I posted my 93 Red 850 For Sale some time ago, on this newsgroup and
was approached by a Person who claimed to be a Nigerian
Philanthropist.  I was asking $1600 for my car, so the Nigerian said
he would send me $3500, and that I could donate the balance of the
money to a charity of his choice.

He sent me a really nice looking check, it appeared to be a Payroll
check from Bell Helicopter Textron Inc, with a JP Morgan Chase Bank
crest on it, for $3500.

I deposited the check on a Wednesday  Afternoon, and the bank teller
told me that they would hold the check for two business days.

I Informed the Nigerian of this delay and he said it would be fine

He then provided me with the information below...

INFO WHERE BALANCE SHOULD BE REMIT TO VIA WESTERN UNION
MONEY TRANSFER  ...

NAME- DANIELLE SPENCER.
ADRESS- 200 PARKVIEW LANE.
CITY- IKEJA.
STATE- LAGOS.
COUNTRY- NIGERIA
ZIP CODE.23401

SO AFTER YOU HAVE SENT THE MONEY YOU WILL BE GIVEN A 10 DIGITS
MTCN(MONEY TRANSFER CONTROL NUMBER) AND ALSO SEND THE QUESTION AND
ANSWER TEST
WHICH YOU WILL BE ASK BY WESTERN UNION....DONT FORGET  TO GET EMAIL ME
THE
SENDERS INFO i.e YOUR INFO AND ACTUAL AMOUNT  SENT,AFTER YOU DEDUCT
SUM OF $1600
AND PAYING NECESSARY WESTERN UNION FEE.
MAKE SURE YOU DO THAT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE..
    SHIPPING AGENT WILL CONTACT YOU ON HOW SHIPPING ARRANGEMENT WILL
BE MADE...

HOPE TO HEAR FROM YOU SOON
 HAVE A GOOD DAY

NOTE:YOU CAN HAVE THE MONEY SENT DIRECTLY VIA WESTERN UNION...AND NOT
CHECK...SO KINDLY SEND DOWN THE MONEY DIRECTLY AND GET BACK WITH THE
NECESSARY INFO GIVEN TO YOU BY WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER....

As it turned out I had oral surgery that Saturday and spent the Sunday
and Monday recovering from the extraction.

I did not go near the computer at all.  On Tuesday I checked  my email
and bank account and noticed that the $3500 dollar check had been
removed from my account, and I was charged a penalty of $10.

But all through the weekend the scammer was phoning me and emailing me
asking me to send the balance of $1900 via western union money
transfer to the address he gave me above.

Even though I only lost $10 dollars, I was very upset with the
scammer!  I felt like doing something illegal to him!

Just thought you ought to know.

Bob.