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Have advertised my GTS4 on Carsales and Drive and got this response below.

Not sure if this is a scam or not.

What do you guys think?

Hi Greg

Thanks for your response, please also confirm the following............below to enable me conclude discussion with my client and get back to you.

Pls,confirm your final price by stating it.....$............. AUD.................?

Where is the vehicle presently located....................?

Hope all other necessary documents are complete............?

Hope the current Kilometers is as stated in the advert....?

Pls be informed that if eventually a deal is made the vehicle will be shipped to South Africa because my client's Son is the one who is going to make use of it over there and not here in England, I am a procurement agent based here in England and my client is also based here.

Note: My client takes care of the shipping/handling bills and my commission.

Regards

Tom M.

--- On Wed, 12/17/08, Greg<snip> wrote:

From: Greg<snip>

Subject: Re: [used car enquiry from carsguide.com.au]

To: "Tom M"

Date: Wednesday, December 17, 2008, 4:12 AM

Hi Tom,

I need to sell because I have three other cars and a large mortgage.

The Skyline has never had ANY accidents.

The photos dont do it justice, and are recent.

It needs a new CV Joint Boot on the drivers side.

Price is negotiable without RWC.

Regards, Greg.

----- Original Message -----

From: "Tom M"

To: "Greg"

Subject: [used car enquiry from carsguide.com.au]

Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2008 08:51:06 +1100

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Lead Provider: carsguide.com.au

Email for:

Email Type: Enquiry

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CONTACT DETAILS AND PREFERENCES:

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Name: Tom M

Number: +0288884444

Email: tm

Preferred contact option: via phone or email

Preferred contact time: daytime or evening

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VEHICLE INFORMATION:

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Vehicle: NISSAN SKYLINE GTS-4

StockNumber:

Colour: Black

Registration: VIC, TURB06

Price: 14900

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ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS:

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Hello!

kindly supply the requested information.....below to enable me further

discuss with my client who is interested in your vehicle.

What is your final price.......?

Is there any accident history...?

Hope the vehicle is mechanically sound..?

Why do you want to sell the vehicle...?

The attached pictures are really great!!! hope they are recent...?

Thanks!

Tom M.

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I smell the biggest SCAM SCAM SCAM like a skunk scent in a Legionnaire disease-infected air conditioning system...

If you contact the seller, (and God bless forbids you), they're likely to provide you with a bounced check, while your car is already on its way... or they try to 'blind' you by giving you a cheque twice the car worth and ask you to give them the 'change' to another account, which basically you end up with no car and no money (the cheque will bounce in a few days) or they get this some sort of cunning way to do money laundry and you'll get a visit from the Federal Police in a few days and arrested for being an unassuming aid to money laundering crime...

Check out

http://www.scamwatch.gov.au/

http://www.scamwatch.gov.au/content/index....onShoppingScams

http://www.scamwatch.gov.au/content/index....l/itemId/719767

The fact that the agent is in UK, and wanting to buy a car from AUSTRALIA, and having it sent to SOUTH AFRICA

just light up a big DANGER SIREN about the whole thing...

Please for your own sake, do not proceed with the buyer...

Only way I would do this is if the buyer is organising all the transport, and that all monies are cleared before the car leaves....and by that I mean the money is in your account and available to you.

But I would agree that it does smell a little fishy....

yeah i would stop replying

the more info you give out, the worst

they store any information into a big database and collate common human respones etc

much like a virus scanner using hueristics to track patterns etc

scammers then use this info for other tricks and traps

as they know your common language, and how you respond etc

Who hands over/ships a car anywhere without the money in their hands/account first anyway....

Anyone dumb enough to be scammed like that probably deserves it :blush:

And there are plenty dumb ones out there :D

Ha,

One of my collegues had a dude from Soth Africa trying to do the same thing. Just f*ck with them. Request pictures n sh!t. See how much u can get out of them. It is a SCAM though. for sure.

us south africans are shifty... i wake up in the morning, an check the house.. just in case my mum pornd all my stuff, an took all my money while i was sleeping

i get people to order WHOLE DUCKS an a bucket of rice knowing that they cant finish it.... so i can clean up

hustle...... its in our blood

i been to south africa, owning a skyline or silvia over there you would be crowned king, i didnt see one anywhere just euro cars

i should go there with a 32gtr

oh did i mention the girls over there are insanley hot?

oh did i mention the girls over there are insanley hot?

What fever from the HIV, herpes and flat worms in the colon?

Na just kidding, were talking the dutch influence over there; nothing better than blondes with blue eyes and tans

If he is going to put the money in your account and organise the car to be picked up from your door once the money has cleared then do it, just make sure you get the money first.

im sure you can find a local buyer here. You should have replied with gibberish in your first reply to see what his reply would be to find out if its a script bot. I used to do that back in the ICQ days when I was sus. my spider senses were right most of the time....ah ICQ...memories.

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