Huge Car Selling Scam!!!!!!!!!!

[skz4u]

Hello fellow Mustangers. I wanted to make all of you aware of a car selling scam that might effect you if you are selling your vehicle on the internet. I am selling a 1996 Mustang GT and posted it on the internet on various sites including this one. I received an E-mail from a guy named “John Adams” who said that he works for a company that purchases cars for people. He had a client that was interested in my car, who went through STONEAGE.Com. I was asking $9000 for my car, but his client gave him a check for $16,000 to cover the cost of the car and shipping charges. He said that he would send me a check for the $16,000 and to western Union him the remaining balance. When he received the remaining balance that he would arrange pick up and delivery of the vehicle. Sounds too good to be true huh? Well it is!! I called the issuing bank located in WA, and they told me that the check is fraudulent, to contact my local F.B.I. The F.B.I. said that this has been a big scam for a while now and they are just starting to crack down on it. I didn’t know that this scam was so big, they said that some people have lost their cars and had a negative balance in their accounts after cashing these checks. You get the money in 2 days, spend it, and then in 2 weeks the check bounces after the guy got your car and some money in his pocket. Now you owe the bank what ever the check was for. Well I now have a fake cashiers check for $16,000 and I still have my car. I saved all of his E-mails for the F.B.I. and here is a link about internet car scams. http://www.carbuyingtips.com/fraud.htm
I hope that this may help some of you who decide to sell their car on the internet and what to watch out for. Like the old saying goes “If it sounds too good to be true, it is!” Good luck and be careful out there.