http://used-cars.autos.yahoo.com/use...7588663#imgpop

here is what he sent a guy here at work.

Hello,

The car is still available for sale and ready to be shipped. I'm very glad that you like my car and I can only say that you h ave
good taste about cars! This car was never crushed, droped or raced,no
scathches,no dents and also it has a clear title. I took care of it like
it was my own baby. I'm located in London,United Kingdom, and the car is
here with me. I've just moved here and I need a new car(a new RHD). I
have to sell it in US because don't worth to register the car here
because the car is LHD and I have to make a lot a changes to be able to
register and drive it here wich will cost me alot of time and money and
i decide to sell it back in the States. The car is in perfect condition,
with no rust, no damages, never been in accidents. Paymanet will be done
in a professionally way trough BidPay. If you don't want to keep it
(this is not the case) I will pay the shipping back on my expense and
you will have to inform BidPay and they will send you the money back. In
case you don't receive the car (this is not the case to) BidPay will
refund you the money, 100%. I will manage the shipping of the car at no
cost for you. You will pay only the price of the car, $8000 but to
eliminate any concerns i will accept a down payment for $4000 trough
BidPay but they won't give me the money until they have your
confirmation that you have received the car and you want to keep it. You
will have 5 day to test the car and after this day if you really love
the car you have to send me the remaining balance. If you are interested
to go ahead with the deal, please reply with your full name and shipping
address in order to contact BidPay to open a case ID# and they will
contact you with all the details regarding the payment.

Thank you for your interest.

Best regards

 

All of that sure makes sense!

 

It's ironic that you post this , my 16 year old daughter has been scanning the Yahoo classified ads and showed me quite a few ads just like this.

So I did a search on the web and found that this is becoming a popular scam. There's several variations , but they all start with high-end cars at ridiculously low prices. They use US locations too and will tell you that the car is being stored at a dealer or other facility, so be careful.

 

For some reason I can't get to the link. Do you think he knows he's been found out and cancelled? Or is it just me?

 

works for me....

 

Hey what a deal, 04 for 8000, that sounds to good to be true,
Don' think so !!!!!! {Run Forest Run}

 

Doesn't work for me. I've tried it both Netscape and IE with no success. I'll try it again later.

 

One word. SCAM! They have been doing the same thing through EBay for over a year now. The e-mail is almost identitical word for word.

 

WOW A nicely modded 04 corvette for 8,000 dollars.

 

I received the EXACT SAME story when I inquired about a '99 NSX for $14,000.

These are all scams. Is there some way to prosecute or charge these people with criminal offenses?

Or maybe someone could think of a way to scam them

 

the spidey senses tell me to and dont look back.

 

These people are unreal and the people that fall for this crap are even worse.

 

The display add says the car is in Baltimore. So it's not in England. How can you not know that this is a scam ? Or did I miss something ?

 

8000 for a 2004? come on now....way way way too good to be true.

 

If you are thinking of buying this car and would like to see it first, I will fly you there on my jet , just send me $100 to cover the cost the extra fuel and landing fees. Please send cash, this way I will not have to deal with all the paper work needed for a international flights. Send it to MR. Ben Hadd at 123 easy st. Suckersville Lala Land. 000666

 

Check out www.bustedupcowgirl.com/scampage.html for a laugh

This person scams the scamer's

 

OK, I finally got to the page. I would really be curious about how to catch this scammer and I thought about requesting to come look at the car (I'm about 45 minutes from Baltimore), but he would probably claim that since he ws in England there was not way he could show it. I didn't want to put all my personal info into the Yahoo page to request a viewing.

 

Cliff notes?

 

So make up some " personal info" and see what happens.

 

Definitely a scam!!

I ran into the same thing when I was looking at a 600 HP Supra with all top-of-the-line mods for $8,000.00 The guy had the same story along with pictures of the car, the title and an ID card. When I asked for something very specific....i.e. a copy of his photo ID along with a pic of him standing beside the car, holding the title and a 12 ounce soft drink can, he never replied again. (Even if he had pics of the car, the title and himself, requiring the soda can to be in the picture would pretty much require him to have the car and title in his immediate possession to go take the picture).