i had found an amazing deal on the internet on a 2002 honda civic, i had bought a car off the internet before so i wasnt thinking right i dont guess. anyway i had been in contact with a name 'nathan murray' about a 2002 honda civic ex, for 2200, we went on and on and then i though i wanted the car and asked him how we would go about making this transaction, he said he had left the country because he was going through divorce and the car was made for the us, so he couldnt take it up there and needed to get rid of it. He said he would get in contact with the shipping company he had left the car with in the states called moneybookers ltd. he said that i would only have to pay 30% of the total price and they would ship me the car, i could then test drive it, take it to a mechanic or whatever, before paying the rest of the amount, so that we could both make sure we were happy, so i got an email from 'moneybookers' saying i needed to westren union 660 dollars to them and they would send me an email back regaurding the details of the shipping. After i sent the first 660 dollars i then recieved an email saying that didnt cover the shipping insurance for the car nor the taxed i would have to send 900 more dollars through western union to a man by the name of 'krenshae mcnear' i decided at this time it was a scam and that i would not be sending him any money and would try to have this stopped. i reported him on the website where i found the car, (buyandsell.com), i then have done some more research and found the same car was posted in los angeles california, below i will copy and paste some of the emails from 'moneybookers; so everyone can take a look at what they could be dealing with and maybe it will prevent it from happening again
MoneyBookers Purchase Protection Payment Instructions |
Service: Handled by: | Moneybookers- Online Moneybookers- United States | |||
Guaranteed delivery: | 2 days after payment confirmation | |||
Declared Value: Commercial Value: Days for Inspection: | USD 2,200.00 No Commercial Value 14 days upon the delivery | |||
Description of Goods: | 2002 Honda Civic Ex Coupe | |||
Additional Services: | None | |||
Status of Inspection: | Pending |
Shipping: | USD 0.00 |
1. The buyer and the seller agree to the terms and details of the transaction.
2. The buyer sends the safe deposit to Moneybookers verified representative. Payment is verified and deposited into a trust account.
3. Moneybookers ships the merchandise to the buyer, knowing that the buyer's payment is secured.
4. The buyer accepts the merchandise after having the opportunity to inspect it.
5. Moneybookers pays the seller after all conditions of the transaction are met.
How to make the payment: |
Our department require the payment to be done through Western Union money transfer service to our Verified Agent : |
4 - Step Trust Process for Moneybookers |
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From: Moneybookers Ltd. <[email protected]> Nobu-Sama #2Consumer Suggestion Thu, August 05, 2010 Wow im so glad I ran into this site and specially your story. After which i did more research and found out other being scammed by the same person. It almost happened to me I saw the same car, same description, same price, same seller. Well same everything
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Sent: Sun, January 31, 2010 1:50:06 PM
Subject: Re: MoneyBookers Escrow Transaction #MB01008744 Started!
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California,
United States of America
This is still going on!!!
I emailed him and where I started getting suspicious was when he emailed me with the second email saying how the car was in a warehouse in Texas and all i needed was to pay %30 of the car's value and it would be shipped to me, through money brookers which rose a red flag and decided to do some investigating first.