beware advertising on hemmings

[Depley]

Just thought I would say watch yourself advertising on hemmings, so far I have had 3 different people try the out of country scam on me. This is where they want to send a certified check and have YOU pay the shipper etc.

[Vincent Vega]

E-bay as well. Someone in Madison, WI just got smoked for 4k selling his car. Sold for 5k. Buyer sent check for 9k. Instructed seller to send 4k to some account overseas to cover shipping. Sent the 4k. The 9k check was bogus forgery. Bye bye 4k. Lots of scum out there. It was a young naive guy who got burned.

[Depley]

It is really sad, and what makes you even more angry is no one seems to care about this stuff. Not the web providers, not the police. I guess they are to busy setting traps for pedophiles to be bothered with simple grand theft.

So it just goes on and on.

[padgett]

There is something to be said for cash-in-hand transactions.

[Tinker]

Anybody who has been ripped off by an internet scam can file a complaint with the FBI here .

Probably won't get your money back but, at least somebody is working on putting a stop to that crap.

You can also notify your local FBI office directly, they are in the phone book.

[Guest kennyw]

first: can not think that anyone would send funds before the check cleared. Second: police are there for revenue traps and to pick up the pieces after the crime. Laws are for honest people. .........ken

[knjake]

Having sold many a vehicle, I have always requested and received "real money for a real car", meaning when you get my car & title I get your cash, the last I knew you could stop pymt on a cashiers check!

[Guest Ranger]

Depley, Depley, why are you so concerned with the police "setting traps for pedophiles"? You know, people who complain about speeding tickets by saying "why aren't the cops out looking for bank robbers, rapists and murderers", probably don't understand that the cops who write traffic tickets aren't the ones who are trained for the investigation of, and pursuit of, violent felons, there are cops out there looking for the really bad guys. If you called the Rome, GA P.D. about being conned out of money by someone in a foreign country, they'd probably tell you that they don't have jurisdiction in that type of case, they're right, I'd blame your school system.

[Depley]

Wow, what wrong side of the bed did you get up on? First off I didn't fall for the scam, I am not stupid I went to school in another state. What I was saying is I know, they know everyone knows this is a scam, but no one is willing to do anything to stop them. Some people have no idea how the scam works, and to what lengths these people go to make it work. Certified checks are being used fraudulently more and more, but banks will still "credit" the amount to your account in a couple days, even though the check has not cleared the bank the check was supposedly written on, some of these checks end up traveling from federal reserve to federal reserve and might take 2 months to find out the check is no good. All the while some person sees the money in their account and figure it has cleared. Then this person goes through with it and bam 1-2 months later they find out they not only lost the money, but the car was gone as well.

Police don't care unless you actually lost something, when if they reacted to the situation at the point of the transaction them might actually catch someone without the person losing money and cars.

Yeah I know, everyone says its someone elses problem, and all the while these guys continue to rip off the unsuspecting.