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EFV-8 Club Forum / General Ford Discussion / Bewrar of Doing Business With This Person (s)

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c-gor

07-08-2024 @ 9:54 AM

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Had parts for sale on this website. Received an e-mail ( see below ) regarding wanting to purchase. Was told a check was coming. Was told check was greater that my selling price and I should return unused amount to sender in Oklahoma. The parts to be sent to San Jose Ca.
Received check from a flooring company in Tyler Texas , deposited it in bank and although it was deposited in my account two days later the bank withdrew the amount due to insufficient funds

The names associated with these folks are: WILLIAM PORTER [mailto:malachi890987@gmail.com t
Lisa Bobo 4128 NW 57th Street Oklahoma City OK
Richard Powell 636 Adeline Ave
San Jose CA 95136

kubes40

07-08-2024 @ 12:28 PM

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Very old scam sending too much and having the recipient refund the excess.
Hopefully you did not ship the parts.

Mike "Kube" Kubarth

37RAGTOPMAN

07-10-2024 @ 11:12 AM

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hi
I always check the V8 ROSTER, to see if they are members,
if not I do not sell the item,
hope this helps, 37 Ragtopman,Maine

FordFreak

07-12-2024 @ 1:58 PM

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Always check the roster.

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bremnert

10-05-2024 @ 12:14 PM

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Howdy - thank you for posting about this scam. I was contacted by William Porter from the same email address (malachi890987@gmail.com), this for a private sale of ammunition, and was wondering what was going on. Took numerous tries for them to get me a check, and it was over 8x the selling price we agreed to, and on the face of the check they had simply printed "Cashier's Check" and it sure isn't a cashiers check. I know this isn't Ford Forum news, but just wanted to thank you for posting about your experience, saved me some headaches.

With thanks,
Tim Bremner

dean333

10-05-2024 @ 7:08 PM

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I second Kube’s comment. VERY OLD scam.

TIM CARLIG

Drbrown

10-07-2024 @ 7:12 AM

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Tell-tale scam is anyone who wants to send you an overpayment.

TedGarner

11-13-2024 @ 8:04 PM

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I had the same problem and luckily I was warned early.

Have a nice day!
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TedGarner

This message was edited by TedGarner on 11-13-24 @ 8:06 PM

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