- Sep 14, 2002
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I was looking for a car via autotrader.com and stumbled upon a deal that was obviously too good to be true. Some dude (apparently in Berkeley Heights, NJ) was selling a 2003 BMW M3 with about 28k miles on it for $6500. Linkie. Being cynical about this deal I emailed him asking for more info on the car. This is the response:
"Hello and thanks for your interest abount 2003 BMW M3 Coupe.
The car is in proper shape and in perfect running condition with no
scratches or body damage has no engine problems and it has a clear title.The
price for the car is $6,500us including shipping and handling. I am located
in London, United Kingdom and it will be shipped from here.
The car will be shipped from here by plane using Lufthansa Air Cargo and i
will pay for all the shipping and insurance fees. The car will be delivered
at your home door. The shipping will start imediatelly after i will receive
a deposit of $3,000us to be sure that you are a serious buyer. The delivery
time will be 5-7 days and you will receive a tracking number.
The transaction will be done through a secure way using BidPay for our own
protection. Your funds will be 100% insured by BidPay and I will be sure
that I will receive the payment. I have a a purchase protection account for
$7,000us at BidPay and i assume you know what this means. In case we will
close this deal, you are protected by BidPay. How you are protected by
Square Trade, well, in case you will not receive the car as I described to
you, BidPay will refund you with 100% from the whole amount which you paid
to me, but this won't be the case.
Let me know if you really want to buy it and i will let you know the next
step in this deal.
Please fell free to asq me all the questions that you have and i will be
more than glad to answer to all your questions. I'll look forward to hear
from you.
All my best regards!"
There's a fun one. I sent a response asking why his listing says the car is in NJ when he says it's in London. It'd be fun to play along but honestly i'd rather just report him. could I do this even though I have no real proof?
"Hello and thanks for your interest abount 2003 BMW M3 Coupe.
The car is in proper shape and in perfect running condition with no
scratches or body damage has no engine problems and it has a clear title.The
price for the car is $6,500us including shipping and handling. I am located
in London, United Kingdom and it will be shipped from here.
The car will be shipped from here by plane using Lufthansa Air Cargo and i
will pay for all the shipping and insurance fees. The car will be delivered
at your home door. The shipping will start imediatelly after i will receive
a deposit of $3,000us to be sure that you are a serious buyer. The delivery
time will be 5-7 days and you will receive a tracking number.
The transaction will be done through a secure way using BidPay for our own
protection. Your funds will be 100% insured by BidPay and I will be sure
that I will receive the payment. I have a a purchase protection account for
$7,000us at BidPay and i assume you know what this means. In case we will
close this deal, you are protected by BidPay. How you are protected by
Square Trade, well, in case you will not receive the car as I described to
you, BidPay will refund you with 100% from the whole amount which you paid
to me, but this won't be the case.
Let me know if you really want to buy it and i will let you know the next
step in this deal.
Please fell free to asq me all the questions that you have and i will be
more than glad to answer to all your questions. I'll look forward to hear
from you.
All my best regards!"
There's a fun one. I sent a response asking why his listing says the car is in NJ when he says it's in London. It'd be fun to play along but honestly i'd rather just report him. could I do this even though I have no real proof?
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