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I, too, was the victim of an attempted Nigerian check scam. The whole thing smelled bad from the beginning. First, an e-mail from the U.K. Next the story about sending a check for more than I was asking so they want you to deposit the check then cut them a check back. Here’s the deal…all they want is for you to deposit the check. They don’t care about your bike.

They are hoping to get the check returned to them with your bank account # on the back of it. Apparently there are few if any laws in Nigeria protecting against bank fraud so they want to use your account # to do whatever they want. Drain it, spend with it, anything they can think of.

The check I received looked cheesy, no watermark, anyone with a decent computer and a half-assed printer could have produced it. The message here is, DO NOT DEPOSIT THE CHECK!!

Steve Norton
Fort Lauderdale, Florida