Be Aware - Had this in a mail last night. Basically they say they send you money and you have to pay the guy who comes to pick your car up and give him all the documents. Ahem!



Dear Sir/Madam,

I am interested in
purchasing this vehicle ,it suits my requirements perfectly,I run two
garages ,one in Dublin and the other in the Netherlands, i shuffle
most of my time between the two .
THESE ARE MY TERMS OF TRANSACTION:
1) I AM OKAY WITH THE STATED PRICE OF £1XXXX
2) I WILL BE PAYING WITH A BANKER'S DRAFT / CHEQUE WHICH I
WILL ALLOW TO CLEAR BEFORE THE PICKUP/SHIPMENT OF THE
CAR.
3) I WILL INCLUDE FEES FOR SHIPMENT IN PAYMENT, THIS MY
SHIPPING AGENCY WILL USE FOR PICK-UP.
The excess funds will go towards covering costs for
shipping,shippers fees,insurance,tax and any other expenses that
might be incurred getting it down to the new owner.
I will want you to get in touch with the following details if my terms
are okay:
FULL
NAME............................
ADDRESS........................
TELEPHONE NUMBERS...................(Mobile and Land)
As soon as i have your details,i can
have payment effected immediately,all things being equal,we
should have this wrapped up by the end of this week.
Pls note that you'll have to send on the balance on the funds that
you'll get to my shipper so he can come attend to the pick up as
soon as you make the car ready.
I beleive that most transaction are based on trust,so i will look
forward to a succesful transaction with you.
Best Regards,
Trev.
P.S:I can be reached on (+447031893608/+447024037999).

 

Get this ALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL the time when I sell cars... old trick.

 

I guessed as much but loved the wording. I half expected to see Jambo on the end. I wonder how many people have lost either the shipping amount or their cars to this?

 

whats the scam? ie how is it expected to work?

 

He says, Pls note that you'll have to send on the balance on the funds that
you'll get to my shipper so he can come attend to the pick up as
soon as you make the car ready.

I am guessing the funds won't clear or bankers draft will be fake and you will have to stump up the costs yourself and let your car go before you actually have the money. Must work otherwise he wouldn't do it.

Anyone else know how else it works? So that people are more aware when selling.

I also got canvassers calling. They don't have anyone ready to but so don't give them any more money to sell your car. That is what Auto Trader, Scoobynet, Piston Heads and the Bay are for.

 

surely there's a way you could scam the scammer?

 

It works because funds can appear to clear, but once they find out the cheque or whatever is stolen they can reclaim the money back up to 7 years later (statute of limitation)

 

why not say yes, arrange for it to be collect then torture the guy collecting it until he give you all the details you need to find the scammer

 

ops i mean ask niclely not torture

 

No one will come and collect, you will be sent a Cheque or Draft that will be "accidently" too much, you will then be asked to pay the difference..

The cheque will clear but it will bounce eventually and you will be left out of pocket but you'll probably still have the car lol.

 

Indeed, they are not interested in the car - they want the 'difference'.

The cheque 'appears' to clear but then it is found to be stolen many weeks later .............. when your 'difference' has long gone.

 

where did you advertise the car?

 

Ask him to send cash with his pick up man. you won't hear from him again.

Same as the canvassers, say you'll happilly pay if they put the buyer on the phone and you'd sign a contract that gives them their cash when the sale is complete. Never hear from them again.

5t

 

I love the canvassers ...... "Is the car still for sale?"

"yes"

Shocked voice, "Really? We have people searching for your exact car!"

"You have, have you?"

"Yes, we have - for a flat fee of £65 we will put your car on our Database until sold"

"Will be sold very quickly then?"

"Yes, Sir, indeed it will"

"Tell you what, don't bother putting it on your Database - I will pay you DOUBLE what you want when I sell to one of the many buyers you have the details of"

BURRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

 

sure you don't mean six years?

 

heres one of about ten ive had in the last few days, i love the way he said he wants 'to buy my advert' hahaha

Hello seller,
I saw your advert while surfing via the internet and am willing and
intrested to buy your advert. Get back to me via my email if the ( SUBARU)
is still available for sale.
Are you the owner?
State its condition?
Send its recent pictures if available. What is your last offer?
You can also ring me on my mobile 07011135580 ,
07031833025
look forward to read from you about the advert.
Soonest.
Best Regards..
billy..........

 

Billy bull****, billy bogus..... lol

I do hate scammers, and would love to one day catch up with a few of them!

 

have a browse around here. This guy plays games with the nigerian scammers - some excellent stuff on here where he's gone as far as arranging to meet them at the airport etc.

Welcome to the 419 Eater

Not the same car scams, but still entertaining reading.
Use the menu at the very top of the page

 

Auto Trader.

 

i received the same email for my car thanls for the warning i am not going to fall for it
I am interested in
purchasing this vehicle ,it suits my requirements perfectly,I run two
garages ,one in Dublin and the other in the Netherlands, i shuffle
most of my time between the two .
THESE ARE MY TERMS OF TRANSACTION:
1) I AM OKAY WITH THE STATED PRICE OF £1XXXX
2) I WILL BE PAYING WITH A BANKER'S DRAFT / CHEQUE WHICH I
WILL ALLOW TO CLEAR BEFORE THE PICKUP/SHIPMENT OF THE
CAR.
3) I WILL INCLUDE FEES FOR SHIPMENT IN PAYMENT, THIS MY
SHIPPING AGENCY WILL USE FOR PICK-UP.
The excess funds will go towards covering costs for
shipping,shippers fees,insurance,tax and any other expenses that
might be incurred getting it down to the new owner.
I will want you to get in touch with the following details if my terms
are okay:
FULL
NAME............................
ADDRESS........................
TELEPHONE NUMBERS...................(Mobile and Land)
As soon as i have your details,i can
have payment effected immediately,all things being equal,we
should have this wrapped up by the end of this week.
Pls note that you'll have to send on the balance on the funds that
you'll get to my shipper so he can come attend to the pick up as
soon as you make the car ready.
I beleive that most transaction are based on trust,so i will look
forward to a succesful transaction with you.
Best Regards,
Trev.
P.S:I can be reached on (+447031893608/+447024037999).

 

I've had 4 separate emails too... my replies aren't clean enough to post here

 

Fecking hilarious! Rather than you pay me to pay someone else for the shipping ... how about you pay the shipper yourself?!! Crazy idea I know.

TX.

 

Just reply accepting his offer.

For you address insert the local police constabulary's. Let them send the draft, wind them up a little. Hope they send the heavies round and laugh

 

One of the oldest scams in the book.. Best thing you can do is as Luminous says pass on the local police stations address or anything else you can think of that is just as humourous!

 

read this - especially the "eat sheet" section

f l u k e . m o t o r s p o r t . o f f . t o p i c . s c a m m e r s

and yes i know it's now a multiple SIAL (PileUpIAL?) , but well worth reposting

 

What a great site. Just read one of the entire scams....brilliant!

They got the scammer to make and send them a wood carving and make a video too!

 

have you tried calling the numbers that "trev" said he can be contacted on? Doubt you'll get through.

 

was that the zx spectrum keyboard one?

 

I will only sell the kart to someione who likes big hairy Donkey ***** lmao
Quality

 

No this was the one where he had to make a 10" tall bust of the scambaiter, then do a 17 foot high painting on a wall or billboard and then he had to make a 7 min video doing the Monty Python "dead Parrot" sketch!