Roger Joys
While we talk Scams.. There is another one to watch out for. If you post pics of your bike on a website, people have been known to lift the images (easy to do with many browsers), and post an eBay auction.
Several people on a fixed-gear list I subscribe to have found their showcase bikes appearing on eBay.
Be careful out there.
-r
On 10 Apr 2003, velob-@netzero.com wrote:
Hey OBRA, Don't sell anything to these guys! I
am out $5300 after trying to sell a bike on
Roadbikereview.com. I received a real cashiers
check from a real bank but it ended up being a
fraud. I'm now in a legal battle with my
ex-bank over this. Long story that I'm not
going to get into because all it does is piss
me off. Fraud is the #1 source of income for
Nigeria. I have a case with the US Secrete
Service as they are the guys who are dealing
with this problem. I found out quite a bit
about this crap. The problem is this scam ring
is soo big that it is almost impossible to
catch them. They reroute all their emails,
telephone calls, money transactions, etc so
it's really hard to trace them. Even when the
Secrete Service does trace it to the source
the criminal is either tipped off or
immediately released because most the
government and police officials are crooked.
Most banks won't budge an inch as far as
helping you out. I have heard from them about
people losing millions including their life
savings, homes etc. Bottom line, be very
careful when selling anything. I had asked all
the right questions and did all the right
things and still got screwed over. Brian
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