Copyright 2004, Roadracing World Publishing, Inc.

FIRST PERSON/OPINION

Via e-mail:

I’m currently selling a motorcycle, and recieved this e-mail from a supposed Frank White ([email protected]):

How are you today? I just got your mail and I really appreciate those pictures they were really nice and I have spoken to my customer and concluded arrangement on the payment. He has instructed me to inform you that payment will get to you in a cashier check of $17,500 which is a refund payment of a cancelled order earlier made by him.

Due to company policy this check has to be made out in this amount to you, because company policy only allows a refund payment on one cashier check, so you are required to deduct cost of the bike $10,000 when payment gets to you and refund balance $[7,500 ] to my customer via western union money transfer for him to be able to upset shipping charges.

After payment has reached you and balance sent back to him, our agent will come pick up title and drive to a prepaid shipper to be shipped to my customer, while title papers and other necessary documets will be given to the agent at the time of the pickup.

Confirm this and provide name, address and phone
number for check payment to be delivered to you via fedex or US courier.

Thank you,

Frank……


Well, thanks to a savy reader of your website, I was given a link to your readers’ comments and was made the wiser. People like this Mr. White would serve the world better with a smoking hole in the head.

I appreciate the service your magazine does for all of motorcycling. I’ll be subscribing tomorrow.

Stephen Coates
Columbus, Georgia