almost got scammed, this is the world of today.

**2000GTP** · 02-11-2009

i tried to sell my old wheels and tires on craigslist, and a guy offered to take them for $375. He told me he was overseas so he was having his "assistant" handle the payment and pickup. I believed him at first because he seemed like a nice guy at first. He sends out the money order, then he tells me his assistant made a payment mistake, and sent me a higher amount then i paid, and he said to just take out the balance from it and just send the rest back to him. So i get the envelope in the mail, there is 2 money orders, 950 each. So i go to the bank and the lady is checking them out. She said something didnt look right, so she called in and sure enough they were bad checks. She said there have been alot of things checks this going around lately, you get an amount more then expected and they have you send the leftover money back, now i know, from now on i only sell locally for cash, and to people i trust on gpf. What a bunch of bull****. Glad she caught it, because if she would have put it through, id be out 1900 bucks because it would have to come out of my account.

It saddens me to see what this world has come to. Thieves and liars, everybody is false. I think it's time we start weeding out these selfish mother****ers and taking them down one by one, even if i have to do it myself, by my hands. It is soulless and wrong to do this to somebody, I am a hardworking honest person, and for someone to do this is utterly wrong. And i dont want to see this happen to anyone else. Greed is what this world has come to, thieves and ****ing liars, these people dont deserve the life they have, they deserve to live the life of a scumbag in prison, or worse, that will show them what happens when you try to decieve somebody, and take what they have earned in their life. f**k all of them, they are a waste, filth, one pathetic mouth to feed, a leach that is sucking the life out of this world...

**WhiteGT** · 02-11-2009

There is a ton of scams on the classifieds sites. You just have to be careful and if things seem odd at all or too good to be true, don't go for it. Glad they didn't get you.

**BADAZGTP** · 02-11-2009

Happy to see it got caught before it went too far. I hate people like that.

**1998xGTP** · 02-11-2009

Yep anything overseas or far away from you that you dont trust don't deal with them. If they won't go through paypal and refuse to pay cash it is more than likely a scam. Had to go through a couple of these when I wanted to buy my car

**kingd44** · 02-11-2009

im ready lets go lol

**2000GTP** · 02-11-2009

Originally Posted by kingd44

im ready lets go lol

haha sounds good!

**SlowM90** · 02-12-2009

Ya, those have been going on since 07. I worked in the cash advance/check cashing places for 4years. We get memos on all the check scams and the whole I will send you this amount and you send me the rest was VERY big! Good thing the lady at the bank caught it!

**UR LOSN** · 02-13-2009

Glad they caught it!!!! On our local forums... we get spammers that do the same thing. needless to say they are quickly delt with.

**chico** · 02-13-2009

Had a similar experience when selling my Vette ,tried to say they'd have someone P/U the car and give me a chq. I was to cash it and give the driver the balance or some happy BS. I told the guy only cash or certified chq. for the true amount that was the last I heard from them?

**djgrandprix** · 02-13-2009

Glad you didn't get taken.

I bought my GTP on Craigslist recently.

Craigslist does warn against offers to ship anything when buying or selling though. Big bold letters at the top of the page. I noticed a large number of fake ads offering very late model cars for insane prices, 2006 Audi A8 for $3400?

? The ads got flagged almost as soon as they went up yet they were back in force the same day...

**Preotic** · 02-13-2009

There is a reason that Craigslist suggests local sales only, if you can't meet them in person and take cash then don't bother. I'm surprised you fell for the overseas, assistant and check for more than the asking price. Those are all dead giveaways.

**1998xGTP** · 02-13-2009

Originally Posted by djgrandprix

Glad you didn't get taken.

I bought my GTP on Craigslist recently.

Craigslist does warn against offers to ship anything when buying or selling though. Big bold letters at the top of the page. I noticed a large number of fake ads offering very late model cars for insane prices, 2006 Audi A8 for $3400?

? The ads got flagged almost as soon as they went up yet they were back in force the same day...

Holy crap off topic but I was reading this and I was like wtf

I didn't post that and realized it wasn't me lol. Nice display pic btw

**SlowM90** · 02-15-2009

Originally Posted by 1998xGTP

Holy crap off topic but I was reading this and I was like wtf

I didn't post that and realized it wasn't me lol. Nice display pic btw

why would you think that was you....? sorry....just curious

**1998xGTP** · 02-16-2009

Originally Posted by Jess3103

why would you think that was you....? sorry....just curious

Or display pictures are identical and that's how I know who is who

**SlowM90** · 02-17-2009

Originally Posted by 1998xGTP

Or display pictures are identical and that's how I know who is who

rmm....on his its a white gp...on urs it a motor....LOL...or on my end anyways! lol Thats why I was like

...he has gone crazy!

**green00prix** · 02-13-2009

Everything about that screams scam! I've had that same line sent to me on just about everything I've tried to sell online. So many immediate red flags it's not even funny.

I decided to play the game one time and the final e-mail from the scammer said something along the lines of 'thank you, I look forward to receiving the aircraft.' WHAT!?!?! Aircraft? I was selling some car parts.

**GTX** · 02-13-2009

they actually send you the checks or whatever so you cash them and they get paid the amount you send back, making you 100% liable. your lucky though, at least you didnt get popped for fraud. best thing though is to stay away from money orders,checks,cashiers checks etc and stick with cash,paypal. i only mess with checks when the person is with me and doesnt mind coming with me to verify funds.

**josh** · 02-13-2009

X2, I can't stand those type of people. It's happened 2 me 2 times on ebay. Once for $200.00 and another one was $40.00. ****ing lossers!!!!!!!!!

**2000GTP** · 02-13-2009

yea... last time i ever do something via money order. will never happen again

**GTPJOE90** · 02-15-2009

this happened to me when i was selling my ytm200 ek "3 wheeler" THE MOST BADASS TRIKE IN THE WORLD haha anywayz yeah some prick said i live in china or something im like ok? get ur butt over hear to my door n pick it up lmao then i said by scammer he actually responded back saying your a smart kid.... lmao wow just wow