[Alberg30] BOAT BUYING SCAM - BE CAREFUL

[Mary & Bill Mahony]

Wally, thanks.  This is a modified version of the older "my partners and I have arranged to transfer XX$$ out of my country due to internal unrest..." email scam.  It's being used now in just about any "for sale" venue.

Oldest advice is best..."If it sounds too good to be true..."

Bill
#276 "Mary Ann"

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Wally Moran" <helm at georgianbaysailing.ca>
To: "Alberg 30 public list" <public-list at alberg30.org>
Sent: Thursday, October 17, 2002 4:47 PM
Subject: [Alberg30] BOAT BUYING SCAM - BE CAREFUL


> Hello all - please pass the following on to every boater you know.
> I was contacted two weeks ago by someone wanting to buy a boat I had 
> advertised on the net, which I sold about two years ago.
> He offered about double what I had wanted - $4000 US. I suggested 
> that I knew of another boat he could buy if interested. He replied ok 
> and asked for a price, which I gave him.
> He was allegedly buying this boat for a client in South Africa and 
> would have a client here in North America send me a bank draft for an 
> amount about $1200 more than the price of the boat. I would then send 
> the balance back to him via Western Union to an address in Nigeria 
> which he gave me, and his shipper would pick up the boat.
> When the bank draft finally arrived, it was in US dollars rather than 
> Canadian dollars as he had advised me it would be, and considerably 
> more than the cost of the boat. I took the draft to the correspondent 
> Canadian bank (the Royal) to have them check the authenticity of the 
> draft, as this deal had all along seemed to good to be true.
> Sure enough, it was bogus.
> Had I not checked on it and cashed this through my regular bank, 
> where I am trusted, I would have sent these people $6300 US, plus 
> bought a boat that I doubt would have been picked up by them, putting 
> me out $14,500. I might also have been accused of and/or arrested for 
> fraud for attempting to cash this draft.
> So be warned if someone wants to buy a boat you have for sale and the 
> deal sounds funny.
> The name of the scammer was Dean Olawale and his e-mail address is 
> deanautofares at yahoo.com.
> If you have come across anything like this, contact your local police 
> and give them my e-mail, or have them contact Const. Kerry Graham of 
> the Ontario Provincial Police, at 705-326-3536.
> Also, keep in mind that this sort of scam could be used for nearly 
> any piece of equipment - cars, planes, whatever. Pass the word along 
> to everyone you know and your local media.
> 
> Yours truly,
> 
> Wally Moran
> 
> -- 
> The gods do not deduct from man's allotted span the hours spent in 
> sailing. Anon
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