I had lots of similar offers for my 66FB. Fortunately, Hemmings had
put out an alert.

Anything you deposit into your bank, you are responsible for. So, if
you deposit a check or MO, and you write a personal check for, say,
$5,000 to a third party. Then the check or MO turns out to be bad, YOU
are responsible for reimbursing the bank, AND, you also get nailed for
overdraft/NSF fees.

One of the biggies was they offered exactly what I was asking, SIGHT
UNSEEN. Then they went into the "shipper excess funds already in the
check/MO.

But it's not just cars. A friends father was just contacted about a
vacation home he is selling in the US Virgin Islands. Same deal, just
different product.

On Mon, 12 Feb 2007 02:45:56 -0500, "66StangMan" >
wrote:

>Same goes for selling online. Especially beware of those who send you a
>cashiers check for more than the agreed amount, and asks you to forward the
>extra amount on to their shipper. Also when you get the check, look at it
>really close. I had sold a car and this was pulled on me. Looking at the
>cashiers check, it sorta looked like a photo copy, and on the back, the
>lines where you sign it wasn't lined up properly. This guy tried to get me
>for $5,000.00. Luckily being suspicious of this guy, I told him that I
>wouldn't release the vehicle nor the funds to the shipper till the check
>cleared. It did end up costing me $30.00 for that check being a phony.
>
>66StangMan
>
>"CB" wrote in message:
>> Sellers of vintage/muscle cars beware. If you have placed an ad for
>> your vintage car you will get a call from 2 german guys (Stephen and
>> Jens) wanting to see it. They pretend to speak very little english.
>> After they arrive they appear to speak very good english but are
>> communicating among themselves in german (rude to say the least). They
>> start taking pics of your car without your permission and tell you all
>> the negatives about your car. Eventually make an offer many thousands
>> of dollars less than the sale price. By the time they are done, you
>> would think they are doing you a favor buying it. The keep trying to
>> entice you with a quick deal and try to arrange to get the car the
>> next day on a weekend knowing the banks are closed and you could not
>> possibly verify funds or the authenticity of a cashiers check. They
>> never disclose they are buying cars for their clients in germany and
>> this is a 100% foreign deal. Good grief, I was never so happy to see a
>> potential buyer leave!
>>
>