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any feed back would be good.
Thanks for your mail. i would be glad to pay for it as soon as
possible though i will not be available to come for an inspection due
to my flexible schedule.Kindly get back to me with the following
questions below:
1) What is the condition?
2) Are you the Owner?
3) Pick up Location?
4) Your PayPal Email ID to effect the payment
Your full Name register with pay pal
I would be glad to make the payment immediately through PayPal so
kindly get back to me with your PayPal ID. You need not worry yourself
about title transfer and shipment,i will instruct the shipping company
to handle that therefore in order to complete the transaction do get
back to me with your PayPal ID and total cost so that I can make the
payment asap. I will be waiting for your reply!
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Thank for the response.How many years have you been using it and what
is the present condition? I will be happy to buy it,I am at the sea at
the moment.i am a sailor and i really want to make this purchase but
due to my work i can't come and pick it up from you but my pick up
company will come to pick it up .Note that you will not be responsible
for shipping and handling.My pick up agent will come to your location
for pick up. Kindly provide me your name and full address so i can
forward it to the shipping company to calculate the pick up fees, I
would like you to know that your payment will be made via paypal i
don't have access to my bank account online as i don't have internet
banking but i have link my bank account to my paypal account and
PayPal is fast and secured to send and received money online, All you
have to do is to send me your PayPal email account or you can send me
a money request to this mail as to make the payment and this is phone
number +++++++++++++ asap
Hope to read from you pretty soon
Best Regard.
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As above. All the hallmarks of a scam. The easiest way is to chat with a potential buyer on email, then the phone. If they want the car they cam come to you and pay in cash, over the counter at your bank. Genuine people will be happy to do this. I think in this day and age it's to easy to forget electronic transfers etc are not as safe as you first think. Cheques can also be rejected after appearing to clear. Cash is king.
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Tell the guy it's been in an accident and you've fitted a diesel engine, it comes with a free dog in the boot, there are only 2 wheels left on it as you couldn't afford the tyres, it has no driver side door for weight saving, and you'll only take French Francs as payment...
The possibilities are endless !
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Tell the guy it's been in an accident and you've fitted a diesel engine, it comes with a free dog in the boot, there are only 2 wheels left on it as you couldn't afford the tyres, it has no driver side door for weight saving, and you'll only take French Francs as payment...
The possibilities are endless !
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Or have some fun ! ![Big Grin](https://www.scoobynet.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif)
Tell the guy it's been in an accident and you've fitted a diesel engine, it comes with a free dog in the boot, there are only 2 wheels left on it as you couldn't afford the tyres, it has no driver side door for weight saving, and you'll only take French Francs as payment...
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Tell the guy it's been in an accident and you've fitted a diesel engine, it comes with a free dog in the boot, there are only 2 wheels left on it as you couldn't afford the tyres, it has no driver side door for weight saving, and you'll only take French Francs as payment...
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mate i have experience in this tell him to do one i had this happen to me it WILL be a scammer saying something like hell send you the money blah blah blah and hell get a company to pick the car up!! this guy sent me three cheques thatr equalled to £7500 when i was looking for £3000 for it and that i had to put them in then bank then send the rest of the money via weston union.... not only will you be done over but your get arrested for money laundering!!! FACT ill send you the emails that i was sent if you would like to see buddy
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I would personally run as well.
The import garage where I get my cars from has also had this happen where he was sent much more money than the cost of the car.
There was one though that seemed a scam but came out all right though.
A couple of months ago when I picked up my scooby from there,there was an Evo 9 he had up for £15000.The day I was there he said to checkout this email he received about the Evo.It was along the lines of,
I would like to purchase the evo 9 you have for sale.I work at sea and have an agent that will arrange collection and the car would be going to new Zealand to be prepared and used for rallying.I would like to pay by paypal.
He played along to see what happened as his security at the garage is insane so he wasn't worried.
The guy paid as he said he would the correct amount.
I popped in there a few weeks later and he said it had gone to new Zealand and recently the bloke that bought it sent him some pictures of the car in action and was well chuffed with the car.
I'm glad there wasn't a bet on because I'd have put a tenner down on it being a scam.
Danny.
The import garage where I get my cars from has also had this happen where he was sent much more money than the cost of the car.
There was one though that seemed a scam but came out all right though.
A couple of months ago when I picked up my scooby from there,there was an Evo 9 he had up for £15000.The day I was there he said to checkout this email he received about the Evo.It was along the lines of,
I would like to purchase the evo 9 you have for sale.I work at sea and have an agent that will arrange collection and the car would be going to new Zealand to be prepared and used for rallying.I would like to pay by paypal.
He played along to see what happened as his security at the garage is insane so he wasn't worried.
The guy paid as he said he would the correct amount.
I popped in there a few weeks later and he said it had gone to new Zealand and recently the bloke that bought it sent him some pictures of the car in action and was well chuffed with the car.
I'm glad there wasn't a bet on because I'd have put a tenner down on it being a scam.
Danny.
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Paypal offer very little protection (they've been on Watchdog countless times where people have sold cars and Paypal refuse to help out) so yes I would be dubious. If they were interested they would come in person to view the car, hand over a cheque, wait for it to clear in your bank and then drive it away, or do a same day bank transfer down at your bank, with you with them, getting confirmation by the clerk that all is complete. Private sales for big sums are risky. Hence only cheque (cleared cheques) or same day bank transfer are methods I'd accept. Unless you see the money in your bank account never hand over the keys or any other information.
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He played along to see what happened as his security at the garage is insane so he wasn't worried.
The guy paid as he said he would the correct amount.
I popped in there a few weeks later and he said it had gone to new Zealand and recently the bloke that bought it sent him some pictures of the car in action and was well chuffed with the car.
The guy paid as he said he would the correct amount.
I popped in there a few weeks later and he said it had gone to new Zealand and recently the bloke that bought it sent him some pictures of the car in action and was well chuffed with the car.
TX.
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write back in Chinese, that should mess with their heads lol, it dont have to make sense they prob wont be able to read it anyway then they spend hours looking for someone to translate for them in their poxy mud village lol.
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any feed back would be good.
Thanks for your mail. i would be glad to pay for it as soon as
possible though i will not be available to come for an inspection due
to my flexible schedule.Kindly get back to me with the following
questions below:
1) What is the condition?
2) Are you the Owner?
3) Pick up Location?
4) Your PayPal Email ID to effect the payment
Your full Name register with pay pal
I would be glad to make the payment immediately through PayPal so
kindly get back to me with your PayPal ID. You need not worry yourself
about title transfer and shipment,i will instruct the shipping company
to handle that therefore in order to complete the transaction do get
back to me with your PayPal ID and total cost so that I can make the
payment asap. I will be waiting for your reply!
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Thank for the response.How many years have you been using it and what
is the present condition? I will be happy to buy it,I am at the sea at
the moment.i am a sailor and i really want to make this purchase but
due to my work i can't come and pick it up from you but my pick up
company will come to pick it up .Note that you will not be responsible
for shipping and handling.My pick up agent will come to your location
for pick up. Kindly provide me your name and full address so i can
forward it to the shipping company to calculate the pick up fees, I
would like you to know that your payment will be made via paypal i
don't have access to my bank account online as i don't have internet
banking but i have link my bank account to my paypal account and
PayPal is fast and secured to send and received money online, All you
have to do is to send me your PayPal email account or you can send me
a money request to this mail as to make the payment and this is phone
number +++++++++++++ asap
Hope to read from you pretty soon
Best Regard.
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