Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2006 15:37:25 -0700
Reply-To: Florian Speier <groups.florian@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Florian Speier <groups.florian@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: now they have even vanagon scams - out of nigeria too?
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hi list,
so this morning i found a great westy on craigslist east bay - 1990,
64950miles, great condition. for $6700! So of course I email the owner,
would like to see the car. I asked this list for someone to run the carfax,
got one within an hour, and it looks fine.
then i decide to email the seller a couple extra questions and craigslist
tells me the posting is no more. i look it up and it says deleted by
craigslist staff.......
I am slightly frustrated and check ebay for current westys...... and voila
http://tinyurl.com/gte79
there is the same car, same vin.
hmmmmm, thats weird. and its located in georgia. so i guess some person
copied the text and fotos and is trying something bad...... no further
action on my side. and voila, what shows up in my mailbox just now? the
following email: *
*Hi there,
Thank you for contacting me regarding my car.
First of all i want to tell you that the car is in perfect condition, and
the price includes all the shipping costs and insurance so you will not
have to pay any extra charges.The car has a Clean Title wich will come
along with it. I moved to Sweden because i was sent here with
work. The car is in a perfect condition.It's a great car, I am devastated
that I
have to sell it but I have to pay too much money to register it here,so I
decide to sell it. The car it is still registered in States but curently is
located in Malmo , Sweden.
The car will be shipped with Lufthansa Air Cargo, and will be on your door
in 5 max 6 days.
For our protection i will use for payment Craigslist ( a third party wich
hold the payment until u receive the car ) . If you want to continue,please
send me your full name and your shipping address ( and also phone # ) so I
let Craigslist know that you are interested .You will receive an email from
them instructing you about how to send payment and they'll release the funds
to me only after you receive and inspect the car.When i will have the
Craigslist confirmation,i will ship the car to you.
I think that this is a fair way to make business and I hope that you will
agree. I don't touch your money until you receive and inspect the car.
Hoping that I have kept your attention and your interest is still on, I look
forward for any questions that you might have regarding the car.
Regards
hmmm, yeah man. i dont think so. what bugs me most is that for once i used
my real private email adress, not my groups or shopping mail adress. well i
wonder how to annoy that guy best now. maybe i will play along and send him
false western union numbers or something to make him run?
totally ruined my morning.
flo
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