Its like the land of Oz in here turning unwanted or barely used items back into gold - it's true! Drag that old fishing rod or child's toy into the light brush the dust off and snap a picture and post an ad - that's how its done thousands of times per month... and you can do that for free on a Canadian Classified ad site!
People are still shopping and buying - they have all the same needs and no one wants to buy retail anymore they are turning by the thousands to classified ads to try and find savings on the items and services they need.
Have a car you no longer need or want to rent a room in your house - people are looking for your stuff right here! Post an ad - we have thousands of new and used items... maybe you can provide a service or are willing to trade for something.
Just post it and see if you can turn those unwanted or barely used items back into cash in your hand! What do you have to lose? We blast your ad to over 80,000 websites, blogs, facebook and other places on the internet - post your free ad today!
Sunday, March 8, 2009
Scams
We all hate scams and the folks who try and rip us off for our hard earned dollars. It just seems that when you think you know all the tricks up pops a new way to trick people. Be alert, get educated and you will not get tricked.
I just found an excellent site to visit and it is made right here in Canada - Fraud Squad at http://www.fraudcast.ca/ This is a great place to find out about what is happening and how to protect yourself. The site has a link at the bottom of the page look for "Fraud Squad" and click on it to take a look.
So here are some tips to protect yourself...
1) Shop local - be a local trader - meet with people and try and deal face to face
2) Do not accept payment and refund the difference to the buyer(see fake checks)
3) Get to know who you are dealing with - phone numbers, address etc.
4) Do your homework! Check prices and know what your buying and or selling and to whom! How many people do you really think have other people shopping for old cars and tv's for them to ship half way around the world? (I am an agent for a ...)
5) Sometimes the best deal for you maybe to wait for the next offer.
The buyandsell.ca site is an open marketplace - I do not check every ad and do not get involved in any transactions - at anytime.
Copies a couple of sections from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigerian_419_Scam#Fake_checks which are of interest. Now not all checks are fake and some puppies are real but you should be very aware of these tricks...
Fake checks
Fraudulent checks and money orders are key elements in many advance-fee scams, such as auction/classified listing overpayment, lottery scams, inheritance scams, etc, and can be used in almost any scam when a "payment" to the victim is required to gain, regain or further solidify the victims' trust and confidence in the validity of the scheme.
The use of checks in a scam hinges on a U.S. law (and common practice in other countries) concerning checks: when an account holder presents a cheque for deposit or to cash, the bank must (or in other countries, usually) make the funds available to the account holder within 1-5 business days, regardless of how long it actually takes for the cheque to clear and funds to be transferred from the issuing bank.[26] The cheque clearing process normally takes 7-10 days and can in fact take up to a month when dealing with foreign banks. The time between the funds appearing as available to the account holder and the cheque clearing is known as the "float", during which time the bank could technically be said to have floated a loan to the account holder to be covered with the funds from the bank clearing the cheque.
The cheque given to the victim is typically counterfeit but drawn on a real account with real funds in it. With a piece of software like QuickBooks and/or pre-printed blank cheque stock, using the correct banking information, the scammer can easily print a cheque that is absolutely genuine-looking, passes all counterfeit tests, and may even clear the paying account if the account information is accurate and the funds are available. However, whether it clears or not, it will eventually become apparent either to the bank or the account holder that the cheque is a forgery. This can be as little as three days after the funds are available if the bank supposedly covering the cheque discovers the cheque information is invalid, or it could take months for a business or individual to notice the fraudulent draft on their account. It has been suggested that in some cases the cheque is genuine - however the fraudster has a friend (or bribes an official) at the paying bank to claim it is a fake weeks or even months later when the physical cheque arrives back at the paying bank.
Regardless of the amount of time involved, once the cashing bank is alerted that the cheque is fraudulent, the transaction is reversed and the money removed from the victim's account. In many cases, this puts victims in debt to their banks as the victim has usually sent a large portion of the cheque by some non-reversible 'wire transfer' means (typically Western Union) to the scammer and, since more uncollected funds have been sent than funds otherwise present in the victim's account, an overdraft results.
Wire transfer
A central element of advance-fee fraud is that the transaction from the victim to the scammer must be untraceable and irreversible. Otherwise, the victim, once they become aware of the scam, can successfully retrieve their money and/or alert officials who can track the accounts used by the scammer.
