Originally Posted by SilentKnight

I only caught on to it a while ago myself after advertising a truck for sale online. We received one of those emails and for a few brief moments I thought it was a legit buyer. But when I read all the details I realized it was too fishy, so I searched online and came up with a few forums filled with similiar stories.

We were askin' $30k for the pickup, and the email said he was "an international buyer" for Ford trucks and would send us a cashier cheque for $65k which we were to cash at our bank, deduct our asking price (plus an additional $300 for our efforts, lol)...and immediately wire the balance to a designated "shipper in North America".

I made a report to our local cops. Not surprisingly they were already aware of the scam, but said there was little they could do about it. The fraud ring apparently is based in Amsterdam, but is operating worldwide lately.