These guys are always at it so buyer be ware if you receive emails like the one I just got

From alan_kermack@yahoo.com

Dear seller,
I hereby wish to inform you that i am interested to purchase your advertised item .Kindly give me your last asking price also the condition as at now.Will you accept a certified cheque as payment? (from a US based bank).I have a client and colleague of mine who will be ready to send you payment by post when we both finally agree on terms.
1.YOUR FULL NAME THAT WILL BE ON THE CHEQUE...
2,YOUR FULL ADDRESS ............
3,YOUR CONTACT PHONE # ..........
As regards pick up, you don't have worry yourself because i have a transportation agent who is ready on ground for pick up.
Hoping to hear from you soonest.
Kind regards
Alan.

thats the typical scam. if you sell on the recycler you will get these e mails all day long.

here is a good link about the scam
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=253

sad thing is the elderly often fall for these scams...........

Yes, we do..

The Nigerian Scam Defined

A Five Billion US$ (as of 1996, much more now) worldwide Scam which has run since the early 1980's under Successive Governments of Nigeria. It is also referred to as "Advance Fee Fraud", "419 Fraud" (Four-One-Nine) after the relevant section of the Criminal Code of Nigeria, and "The Nigerian Connection" (mostly in Europe). However, it is usually called plain old "419" even by the Nigerians themselves.

The Scam operates as follows: the target receives an unsolicited fax, email, or letter often concerning Nigeria or another African nation containing either a money laundering or other illegal proposal OR you may receive a Legal and Legitimate business proposal by normal means. Common variations on the Scam include "overinvoiced" or "double invoiced" oil or other supply and service contracts where your Bad Guys want to get the overage out of Nigeria (Classic 419); crude oil and other commodity deals (a form of Goods and Services 419); a "bequest" left you in a will (Will Scam 419); "money cleaning" where your Bad Guy has a lot of currency that needs to be "chemically cleaned" before it can be used and he needs the cost of the chemicals (Black Currency 419) ; "spoof banks" where there is supposedly money in your name already on deposit; "paying" for a purchase with a check larger than the amount required and asking for change to be advanced (cashier's check and money order 419); fake lottery 419; chat room and romance 419 (usually coupled with one of the other forms of 419); employment 419 (including secret shopper 419) ; and ordering items and commodities off "trading" and "auction" sites on the web and then cheating the seller. The variations of Advance Fee Fraud (419) are very creative and virtually endless, so do not consider the above as an all-inclusive list!

419 Scam

419 Eater <-- Very funny stuff...

I had one guy led on for months.. was so funny.. I even got him my banks general wire account# to send the dough and he didnt like that one bit..

yep...I love to play them scamming idiots...I tell them I have a hex on them..who knows..maybe something happens and they beleive it to be real.

right now i have one that the guy says he lives in temecula, currently stationed in Iraq and wants to buy the quad for his friend. i told him due to overwhelming amount of fraud i could only accept cash, and i havent heard from him since. besides, anyone i sell the bike to is having their pic taken and im making a copy of their license. say cheese!

another i have the guy is interested in "my items" and needs them "urgently" lol, yeah sure no prob, just send the check.