A guy from Waco, 100 miles south of Dallas, made a deal to be a car via the internet. He and his girlfriend drives to Dallas towing a trailer to haul the car back to Waco. He was ambushed, and killed for the money. This is a situation that happens daily, and all should use caution when making these transactions.
1 posted on
06/04/2007 3:01:24 PM PDT by
devane617
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To: devane617
Craigslist is the #1 site for fraud and theft.
2 posted on
06/04/2007 3:04:26 PM PDT by
mmyers
To: devane617
3 posted on
06/04/2007 3:04:39 PM PDT by
Jet Jaguar
(Who would the terrorists vote for?)
To: devane617
Sounds like the makings of a plot for Criminal Minds. Beware if the seller insists on cash.
5 posted on
06/04/2007 3:07:10 PM PDT by
NonValueAdded
(Fred Thompson in 2008 - there is no doubt about it! [GWB has jumped the duck])
To: devane617
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sound advice. only make the deal @ the Courthouse/Police Station Parking lot....or no $$$$$ @ the initial meeting.
....talk about a real set-up. :/
7 posted on
06/04/2007 3:08:22 PM PDT by
skinkinthegrass
( just b/c, you suffer from paranoia, doesn't mean they're not out to get you....Run, Fred, Run :^)
To: devane617
Prayers for the man and his family. May he rest in peace. And sadly, caveat emptor.
9 posted on
06/04/2007 3:10:27 PM PDT by
fieldmarshaldj
(Would you vote for President a guy who married his cousin? Me, neither. Accept no RINOs. Fred in '08)
To: devane617
Condolences to Christian Marton’s family and friends.
11 posted on
06/04/2007 3:13:04 PM PDT by
PGalt
To: devane617
I was trying to sell a car a couple years ago, and some guy called and wanted me to drive the car 35 miles one way to where he was (in a bad part of ABQ) so he could check the car out, because he “didn’t have transportation”. I basically laughed him off and hung up the phone.
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To: devane617
Years ago my x-wife was selling a Porsche 912. A perspective buyer took it out for a test drive - for 5 hours across the state. The car wasn’t technically stolen ‘cause the driver was given the keys. He was finally stopped and found with a loaded pistol under the seat... Nice car though.
17 posted on
06/04/2007 3:19:33 PM PDT by
CCCnative
(waiting for socialism to fail in Santa Cruz as it did in Soviet Russia)
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To: devane617
Online activity can be tracked very, very easily.
Just as an example-—an infamous serial murderer was nabbed b/c the stupid killer downloaded a map from the internet which the ignoramus sent to the police to taunt them.
The creep attempted to cover his tracks.....he had no idea how easily online activity can be traced.
20 posted on
06/04/2007 3:29:08 PM PDT by
Liz
(It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong. Voltaire)
To: devane617
I recall reading recently that the murder rate is going up in Texas over recent years. I never thought I’d call the state “soft on crime,” but clearly the measures being taken now to fight violent crime aren’t working. Rick Perry better brew something up, quick.
34 posted on
06/04/2007 4:28:13 PM PDT by
seacapn
To: devane617
It doesn’t happen to people use some common sense when shopping on the Internet. Who buys a car from some random person they met on the Internet? Ever hear of cars.com? You can find any car you want from a legitimate dealer, and purchase it at that dealer’s location. Totally apart from the extreme outcome of this case, the likelihood of ending up with a stolen car is huge in a scenario like this.
To: devane617
Occasional murders in that area, but not a particularly bad part of town.
36 posted on
06/04/2007 4:40:50 PM PDT by
PAR35
To: devane617
What exactly is the difference between this scenario and buying a car from a private individual through an ad in the classifieds or one of those little car shopper mags?
Which millions of people do every year.
To: devane617
Holy S. I didn’t hear about that. And that location is 1 mile from my home.
44 posted on
06/04/2007 5:59:09 PM PDT by
TxCopper
To: devane617
I purchased a vehicle from autotrader.com but that was from a dealership.
45 posted on
06/04/2007 6:01:04 PM PDT by
Alouette
(Vicious Babushka)
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To: devane617
Was this a rough area of the town? I am unfamiliar with the Dallas area.
To: devane617
Oh, my.
69 posted on
06/04/2007 8:29:23 PM PDT by
Ciexyz
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