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Glider purchase fraud
Hello Pilots,
I have a sailplane for sale and have listed it on all the usual sites. I just received an offer (barely literate) similar to those discussed by and warned of by the fellow pilots on this site. It basically offers to pay my full offering price plus shipping. I am to keep the offering price and then call the shippers, give them the balance and they pick up the glider. Then I assume the check bounces. Does anyone have any advice about what to do about this? Call the FBI, DA, etc? Does anyone really care? Thoughts? Bob |
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Glider purchase fraud
Bob,
Try reporting it to this government group: http://onguardonline.gov/index.html - they specialize in online theft and unlike other services they investigate and have the appropriate power to take action. |
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Glider purchase fraud
well.. it is not "online theft"..
but I would report it to the "local agencies" and also ask them about any federales that might be interested. BT "GK" wrote in message oups.com... Bob, Try reporting it to this government group: http://onguardonline.gov/index.html - they specialize in online theft and unlike other services they investigate and have the appropriate power to take action. |
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Glider purchase fraud
Bob Caldwell wrote: Hello Pilots, I have a sailplane for sale and have listed it on all the usual sites. I just received an offer (barely literate) similar to those discussed by and warned of by the fellow pilots on this site. It basically offers to pay my full offering price plus shipping. I am to keep the offering price and then call the shippers, give them the balance and they pick up the glider. Then I assume the check bounces. Does anyone have any advice about what to do about this? Call the FBI, DA, etc? Does anyone really care? Thoughts? Bob Our local police have a detective that handles Internet fraud. In one case a local single woman was befriended by a Nigerian. After a number of email exchanges he asked if she would forward some purchases he was about to make to him in Nigeria. She agreed and soon various stuff ranging from jewelry to electronics started arriving at her door. She had second thoughts and contacted our police. Now they are trying to return these goods purchased, no doubt, with stolen credit card numbers. It is highly unlikely that any action will be taken against the Nigerian, since Nigeria is uninterested in prosecuting this type of crime. Of course you could try your own reverse scam, such as: http://www.419eater.com/html/okorie.htm Tom |
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