stuck th ecoupe on auto trader the other day and got this email through the auto trader email service

what do you recon

Vehicle Details:
MAKE: FIAT
MODEL: COUPE
PRICE: £2850

Message:
Dear Sir/Madam,
I am interested in purchasing this vehicle ,it suits my requirements perfectly,I run two garages ,one in Dublin and the other in the Netherlands, i shuffle most of my time between the two .
THESE ARE MY TERMS OF TRANSACTION IF CAR IS EXACTLY AS STATED IN ADVERT: 1) I AM OKAY WITH THE STATED PRICE.

2) I WILL BE PAYING WITH A BANKER'S DRAFT / CHEQUE WHICH I WILL ALLOW TO CLEAR BEFORE THE PICKUP/SHIPMENT OF THE CAR.

3) I WILL INCLUDE FEES FOR SHIPMENT IN PAYMENT, THIS MY SHIPPING AGENCY WILL USE FOR PICK-UP.

The excess funds will go towards covering costs for shipping,shippers fees,insurance,tax and any other expenses that might be incurred getting it down to the new owner. I will want you to get in touch with the following details if my terms are okay: FULL NAME............................
ADDRESS........................
TELEPHONE NUMBERS...................(Mobile and Land)

As soon as i have your details,i can have payment effected immediately,all things being equal,we should have this wrapped up by the end of this week. Pls note that you'll have to send on the balance on the funds that you'll get to my shipper so he can come attend to the pick up as soon as you make the car ready. I believe that most transaction are based on trust,so i will look forward to a successful transaction with you. Best Regards,
Donald Morrison
#########/##########

he has left his contact numbers
if it is a dodgy guy should i play along for the entertainment value

Sounds fine to me, go ahead and do it!

Scam

That sounds like a classic scam. I have had similar.

What happens is, the cheque appears to have cleared on the cash machine/internet banking, then you release the car, then after the bank calls to say in fact the cheque hasn't cleared as it was a forgery, and you have let the car go.

It'll be Nigerians. I have had the same when selling my house in France. Don't have anything to do with them.

should we have some fun......
play along see what happens

defo a scam money will appear as in ur bank but not cleared then car gets picked up and next thing when car is out of sight just so happens money is aswell . . .. . u can read bout this scam so much on the internet! cant remembr what site i read about it on if i can find it will put up link

that would be good luke
Bl@@dy nigerians called Donold Morrison what ever next alanw

i suppose they will need my bank account details to pay th emoney in....sigh

http://www.4x4web.co.uk/scamexamples.html
http://www.autoweb.co.uk/scams.asp

on first site gives u massive list of dodgy email addy's

Since its what you want to hear, YES


"Wow what a fantastic offer,thanks, surely its too good to be true?!?""

Alternative you could play them at their own game and collate some sentence in broken Nigerian then run it through a thesaurus about eleventy billion times and see if they fall for it.

it says on them sites . . .. the money can take upto a month b4 the cheque will actually bounce back by then u could of spent the money and owe it to ur bank and have let ur car go for free and then maybe be in £3000 of debt when trying to sell ur £3000 car makes you £6000 worse of lol

DONT DO IT!!!
classic scam mate, but you know that by now!

sceem to get them all the time when i use autotrader. i avoide it like the plaig now

shame really.
its not doing Auto trader any favours

I never add my email address - just go with a phone number - they don't bother calling from Nigeria

THIS IS A SCAM THIS IS A SCAM THIS IS A SCAMTHIS IS ASCAM
do you get the idea, dont even f@ck about with these guys

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anwy2MPT5RE Replace P with C and you're there

Tell them that the car has since been in a bad accident, and is damaged beyond repair, and see if they still want it.

I bet they do...

Def scam - it happens with lots of items, cars, prams beds etc... you take the money, overpaid, the bank tells you the money has reached your account, you send the item and the overpaid amount only to then find that the payment has been stopped and doesnt clear - too late!

(thats roughly how it works)

Dont go near it, 1000 other people will have had the same message - report it.

Oh and if 'Western Union' and 'wire' etc... are mentioned just delete it!

I had this with my previous car, it was worth 8k at the time, i had an email when i was trying to sell it through autotrader, exactly the same sort of email you got but offering 10k and extra for shipping fees, some business bloke would pay the money into my account then someone would come and pick it up, at first i couldnt believe it i ws shocked and was tempted then knew it was too good to be true, so i started playing a game with them, and they didnt email anymore. It is something to do with nigerians, i think. Glad i knew it was a scam coz quite alot of people have fallen for it and lost loads.

Did they offer you a trial with Manchester United as part of the deal?

I think that cheques can bounce up to 6 months after the funds have cleared. Seems a stupid system, but there you go.

If I were you if I had the slightest reservations about the legitamecy of a buyer I'd tell 'em to get on their bike.

so i can assume that its a scam.......
thanks for all your help guys

i had a similar reply to one of my ads for a Number Plate! Asking what condition it was in etc..... jokers!