Dom

So I was looking on the internet for a car to replace the pickup when I came across this ad for an '04 Rx8 with lambo doors/turbo/suspension/wheels/ignition/xbox///etc...

All for $5600 US and near me.

So I send an e-mail and the next day the ad is gone, so I figure it was a couple of guys pulling a prank on a buddy and forget the whole thing. That is until tonight when I get this email:

Hello there,

Thank you for your interest in my 2004 Mazda RX-8 Lambo Doors TURBO. The final price I'm looking for it is 5,600.00 US Dollars.
From the beginning you have to know that the car is in Berlin, Germany. It will be shipped from here at my expense so you don't have to worry about that. The car will be shipped with Lufthansa Delivery and will come with the title and all the paperwork needed to register the car under your name. The car will arrive in 5-7 working days and will arrive at your home...
For the payment i will like to us Escrow, because we will be both protected.

Let me know if you have more question about how to make this transaction or about the car.

Best Regards !!!


Ruqaiayh Ottley

Mainzer Strasse 75
Berlin, 10715
Germany


...oh man... how gullible does he think I am?

Black91n/a

Wow, major alarm bells are going off in my head. It's totally a scam, I mean why not sell within Germany?

misterstyx69

iTrader: (142)

tell him you will take the car,but you will only hand over the money once you get to Germany!..so you can watch the Guy "squirm" !..haha!..I love scammers!..(my Motto is you can'T Con a CON.,So If they think I am "not Schooled" I can start Screwin with them to see whey they come up with..Then say ,sorry Death in the family,Can't get it..(my Budgie died,funeral is tomorrow!)

Terrh

iTrader: (7)

yeah.

tell him you are attending a biker meet in germany shortly and would like to view the car in person, and you'll bring cash.

SMiles1982

Tell him you have to test drive it first so if he could ship it first then you'll pay. haha

Smitter

there was an ad like this on ebay a couple years back now..... it was for a highly modified fd....guy wanted 2900 us for it.....says it was his sons car that he lost in the war and he couldnt bear the site of the car (cause it remindend him of his son)
so i inquired about it....guy would only accept western union....so i asked him if i could come down and pay him in person....after that i got no reply and the listing was removed from ebay
go figure

Terrh

iTrader: (7)

yep
there's literally thousands of scam ad's out there every day.

I just ignore them... if the price is /way/ too good to be true, then it's a scam

Andrizzanizz

iTrader: (1)

haha dude **** with him

i was looking into buying a skyle for like 7k and the email back to me was almost like that.

but yeh just mess with him man.

Dom

Well then, here we go:

Wonderful,

I'll be in Teltow for a club meeting in a few weeks, so I can come see you. In the meantime, a few members of the local chapter will be coming to see you, to put your mind at ease as to my intentions with you. They'll be stopping by soon I hope, I have emailed them all the important information about you.

Looking forward to seeing you

Dom

PS: can you send me some pictures.

Andrizzanizz

iTrader: (1)

haha. dude keep us posted with what he says.

SMonty

kijiji.com?
there was a laguna seca blue m3 for 6400
he was in spain but the car was in arizona in a storage space that he had.
I couldnt go down and see it cause the lock is broken and he is not there but if I sent him 6400 he would call the storage company and tell them to open it for me and he'd mail me the paper work......I told him I marked his ip down and gave it to ebay.

RX7KENN

LOL just tell him

"Hey I just sold an ounce of coke to the hells angels, so I now got your money!
BTW thanks for your adress, so I'm coming to see the car today!! "

Nismo Convert86

iTrader: (7)

Pee in his ice cube trays... I guess you would have to be there, never mind; guess it's not one of those threads!

Dom

I assumed the address is bogus, as is everything else. Why would you assume the scamer has given one bit of truth at all???

I think that I'll ask him how to escrow the money now, just for fun.

Dom

And moments later:


Dear Martin,

I understand you but this is how i want to do.
The car it is at Lufthansa Cargo and it will be shipped with them. They are affiliated with Escrow and i want to use them for the payment. It's the same deal...you will make the payment to Escrow Purchase Protection Lufthansa Cargo and i will ship you the car. I will get the money after you get the car. I think this is the best way to close this transaction....For that i will need you full name and address (where to ship the car). After you give me these details i will register you at them and i can send you a tracking number to see that the car it is at them....

Please send me your full details if you agree with me, and let me know if you have more question.

Best Regards !!!



Ruqaiayh Ottley

Mainzer Strasse 75
Berlin, 10715
Germany

Andrizzanizz

iTrader: (1)

haha what did you say back?

Dom

I'm trying to locate someone on this forum that is near Berlin, I have not replied yet.

now

iTrader: (1)

As far as i know Lufthansa Cargo is much like air canada cargo and they
do not ship cars. if they did it would be very very stupid $$
matt

Dom

I looked up this guy's name and it appears that it's a girl!

And with regards to Lufthansa Cargo shipping cars, it's kind of a moot point, since there is no car... But I guess I'll have to play along...

R-R-Rx7

iTrader: (24)

Had the same problem with a bmw e46 m3 for just $10k. was an australian ad and the car was supposed to be in greece. when i told him i will send my cousin in greece to check it out he said "im too busy to show the car". in greece he could sell it for at least $40k LOL

K.ronic

I don't live near Berlin, but I live in Germany. This, from what I understand, is the new Nigerian/ Russian scam. You shoud send this to http://www.419baiter.com/ . They eat these guys alive.

Crymson

Ok, seriously.

THIS IS PROBABLY THE OLDEST INTERNET SCAM, next to the nigerian millionaire, this has got to be the oldest scam.

Mireck 12A

The address you've gotten is in a shopping area/street, proberly a address of some shop.

But it's a scam anyway so ...

Dom

I didn't double check the address since there are apartments downtown and I thought I recognized the area from pictures that were posted of the car.

Anyways, I've been so overworked on so little sleep that I haven't toyed around with this low life.

I did notice another post on kijiji for a BMW priced well below market and with about the same address. The giveaway is the US funds part and then the out of country story when you email them...

Oh well, whatever.

Eatnvettes

Ruqaiayh Ottley is at again with another post.
RE: 2004 BMW 330Ci 16,700$
Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2007 16:22:51 +0100
The car is in British Columbia. I will tell you about that. If we make this transaction thru eBay Purchase Protection, you will have 7 days to test the car, drive and inspect it. You the car it's not like i've said or you don't like it you can reject it. Let me know if this is ok with you and we can move forward. Thanks

Ruqaiayh Ottley

Mainzer Strasse 75
Berlin, 10715
Germany