I've been getting a message from this fellow in the UAE on two of my listings:

Saw your advert for your car for sale,I am interested in buying let me know if it's available,

Wait to read from you soon.

Contact Details:
AL MUJEEB MOHAMMED TRADING L.L.C
P O BOX 14584, SHARJAH
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
TEL: +971556874623

Email:mujeebmed@gmail.com
Occupation : Dealer

Also was contacted by that individual who is more interested in my bank info than the car:

From: mujeebmed@gmail.com
Thanks for the respond to my mail.l have been anticipating your email.i am interested in your car and below are what i want to know about the car.

WHAT IS THE MODEL OF THE CAR............
WHO OWNS THE CAR....................
WHAT IS THE MILEAGE OF THE CAR....................
HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN USING THE CAR..............
WHAT IS THE FINAL PRICE OF THE CAR.........

That is all i want to know about the car and i will be glad if you can get back to me as soon as possible.
Thank you.

Thanks for your prompt response, I relay to mine about what you have in your store and also tell him about your (... year/make/model of car appeared here...) which is very much interested in buying it.And his ready to pay you via bank to bank wire transfer to your nominated account.So i will like you to get back with your full banking information for the transfer to take place in your account.

Here it's the full banking information needed to transfer the money into your account.

YOUR BANK FULL NAME:
YOUR BANK FULL ADDRESS:
CITY, STATE, ZIP CODE & COUNTRY
YOUR BANK TELEPHONE NUMBER & FAX NUMBER:
ACCOUNT NAME:
ACCOUNT NUMBER:
SWFIT CODE/ IBAN NUMBER:
YOUR DIRECT CONTACT NUMBER

With all this information my client bank can be able to transferred the money into your nominated account.Also i don't want you to not worry about the shipment of the item because mine client relay to me he will arrange for that as soon as the money hit account.If you are satisfied with this arrangement kindly get back with the information requested for the transfer to take place in your account.

Thanks for your co-operation and understanding. Looking forward to hear from you.

This is still going on. He keeps asking for bank detail and other items. Sends standard email (see below) regarding each of my cars!

I've been corresponding with some guy from the UAE as well and thought it was a scheme from the start but never can disregard a potential sale. However, today heFrom: JOHN ANTHONY [mailto:j_tony001@yahoo.com] email's me with sorry we sent you a wire transfer over paying you a sum 44,000.00. I checked no money in our account, but then he called me very frantic about the transaction and up came the number on the caller ID. Great, I google it and what do I find but your forum on cheque scheme his number was 971 55 687-4623.

From: JOHN ANTHONY [mailto:j_tony001@yahoo.com]
I just received notification on the payment of $78,400.00 you received was from our financial department, they issued the shipper's payment along with your payment due to the instruction of your payment and shipper's payment forwarded to them.

Due to erroneous blunder made by the financial department they issued your payment and the shipper's payment together as we have other goods with the shipper, in a single payment $78,400.00 forwarded into your account, instead of $35,000.00 as agreed.

We have other goods with the shipper and they will commence the inspection and handling as soon as possible the shipper will do the freight handling to us in Dubai, U.A.E.

Kindly acknowledge the payment as soon as possible to enable us proceed.

Sorry for the inconveniences this time and hope we do more successful deal in the future.


Best regards,



John

Dear Sally,

thank you for taking the time and adding your own experience.

It will be interesting to see if instead of a wire transfer, a cheque will appear in your mail for $78,400 and if (after you acknowledged the payment) they THEN will ask you to forward the "balance" to the "shipper". If that happens then I would worry exercise extreme caution and consult with your bank how many days (probably no less than 10 days, more for international checks) to wait before being assured that the payment you received can no longer be rejected by the bank it was drawn against.

Best Regards,
Andy

Andy,
That's exactly what happened. He sent a draft from a bank called Westpac based in Australia. Our bank is set up for wire transfers only so they forwarded the cheque to us to review. After a few phone calls and emails. We were advised that the cheque was a fraud and that they "Below is an excerpt from Westpac regarding the check - it is a fraud.

"
.....Quote

I've checked our records and looked at the copy attached and it is a fraudulent draft.

We have no record of this draft having been issued .

The Signature on copy is the same as previous fraud drafts.

I have also noticed that the copy of the letter attached from Emerald Payment Homes is the same as a previous file 1204102 in which we had for a draft USD 122,500.00 and a letter with same details dtd 10th July was attached

Please advise your New York Office that this is a FRAUDULENT draft and we DO NOT gIve permission to pay on it."

He then emailed me and called me from the number listed in this forum requesting that I wire transfer the overpayment. He gave me banking account information in a email. I have sent all this information to the bank hoping that they might investigate. I doubt they will, but it would be nice.

Sally

My email:



Hello Seller.

Saw your advert for your car for sale,I am interested in buying let me know if it's
available,

Wait to read from you soon.

Contact Details:
AL SALAM HAMMED TRADING L.L.C
P O BOX 14584, SHARJAH UNITED
ARAB EMIRATES
TEL: +971556874623
Email:alsalamhammed@rocketmail.com
Occupation : Dealer

----------
AL SALAM HAMMED ( phone: +971556874623 ) wants to enquire about your car

He is still at it:

Thanks for your prompt response, I relay to mine about what you have in your store and also tell him about your 20** Ferrari F430 *** which is very much interested in buying it.And his ready to pay you via bank to bank wire transfer to your nominated account.So i will like you to get back with your full banking information for the transfer to take place in your account.

Here it's the full banking information needed to transfer the money into your account.