Wire transfers via Western Union are ideal for this purpose. The wire transfer, if sent internationally, cannot be cancelled or reversed, and the person receiving the money cannot be tracked. In fact, that person often does not have to provide identification; they only have to know the identifiers of the transaction such as the control number and secret question. Thus, the overwhelming majority of scams involve making payment via wire transfer. Other similar uncancellable forms of payment include postal money orders and cashier's cheques, but as wire transfer is the fastest method, it is the most common. In many cases Western Union will not take any action against potential fraud and will not advise the police that a fraud has been committed or assist with out a court order. They claim there is no action they can take, and will not attempt anything to resolve this issue, including contacting the authorities in the country the money was sent to.
Puppy scams
Another such scam is based on the adoption of a puppy (usually English Bulldogs or Yorkshire Terriers; a cute, expensive breed coveted by families who cannot afford them) or an exotic pet. A scammer first posts an advertisement or sets up a web page offering puppies for adoption or for sale at a ridiculously low price, most often using stolen pictures from other websites and respectable breeders. When a victim responds to the ad and questions the lowered price or the reason for giving up such an adorable and expensive pet, the scammer first explains that they have recently moved to Nigeria or Cameroon from the US for work (usually volunteer work as missionaries) or for studies, and claims either to have no time to properly care for the pet, that the weather has had such a terrible toll on the pet or that they have too many pets to care for.
The scammer and victim will exchange a few emails to build trust. Once it is established that the victim offers the right home for the pet, the scammer will then offer to ship the pet and requests that the victim only pay for shipping. The victim, who now has an emotional attachment to the pet, feels obligated and even happy to do so, as shipping is a small price to pay compared to the pet's full price at a shop or breeder. The scammer requests Western Union to keep the deal going in a timely fashion as the pet is ready to go to a new home and the victim is now excited. However, after wiring money, the victim will not receive the pet (as the pets don't exist), and if the victim does hear from the scammer again it is only for more money (to get puppy out of airport holding, or to pay unexpected vet bills that have come up) until the victim stops responding.
I just found an excellent site to visit and it is made right here in Canada - Fraud Squad at http://www.fraudcast.ca/ This is a great place to find out about what is happening and how to protect yourself. The site has a link at the bottom of the page look for "Fraud Squad" and click on it to take a look.
So here are some tips to protect yourself...
1) Shop local - be a local trader - meet with people and try and deal face to face
2) Do not accept payment and refund the difference to the buyer(see fake checks)
3) Get to know who you are dealing with - phone numbers, address etc.
4) Do your homework! Check prices and know what your buying and or selling and to whom! How many people do you really think have other people shopping for old cars and tv's for them to ship half way around the world? (I am an agent for a ...)
5) Sometimes the best deal for you maybe to wait for the next offer.
The buyandsell.ca site is an open marketplace - I do not check every ad and do not get involved in any transactions - at anytime.
Copies a couple of sections from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigerian_419_Scam#Fake_checks which are of interest. Now not all checks are fake and some puppies are real but you should be very aware of these tricks...
Fake checks
Fraudulent checks and money orders are key elements in many advance-fee scams, such as auction/classified listing overpayment, lottery scams, inheritance scams, etc, and can be used in almost any scam when a "payment" to the victim is required to gain, regain or further solidify the victims' trust and confidence in the validity of the scheme.
The use of checks in a scam hinges on a U.S. law (and common practice in other countries) concerning checks: when an account holder presents a cheque for deposit or to cash, the bank must (or in other countries, usually) make the funds available to the account holder within 1-5 business days, regardless of how long it actually takes for the cheque to clear and funds to be transferred from the issuing bank.[26] The cheque clearing process normally takes 7-10 days and can in fact take up to a month when dealing with foreign banks. The time between the funds appearing as available to the account holder and the cheque clearing is known as the "float", during which time the bank could technically be said to have floated a loan to the account holder to be covered with the funds from the bank clearing the cheque.
The cheque given to the victim is typically counterfeit but drawn on a real account with real funds in it. With a piece of software like QuickBooks and/or pre-printed blank cheque stock, using the correct banking information, the scammer can easily print a cheque that is absolutely genuine-looking, passes all counterfeit tests, and may even clear the paying account if the account information is accurate and the funds are available. However, whether it clears or not, it will eventually become apparent either to the bank or the account holder that the cheque is a forgery. This can be as little as three days after the funds are available if the bank supposedly covering the cheque discovers the cheque information is invalid, or it could take months for a business or individual to notice the fraudulent draft on their account. It has been suggested that in some cases the cheque is genuine - however the fraudster has a friend (or bribes an official) at the paying bank to claim it is a fake weeks or even months later when the physical cheque arrives back at the paying bank.
