Re: Tractor buying scams?

Posted by ff316 on November 06, 2003 at 18:52:37 from (207.246.76.119):

In Reply to: Tractor buying scams? posted by Oregonfarmer on November 04, 2003 at 18:55:17:

I read about this on retiredtractors.com classified ads page(this site takes a long time to load over dial up but is a pretty neat JD site).

Apparently, the "buyer" will contact you saying he is interested, and that someone in the states owes him some money, that he will get that person to give you a check, and you wire him the (sizeable)difference to Africa. Sometimes they may offer you some money to organize shipping for the tractor as well. Then you lose your tractor and the money.

Like Paul says, it's hard to scam a scammer. Internet fraud is about the least of the government's worries in much of Africa, and odds are the scammers are probably pretty wealthy from a long career of scamming American suckers and can pay their way out of any trouble.

My point is - the next time someone offers you more than asking price for a tractor thats total production was over a couple hundred thousand that is a red flag.

Good luck, I don't think they sell Vaseline in Africa!)

Fireman in KY

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