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Had a fellow call me wants to buy a boat I have, he is in Houston and wants to wire me two separate payments over a couple of weeks Via western union at Wal Mart till payment in full , then come get the boat after I have recieved the money.
With all the scams going on , just wanted to see if any of you heard of doing this, or could it be a scam?

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sounds like a scam to me, especially if he hasn't seen the boat in person or had it checked and just wants to start sending you money, tell him you only deal in cash or certified bank check pay in full only, can't trust any one any more

If it doesn't sound right it usually isn't. However if he sends western union that means he already gave them the cash. I would be cautious, doesn't sound right.

I'd have him send cashier's checks.

No way man don't do it. I see scams like this every day unfortunately. The first sign is two different payments. I say u could also wire money but id have your bank check the authenticity of the institution first. Other than that meet him half way with a cashiers check exactly as it reads on his license

COD only!

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Tell him to keep the 1st payment and make the drive when he has it all. If he wants you to hold the boat until he can get it all which might be reasonable, tell him to FedEx you a cashier check over night and let him know that you will cash it and hold as a non-refundable deposit if he wants you to hold the boat. Can't go wrong.

It sounds fishy, however if he is sending the money Western Union then it is cash as far as you are concerned. If he is sending the first half to get you o hold the boat then I guess that is reasonable.

Something is fishy about this deal :shaking: .... You may get paid in full, but I'd bet he was nabbing someone else's funds to pay for it...

Beware !!!

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This...

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you will hold boat untill you have recieved and cashed both payment via money gram ( walmart wester union) ?? if so whats the harm? its simple dont give him crap until you have cashed both checks @ walmart and have cash in hand, then call him n tell him to come pick up his boat.


another way is to say " ok but for the inconvience of me having to go back n forth to wal mart i want another 1500.00 if he sayd ok it prolly is a scam

^this. U have the boat and the money. He should b the one worried. As long as u give him no bank info of yours should be good.

Scam! He is sending money from someone else's account. When they realize the money is gone the bank will recall the transfers.

take it from someone who's name is loan shark!^^^^^

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Had a buddy get scammed that was selling a dog, same scenario

U can't get your bank to verify. They will if something looks like fraud or you ask. Either way id get it n person cause u have to get the papers notarized and I would accept one payment. Everyone is right too much bad things can happen.

Any cashiers check or check period can be counterfit . computers can do wonders. cash in hand is the deal unless i know you pretty well.

With a currency marker. Did it on my frame machine the other day. Marked em all and visual check on random bills to verify. I'd rather be cautious a thousand times than wrong once!

Marker can be fooled too.