How To Identify Scams

I always thought that scammers only target people who are buying things online. Boy, was I wrong!:) Some time ago, a friend said she needed help to sell a branded wallet and I offered to help her post an ad online. Shortly after I posted the ad online, someone replied! He first asked if the wallet is still available. When I replied that it was, he sent this to me: ------------------------------------------------ From: Dan Webster ddwebtt@yahoo.com To: Angel Peng Sent: Sunday, 22 July 2012, 13:01 Subject: Re: Preloved Genuine Brown Gucci Wallet For Sale Ok! Thanks for your reply...I'm in USA but want to send it to my wife in Malaysia , Kindly send me total cost including postage to her address below & also bank to bank or Paypal is ok for payment..... Name: Shane Webster Address : B - 4 ,Suria Kinara Condo,47100 PUCHONG, SELANGOR City : Kualar Lumpur Country : Malaysia Regards Dan ---------------------------------------------------

Hubby dreams of changing his car all the time.. so once in a blue moon, when he is in the mood, he will do his research to keep up to date with the LATEST car prices. Today, we found two very cheap and good deals online and he was so excited. The two cars listed were diff models.. one is a BMW and the other one is a Merc.. the BMW Series 5 was selling for $25,000 AED (since we are based in Dubai now. Just fyi, it is abt $6850 USD) and the Merc E300 was going for $40,000AED. According to the ads, both cars were brand new and in excellent conditions. But you see, after all the scams we have seen, we know tat if you see a deal that is too good to be true, it probably IS too good to be true!:P Just for the fun of it, he emailed both of them (with a small flicker of hope tat this is a legit steal). Within an hour, the BMW guy replied.. -------------------------------------------------- From: rftkh@hotmail.com To: hubbysname@hotmail.com Subject: RE: BMW 523i M-Kit 2008 ventilated seats,s