WARNING possible scam

Blakey · Postby **Blakey** » Tue Apr 27, 2010 5:48 pm

man i love that scammer prank lol it was epic

blade888 · Postby **blade888** » Tue Apr 27, 2010 6:03 pm

100% sure it's a scam or it will be used FOR a scam and either way you will be out of pocket of your cash OR your car.

http://au.todaytonight.yahoo.com/articl ... l/car-scam

This article was broadcast last month about this.

keep CLEAR!

bunnishiwa · Postby **bunnishiwa** » Tue Apr 27, 2010 7:42 pm

This is a scam (who answered 'no' to the poll?? lol - get advice before you part with info n cash on the net).

My misses had it, almost word for word, when she sold her CH Lancer a few months ago. We replied and asked for more details etc from the buyer, just to see what response we'd get. A few 'chatty' emails about his predicament and how he'd always wanted a hotted up Lancer etc, then we had an email asking for a 'deposit' for the guys agent to collect the car - lol. So we told him to F*$% off. We then received two 'genuine' emails from the Western Australian Police Force - telling us that we were breaking the law and had to pay.

Crims who never did geography obviously...

:lol:

squala · Postby **squala** » Tue Apr 27, 2010 8:04 pm

Yeah I'm 99.9% sure it's a scam. A buyer's first gesture is to look at the car physically, so they arrange to meet up with you so they can see what they're buying. As what ofey meant, why would someone make an offer to car they haven't even inspected yet?

The fishiest stuff on the net are always those that sound too good to be true.

tjoz · Postby **tjoz** » Tue Apr 27, 2010 8:20 pm

Doesnt Paypal have a $20k limit on transactions?

billyboy · Postby **billyboy** » Tue Apr 27, 2010 9:29 pm

Blakey wrote:man i love that scammer prank lol it was epic

lol heap more at this site if you have the time. http://www.419eater.com/html/letters.htm

Chubb · Postby **Chubb** » Tue Apr 27, 2010 9:42 pm

tjoz wrote:Doesnt Paypal have a $20k limit on transactions?

think it might be as low as $5k mate, for me anyway when I brought some software for work I had to do it two paypal transactions as I could not do $8k in one go.

Sickbunny · Postby **Sickbunny** » Tue Apr 27, 2010 10:29 pm

the way the scam works is they will say their agent needs a fee (usually $800) deposited to them to cover costs, and to do that they promise topay a little extra to you for your troubles..

SIR-VRX · Postby **SIR-VRX** » Tue Apr 27, 2010 10:53 pm

Caveat emptor.

Superintendent Chalmers · Postby **Superintendent Chalmers** » Tue Apr 27, 2010 11:24 pm

I'm surprised that he didn't say he was a "Nigerian prince marine engineer" :lol:

That scam is so hot its smokin!!!!

exaltd · Postby **exaltd** » Wed Apr 28, 2010 2:00 am

Funny that..... seems Carsales have no protection for this scam

Seems a lot of people get it. When my friend sold his FN2 Civic, he got a similar email - so we decided to test the waters by sending mass emails back. All the emails that came back were the same autoprompt emails (like yours). So we knew for sure it was a scam.

So don't bother about it

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mr_evo · Postby **mr_evo** » Wed Apr 28, 2010 11:32 am

just received another email from a different person saying the exact same thing..... funny as

jamez707 · Postby **jamez707** » Wed Apr 28, 2010 11:40 am

it soumds like it could be a scam...i would get in contact with car sales and paypal im shure they would know if this stuff was going on

arutha · Postby **arutha** » Wed Apr 28, 2010 12:43 pm

this is a scam. AFP and state police are aware of it. don't reply to the email

http://www.afp.gov.au/business/business ... scams.html

or you can report it at

http://www.scamwatch.gov.au/content/ind ... mId/693900

JaCe · Postby **JaCe** » Wed Apr 28, 2010 2:18 pm

bd-850 wrote:can i be his Brother in-law, damn how much does he love him to buy an EVO for him, sounds like a scam

LOL

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