COPYRIGHT 2004, ROADRACING WORLD PUBLISHING, Inc.

FIRST PERSON/OPINION

Via e-mail

Thank you for the recent articles regarding internet bike-buying scams w/bogus cashier’s checks.

Friends of mine have been contacted by these a**holes abroad and I have recently been contacted by two people (see below) with similar scams when I posted a bike for sale in the local paper.

Is there a place where I can report these people to or is it because they are abroad, there is nothing we can do?

Please let me know as this problem appears to have become rampant and I hate to just dismiss it without doing anthing about it.

The thought of others falling prey to this pisses me off to no end.

John Chen
WSMC/WERA 73
AMA737
Foothill Ranch, California



From: Richard Winston
Date: 2004/02/02 Mon PM 05:30:15 EST
To: [email protected]
Subject: 2002 GSXR750 Frame & motor w/swingarm,injectors …, $975.00
Hi,
I am a used auto spares trader from Italy with clients all over Italy. I have offices in most Italian Cities. I have a client who’s interested in your equipment. Although I’m ok with your price and Inrespect of payment i have a client in U.S.A who is owing me $=5,500. All i need to do to make payment easier and faster is to instruct him to raise a cashier’s check in your name, mail it to me and i’ll mail to you personally on the address and name you want on the check and you know that you can cash it easily. But i would want to know if i can trust you to send my balance to me via Western union money transfer money transfer to enable me prepay the shipping company here so that they can instruct their office closer to you to come and pick the item from your location.

Please mail me asap to enable me arrange payment .
Awaiting your urgent response.

Thank you
Richard.



From: “dimmy vest”
Date: 2004/02/02 Mon PM 04:55:23 EST
To: [email protected]
Subject: payment & shipping …….trust
thanks for the mail,i really appreciate your speedy response and all the details.as for the payment the payment,there is an associate of mine in U.S who is owing me the sum of $4,000,he did promise to pay me after the xmas celebration by issuing me a cashier’s check of $4,000 since this is the case i will not like to delay you, i will instruct him to issue out the payment that he is owning me to you so that you can deduct your amount of your item and send the remining to my shipping agent that will settle the shipping company for the pick up.please i am entrusting the balance to you after you have deducted your own money and any other charges. please i do not intend to send any fund to my shipper for picking up.this mean without any delay in the shipping, once the payment is in your possession i will like you to send the balance of the money to my shipping agent via WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER ASAP.for the picking i am doing this to hesten the shipping.if this p is okay by you i will like you to forward me your contact adress where the check will be sent to or your account information immediatly,so as to send it to my associate immediatly to issue you the payment as soon as possible, as follow
NAME………..
STREET……..
STATE…….
CITY……..
ZIPCODE….
CELL PHONE……
PHONE NO………..
i will be greatful if the recent pics will be forwarded if there is one in your next mail,Your immediat respose will be highly be appreciated