I am apparently being targeted by con men suggesting they are from the UK
and wanting to purchase my auto at all costs.Nothing they claim makes any
sense and when I pressure them they wont reply.They say will send money
and to forward cash to shipper?Sorry folks but the amount they suggest
they will pay means (a)they have alot of money or(b)Its a scam.
Anyone having a similar experience?

Submitted by cadillacbarney… on Tue, 04/03/2007 - 21:01

I just sold my '64 Eldorado (in preparation for buying a '95 XJS) and got quite a few of these. A great tool is WHOIS at:

http://www.arin.net/whois/

get the full header on the e-mail and type in one or more of the "received" IP addresses in the "need help" box, you'll usually see an origin in Mauritania, Nigeria, or sometimes Romania.

I played along with one of these losers and actually have a check (worthless) for $40000 (offered for a $13K car), which I'm keeping as a souvenir.

Submitted by romanpolaski@cox.net on Fri, 12/29/2006 - 09:14

Can you specify where the emails are coming from? What country?

The dealer I purchased my Jag from does about 85% of his business on the 'net. When I asked him the farthest anyone has come to buy a car (thinking that CT was quite a ways from KS,) he told me that he sells about 35 cars per year to Nigeria! They are all high-end cars, too. These people wire him the money on a letter of credit and when it officially clears, he flat beds them to waiting boats at some port, probably in Texas. Anyway, there are some legit buyers out there.

That being said, most of these offers are scams that will try to take advantage of you and your property. The bottom line is that the "checks" you are mailed are faked. Eventually your bank will call you to tell you that they did not clear after all and you're out the money and your car.

So, unless you can verify with 100% certainty that the money is good or if they will buy it from you using a more secure method such as legitimate letters of credit (your bank can tell you about these), then run away quickly. Better yet, contact your local AG from your state and forward the information to their office. Quite often they have an ongoing investigation. Here in Connecticut our AG does.

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