I have a German friend in Spain. He had an AC Cobra (2nd generation) and wanted to part with it. So he went ahead and put it up for sale in various internet sites.
One day he got an e-mail. Very interested customer... in England (actually yes, they do rent some office space). Very busy man. My friend was so excited he almost didn't tell me.
Well, soon it was the same story as Rocky basically was served too. Just the number were a wee bit higher. I found about it, when my friend got the Cashiers check over 300 thousand British Pounds, drafted on a British bank! I told him what it was... showed him web sites which depict basically the same story again and again. He did not like to believe it. Well, he went ahead and took it to the bank. They took it! 3 days later his account DID GET CREDITED with the 300K! The "buyer", whom by the way never had time to look at the dern thing because he was sooo busy and my friend sooo trustworthy , had his timing to the minute. The same day he started calling my friend about the balance to be sent back! I instructed my friend to sai he had not been credited yet. Sure enough, about a week later his account got debited by the bank of the 300K again. The check was a forgery and they only found out after the "emitting" bank bounced it back. Little damage done... about 100 Euros in fees from his bank.
... J-D.
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