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Hello I'm New here! Joined: 25 Feb 2007 Posts: 1

Hello, I'm new here. I haven't had time to read much of the fourm; I've been under the weather with the flu for a few days. But I do get all kinds of scams in my inbox. This one looked new, and I don't know what category it would fall under.

Quote:

MONKY'S INC
Japanese Used Motor
Vehicle Importer & Exporters Association
2-17-19, Mishimaoka, Ibaraki-city,
OSAKA 5670021, JAPAN.

I am Mr. Chen Tachiro of MONKY�S INC / Japanese Used Motor Vehicle Exporters Association, We are the best largest exporter processing zone operator in Singapore Appointed by the land transport authority. We offer the best price and deliver the best quality of used vehicles from Singapore

These days, there is a lot of demands from world wide buyers, and private customers in Europe, USA, Canada, united kingdom and some part of Asia, for Japanese performance vehicles, and As you knows now the internet is one of the most easiest, and reliable tool for searching vehicles without going abroad and buying the vehicles. The world has been changing every day, and the ways of buying vehicles are also changing.

Due to this fact we are searching for a Trusted and Truthful Representatives who can Help us establish a medium of getting to our costumers in America, Canada, Europe and some part of Asia, as well as making payments through them to us. If you are interested in transacting business with us we will be Very glad.

You would be paid 10% of every payment made through you us. Subject to Your satisfactory we shall be introducing you to our costumers in America, Canada, Europe and some part of Asia.

Please if you are interested kindly contact: -
= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =
Mr. Yasuhiro Totoki.
MONKY'S INC
(Personnel Manager)

Email: [email protected]
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You are advice to provide him with the following information:

Names:
Age:
Telephone:
Fax number:
Nationality:
Occupation:
Sex:
Language:

Then he will direct you on the next step to take.

I am looking forward to hearing from you in soon,

Sincerely, Yours,
Chen Tachiro ,
Director,
MONKY'S INC

Once I feel better, I hope to have more time to read the forum.

Posted: Wed Feb 28, 2007 11:37 pm

Fake Cheque Scam. Smile

Posted: Wed Feb 28, 2007 11:44 pm

Like what 419weasel said.

You reply. Lad asks you for personal info. and passport to apply as a representative. Lad sends you a fake check. You are supposed to subtract your share then Western Union the rest to him.

Few days later, the check bounces and the banks / police will be after you. While the lad enjoys the your money from Western Union.

Posted: Wed Feb 28, 2007 11:52 pm

If you play them well and SAFELY, they can be a lot of fun!!!

Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2007 12:28 am

You've got to pretend to be a Yank though (if you aren't already).
These cheque scams don't work in Europe as the cheque has to clear before you can draw on it.
There's a good chance that your lad might not know this but it's better to be on the safe side.

Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2007 1:45 am

@Slightlyoutofit ,

I tried just last week to bait the character's, sent three mails
out, 3 addys, still no mail, I wouldn't wast my time with them.

If their no better than that, we don't have nothing to worry about.

cf

Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2007 2:37 am

Slightlyoutofit wrote:

These cheque scams don't work in Europe as the cheque has to clear before you can draw on it.

Umm, then why does googling "fake cheque scam UK" bring up warnings like this?
Butt long linky
and this?
http://cms.met.police.uk/news/appeals/fraud/criminal_cashback_fraud

Google also brought up this page:
http://howbankswork.com/15.1.html

Quote:

The bank will give customer access to the funds for interest and/or withdrawal purposes according to its own rules, credit policies and credit assessment of the person paying the money in. For an established customer with a good credit history they may give value and withdrawal for interest from the first day. For new account holders or customers they consider high risk they may give access to the funds for interest purposes from day T but not allow the customer to withdraw funds until four days later; when they are more certain the cheque will not bounce. In our case, Hero is credited with the value of the cheque in time for the morning of day T+1.

Quote:

Whether the cheque is returned via the Central Exchange or via post it is handled as part of �Unpaids In� at Clearing Bank A on day T+3. Clearing Bank A reads the code line of the returned cheques and uses the sort code, account number and cheque numbers as a key to identify the account that received the credit for the cheque amount. Once identified, the account is debited on the night of T+3 for the amount of the cheque, thus reversing the credit posted a few days earlier.

Sounds to me like the banks there often give provisional access to the funds.

Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2007 10:04 am

What SF says is true.

After a lot of public pressure regarding the amount of time that a cheque takes to clear, most UK banks will give instant access to items paid in up to a certain amount and to certain customers (varies from bank to bank).

At the end of the day, a fake cheque is a fake and will bounce.

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