Posted on 05/07/2012 6:30:02 AM PDT by cuban leaf
Total scam.
They used to use more expensive vehicles like BMW/Mercedes as prices you couldn’t pass up.
All you need to do for these things is google specific parts of the scam.
You’ll find the text is used repeatedly elsewhere with different vehicles and locations.
—All you need to do for these things is google specific parts of the scam.—
I do that all the time with chain emails to determine their veracity. I completely forgot to do that here.
Duh!
I got very similar replies when I was looking for a dog a few months ago. The owners were being transferred out of town or overseas and had to find a home for an otherwise expensive dog. One of them claimed to already be in England and if I would send the cost of shipping they would have the dog on a flight right away. the thing was an obvious scam but it must be profitable because I found the same ads in several listings.
“The price for the truck is $2,800.”
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Another red flag. I don’t know why, but these scammers almost always advertize for $2,800.00.
I like to scan Craigslist and whenever I see a car or truck for sale with no local phone # and a gmail address - I hit the scam report key.
—I like to scan Craigslist and whenever I see a car or truck for sale with no local phone # and a gmail address - I hit the scam report key.—
When I sold on Craigslist I never listed my phone number or email address. It went to the “hidden” address that you give when you post the ad. I rarely came across an ad in CL that included the seller’s phone number. I didn’t even know their email address until they responded to my inquiry.
It protects the seller from spam, etc.
Regarding the $2,800 price, it was actually listed at 3,000, but in the email to me that included all the information I posted above, he dropped the price.
The reason I trusted this ad before getting the email response was 1) I didn’t even know if the price was an especially good deal; 2) It’s a very small town so I figured it was off the scammers radar.
Now that I know it’s not, I’ll treat it just like CL.
BTW, one of the cool things about the site is that one of the categories is one completely missing from CL: Guns. :-)
And maybe not coincidentally, about three months ago a seller shot a potential buyer to death at his home during a gun sale. No charges were filed as it was apparently obviously self defense. :-)
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