Jerry Bass wrote:

The last month I have worked with a man claiming to be from Belgim
with the name of Wesley Brown, AKA, wesley_agric@yahoo.co.uk
He sent a check for $3100 for my Ross Gearbox. It took ten days for
the check to arrive, and he emailed me every day.

I put the check in the bank and was going to Western Union [wire]
funds to a Michael Ogunlowo-Ibukun in Nigeria. The funds did not come
thru and I waited until today to find the $3100 check did bounce. The
[check] money was extracted from my account.  If I had wired the
money to Nigeria I would have been out the $1800.

He talked very broken, almost Iraki, and by phone I could not
understand him much. My good luck, was when my neighbor said this
type of scam was going around.

Be aware of this on airplane parts.

Jerry Bass
540-932 3125
Cell 241-2675

John wrote:

Paul/Jerry and all,
The bid I made on a Mid-West rotary offered on eBay was second best.
Three weeks after I lost out on the engine a "Second Chance" offer
arrived saying that the high bidder had backed out of the deal. It too
was a scam. The address was in London, England and I was to wire the
$8000 via Western Union. It sounded "fishy" and it was!!
Regards,
John Lewis
N501BD

Hi, John....are you looking for a Midwest rotary engine?  There is one on a
2-seat ultralight aircraft at our local airport, and he is replacing it with
a Rotax.  I heard it run and saw it fly.  He probably wants to sell it.  I
know this is not a scam.  Let me know if you are interested in it. If so, I
can try to find out more details. Paul Conner

 
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