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Sep 28, 2011, 12:26 AM
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Username: ashley.altic - Classifieds Buyer Scam
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The following scam has been reported:
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Hi John,
On 27-Sep-2011 someone submitted their contact information in response to your ad in the Dropzone.com Classifieds. Please reply to this email to contact the person directly.
Username => ashley.altic
Name => ashley
FromEmail => ashley.altic@yahoo.com
City => Aurora
Country => usa
Comments => its form sell?and how much it last prize
DO NOT do business with anyone who offers to send you payment for a higher amount than your selling price with the understanding that you'll send back the balance.
Be suspicious of anyone claiming to be acting on behalf of a "client" or another "customer".
Be suspicious of anyone claiming to be from Nigeria or West Africa
If you agree to accept a check payment, then do not send anything, gear or "change" before the check cleared. And be careful, if you manage to clear a fraudulent check then you may be liable for the damages if the bank finds out later. Make sure your bank authenticates the check.
If it sounds to good to be true, then it probably is.
I have also been recently contacted by this person. I thought it was weird but my wife confirmed it was a scam so I looked it up and found this. Thanks for posting.
And, I too have been contacted by this person (Ashley Altic). I was sent a check for $2500.00 for my item that I was asking $800.00 for. They wanted me to deposit the check and send the balance to a 3rd party. Not going to happen.
