another car buying scam? 94 rx-7
 

The other day I was searching for a car and I came across an ad for a 95 rx7 in good condition with low miles for around 3k, so I emailed the guy asking him about the car and this is what he sent back.
"I still have the car and is avaible
But you must know that the car is located in germany this is my perosonal car i
have postetd the ad here on this web site becuse i whant to sell it
internationaly you know the cost of the car The car have US title, the title is
clear so you will dont have any problems when you will registered.The car passed
the test emissions and comes with all the documents you need to registered.I am
located in Germany and the car will be shipped from here.The total shipping cost
will be 999$us and i will need those monney in advanse so i can pay the
shipping.The ship will be make with Lufthasa Air shipp cargo (via air)

I must advise that i will deal only through western union wire transfer
I accept halfe now and the ballance after you receive the car
Or second choice you have to send me the monney for the shipping cost 999$ so i
can pay the shipping and after the car arrive to you will send me the ballance
Thanks again for your time
Please be free in email me whith any kind of question or if you desire more pics
My Best Regards"

Does this sound kinda shady?

it is a scam

sounds shady, if he can cover the shipping tell him you will give him an extra 500 dollars on top of the car. Tell him he will get his money when you get the car. Otherwise see if you can contact someone in germany (good luck?) that can be sort of a 3rd party.
Adam

Sounds Shady to me.....

No freaking way...

Scam is my first guess. But if you really want to spend some time and challenge the guy on it, I was thinking along the lines of what fastcarfreak suggested...
Tell the guy that you'll deal through a German broker who will come by with the 3K but take possession of the car at that time. See what his response is.

Anything involving a Western Union transfer is usually a scam.

there was alot of this going on earlier this year, almost the same emails word for word (similar to the one you got)...supposedly the FBI is was looking into it because many people fell for it...it was a nigerian crime ring i guess....i'll look for some more info on it if i can remember where i saw it

here it is, they send you a fake cashiers check, you cash it, send the car, then 2 weeks later the bank relizes its counterfiet and you lose your car and they take the money back out of your bank account because your check was fake....

http://www.mikenewson.com/nigeria.htm

I know its a little different than what your posting because in these ones they buy your car off you, but it sounds similar in some respects, especially the broken english and requesting western union (which is what many scams are run through)

I was looking to buy a projector from ebay but the member had 0 feedback and just registered. The price was extremely low but whatever I thought it was worth a try. I emailed him to setup something like escrow or paypal... nope the guy only accepted money transfer, so I just decided to watch and see who bought it. Also what they gave each other as feedback. Sure enough the feedback was something along the lines of "Never recieved item.. blah blah"

Sounds fake to me.

Yeah sounds kinda like a scam to me too. I remeber that thing about the FBI looking in to that ring in Africa or where ever it was. Just be carefull man.

Neat trick to send a car AIR FREIGHT, maybe its a MATCHBOX car?

SCAM!

Definitely SCAM!! How can you send a car air freight? And only 999$???? I payed 1300$ to import the car from Japan by ship.

Extremely shady!!! LOL The vote is unanimous...DON'T GO FOR IT...

i suggest you go to germany and kick him in the face

If its only 3k why don't you ask the guy if you can fly to germany to pay him and pick up the car. Make up some BS about just getting a huge settlement from a medical mishap and therefore you aren't working and have lots of time and money on your hands.

Well I emailed the guy asking for a copy of the title and said my grandparents lived in germany and would come by with a check and pick the car up if everything is cool. I haven't got a responce yet and I don't think I will.
It sucks people have to be like this. If they put all there effort and skill they use to rip people off and into somthing use full and legal They would most likly come out ahead and not have to look over the shoulder all the time.