I agree that sending you extra is confusing and unless it was deposit (which I wouldn't take anyway) would have passed them up to. Now you want a real scam I was in the market for a 351W motor for a pickup truck. After looking thru the paper I found one that sounded ideal. Made contact and setup a time to check it out. It was still in the car (wrecked) and I could here it run. Went to the appointemt, heard it run, and saw the damage the car. It didn't seem right, not enough damage to the rear end. I ask if he would be will to sell whole she-bang. The reply was "no, my buddy needs the interior and wheels for his car." Sounds reasonable, So now he says "I'll hold it if you put up a $200 deposit". I start smelling fish. I said "no, when can you have it ready to go, i'll bring cash". He setup a date to have it out but said if cash showed up he would sell it. I kinda wondered maybe he's on the up and up and should leave a deposit. In the end I didn't leave a deposit. The day came to go pick up the engine. I called to see if it was ready and didn't get an answer. So I went by to see. I found an empty house, no car, pissed of landlord, and (via the landlord) no less that 7 people (I would have been #8) had given him a $200 deposit before he skipped town.
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