[lifegamer]

i have a laptop for sale and one guy is telling me secend day now to give him my bank details so he gonna send me money and after that i have to make a package and send him my laptop ( by shipment ),and his giving me more money + some for paying for shipment ,so im afraid hi is trying to rip me off .

[englishman]

definitely - avoid

or ask him to make payment but say you will wait at least 10 days for monies to clear and have bank confirmation of clearance before despatch

[londoner]

Be careful - it sounds like a typical scam - even once in your bank the money can come back out if it is a fake cheque.

See:
http://www.gumtree.com/seller_fraud_alert.html

[spice]

anyone who says ive got sum1 who ows me moneyi n england blah blah blah is a liar conman from nigeria.. avoid it..

[LondonCanuck]

He's not offerining to give you a cheque - he's offering to put the money in your account. That may not necessarily be a scam. I pay people direct into their accounts all the time.
The scam normally is to pay you too much by cheque and asks you to give him the over-payment back to him in cash - so you end up with a fraudulent cheque so not paid for your PC, and you've already given them your laptop and cash!
If they want to pay you directly, why don't you open a Paypal account. It's free and you'll have access to the cleared funds.
http://www.paypal.com/
Another option could be to meet in person and do an exchange or if that's not possible, have them post you a banker's draft - which is already cleared funds that you can deposit straight into your acct.
Good luck!

[djnang]

Well i think its a scam. If he tries to contact you by e-mail, try threatening him Its should stop him