Monkeyads Classifieds - Please be aware of a scam has been become widespread in targeting sellers. Often this involves buyers from Nigeria, Africa, Holland and other countries.

Don't believe anybody who tells you they will pay you more than your asking price.

These scam artists prey on their victims by making offers that sellers can't refuse. They offer to purchase items at a price well over what the seller is asking for. A fake money order or fake cashier's check that may LOOK like it is being drawn from a reputable large company such as an airline or credit card company for an even larger amount is sent as payment for the items. THE CHECK IS NOT LEGIT!! It is usually asked to refund part of the overpayment to another person they owe money to for some other transaction or service, or to refund the money back to them once the total price for the item is calculated.

The overpayment amount that is sent to another individual or back to the ”buyer” is cashed before a seller will realize they have been defrauded. The bank will withdraw the amount of the bad check or money order from the seller’s bank account when it is returned unpaid. So, not only will the merchandise sold be lost, the funds sent to the "buyer" will be taken from your pocket!!

Several people have reported to our company that they actually received these bad money orders from ads they ran on our site. Fortunately, these sellers suspected something was quite wrong, and waited to see if the payment cleared the bank. In ALL cases - THE PAYMENT DOES NOT CLEAR, but it gave the scam artists time to disappear and develop a new online identity. It is very difficult to catch these people.

These scam artists apparently send out thousands of these solicitations in hopes of connecting with a less Internet savvy individual. Often the letters are written in broken English, contain misspelled words and are not appropriate for the ad they are responding to. They always offer far more for the purchase than the stated price.

The best protection is to use common sense - if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is. Never refund an amount from a payment made in this manner for any reason! Be suspicious of offers of more money than asked for, especially when the "buyer" has not asked enough questions regarding the item to warrant such an offer. Get everything in writing, including all contact information and details of your agreement. Don't be pressured into a quick sale and delivery of any item FOR ANY REASON, especially if the funds for payment are not in possession. Any complaints of suspected scam attacks can be made to:

http://www.secretservice.gov/alert419.shtml

US Federal Trade Commission Consumer Complaint Form:
https://rn.ftc.gov/dod/wsolcq$.startup?Z_ORG_CODE=PU01

In Canada: contact the Royal Canadian Mounted Police:
http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/scams/scams.htm

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Actual Email Solicitations Received

Dear *Name edited out*,
Thanks for your mail,Since the cost of your 1988 INTERCEPTOR VTR 250 is $1,000 i just contacted my client about the cost of your 1988 INTERCEPTOR VTR 250 and it present condition and he said there is no problem about that.So my client said he will be issuing you a Certified Check of $5,500 and you will now wire the remaning $4,300 to the shipping company that will take care of the shipment in your place through Western Union and you deduct the cost of your 1988 INTERCEPTOR VTR 250 $1,000 and keep the remaining $200 which my client said you should take for the terms of Transaction and Agreement between you and my client.So i will like you to send me your full contact information to where my client will be sending you the Certified
Check like this:
name.........
full address.............Not P,O, Box
city...............
state.............
country..........
zipcode............
cell/office/home phone number.......................
I will look forward to the requested information as soon as possible so that the check can be sent out to you immediately And do get back to me with the Pics of the 1988 INTERCEPTOR VTR 250 so that my client will be Able to see What he is paying for.Get back to me immediately. Looking forward to your respond,
Best Regards,
Rev James....
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HELLO,
I SAW YOUR ADVERT ON THE WEB (WWW.WANTADDIGEST.COM) FOR SALE A (CAR CHRYSLER)
WISH I AM HAVING AN INTEREST SO I WILL LIKE YOU TO GET BACK TO ME WITH THE FOLLOWING ENQURIES

------------YOUR LAST ASKING PRICE
------------IF A CERTIFIED CHECK IS ACCPETABLE FO THE PAYMENT.
------------THE AREA FOR THE PICK UP

I WILL BE LOOKING FORWARD TO HEAR FROM YOU ASAP
REGARDS
MICHAEL

Email 2 from MICHAEL

Since you supplied us with the info where the payment will be sent to,

we are okay with the price 2,000 if is in condition, regarding payment
i have a associate in the U.S.
All I need to do to make payment easier and faster is to instruct him to
procure a cashiers check what of $5,000 and mail it to you on the address
and name you want on the check and you know it takes 24hrs for a cashiers
check to clear in the U.S. bank. But I would want to know if I can trust you to
send back my balance to my shipper who will be coming for the pick up via
Western union money transfer after the money wmust have cleared in your bank
to enable him to arrange the shipping cost for the pick up in your location.
Thanks,
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Good Day,
I deal with horse as I was just searching by for a used horse.I saw your sale and I am very much interested in it so I will like to know the cost of the horse so as to start the transaction immediately I will also like to know the present condition of the horse and mind you I will be paying by a certified cashier check payable to usa bank. As per the shipping I have a reputable shipper in usa who will come for the pick-up after this transaction. Thank you for your understanding. Your urgent respond is higly needed.ASAP. because i want to sell them lee.