Regardless of the amount of time involved, once the cashing bank is alerted that the cheque is fraudulent, the transaction is reversed and the money removed from the victim's account. In many cases, this puts victims in debt to their banks as the victim has usually sent a large portion of the cheque by some non-reversible 'wire transfer' means (typically Western Union) to the scammer and, since more uncollected funds have been sent than funds otherwise present in the victim's account, an overdraft results.
Wire transfer
A central element of advance-fee fraud is that the transaction from the victim to the scammer must be untraceable and irreversible. Otherwise, the victim, once they become aware of the scam, can successfully retrieve their money and/or alert officials who can track the accounts used by the scammer.
Wire transfers via Western Union are ideal for this purpose. The wire transfer, if sent internationally, cannot be cancelled or reversed, and the person receiving the money cannot be tracked. In fact, that person often does not have to provide identification; they only have to know the identifiers of the transaction such as the control number and secret question. Thus, the overwhelming majority of scams involve making payment via wire transfer. Other similar uncancellable forms of payment include postal money orders and cashier's cheques, but as wire transfer is the fastest method, it is the most common. In many cases Western Union will not take any action against potential fraud and will not advise the police that a fraud has been committed or assist with out a court order. They claim there is no action they can take, and will not attempt anything to resolve this issue, including contacting the authorities in the country the money was sent to.
Puppy scams
Another such scam is based on the adoption of a puppy (usually English Bulldogs or Yorkshire Terriers; a cute, expensive breed coveted by families who cannot afford them) or an exotic pet. A scammer first posts an advertisement or sets up a web page offering puppies for adoption or for sale at a ridiculously low price, most often using stolen pictures from other websites and respectable breeders. When a victim responds to the ad and questions the lowered price or the reason for giving up such an adorable and expensive pet, the scammer first explains that they have recently moved to Nigeria or Cameroon from the US for work (usually volunteer work as missionaries) or for studies, and claims either to have no time to properly care for the pet, that the weather has had such a terrible toll on the pet or that they have too many pets to care for.
The scammer and victim will exchange a few emails to build trust. Once it is established that the victim offers the right home for the pet, the scammer will then offer to ship the pet and requests that the victim only pay for shipping. The victim, who now has an emotional attachment to the pet, feels obligated and even happy to do so, as shipping is a small price to pay compared to the pet's full price at a shop or breeder. The scammer requests Western Union to keep the deal going in a timely fashion as the pet is ready to go to a new home and the victim is now excited. However, after wiring money, the victim will not receive the pet (as the pets don't exist), and if the victim does hear from the scammer again it is only for more money (to get puppy out of airport holding, or to pay unexpected vet bills that have come up) until the victim stops responding.
Help Save the Environment; Use BuyandSell.ca!
If you find extra stuff during you spring cleaning and need to unload, no doubt you are looking for the most effective method possible for advertising those treasures of yesteryear. There are better reasons today than ever before to give your old stuff new life, not the least of which is the effect that disposing of household items, cars, and other non-consumables has on the environment. Many municipalities have banned the disposal of certain items within landfills altogether, while almost all others impose large environmental fees on dumping household and other large items.
Remember the old adage, “One man’s trash is another man’s treasure”? If you have the notion to sell it, the law of probability is in your favor that someone out there wants to buy it. So why not take your desire to preserve your environment one step further by advertising on BuyandSell.ca?
“How does BuyandSell.ca preserve my environment?” you may ask. By advertising on BuyandSell.ca, you can avoid being part of the newspaper waste that also ends up in many landfills every year. Though most municipalities encourage newspaper recycling, and some even provide recycling pick-up as part of its regular services, thousands of pounds of newspapers still end up in Canadian landfills every year.
Of course, the benefits to advertising your wares on BuyandSell.ca don’t end at the landfill. While your local newspaper may only be read by several hundred to several thousand people, BuyandSell.ca is available to millions of people across Canada 24/7. Not only does your BuyandSell.ca ad have the potential to be read by thousands more people than a old newspaper classified ad, your ad is available for posting for up to month rather than just a day or two.Your ad is also blasted to over 80,000 other websites and did I mention that posting an ad on BuyandSell.ca is 100% free? In addition, you can even post up to 3 pictures along with your ad, to give your readers a clear idea of what you are selling. Newspaper classifieds simply cannot compete when it comes to bang for your buck.
