I came across this the other day...I emailed the guy and was like" Why you selling this so cheap?" He needs a quick sale he stated. That was it so far. Let me know what you guys think..not that im interested..but i mean if carfax came back ok, and title was really clear and he wanted to drive it to me..id pay him!

http://www.autotrader.com/fyc/...t=349

 

scam

 

i sent a request for the VIN. I am gonna carfax it

 

Hehe I will save you the trouble my friend.

It is a S C A M

The way it works is that they'll send you a stupid *** email about how they need to sell it quick. They will then tell you to do it through Ebay and ship it bla bla. If you ask to pick it up, they'll make up some excuse.

The VIN (even if they give it to yoU) will be good because they get it off other REAL SELLERS.

So how does the scam work? This is what I've read and understood. You register through Ebay sales, and then pay that fee. The fee that you paid (suppose to be for the entire car right?) is actually going to be noted as "shipping charges." So since you did not pay in full, the car will never be yours. Notice how the fee is probably either low enough to be "mis-understood" as just shipping charges.

There is a bunch of these super low price scams on Craigslist. All the same return emails all the damn time.

But that's my understanding. Tell him you're serious and lmk what he says.....

 

Thats how it will probably end up. Im gonna email him and offer him the full amount if he can drive it too me.. and see waht he says Ill keep you posted.

 

well, he gave me a VIN. It is to a 1 owner 2002 S2000 registered in Lansdowne, PA with a last recorded odometer reading of 35k miles in 2005.

 

Just ask him where the car is. $10 says it's not local but "he can ship it to you." That'll be the red flag that it is for sure a scam (as if a car for less than 1/2 of market value wasn't already a red flag).

 

indeed.

lol ironically i live in PA and told him I had cash in hand and wanted to come get the car asap. that'll get him going.

 

LOL Scam for sure....

 

here is his email reply to me:

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I live in Newtown Square,PA, I am selling the car because I have to move in England in a few days.You're more than welcomed to come if you can get here in the next 24 hrs,otherwise I cannot wait for you because I might lose other offers.Please let me know how can I help you to finalize the deal and agree on terms...I am just trying to sell this car fast because I need a right hand drive vehicle as soon as I get there.
Let me know if you are still interested.
Thanks</TD></TR></TABLE>

 

I really wonder if someone has $4350 and went down there and flashed the money in his face what would happen. Someone should actually go with $4000 and see what happens. Hey the most youll lose is gas and it can be a good road trip. get his address and go down with out him knowing to see it its really there.

 

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$4000 in cash huh? Bring your gun.

 

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$4000 in cash huh? Bring your gun.</TD></TR></TABLE>

For what?

 

I was looking at this on autotrader. I thought they just meant "14xxx" instead of "4xxx"

 

its a scam. type the vin# into google and look at how many cities that car is being sold in. better yet, do a search on autotrader with "any distance" and see how many of that same ad pop up.


http://www.autotrader.com/fyc/...stime=

 

Scam... There are so many of those on Autotrader these days.

 

Its so funny too. They all have gmail address and say use the gmail address instead of contact through the website. A$$holes!

 

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If he's scamming people, there will be people looking for him. He'll no doubt be armed. If you show up with cash like a moron, you just might get robbed or worse.

 

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If he's scamming people, there will be people looking for him. He'll no doubt be armed. If you show up with cash like a moron, you just might get robbed or worse.
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I never thought of it that way, like a potential buyer getting robbed. I mean im not going anyway, but i see the point. It doesnt matter cause the car aint there!