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Old Sep 17, 2009 | 08:38 PM
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Considering I buy and sell cars like its going out of style I see scams like this everyday for a car with a low price... like an STi for 6k or a Z06 for 8k...
The part where he asks for your full name and address is where he is scamming you.
This is an idenity theft scam!
Once he has your info he will next need to know some banking info from you or something like that...

I would take a gentlemens bet that its a scam...
Let me know if you buy the car
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Old Sep 17, 2009 | 08:48 PM
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Originally Posted by DallasIS
I'm an US
That was a good laugh.

But no, super-scam, typical. Would've been the deal of a lifetime had it been real.
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Old Sep 17, 2009 | 09:04 PM
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it also has it's wheels on wrong...

it looks like a scam, but it's worth the trip to buy the car if you're serious...

also, stop by a few african countries - i sent money to bail a prince from a refugee camp, i'm not sure where he is now after our email interactions...

oh and $15.800 in american is still fifteen dollars and eighty cents - you should send that if anything.

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Old Sep 17, 2009 | 09:18 PM
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Originally Posted by mikez
ISF doesn't have cassette player.

I say its a scam. You know it, because you can feel it in your guts.
for that given price and the lack of attention to realize that there is no cassette player, we all know its a scam! good thing for noticing that minor detail, my friend!
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Old Sep 17, 2009 | 09:27 PM
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yea its a scam it pretty much the same thing as the Nigerian scam
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Old Sep 17, 2009 | 09:38 PM
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No wonder these scams work.
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Old Sep 17, 2009 | 09:54 PM
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Originally Posted by BB/F
Ask him if the pics were recently taken. If so, then something is wrong with his navi cause its showing him in Rancho Cordova CA


Should call the cops on him!
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Old Sep 17, 2009 | 11:09 PM
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Not only is it Rancho, but it's on Recycle Road. That's where all the junkyards are located. I used to live in Rancho, and I've been to TAP on Recycle Road a number of times.

So the pics were taken of a rebuilt car. More than likely a total someone restored. Still the price is way too low to be real.

Tell him you'll have to send him a cashier's check for more than the amount, and he'll need to wire you the excess as soon as he cashes it. Tell him you got a settlement check and it's the only way you can spend it. See what he says then...

Sgt buying a $60k car? You have no idea how much crap I took when I bought my '94 Supra in 1994 on E-5 pay. And yes, no POV ever goes aboard a cargo plane. The loadmaster and crew would be court-martialed.
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If it is too good to be true....then it probably is.
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Old Sep 17, 2009 | 11:23 PM
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Deffinate scam, it even says it on the car, I circled it for you.

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Old Sep 17, 2009 | 11:40 PM
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Originally Posted by lobuxracer

Tell him you'll have to send him a cashier's check for more than the amount, and he'll need to wire you the excess as soon as he cashes it. Tell him you got a settlement check and it's the only way you can spend it. See what he says then...
That would be too funny... and post the response here!*
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Old Sep 17, 2009 | 11:52 PM
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definitely a scam, but some people will still fall for it.
if you are thinking of buying it, I'll suggest you donate your money to charity instead.

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Old Sep 18, 2009 | 08:59 AM
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I can't even believe someone would actually believe this for a second.
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Old Sep 18, 2009 | 09:17 AM
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Originally Posted by FisforFast
I can't even believe someone would actually believe this for a second.
+1 FisForFast, to think there are Americans who fall for these schemes and ads everyday??
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Old Sep 18, 2009 | 09:27 AM
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Originally Posted by DallasIS
nice catch, i didn't even realize that was there :/
POV's (personal cars) are not shipped on AF cargo planes!! What SGT in the AF could get his car in front of the two war's worth of gear being flown to and from Iraq, Afgan and the US. A general officer doesn't ship his car on govt planes !! SCAM SCAM SCAM
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