Pietenpol-List: Watch out for the bad guys out there
Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2011 10:32 am
Original Posted By: "Dortch, Steven D MAJ MIL USA FORSCOM"
Subject: Pietenpol-List: Watch out for the bad guys out thereI know few of you would consider parting with your Piet or project, but if you are trying to sell some other form of "inferior" aircraft, beware of the scam buyers out there. I've been trying to sell our Bellanca for a while and got an email from someone claiming to be interested. They didn't try to bargain on the asking price. They claimed to out of the country in the military, and wanted to send an agent/mechanic to check out the airplane. Theywould send a certified check "guaranteed", paying 10% down with an additional amount for the mechanic, which I was to pass on to him. The catch is that the 'cashiers check' is bogus. If you deposit it in your bank, and then pay out funds, eventually, the check is returned, and you're out whatever you paid the 'mechanic.' If someone wants to buy your airplane, insist on a cashiers check drawn on a US bank for a deposit, to be heldin escrow pending the clearance of the check. A bank wire transfer is even better, and you have collected funds pretty much immediately. I'd heard about this before, and when I emailed back asking for payment as above, I, ofcourse, got no response. The thing that pissed me off the worst was that this jerk claimed to be a Marine. When he eventually goes to his reward, may he get poked for all eternity by a squad of Marines with bayonettes. Matt PaxtonNX629ML________________________________________________________________________________
Subject: Pietenpol-List: Watch out for the bad guys out thereI know few of you would consider parting with your Piet or project, but if you are trying to sell some other form of "inferior" aircraft, beware of the scam buyers out there. I've been trying to sell our Bellanca for a while and got an email from someone claiming to be interested. They didn't try to bargain on the asking price. They claimed to out of the country in the military, and wanted to send an agent/mechanic to check out the airplane. Theywould send a certified check "guaranteed", paying 10% down with an additional amount for the mechanic, which I was to pass on to him. The catch is that the 'cashiers check' is bogus. If you deposit it in your bank, and then pay out funds, eventually, the check is returned, and you're out whatever you paid the 'mechanic.' If someone wants to buy your airplane, insist on a cashiers check drawn on a US bank for a deposit, to be heldin escrow pending the clearance of the check. A bank wire transfer is even better, and you have collected funds pretty much immediately. I'd heard about this before, and when I emailed back asking for payment as above, I, ofcourse, got no response. The thing that pissed me off the worst was that this jerk claimed to be a Marine. When he eventually goes to his reward, may he get poked for all eternity by a squad of Marines with bayonettes. Matt PaxtonNX629ML________________________________________________________________________________