jasonsamara

I have a friend who called me last night about a 66 coupe. She has more money than common sense and wants a 66 coupe real bad. So she wouldn't disclose the site she found it on or show me pictures and I almost hung up on her because how can I help her if she won't give me the info. Anyway to cut to the chase it's a 66 coupe 427 390hp side pipes, 4 speed car. Frame off restored 6 years ago for $25k. The trim tag tells me it is the wrong color and interior. She wants to wire him the money today and will have 7 days to return and he says he's licensed and bonded. She says the car is in Washington but the site says Ohio. This seems to have red flags everywhere so what am I missing?

Railroadman

I'd say you're not missing a thing, except a GF with common sense. A fool and his (or her) money are soon parted.

Maybe you could suggest she right click on a pic of the car (which she probably would not share with you) and do a Google Image Search. It might turn up the same car in a different site. Problem is if it does not, she will take that as confirmation that it's legit!

Easy Rhino

What could possibly go wrong?

Your description is a 100% match for a scam. Even a fake 427 is worth at least double that. Invite her to post here, and we might be able to save her $25,000 lost dollars.

Frankie the Fink

Show/email her links to the opinions on here of her great deal...
If she provides pictures she'll get educated very quickly...

Or, do nothing, and you get to say, "I told you so."
So much "Corvette Fever" lately inciting people towards bad purchases....
Wiring money makes it irretrievable...

I'd say more but I'm on the phone with a Nigerian Prince who wants me to help him transfer $3.2MM USD if I just wire him $2,500 to get the process going, he'll give me a $500K cut...

capevettes

You just don't wire money to someone without eyeballing the car. As soon as you try to make arrangements to see these cars, the communication ends.

jasonsamara

The human nature side of me wants to see her get burned because she's so arrogant, but the Christian that I am wants to help her avoid this.

I saved he he last year from an overpriced 66 on the net and even found her a local 66 top flite car that she verbally agreed to and then backed out on.



Last night when when she called I was supposed to diagnose everything without any information because she didn't want me to know about it, but to tell her it's a good deal.

I do beieve eve this is the car. I love how there are pics but they don't show you much.
http://www.vettehound.com/geo/classifieds.php?a=2&b=3481

GTOguy

You are missing the common sense to disconnect yourself from this person. Sounds like a no-win situation for you....a waste of your time trying to help a person who is showing you no respect by not listening to you. Why are you even entertaining getting involved?

Jeff Garner

She don't want to let anyone else in on this once in a lifetime deal.....

If she won't listen to your advise as a friend, she will soon learn a lesson.

She's Ignorant.

Easy Rhino

Holy garbage - I didn't even get to that specific add, but there are a large number of obviously scam C2s on that site!!!

Run Forrest, Run.

(BTW, if you really want to try to help her, edit out all of your insults, e.g., "no common sense," and show her this thread. If you edit yours out, I will come back and edit out this parathetical comment. People will typically not follow advice given by anyone that disses them. Just human nature. Good luck - you'll be doing her a $25,000 favor.)

leif.anderson93

I do beieve this is the car. I love how there are pics but they don't show you much.
http://www.vettehound.com/geo/classi...php?a=2&b=3481[/QUOTE]

Cut and paste the advertisement and then open it. Scroll down to the third picture. Just to the right of the third picture it shows the seller's name...'nuff said

GUSTO14

One of the most impossible and frustrating missions in life, is to save someone from themself...

I would say the sellers name says it all!

Good luck... GUSTO

warrenmj

Tell her to contact this person and say she will bring the $25k in cash and pick up the car herself instead of wiring it. No doubt she will get multiple reasons why he won't be able to do it that way, which should raise some flags even with her.

Railroadman

Tell her "I strongly urge you to avoid this, but if you manage to buy the car drive it over and show me. I'll have no further discussion on it until then."

Frankie the Fink

She doesn't trust you enough not to buy the car out from under her but trusts your sight unseen opinion on going forward with the sale.

Pretty much says it all.

OldKarz

"A fool and their money soon part" My father always said this to me when I would come up with stupid ideas in my youth. I found out this quote was very true as I matured into my adult years. I had a friend than knew everything, he wanted me to do a real estate investment with him in the 90's. At the time it did not pass the smell test to me at all, for many reasons.......I passed, he did the whole deal on his own.....about 5 years later, many lawyers, courts, ect......he was out close to 2.2 million. I have found out that you can not save some people from themselves....

jasonsamara

She was at the bank ready to wire the money and thought it didn't feel right. Now she called and said if he will deliver the car to her house she will pay him. I forgot to mention he's working from a gmail account.

AkrHack

The Vetthound ad states that it started on March 11th. If it was such a smokin' deal, it would be sold by now.

GUSTO14

It very likely has... at least a half dozen times!

Brian VH McHale

That ad shows the seller as FU.

Frankie the Fink

One bad move after another, that gal does NOT need somebody, most likely a scammer or one of his pals, showing up at her house, with a car or without it.

She shouldn't even share her address.

Man, she needs an intervention...