This is one of the reasons I hate selling things online - con artists.

I have a pair of sport seats for sale in the classifieds section. I get this message from the

Black Sport Seats w/ Porsche Crest

Please confirm availability of this ad, send me recent pictures, last asking price and detailed information.

Sounds like a real inquiry right? We go around a few times and I give him a price. This is the response:

Hello Terry,
Thanks for your mail i want you to know that the price $x,xxx is okay with me.In respect of payment i have a client in the U.S who is owing me $5,510.All i need to do to make payment easier and faster is to instruct him to issue a cashiers check and mail it to you on the address and name you want on the check and you know it takes 24hrs for a cashiers check to clear in the U.S.
But i would want to know if i can trust you to send my balance to me via western union or money gram after the money must have cleared in your bank to enable me prepay the shipping company here so that they can instruct their office in the U.S to come for the pick-up from your location.pls mail me asap to enable me arrange payment.Furnish me with your name and address,so i will forward it to my client for payment.


Best Regards,
Edward Crouch
edwcrouch_us@operamail.com

My reply was simple - "Kindly F*ck Off"

What kind of idiot falls for these scams?

Before someone brings it up - Ken has no control over this kind of BS. It's just part of life on the web. Suck it up, get used to it.