Is this a scam .

dekbhoy

Selling a car on carzone/autostrader and got this email today. the English is bad and it seems a bit dodgy, but what are people's opinions......,

Hello
Thanks for your urgently mail,i am okay with your asking price and you don't need to bother or stress yourself about the shipment because i have a reliable shipper that will come to your location for the pickup of the Car to my house in UK and also my shipper will be assisting mes in clearing and picking some of my goods that i bought from other buyers down to my house i will like to have your full information for the payment So that i can forward it to my Accountant to issue you payment, kindly mail me back in Time,with your full detail,I will like if you can confirm the following details to me for the cheque to be send to you within a limited time we have to conclude this transaction..
NOTE confirm the Details to me

NAME...........................................
ADDRESS...................................
CITY............................................
 ZIPCODE.....................................
COUNTRY.................................
PHONENUMBER...............................
LAST PRICE..................................

Once the cheque has cleared, my reliable shipper will come over to your location for the pick up without given you any stress.
 I await your reply as soon as possible.
Thank you for your time and kindness attention.
I remain Very truly yours.
Larry..

Stercus Accidit

Scam without a doubt, you would receive a fake cheque for too much money, he will ask you to return the surplus, your cheque bounces and you are out the 'refund' you sent him.

garclo

scam! steer clear op. loads of threads about emails like that.

SV

What's your name, address and phone number?
Named Larry?

Sounds like someone I know of

GoGoGadget

If you have the time it's always good fun winding these lads up

firefly08

Whatever Larry's offering for the car, I'll double it!

Sorry just joking...+1 it's a scam.

ScouseMouse

ACCEPT HIS OFFER!

We can bait this pratt for weeks. See if we can cost him a few quid. If you want, will do it. Send it on to me and I will post the ongoing carryons here for everyone to see.

Superscouse

GoGoGadget

Haha google 'scambaiting' for your inspiration..

dekbhoy

GoGoGadget wrote: »

Haha google 'scambaiting' for your inspiration..

Just googled his I p adress and the first thread was a boards.ie one warning people to steer clear . I will continue to email him just too waste his time for a few weeks.....
Thanks guys.

tuborg_man

If anyone thinks something is a scam, then it's prob a scam, especially with buying and selling cars

x in the city

dekbhoy wrote: »

Selling a car on carzone/autostrader and got this email today. the English is bad and it seems a bit dodgy, but what are people's opinions......,

Hello
Thanks for your urgently mail,i am okay with your asking price and you don't need to bother or stress yourself about the shipment because i have a reliable shipper that will come to your location for the pickup of the Car to my house in UK and also my shipper will be assisting mes in clearing and picking some of my goods that i bought from other buyers down to my house i will like to have your full information for the payment So that i can forward it to my Accountant to issue you payment, kindly mail me back in Time,with your full detail,I will like if you can confirm the following details to me for the cheque to be send to you within a limited time we have to conclude this transaction..
NOTE confirm the Details to me

NAME...........................................
ADDRESS...................................
CITY............................................
 ZIPCODE.....................................
COUNTRY.................................
PHONENUMBER...............................
LAST PRICE..................................

Once the cheque has cleared, my reliable shipper will come over to your location for the pick up without given you any stress.
 I await your reply as soon as possible.
Thank you for your time and kindness attention.
I remain Very truly yours.
Larry..

srsyl

people still fall for this...

166man

Sometimes if you have to ask the question then the chances are that it is a scam.

x in the city

send him my deatils

I will ID107 him.