I've just received two very similar emails like this from two potential buyers.
My asking price for the bass is £200.
Is this a scam?
[i]Hi , Glad to know you still have the Guitar for sale, i'm okay with your asking amount and i will offer you £300 I will need your full name that will be on the cheque, your address that the cheque will be
send to and your mobile phone number you can always be reach on. I have a shipping company that will handle the picking up of the Guitar from your location, they will come
for the proper pick up arrangement from your location after the cheque has clear...... You will receive a cheque of £2,000 in which you will deduct your money from it and
send the rest to the shipping company for them to come to your location for the pick up. I hope to read again from you soon with your details for payment requested above
so we can move on.
Thanks
*(Name)* [/i]
Why offer me an extra hundred pounds on the asking price, and why then plan to send me a £2,000 cheque which i must use to send the funds elsewhere?
It just feels very suspect, especially since i've had two nearly identical proposals in the space of 2 days.
Any advice would be great.
I don't want to get ripped off!!!!
DAN