Scammers Wading Thru Our Classifieds, Don't get swindled! Options

[lepetitmartien]

A few members have given us proofs that some scammers are trying to swindle people here. They usually contact sellers of items to propose them some serious material under false identities/nationalities.

The mechanism is this one: Mr Scam contacts you, want's to buy your stuff. He has some complicate story upon some money a guy must pay him for some time etc. The third guy will pay for your material and you should send the difference to the buyer.

I'm talking about a $700 transaction transforming into a $4000 one!

No need to tell in the end, you are short of $3300…

A news will be on MM very shortly, I have banned already a few avatars of these guys, if you fell something is fishy with a buyer/seller, be very cautious. Don't accept Western Union for exemple. A short list of do/don't will be available too.

In need ask me for counsel here.
These guys don't belong to our musical world

[saskia]

And another attempt. This emailer who claims to be from Lagos wants to buy a 25$ item using a 5000$ cheque issued by someone who owes him money.
The emailer has sob story about a guy owing him lots of money, but who can only issue one cheque. He will instruct the guy to issue a cheque to my name, so can I please cash it, keep 25$, then give the rest of the money to the guy who brought the cheque and will take delivery of the item to send to the emailer from Lagos. How many colours of stupid do these scammers think we are?
The most annoying thing is that the emailer wrote back (quote: "do not think of it as a big cheque") even when I tell him I'm not interested in doing business this way!