Is this a scam? tractor scam!!!!!

[thcri]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( I saw a funny one too where a guy was being scammed about a notebook computer he had for sale. )</font>

I wouldn't play games with these guys. A guy that I buy refrigeration stuff from had an ad in the Autoshopper for a Jeep Cherokee. No price listed but some scammer called and made a really high offer for it, you know one of them to good to be true. Anyway the offer was accepted and a certified check/money order was sent. Well it turned out the money was no good. No harm, friend still had Jeep. Well the guy that sent the check was indeed from out of the country had called to make arrangements to pick up Jeep!! My friend says no way, and the scammer has now hired an international attorney to fight this whole thing claiming he sent a good money order. My friend still has the defunk money order but he now may have to hire an attorney. So if it was me I would just stay away from these guys, but it sure would be fun to beat them at their own game.

murph

 

[dancce]

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Sounds like an attempted continuation of the scam----I doubt they have hired an international attorney---Even if they did --so what??--Your friend still has nothing of value in receipt for the product he is selling.
Your friend should have no need to hire an attorney, and should not be intiminated by the threats.

dancce

 

[KiotiJohn]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( Your friend should have no need to hire an attorney, and should not be intiminated by the threats. )</font>
I certainly agree with this sentiment. There would be absoulutely no case as the scammer could never prove he sent a valid MO. Even if it were brought to a court, the bogus instrument your friend has in his possession would be all the proof he would need, and could be presented to the court without an attorney. John

 

[thcri]

Oh I agree. My message is you never really know what they are going to do. If they are bold enough to do some of the things they do who knows how far they will go.

murph

 

[Syncro]

That happened to a fellow in Dayton NV, close to where I live. In this case the poor guy took a second on his house to send the scammer $10,000 for a non existing tractor.
Seems sometimes the ones who have the least get hurt the most.