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PAYMENT,PICK UP AND SHIPPING ARRANGEMENTS...............SCAM..

Yahoo Message Number: 22987
Hey Country Coach owners, about a month ago, a member of the group reported a scam on purchasing his coach. Well, the little SOB tried doing it to me. Below is his email. Thought everyone should see it. Tony Johnson, runs a real good chance of having his ____ handed to him on a plate. That is if my computer geak son can track him for me.
Steve

PS; I do have my coach on the market on RVonline.

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Reply #1 –
Yahoo Message Number: 22988
Thanks for sharing this! I hope you've contacted rvonline, too about it...they need to advise everyone about this potential scam...it's scary! Hope you can get to the bottom of it! You should consider posting about it on rv.net, escapees, etc.

Jan McNeill

2001 Intrigue 11320

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Reply #2 –
Yahoo Message Number: 22991
This is a scam that has been going on for a long time. Any time you advertise something on the internet, you are likely to get this stuff. I think I read somewhere that the scam is operated out of Nigeria. You are not likely to get your hands on him, and his name is certainly not Tony Jackson.

Some of the folks that got burned on these lost not only the refunded money but the item they were selling as well.

Al Colby

2000 Intrigue 10979

---In Country-Coach-Owners@yahoogroups.com, stephen burdick wrote:

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Hey Country Coach owners, about a month ago, a member of the group
reported a scam on purchasing his coach. Well, the little SOB tried doing it to me. Below is his email. Thought everyone should see it.
Tony Johnson, runs a real good chance of having his ____ handed to him on a plate. That is if my computer geak son can track him for me.

Re: Fwd: PAYMENT,PICK UP AND SHIPPING ARRANGEMENTS...............SC

Reply #3 –
Yahoo Message Number: 22992
Here's the link to many of the Nigerian scam letters that have been posted at this site. It may be educational for RV'ers trying to sell a motorhome who haven't heard of the tactics before. At least it is entertaining.

http://www.potifos.com/fraud/
Ray

2000 Intrigue

Quote from: stephen burdick\[br\
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Hey Country Coach owners, about a month ago, a member of the group
reported a scam on purchasing his coach. Well, the little SOB tried doing it to me. Below is his email. Thought everyone should see it.
Tony Johnson, runs a real good chance of having his ____ handed to him on a plate. That is if my computer geak son can track him for me.

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Steve

PS; I do have my coach on the market on RVonline.

tony johnson wrote:

Date: Wed, 24 May 2006 08:04:14 -0700 (PDT) > From: tony johnson

Subject: PAYMENT, PICK UP AND SHIPPING
ARRANGEMENTS...................

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To: stephen burdick

Attention: Stephen Burdick,

How are you today?.I got your mail and the content well noted.I
write to also inform you that i have forwarded your vehicle information to my customer and after evaluation,I'm delighted to tell you that my customer has commended it, with full interest. I have also discussed the payment issue with him and due to time constraint, he has instructed me to carry on with his transaction.

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He also instructed me to inform you that, he had already purchased a

cashier

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check of $95,500,with which he wanted to use to buy another vehicle

from someone

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else at that price, but the transaction did not go through any

more. We now

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found your own. But the bank policy does not allow repurchasing on

cashier

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checks unless he can pay almost 40 % as tax, which is a lot of

money.I hope

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you understand. They only allow change of beneficiary
name. Therefore, the payment will come to you in your name, in a US bank cashier check of $95,500.So you are required to deduct the cost of your vehicle $87,500,when payment gets to you and refund balance $8,000 to his shipping agent ( the shipper ) for them to be able to offset shipping & tax charges, and other cosmetic repair costs if any.
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After payment has reached you and balance sent to his shipper,

the

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shipper's agent will come for inspection, pick up, & signing of > title papers, make some cosmetic touches if any and drive to a
prepaid shipper

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to be shipped to my customer.

Please confirm this and forward the following informations; > Names to be written on the check:.......
Address for delivery:.......
Phone number:........

For payment to be made and send to you as soon as
possible. Please, your

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honesty, understanding and co-operation will be highly demanded and > appreciated.

Have a wonderful day.

Tony

Love cheap thrills? Enjoy PC-to-Phone calls to 30+ countries for
just 2¢/min with Yahoo! Messenger with Voice.

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Love cheap thrills? Enjoy PC-to-Phone calls to 30+ countries for
just 2¢/min with Yahoo! Messenger with Voice.