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From: "Kojana Smith" <kojana_smith@uymail.com>
Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2003 8:42 PM

hello,
i'm Kojana.i am on business affiliate in Africa at present.i'll
like to purchase a dog/puppies with humble & respect from your site.i need your Chihuahua puppies,for my wife as a present for her
35th birthday in the united states next month.i will like you to provide me the price in which you would like to sell it last.We are paying you
by cashier cheque.so,if you are ready to transact with us,you can kindly send down the following information:

(1)your full name(as it will appear on the cheque)
(2)your postal address.
(3)your postal code.
(4)your phone number.
(5)your fax number.
i'll like you to send the pics of the products to me.
i'm looking forward to hearing from you soonest.
Thanks...
Kojana.
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From: "John Doe" <johndoe@mail.com>
Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2004

hello.
thanks for the mail i really appreciate it but i just want you to give me
the last price of it and tell me the precent condition mind you i will be
responsible for the shipment of it mind you am paying you by cashier check so i will want you to give me the name you want on the check and the address where the check will be send to with your mobile phone number so that i can instructy my client to issue out the payment on your name.am willing to do this deal with you with my wholeheartedly.as soon as you do this consider the check at your door.hoping to read from you soonest.
thanks,
regards,
john.
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From: "John Doe" <johndoe@net>
Sent: Sunday January 4, 2004

I received an email from somebody to buy one of my items. Here is what it said:

Joe,
Thanks you for your mail,really i will like to explain this situation
to you before any transaction with you.my client his in USA and he was owning me the sum of $6,000 and he promise to pay me by cheque and now i will like to instruct him to send you the cheque and you will deduct your $2,500 out of it and send the remaining balance of $3,500 to my shipping agent for the pick-up and some arrangement in your place. Here are the neccessary information needed for the cheque to be issue and to be send down to your place.

Full Name:
Address:
Telephone Number:
Cell Number:

So,i will instruct him to send you the cheque.

Awaiting for your reply soonest.

Best Regard,
John.
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Hello,
Thanks for your mail, well i am okay with the price, and also waiting to see some pics too,i will want payment to be asap, i will go about payment by instructing my client in the states to issue you a certified bank check of $9000 and this should take care of all expences in this transaction, what you will do once you have recieved it is to cash it, deduct your own money($4700) and the wiring charges and wire the balance to my international shipping agent through Western Union Transfer, once he recieves the balance will come over to your location the very next day for pick up, now the money wired to the shipper is his fees for his services, transportation to your location and back to me, also for all charges that may arise along this transaction cos i will want it to be delivered to me safe and sound without problems, i shall send you my shipper address as soon as i contact him, al l i need of you now is to mail me your full name and contact address as well as phone number
so that i can forward it to my client who will issue you the check, let me know asap if you are still intrested so that we could seal this on time.
Best Regards,
Mr Benjamin Franklin....
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We got our client,having concluded issues with him he instructed us to carry on with a cashier check he had earlier issued for a cancelled order.
Due to his current Australia trip,the payment will get to you in the check which amounts to $14,000.So you are required to deduct the cost of the item $9,400 when payment gets to you and refund the balance of $4,600 to our client's Shipping Agent via western union money transfer for use in offsetting the remaining expenses which includes pick up fee & shipping charges. After payment has reached you and balance sent back to him,An agent will come for the pick up and deliver to a prepaid shipper to be shipped for the client,while the paper work and other necessary documets will be sent by you via courier to the client.
Please Confirm this and provide name,address and phone number for
check payment to be delivered to you via mail.
Thanks,
Mr.Niran
For;Management
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Mr.Jeff,
How are you doing?Thanks for your interest in our offer.My direct contact phone number is;+233-24-163835.
I will wait to hear from you.

Niran daepra
for;Management
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THE LIST OF E-MAILS BELOW ARE POTENTIAL SCAMS. THEY WERE EITHER REPORTED BY SELLERS OR SPAMMED SELLERS.

***indicates most recent complaints

*** royceforeman@fastermail.com *** jamestheo211@yahoo.com *** calsultant@yahoo.com ******roxannebaker33@aol.com,*** abbeymillion1@fastermail.com,
***rahmangroupofcompany@yahoo.com,*** bryanmullins@mail.com,
***jeff.eberling@navy.mil,*** jjj_russell@yahoo.com,
***warrbarrie@aol.com,*** Mich_sm@yahoo.com, iveyduke@fastermail.com, nelson_b2k@linuxmail.org,
pavelinc@totalmail.com, todaysautos_link@yahoo.co.uk, technicals175@yahoo.com, collinssmith_2008@yahoo.com, spf13.us4.outblaze.com, benjamin@jaydemail.com, michaeljohn@mail2world.com, micho@indiatimes.com, iodunebenezer@fastermail.com, morewhite@yahoo.com, leebruce@jojomail.com, markcarlose@yahoo.com, kelvinwhite01@yahoo.com, mark_ralph@jojomail.com, mikemurphy@mail8.com, samwood@mail8.com, morewhite2000@yahoo.com, simontommy@jojomail.com, d_more@email2me.com, davidbyan01@hotmail.com, simontommy@jojomail.com, sikomd@yahoo.com, sikirusodiq@yahoo.com, lexy4love2002@yahoo.ca, whitemore2000@yahoo.com, lexxy_sikiru2000@yahoo.com, lexy_nigga@yahoo.com, jherrinton@yahoo.com, tonyblack@myway.com, motarnadavid@yahoomail.com, rossy1@linuxmail.org, henry_tony@india.com, jimmyscoth@elvis.com, robinjack@email12me.com, keithmurphy@zwallet.com, jackmaxwell10@yahoo.com, markralph@skatepile.com, yomtommy_2003@fastermail.com, ramontee@popmail.com, bidex20@fastermail.com, simon4you@juno.com, austinjames03@yahoo.com, mathew_peter2@yahoo.com, scotherrinton@elvis.com,

PLEASE BE AWARE OF THE E-MAIL
ADDRESSES ABOVE, THEY ARE POTENTIAL SCAMS.