Farmer Flood Victims Equipment Scam???

Ken Macfarlane · Jun 20, 2008

I got a call today from "Specialty" who claim to arrange financing up to 225,000$ for farmers who lost equipment in the flooding. He wanted me to pay 225$ to get my tractor listed with them.

He talked so fast I could hardly keep up but he did know I had a tractor listed for sale on the internet and he knew a bit about shipping tractors in the US and Canada.

He claimed he could get it sold to people in that area in no time but to me it sounded like a scam. I can't imagine a farmer paying 3000$ shipping to bring a 30,000$ tractor half way across the continent.

Anyone heard of them?

RobMD · Jun 20, 2008

scam. simple.

newfarmer9 · Jun 20, 2008

I agree, most definately a scam. Almost anything where they want you to pay $$ up front for a service that sounds too good to be true will turn out to be a scam.

Goose · Jun 20, 2008

They're going to be coming out of the woodwork.

dhermesc · Jun 20, 2008

The next one will be selling cars and equipment as "like new" that have been under water for the past week.

The stuff from Katrina is still showing up on a regular basis.

TomH in PA · Jun 20, 2008

Ask him about taking the commission out of the check when the equipment is sold like every other reputable place in the world and see how fast he hangs up the phone.

730 virgil · Jun 21, 2008

in the area of rockford il and south east wi people
have been telling flood victims they are from fema and if they pay x dollars they will help them fill out flood papers and get them on top of the pile for a few more dollars.
fema is yelling scam

Farmer Flood Victims Equipment Scam???

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