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Reply #4 –
Yahoo Message Number: 22993
And, from the sentence structure you can tell this is not an American writing the email. It is probably one of the Nigerian scammers, there are some really funny ones posted on a site that I have visited before. One involving a gentleman in England who played them along for a time before the fellow in Nigeria caught on and told the Englishman to @#$$#@# himself and the Queen! It was becoming a hilarious exchange and I hated to see it end. More entertaining than many comic routines I've seen on TV. you can find these by searching on Nigerian Scams on one of the search engines. Anyone who falls for one of these scams probably shouldn't be driving one of these big motorhomes on public highways so I am sure that none of us on this board will fall victim.....well, at least most of us won't.

Ray

2000 Intrigue

Quote from: stephen burdick\[br\
] >

Hey Country Coach owners, about a month ago, a member of the group
reported a scam on purchasing his coach. Well, the little SOB tried doing it to me. Below is his email. Thought everyone should see it.
Tony Johnson, runs a real good chance of having his ____ handed to him on a plate. That is if my computer geak son can track him for me.

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Steve

PS; I do have my coach on the market on RVonline.

tony johnson wrote:

Date: Wed, 24 May 2006 08:04:14 -0700 (PDT) > From: tony johnson

Subject: PAYMENT, PICK UP AND SHIPPING
ARRANGEMENTS...................

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To: stephen burdick

Attention: Stephen Burdick,

How are you today?.I got your mail and the content well noted.I
write to also inform you that i have forwarded your vehicle information to my customer and after evaluation,I'm delighted to tell you that my customer has commended it, with full interest. I have also discussed the payment issue with him and due to time constraint, he has instructed me to carry on with his transaction.

Quote
>

He also instructed me to inform you that, he had already purchased a

cashier

Quote
check of $95,500,with which he wanted to use to buy another vehicle

from someone

Quote
else at that price, but the transaction did not go through any

more. We now

Quote
found your own. But the bank policy does not allow repurchasing on

cashier

Quote
checks unless he can pay almost 40 % as tax, which is a lot of

money.I hope

Quote
you understand. They only allow change of beneficiary
name. Therefore, the payment will come to you in your name, in a US bank cashier check of $95,500.So you are required to deduct the cost of your vehicle $87,500,when payment gets to you and refund balance $8,000 to his shipping agent ( the shipper ) for them to be able to offset shipping & tax charges, and other cosmetic repair costs if any.
Quote
After payment has reached you and balance sent to his shipper,

the

Quote
shipper's agent will come for inspection, pick up, & signing of > title papers, make some cosmetic touches if any and drive to a
prepaid shipper

Quote
to be shipped to my customer.

Please confirm this and forward the following informations; > Names to be written on the check:.......
Address for delivery:.......
Phone number:........

For payment to be made and send to you as soon as
possible. Please, your

Quote
honesty, understanding and co-operation will be highly demanded and > appreciated.

Have a wonderful day.

Tony

Love cheap thrills? Enjoy PC-to-Phone calls to 30+ countries for
just 2¢/min with Yahoo! Messenger with Voice.

Quote
>

Love cheap thrills? Enjoy PC-to-Phone calls to 30+ countries for
just 2¢/min with Yahoo! Messenger with Voice.

PAYMENT,PICK UP AND SHIPPING ARRANGEMENTS.......

Reply #5 –
Yahoo Message Number: 22997
Steve, I was the one that reported this as a possible scam. Looks like I was right. He has now contacted me, or my wife, three times, ad each time promissed to send an e-mail outlining his proposal. When confronted with the fact he had previously promissed to send his info but failed to do so he said our spam guard had evidently stopped it. Ha!
I hope you can track him down. Is your coach listed on RVonline? I feel like that's where he got my name and contact data. I'm wondering if we should contact RVonline and tell them what's going on.

Walt Rothermel

03Allure30811( for sale )

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Reply #6 –
Yahoo Message Number: 22998
Oops--I see you are listed on RVonline, so that's obviously the source of his contacts. Since he did send you his proposal, would you mind contacting RVonline and advising them? They may be able to do something to stop this guy.

Walt Rothermel
03Allure30811

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Reply #7 –
Yahoo Message Number: 22999
Walt did you sell your Coach? May I ask where are you listing the unit?

Thank you,

Jim Spivey