Life Threatened

Mudstuck

In general, I have to agree with the folks below who say just erase these emails & forget about it before things escalate to this level. I don't know how you got to the point of getting a threat or a check from them, so I do not want to sound judgemental to you - but for all in general: Do not respond to the greed, don't play with them. Don't reply to any spam for drugs & cheep loans & all that.

All of the above are in the same deal - they flood the world with their garbage, and hope that 1 in 1000 or 10,000 will reply. They can make 'good' money off such low replies, because it is so cheap to contact that many people.

If one walks down certain dark alleys & neigborhoods, one doesn't flash a wad of cash to see what happens.

Well, the internet is a great place for research & bonding of ideas - but it also has some dark alleys.

--->Paul

If you play with fire, your gonna get burned!

T_Bone

Why don't you people just learn to delete the oringinal email without responding to them, or forward the original email to the FBI, or whatever, if you think that is worth the trouble. Several times in the past someone has posted some email addresses to report scams to various Federal Govt. agencies on some of these old iron forums.

Several have posted on here that they have replied to the scammmers, or smarted off to them. THEY ARE CRIMINALS, WHY MESS WITH THEM? I don't suppose there is much chance of them hunting you down, but when you are dumb enough to reply to them with a payment address, and get a check from them in the mail, I suppose there is always a possiblity they could come knocking at your door!

#1. I always look up the source header for and suspicious email so I have SOME idea where it actually came from.

#2. I don't know if I was raised too badly... I was taught that if something seemed to good to be true, it probably wasn't true, and I was taught not to be greedy. Most of these scams rely on convincing people there is some great profit in it for them, and the scam succeeds because of their greed.

#3. I don't claim to be smarter than ANYONE here. It's just that on the dozen or so message boards on old iron, or old collectable cars, etc. etc. I check out everyday this scam scenario justs keeps repeating itself. I would think that anyone who views any of these message boards at all would have, by now, seen one of the dozens of previous posts of these scams, and would be aware of them by now. Another good suggestion before getting involved in any of these transactions is to visit with a banker you know and trust. Most bankers these days are VERY familiar with these scams, and can offer advice.

I am glad he did post here and tell the details as it helps to look for this more now. I don't sell much on here but you can bet that if I do there will be phone calls made and cash,money order or bank draft only involved. The way I fugre that scam is that if I am supposed to cahs thecheck and give someone the money who is going ot pick it up or what ever then he can send that guy the check and then they can send me the money you know? :)

Thanks for the heads up!!

I wonder... did the so-called buyer request pictures of the tractor, or visit on the phone, or email with details only a real buyer that knew anything about tractors would ask? If they did obviously they have gotten a lot more crafty. I, too, have gotten a lot of "offers" from these scam buyers that immediately gave away the fact they knew nothing about what they were supposedly interested in, and so far, I have deleted them without a second thought.

If the scammers have gotten so good they seem informed about what they are "buying", then, indeed, we need to be even more vigilant.

Maybe those of us who sell equipment on the 'net need to talk to about our local bankers for advice on other forms of secure payment, and bypass the whole cashier's check scenario. I suspect that if the scammers knew upfront there was a financial professional involved from the start, they would crawl back under their rock, and look for more naive prey.