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Selling Car - Scam buyers?

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  • bosseyed
    bosseyed Posts: 475 Forumite
    Hallo the Sellar~!111!
    Bruce Hutchinson here, you should for to definate be sending me the $200 along with all of your banking details and your mothers maiden name and certainly fortwith and with the vastest of spped I shll be for to authorse the payments of $800,000 so that you can to be buy boat and a Lamborghini sporting cars.
    Bestest!!1!! Bruce.
  • Froggitt
    Froggitt Posts: 5,904 Forumite
    I suspect these people think we live under a stone.
    illegitimi non carborundum
  • I'll just give my army pal in Nigeria a call, perhaps he will pay cash for it!!!!!!
  • Froggitt wrote: »
    And another car scammer........


    OK, let's hook him and waste his time

    First email sent from safe address
    Nic,

    Thank you for your email reagding my car. Please can you supply your payment details for the said and I look forward to doing busisness with you

    Fred

    Lets wait
  • I need some idea of what car I have to offer, add ideas below
  • Froggitt
    Froggitt Posts: 5,904 Forumite
    Tell him its in great condition and its been cut and shut, but it was done nicely ands the car is now 12 inches longer than most Avensis's, meaning loads of legroom for the passengers. Also a child was sick on the back seats but youd barely notice.
    illegitimi non carborundum
  • If you think the buyer is remotely suspect insist on payment by Western Union before shipment. That will narrow down fraudsters to zero in under 419 seconds.
  • Froggitt
    Froggitt Posts: 5,904 Forumite
    Todays gem.......
    Hello,

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    Before my husband’s died he made a substantial deposited amount which he inherited from his late father a trader of Gold and Diamond, being the only surviving son. And additional substantial amount only he held on trust for a late Congolese president, was deposited in a security firm, London .


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    Stay Blessed.

    Mrs. Margaret.T.Muzungu



    illegitimi non carborundum
  • bosseyed
    bosseyed Posts: 475 Forumite
    Mrs Muzungu, what a cow, she contacted me the last time her husband died of poisoning and I gave her my mobile number as requested. She never called :(
  • I was selling my car via Gumtree a light while back, at least once a day I'd recieve an email asking are my goods or item still available. If I replied saying yes, i'd then get this email.

    Thanks for the prompt response.. I am ready to buy it now for my DAD and i am at sea at the moment as i am a marine engineer and due to the nature of my work, phone calls making and visiting of website are restricted but i squeezed out time to check this advert and send you an email regarding it. I really want the goods to be a surprise for my DAD so i wont let him know anything about the merchandice until it gets delivered to him, i am sure he will be more than happy with the Product. I insisted on paypal because i don't have access to my bank account online as i don't have internet banking, but i can pay from my paypal account, as i have my bank a/c attached to it, i will need you to give me your paypal email address and the price so i can make the payments asap for the mechandice and pls if you don't have paypal account yet, it is very easy to set up, go to www.paypal.co.uk and get it set up, after you have set it up i will only need the e-mail address you used for registration with paypal so as to put the money through. I have a pick up agent that will come and pick the goods up after i have made the payments...

    Thanks
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