Beware of scam to buy your item

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BEWARE OF INTERNET SCAM. YOU WILL RECEIVE AN EMAIL FROM SOMEONE WHO WANTS TO BUY YOUR ITEM FROM OVERSEAS. ONCE AGREED UPON THEY WILL SEND YOU A CASHIERS CHECK FOR WAY MORE THAN YOUR ITEM IS WORTH. FOR EXAMPLE, I RECEIVED A CHECK FOR 4,000 TO BUY MY BIKE FOR $800. IT TURNS OUT THEY WANT YOU TO DEPOSIT THE MONEY AND IMMEDIATELY WIRE THE REMAINDER OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TO THE SHIPPING AGENT. WHEN THE CHECK COMES BACK AS FAKE, YOUR BANK WILL HOLD YOU LIABLE FOR THE $4000. THE CROOKS JUST MADE $3200. THEY HAVE ALREADY PICKED UP THE MONEY AND ARE LONG GONE.

THIS ALMOST HAPPENED TO ME BUT I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO SEARCH SCAMS WHEN THE CHECK I RECEIVED FAR EXCEEDED THE VALUE OF MY BIKE. BE CAREFUL. I HAVE POSTED A LINK BELOW OF SCAMS TO BE CAREFUL OF.

http://www.ultralightnews.com/classifieds/internetscams.htm

MY SCAM WAS FROM SOMEONE NAMED KELLY CORNER IN LONDON, UK.

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Bump…i have seen this on a bike i was selling as well, i never even attempted to cash the cheque.

tfun~

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It’s a fairly common thing nowadays, unfortunately so. Good warning, though, especially to those that perhaps don’t spend lots of time on eBay or with online selling period.

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I almost got scammed. I just wanted to throw out a “HEADS UP” in case some of you are not aware. I do not spend alot of time on ebay or online selling so I got lucky. I wanted to make sure an innocent person did not get taken advantage of.

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thanks,this is one of the main reasons why i buy/sell alot on slowtwitch (im not from the u.s).