car from you for the wife as well but i want to sort this transaction out first, before now i have been discussing with the private Shipping Agent that will handle the shipping and special delivery of the vehicle on the wedding day and he has made it clear to me that he can not accept my credit card as a means of payment because he does not have a credit card machine to run it through and he requested $2000 upfront payment back and forth to handle the special delivery,sign all documents with power of attorney on my behalf and make final payment for the vehicle with Bank of America Check,at this point i will like to bring to your notice that apart from the balance of the vehicle which he will bring to your location i do not have sufficient raw cash to pay him so i will like you to do me a special favor by charging my credit card details for an excess of $2000 which you will kindly help to forward to the Shipping Agent via Western Union Money Transfer at the nearest location around you or you could just cut a check back and overnight it to the Shipper Agent,which means you will be charging $2,500 on my credit card,i.e $500 for the car deposit and $2,000 for the Shipping Agent which you will have to forward to the shipping agent so as to get the ball rolling on the vehicle purchase,thanks for your co-operation and i look forward reading from you soon,let me know if you are okay with this plan so i can forward my credit card details immediately,stay blessed in Jesus name. Thanks Dr Henry Williams ___________ Joking aside, this scam has many classic components that should raise concerns. Overpayment with a request to send money elsewhere No direct, face-to-face contact Offer to purchase a readily available vehicle from a long distance away Horrible punctuation, spelling and grammar (really, if he was a doctor, would you go to him?) Promise of more transactions to come The first point is almost always a scam. The others should raise caution and encourage dealership staff to verify identity and funds. Thanks to Holiday Automotive for bringing this scam to our attention.
Today's scam is a variation of the old overpayment/refund trick. Add in a little family values like giving a vehicle as a wedding gift and a blessing and maybe a dealer won't notice that it is a scam.
Here's the contact email:
Thanks for the response and i am highly delighted,i am okay with the price given and i will be making a deposit of $500 for the vehicle now,i want this vehicle as a surprise wedding gift for my son and he lives with his wife in Texas,in fact i am also thinking of buying another car from you for the wife as well but i want to sort this transaction out first, before now i have been discussing with the private Shipping Agent that will handle the shipping and special delivery of the vehicle on the wedding day and he has made it clear to me that he can not accept my credit card as a means of payment because he does not have a credit card machine to run it through and he requested $2000 upfront payment back and forth to handle the special delivery,sign all documents with power of attorney on my behalf and make final payment for the vehicle with Bank of America Check,at this point i will like to bring to your notice that apart from the balance of the vehicle which he will bring to your location i do not have sufficient raw cash to pay him so i will like you to do me a special favor by charging my credit card details for an excess of $2000 which you will kindly help to forward to the Shipping Agent via Western Union Money Transfer at the nearest location around you or you could just cut a check back and overnight it to the Shipper Agent,which means you will be charging $2,500 on my credit card,i.e $500 for the car deposit and $2,000 for the Shipping Agent which you will have to forward to the shipping agent so as to get the ball rolling on the vehicle purchase,thanks for your co-operation and i look forward reading from you soon,let me know if you are okay with this plan so i can forward my credit card details immediately,stay blessed in Jesus name.
Thanks Dr Henry Williams ___________
Joking aside, this scam has many classic components that should raise concerns.
The first point is almost always a scam. The others should raise caution and encourage dealership staff to verify identity and funds.
Thanks to Holiday Automotive for bringing this scam to our attention.