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From: "overseas procurement" To: hardin_coach@yahoo.com
Subject: Purchasing your 1948 8N / PAYMENT METHOD
Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2004 05:39:07 -0800

Hello Jeff,
Thanks for the mail. I have also discussed with my client his name is Carlos Hernandez .He has agreed to pay $2,250 for your 1948 8N ,he will be issuing the payment for your 1948 8N and the shipping expenses on one American certified cashiers check all is $6,750 so you will be required to deduct cost of your 1948 8N which is $2,250 when check payment gets to you and refund the excess balance of $4,500 to the shipper in Ontario,Canada via money gram money transfer or western union money transfer for the shipping charges for the 1948 8N .
After payment has reached you and excess balance sent back to shipper,the agent [Mr Roland Delveqio] will come pick up the legal bill of sale and other necessary documents that goes with the 1948 8N and drive to a prepaid shipper to be shipped to my customer,and he will take care of legal bill of sale and other necessary documents making sure they get to him, via fedex courier. Do confirm this so If you agree to assist in this capacity , Will you please send your contact address where my client should send the check , your name to be on check and telephone numbers ,i will instruct my client to send the check by express priority mail to you. In addition to this i will want you to call me on this number +0112-3480-2355-2372 to further show your willingness to sell your 1948 8N to my client and enable me address any questions that you might have .
Thank you and GOD bless.
David James

Upon receiving this email, I became a little curious as to why anyone would want to pay 2250 for a tractor and then pay an additional 4500 just for shipping...
So I called the FBI to investigate this and as it turns out...it's a scam in order to launder money for possible terrorist cells, and that the CIA was investigating each lead that was presented to them.

So, don't be duped into thinking that someone will buy your tractor SIGHT UNSEEN for whatever price you are asking....it won't make a difference if you're asking 10k for a new John Deere or 25k for a non running 2N...don't do it.. :)

Airplane sellers are often confronted with these scammers. This is a good description of the variations in the scams and web links to who to contact when you encounter one.

Link

Charles