Opinions on this please.

enviro

Ok so we all know when something sounds too good to be true, it usually is! I replied to an ad for the laugh as the price seemed to good to be true and here is the replies I recieved back.


AD: 2004 BMW 3 SERIES 330 M Sport 5100 euro!!! Mileage : 65,000 miles



FIRST EMAIL RECIEVED:
Excellent Condition, the car was kept in a garage , it has BMW service book,the tires have been changed recently, and doesn't need repairings.It has no engine problem, no scratches.
Registered in Ireland .The car is at the moment in Liverpool, UK.
I live in the USA, I bought the car for my brother who lived in Ireland and then moved to UK. Unfortunately he died recently and I cannot take the car with me.
You do not have to pay any taxes for this car. It is very easy to register it to your name .
I have all the documents ready for sale. The car documents are on my name, so it is very simple.
As payment I only accept cash and we will have to meet in Liverpool for the sale.

thank you and i wait your contact.

SECOND EMAIL RECIEVED:
The car is located near the Anfield rd.I don't have anyone there to show you the car and i'm the only person who have the keys.Here is a copy of the registration document and NCT. **(I recieved copy of tax book and NCT cert, Reg on these also matches photos of car, the certs look perfect but may be just a good example of forgery)**


thank you and i wait your contact.





THIRD EMAIL RECIEVED:
Thank you for your email. As I allready explained , I live in USA and I will go to Liverpool only for this affaire.
I could meet you there this weekend, but I have to be sure that you are serious, because I have a long way ...from USA to UK .
So here are my conditions:
I will not ask for money in advance, but you must reserve the car and I will come only if you are decided to buy it .And as a warranty that you really want to buy the car and that you have the money (in cash) for the car, I require that you arrange a payed deposit on your name , for the price of the car 5100 euros). Regarding the deposit, there is a service very fast and easy to use, named Western Union. It is used for sending cash money . All that you have to do is to ask a friend or family to go to Western Union with the cash and to send it to Liverpool, to your name as receiver.
Your friend will be the sender and you will be the receiver in Liverpool.

(I ask you to do this because I want to be 100 % sure that you will be there and you will be ready to buy it because last week I went to Liverpool for nothing. A man from Dublin told me that he wants to meet me and buy it , so I went
to Liverpool, but he never came and never answered to my emails .)

After you make the transfer , I want you to send me an email with the scan of the receipt , so I can check with Western Union and if the transfer is ok, I will come to Liverpool to close the deal.
You will verify the documents and test the car and we will make the sale documents. Then we will go to a Western Union office, you will take the money and pay me.
PS: I told you that someone else must be the sender, not you, because some Western Union offices do not give you the money if the receiver is also sender.

Regarding the transfer taxes, you will deduce them from the total amount,So that you won't pay nothing more ,just the price that we agreed.

Let me know if this is OK with you as soon as possible , let me know if I should reserve the car for you.

Thank you.


So anyone smell fish?

jaffa20

No, but i smell a scam:P

Try1ng

enviro wrote: »

Ok so we all know when something sounds too good to be true, it usually is! I replied to an ad for the laugh as the price seemed to good to be true and here is the replies I recieved back.


AD: 2004 BMW 3 SERIES 330 M Sport 5100 euro!!! Mileage : 65,000 miles



FIRST EMAIL RECIEVED:
Excellent Condition, the car was kept in a garage , it has BMW service book,the tires have been changed recently, and doesn't need repairings.It has no engine problem, no scratches.
Registered in Ireland .The car is at the moment in Liverpool, UK.
I live in the USA, I bought the car for my brother who lived in Ireland and then moved to UK. Unfortunately he died recently and I cannot take the car with me.
You do not have to pay any taxes for this car. It is very easy to register it to your name .
I have all the documents ready for sale. The car documents are on my name, so it is very simple.
As payment I only accept cash and we will have to meet in Liverpool for the sale.

thank you and i wait your contact.

SECOND EMAIL RECIEVED:
The car is located near the Anfield rd.I don't have anyone there to show you the car and i'm the only person who have the keys.Here is a copy of the registration document and NCT. **(I recieved copy of tax book and NCT cert, Reg on these also matches photos of car, the certs look perfect but may be just a good example of forgery)**


thank you and i wait your contact.





THIRD EMAIL RECIEVED:
Thank you for your email. As I allready explained , I live in USA and I will go to Liverpool only for this affaire.
I could meet you there this weekend, but I have to be sure that you are serious, because I have a long way ...from USA to UK .
So here are my conditions:
I will not ask for money in advance, but you must reserve the car and I will come only if you are decided to buy it .And as a warranty that you really want to buy the car and that you have the money (in cash) for the car, I require that you arrange a payed deposit on your name , for the price of the car 5100 euros). Regarding the deposit, there is a service very fast and easy to use, named Western Union. It is used for sending cash money . All that you have to do is to ask a friend or family to go to Western Union with the cash and to send it to Liverpool, to your name as receiver.
Your friend will be the sender and you will be the receiver in Liverpool.

(I ask you to do this because I want to be 100 % sure that you will be there and you will be ready to buy it because last week I went to Liverpool for nothing. A man from Dublin told me that he wants to meet me and buy it , so I went
to Liverpool, but he never came and never answered to my emails .)

After you make the transfer , I want you to send me an email with the scan of the receipt , so I can check with Western Union and if the transfer is ok, I will come to Liverpool to close the deal.
You will verify the documents and test the car and we will make the sale documents. Then we will go to a Western Union office, you will take the money and pay me.
PS: I told you that someone else must be the sender, not you, because some Western Union offices do not give you the money if the receiver is also sender.

Regarding the transfer taxes, you will deduce them from the total amount,So that you won't pay nothing more ,just the price that we agreed.

Let me know if this is OK with you as soon as possible , let me know if I should reserve the car for you.

Thank you.


So anyone smell fish?

If it sounds to good to be true it generally is - beware.

enviro

Ah yeah I was sure about it being a scam, just thought I'd share it with everyone, even if it only made people aware of these type of scams. It would be a job well done.

SAABMAN

This has all been covered in the thread at the top of this page. The e-mail is word for word the same as all the others. SCAM

unkel

SAABMAN wrote: »

This has all been covered in the thread at the top of this page. The e-mail is word for word the same as all the others. SCAM

+1

Closing this one....