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Ebay Scam Letter

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  • Start date Start date Aug 16, 2004

347Fastback

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Enclosed is a copy of the email I got when I tried to purchase a 67 fastback off of ebay for $11,500 buy it Now... The car was to good to be true..
Hello Sir,


I am glad you are interested in my vehicle.


I want to let you know all the details about this deal so everything will work fine.

Some words about the car:
First of all the car is fully restored and looks just like in the pictures.It is in imaculate condition and has no scratch on and hasn't been involved in any accident.The motor runs very well. This is a classic car that has a lot of the original parts and the tires are almost new.The title is clear ,it is not a salvage one. The car belongs to my grandfather.He is very old and can't take care of it anymore.He put me to sell the car.I have legal documents by wich I can transfer the title to your name.
428CID, Power Steering and Brakes, 4-Speed Transmission, Black with White
LeMans Stripes, Car #531 of 2048 Made in '67, White Interior, Kelsey Hays
Mag Star Wheels 15x7, Fold-Down Rear Seat.

The car is backed by Vehicle Purchase Protection - up to $16,500 and in this way you are fully protected by Ebay.

The car is now in France as my grandfather lives here.He loves this kind of cars and he collected and restored them.The car is mostly garage kept and rarely used.
Because I can't carry all his things back home I am selling them. I am willing to sell it and ship it to any of the EU countries or to US.I will not ship to any African,Asian or Eastern European countries.I know that the price is low but I have no use for the car and I want to get back home as soon as I sell it.I want to sell the car asap so I am willing to pay 65% of the shipping fees nomatter of the location.The company of my wife works with '4 Seas International Shipping.Inc' and they offered us a disscount for the shipping,so I will support 65% of it and this is the main reason I want to use this company as a shipping service.You will not have to pay any additional taxes.Once again,you will not have to pay all the shipping costs, only 35% of it.

Delivery Estimated Time: 17-21 days
Price: $11,500 - $3000 prior to shipping
- the balance after you receive and inspect the car.
Inspection Period:3 days
Shipping Service:'4 Seas International Shipping.Inc' (door to door)
Terms: I offer a complete customer satisfaction guarantee or your money back. This policy means, that if the vehicle is not as described then you may return it for a 100% refund. If the items are returned, they must be returned in the exact condition as shipped and it will return on my costs.
If the car is what you are looking for and if you agree with these conditions then I will be glad to close this deal with you. In order to end this deal I want you to deposit $3000 to a Western Union agent,if you need more details about this please contact me.I prefer money order because in this way I will ship the car in the same day you make the payment.

I will be waiting your email.

Kindly Regards,
Steve MATTINGLY
 

DarkBuddha

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Yep, these eBay scams are never-ending and it's always the same form letter they send out about the car being overseas, and it's not limited to Mustangs either. They do it on any popular and valuable car from late model Supras to Corvettes. Over on VMF it's become a bit of a running joke. At one point I was actively screwing with these guys by emailing them or buying their buy-it-now auctions with a special name I registered: "ThisWasAScam", but eBay has gotten much much better about catching and pulling these pretty promptly. There is even one guy running a counter auction that explains about these scam auctions. Damn scammers.
 

zookeeper

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Ebay is so full of scams these days I don't even shop there anymore. My opinion is that ebay brought this on themselves by not enforcing or protecting their members. I was recently doing some price-checking for an ATV for my wife, you know kinda seeing what I should pay for a nice used bike. Anyway I found one in New Jersey that was in mint condition, rarely used, etc. The guys user id was something like "NYFDEMT" or somethng that suggested an honest, hardworking firefighter. Anyway, I zip off an email asking about the bike but also asking if we could use an escrow account since he had such a low feedback (4). He assured me that he was honest and that he would even pay for shipping (about $500) if I met the reserve. It sounded too good to be true, so I passed. But still kept looking for one a bit closer to the west coast. Lo and behold a couple days later, the same bike (same pics, same description) showed up with a different user id, in a different state! Both bikes got bid up near $4000, so which one was actually selling the bike? What if neither had a bike? For anyone that thinks ebay is protecting you, a freind of mine bought a $1200 espresso machine ( I never said he was smart) which he claims is about half price, and he got burned. He sent a money order about a year ago, then got nothing but excuses for about 6 weeks, then she dropped off the face of the earth, with his money. Until ebay gets their act together and starts doing something besides simply kicking people off (they can immediatley re-register) I'll be doing business the old fashioned way.
 

MustangMatt1966

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Shooot, the ONLY thing i have ever purchased from e-bay was a pair of racing slicks, which are working "okay" but are not the best...........just dont belevie everything u hear from that place.......
 
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65straightsick

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Wait wait..........$1,200 for an expresso machine and that is half price.......? Why not go to starbucks and have them make you one for like $4? it seems like he is one french fry short of a happy meal there.
 
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