So the next time you have things to sell, simply visit www.BuyandSell.ca from the comfort of your own home. You’ll keep more of your money in your own pocket, and you can pat yourself on the back for advertising the environmentally-friendly way. So let’s recap. Free large classified ads with up to 3 pictures plus youtube.com video, signs & posters links back to your site for up to a month for 100% free and you can help make this a better place to live by posting your items today!
Remember the old adage, “One man’s trash is another man’s treasure”? If you have the notion to sell it, the law of probability is in your favor that someone out there wants to buy it. So why not take your desire to preserve your environment one step further by advertising on BuyandSell.ca?
“How does BuyandSell.ca preserve my environment?” you may ask. By advertising on BuyandSell.ca, you can avoid being part of the newspaper waste that also ends up in many landfills every year. Though most municipalities encourage newspaper recycling, and some even provide recycling pick-up as part of its regular services, thousands of pounds of newspapers still end up in Canadian landfills every year.
Of course, the benefits to advertising your wares on BuyandSell.ca don’t end at the landfill. While your local newspaper may only be read by several hundred to several thousand people, BuyandSell.ca is available to millions of people across Canada 24/7. Not only does your BuyandSell.ca ad have the potential to be read by thousands more people than a old newspaper classified ad, your ad is available for posting for up to month rather than just a day or two.Your ad is also blasted to over 80,000 other websites and did I mention that posting an ad on BuyandSell.ca is 100% free? In addition, you can even post up to 3 pictures along with your ad, to give your readers a clear idea of what you are selling. Newspaper classifieds simply cannot compete when it comes to bang for your buck.
So the next time you have things to sell, simply visit www.BuyandSell.ca from the comfort of your own home. You’ll keep more of your money in your own pocket, and you can pat yourself on the back for advertising the environmentally-friendly way. So let’s recap. Free large classified ads with up to 3 pictures plus youtube.com video, signs & posters links back to your site for up to a month for 100% free and you can help make this a better place to live by posting your items today!
Welcome to Buy And Sell .Canada
Welcome to Buy And Sell .Canada - we have been on line since 1998 helping people to Buy the stuff they need and Sell the stuff they don’t – Proudly 100% Canadian Owned and Operated - We are a 100% free service for you to use and we connect you directly with the owners/representatives of the items and services for sale.
We post thousands of free for sale ads from all over Canada everyday but that’s not all - We are an aggregator of ads from all over the internet. We search the internet for ads from over 80,000 Websites, Blogs, Facebook pages etc. and bring them all here together for you. Our data base is updated everyday with hundreds of thousands of new ads.
Have a item for sale? Take a look around on the site and consider what you get for free – local large classified ads with pictures, video, mapped location, linked to your website and free “For Sale” signs for you to fill in and print with your information! Want even more? We also blast our data base of ads to over 80,000 other websites. Buy And Sell .Canada is the right website to post your classified ad!
http://www.BuyAndSell.ca Check us out!
We post thousands of free for sale ads from all over Canada everyday but that’s not all - We are an aggregator of ads from all over the internet. We search the internet for ads from over 80,000 Websites, Blogs, Facebook pages etc. and bring them all here together for you. Our data base is updated everyday with hundreds of thousands of new ads.
Have a item for sale? Take a look around on the site and consider what you get for free – local large classified ads with pictures, video, mapped location, linked to your website and free “For Sale” signs for you to fill in and print with your information! Want even more? We also blast our data base of ads to over 80,000 other websites. Buy And Sell .Canada is the right website to post your classified ad!
http://www.BuyAndSell.ca Check us out!
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This is the next phase in an ongoing commitment the company has made over the past 11 years. “Our entire business model is about reducing, reusing and recycling – when you think about it that’s what classified ads do. People are buying and selling items that would have otherwise been in the basement/garage or tossed in the trash and instead our posting free classified ads and selling them. Putting this entire process on the internet eliminates the need for paper (damage to trees/water/air). All this even reduces the need to produce new or replacement products and therefore reducing the use of resources along the supply chain. http://www.BuyAndSell.ca
We have gone the next level also not just reducing our use of electricity -100% of the energy used for our servers is offset by purchasing Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs). We use paperless billing, minimal printing/paper in our offices, reusable kitchen items (no foam cups or plastic spoons here); we do not advertise in newspapers or magazines and participate fully in our local recycling programs. It’s easy being Green!
We encourage you do whatever you can by reducing, reusing and recycling - selling the stuff you do not need and buy the stuff you do @ BuyAndSell.ca - together we can make a major difference! Free Classified Ads on an environmentally friendly network.
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