When it sounds too good to be true...
Sounds like a smaller variation on the Nigerian money scam:
http://urbanlegends.about.com/
Seems that many of the new internet scams are cycling-related.
Regards,
Fred
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Fred Yavorsky Jenkintown, PA
on 5/28/03 9:15 AM, wspokes at wspokes@penn.com wrote:
> Just a bit of FYI for everyone. If you are ever wondering if something is a
> scam in the bike industry...glance at the roadbikereview.com site and see the
> goodtrader/badtrader forum. These scams are the talk of the list right now as
> anyone from ebay to bike classified ads are getting hit with these.
> Recently I found sound old Campagnolo parts in an ad that highly interested
> me. I inquired and the price is FAR below expected. Just send them cash and
> they will ship it...Now, I have sent cash to some Brits for deals on the list
> but this is someone I don't know and I am hesitant to do this because the deal
> seems too good to be true plus they only want cash. I will probably err on the
> side of caution and pass this one up.
>
> Walt Skrzypek
> Falls Creek, Pa
> -------Original Message-------
> From: Wornoutguy@aol.com
> Sent: 05/28/03 09:00 AM
> To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
> Subject: [CR]WARNING! Beware of checks from South Africa
>
>>
>> I have been getting all this interest in parts I am selling from Africa,
> the
> buyer states they have a check from someone in the US and it is for much
> more
> money than I am selling the part for they say I can cash the check and
> send
> them back the extra sounds familiar like some other scams I have heard
> going
> around. Be careful sounds like a big scam to me. When you write
> back they
> know nothing about bikes and nothing about anything. I would be really
> weary of anyone claiming to be in Africa sending you money.
>
> Sam DiBartolomeo
> Riverside CA