[Hammarlund] advice on shipping sp-600 to UK

[Gary Maples]

Bill:  A very common fraud is for a foreign buyer to "accidentally" send 
you a cashiers check for more then the amount of the purchase.  The 
buyer will ask you to go ahead and deposit the check,  but to wire the 
excess amount back to him.  In about a week to 10 days the cashiers 
check will be returned to your bank as being a counterfeit.   Your bank 
will expect you to make good on  the excess amount that was wired 
overseas.  The "buyer" is really  not interested in the radio, he just 
wants to con you into wiring him the "excess"  amount in the cashiers 
check.   Be very careful.

Gary,  W9OAK

Bill wrote:
> Looking for some advice from the group and maybe someone has come across
> this before.
>
> I've restored an sp-600 and a chap who's email is xxx at yahoo.co.uk is
> willing to pay the
> $500 + $50 extra for the radio and upto $3000 to a ship company.  This
> sounds quite "fishy"
> to me, but if he delivers a money order, certified cheque how do I
> loose?  (He has to arrange
> packaging/shipping - not me)
>
> Bill
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> Hello,
>  
>    Nice reading your message and the conditon of the item,I would love
> to let you know that i'm very pleased with the price and to let you know
> i will be adding more $50 to it making $550 for the item,Now i will need
> to send the details of where the payment will be send to, i will let you
> know that the payment will be getting in canadian money order with the
> amount of $3000 once you get the money order deduct your own money
> including the $50 and make the rest fund transfer to the shipping
> company so that the pick up of the item can be done.
>  
>    I will like you to consider the item sold to me..
>
>
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