YOUR BANK FULL NAME:
YOUR BANK FULL ADDRESS:
CITY, STATE, ZIP CODE & COUNTRY
YOUR BANK TELEPHONE NUMBER & FAX NUMBER:
ACCOUNT NAME:
ACCOUNT NUMBER:
SWFIT CODE/ IBAN NUMBER:
YOUR DIRECT CONTACT NUMBER.

With all this information my client bank can be able to transferred the money into your nominated account.Also i don't want you to not worry about the shipment of the item because mine client relay to me he will arrange for that as soon as the money hit account.If you are satisfied with this arrangement kindly get back with the information requested for the transfer to take place in your account.

Thanks for your co-operation and understanding. Looking forward to hear from you.

Contact Details:
AL SALAM HAMMED TRADING L.L.C
P O BOX 14584, SHARJAH
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
TEL: +971556874623
Email:hammedalsalam@yahoo.com
Occupation : Dealer

He has contacted me as well a couple of days ago with the exact same message as Terry's.

I was also recently contacted by a Henry Dickens out of the UK claiming his client wants to buy my car as a present for his son who is residing in Canada. Also, seems too good to be true. Anyone else have any dealings with this person? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

Got contacted for something similar, but this time, the guy was supposedly interested in our industrial brushcutters. Googling his cell phone number brought up this thread. Glad I've learned quickly that time spent on this matter would be wasted time.

Hope this thread will help others...




Here are his emails:

-------- Email 1:

On 2009/Nov/09, at 10:18 , wahab hammed wrote:

Dear Sir/Madam
We have a client who is interested in the excavator kits you have for sale.If possible send pictures to enable us and our clients have a proper look at it to have a better assessment of it. We are located in Dubai, UAE. We Expect to hear from you ASAP,
Thanks,Sender\'s Name;Wahab


-------- Email that raised suspicion:

Dear Frederic,

Thanks for the prompt response.We are glad to announce our further interest in the 12-tonne excavator equipped with our DAH-125D .Below is our company details to raise invoice, also note that payment option will be through bank wire transfer.As regard the shipment mentioned, we already making arrangement through my client friends that own a shipping company.

WahabTrading Co LLC
4, Ramadah Street
Al-Qasimia, Sharjah
UAE
TEL: +971556874623

LESSOR’S BANK CO-ORDINATES:

Bank Name
Bank Address
Bank Phone
Account Name

Beneficiary
For Further Credit to
Account Number
ABA No.
SWIFT CODE

Regards,
Wahab

-------- end of emails.



FD

Dear all

The day after Frederic above was contacted so were we. We sell specialist paint stripping equipment and after a Google search on the mobile number and address found this website so we too wanted to ensure that others did not get conned by these fraudsters.

From: Abraham Israel [mailto:treasureonline4u@yahoo.com]
Sent: 18 November 2009 14:39
To: info@irprosystems.co.uk
Subject: Scrapping Machine

Dear Sir/Madam
We have a client who is interested in the Scrapping Machine
needed you have for sale.If possible send pictures to enable us and our clients have a
proper look at it to have a better assessment of it.We are located in Dubai, UAE. We Expect
to hear from you ASAP,Thanks,Sender\'s NameAbraham

*****

From: Abraham Israel [mailto:treasureonline4u@yahoo.com]
Sent: 23 November 2009 16:40
To: Info @ IR Pro
Subject: RE: Scrapping Machine

Hi there,
Thanks for the prompt response.We are glad to announce our further
interest in the Scrapping Machine .Below is our company details to raise invoice, also note
that payment option will be through bank wire transfer.As regard the shipment mentioned,
we already making arrangement through my client friends that own a shipping company.
WahabTrading Co LLC
4, Ramadah Street
Al-Qasimia, Sharjah
UAE
TEL: +971556874623
LESSOR’S BANK CO-ORDINATES:
Bank Name
Bank Address
Bank Phone
Account Name
Beneficiary
For Further Credit to
Account Number
ABA No.
SWIFT CODE
Regards,

Abraham

*****
Regards

IR Pro Systems Ltd

i have also received an email using the same number and address - different name

Dear Sir/Madam,
We have a client who is interested in Post Protectors qty 85 you have for
sale.If possible send pictures to enable us and our clients have proper look
at it to have a better assessment of it. We are located in Dubai,UAE. We
Expect to hear from you ASAP,Thanks Sender\'Name:Saheed

followed after my initial response by
Dear Andrea,

We are glad to announce our interest in the Post Protectors qty 85 .Below is our company details to raise invoice, also note that payment option will be through bank wire transfer.As regard the shipment, we already making arrangement through my client friends that own a shipping company.

SaheedTrading .co .llc
4, Ramadah Street
Al-Qasimia, Sharjah
UAE
TEL: +971556874623

Here it's the full banking information needed to transfer the money into your account.

YOUR BANK FULL NAME:
YOUR BANK FULL ADDRESS:
CITY, STATE, ZIP CODE & COUNTRY
YOUR BANK TELEPHONE NUMBER & FAX NUMBER:
ACCOUNT NAME:
ACCOUNT NUMBER:
SWIFT CODE/ I BAN NUMBER:
YOUR DIRECT CONTACT NUMBER

With all this information my client bank can be able to transferred the money into your nominated account.Also i don't want you to not worry about the shipment of the item because mine client relay to me he will arrange for that as soon as the money hit account.If you are satisfied with this arrangement kindly get back with the information requested for the transfer to take place in your account.

Thanks for your co-operation and understanding. Looking forward to hear from you.
Regards,

Saheed

Thought people ought to know they are still trying it on but just with other businesses!