I recently advertised my Steinberg Clean! Vinyl to CD transfer kit here, and was contacted by someone who claimed he wanted to buy it. I said OK, and gave him a price of £25. He then came back to me, offering a further £50 to “hold it for himâ€Â, and said he's send me a cheque for £3000! This was the only way to do it, and I was to then send him the “change†from the £3000. Fortunately I wasn't born yesterday, also this is a very well-known scam, mostly perpetrated by people in Africa. Of course, you lose all your money when his cheque proves to be worthless. And please, please, PLEASE don't fall into the trap of thinking that when a cheque has “clearedâ€Â, it's OK. If a cheque later proves to be false, IT CAN STILL BE WITHDRAWN FROM YOUR ACCOUNT FOR AT LEAST 6 WEEKS. Check with your bank if you don't believe me. It is absolutely astonishing how many people get taken in by this, and lose thousands, every year. Here's the email I got: From: [email]h_smith34@hotmail.com[/email] To: [email]me@nospam.com[/email] Subject: RE: Clean! Plus 2.0 Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2008 14:02:41 +0000 Hello, Thanks for the information, the offer is okay by me for £25. So I would like you to ignore other offers and hold it for me and I will offer you an extra £50 only if you can keep it for me and I will come for the pickup or I send my Freight Agent. I do not want you to be stressed, so id rather sends my Freight Agent to your location for pickup. Please give the information i have requested in order for my client to Make the payment: (1)Cheque payable to: (2)Home Address: (3)State: (4)Post code: (5)Country: (6)Telephone number/mobile phone: A well-known business association have agreed to make payment out to you on my behalf. You should be expecting a U.K Cheque for £3000 which include the shipping fee to cover the shipping expenses on me because i still have other pick up as well. The reason is being that my client couldn't issue out a separate cheque's on a single transaction like this due to company policy, as soon as the cheque clears in your bank you deduct your £25 including the £50 as compensation to hold the ad, then the rest would be sent to my freight for the pickup in your location. I hope I can trust you with my rest balance to arrange for my freight. You can reach me on 07031852343 if you have any question. Thanks..