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Posted by M. K. on February 18, 2008, 5:35 pm
Message modified by board administrator February 20, 2008, 12:14 pm
If you ever hear from this guy again (see below) he is a scam artist! He says he wants to buy but needs to pay partially in cash - actual cash. Then at the last minute, he says he needs to switch the cash for a different currency, that he wants the seller to come up with.
I spoke with xxxxxx, who is an agent for this guy Don xxxxx. But Don sometimes seems to be known as Ethan xxxx. They said they HAD to meet in person in Milan to do the deal. That there would be no negotiating on the price, but that $1 million dollars in Swiss Franks had to be accepted in Europe in cash, the rest would be wired. They said they had it in the bank already. I put together a contract that they agreed to. I had to find a Swiss Bank that would accept cash, and I had to be able to transport the cash from a European Union country into Switzerland. They wouldn't cross borders with it. And they wouldn't go into a bank with it either. I did all this. I set up the account in Switzerland with a bank that would accept the cash. I have a friend there who drives across the border into Germany every week and he said "no problem" to transporting the cash. I flew to Milan - where they said we had to meet - with my Costa Rican attorney. They (a third man from Russia was with them) showed us what they said was $2 million in Swiss Franks (I have no idea if it was real) but then they said that their attorneys said that in order to wire $4 million from their account, they now needed 10% of it in Euros, so we were now supposed to go find $400K in Euros to exchange in private for their Swiss Franks. They even said they would pay $70K extra for the exchange. I told them that was ridiculous. I pointed out they said they were ready to go which is why I came there. And I told them that my bank would exchange the funds no problem. But they refused anything other than us coming up with our cash prior to them signing or paying anything. We left, having wasted many days and many thousands of dollars.
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