Craigslist, Ebay and other online buying/selling scams.
by Michelle Thu May 29, 2014 4:36 am
From: Joe <[email protected]>
Date: 27 May 2014
To: Michelle Banks
Subject: Re: Jaguar XF Premium Luxury

Are you still interested in my car? I still have it available for sale if you still want to purchase it.
This 2010 Jaguar XF Premium Luxury is in immaculate condition in and out as shown in the pictures attached to this email.
Mileage: 75,812 miles. Engine: 3.0d V6. MOT valid until 05/2014 and TAX paid until 10/2014. Full service history available.
No engine problems, garage kept and it has all the needed documents with my name on them.
I'm asking £4850 for a fast sale. The car is currently located in Dundee, Scotland because I just finished the divorce with my wife and I have moved here due to my work commitments. I will sell the car only using eBay's services because they offer the highest rate of safety and reliability during online transactions - this way you'll be able to inspect the car before paying me and I'll be sure that I have a genuine buyer that isn't going to mess me around. Where are you located? Please email me as soon as you see this message because I have few other people interested in this car.

Thank you,
Joe
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by midge3007 Thu May 29, 2014 4:36 pm
Hi I received a message from the same email address that sounded all too good so I did a search of the email address and found this post but before I found this post I did give the person my name and home address. Can he do anything with these details I haven't gave him? I didn't give any bank stuff or anything like that. Home I haven't done something stupid. Any advice on what I can do now would be great thanks.
by midge3007 Thu May 29, 2014 4:37 pm
Are you still interested in my car? I still have it available for sale if you still want to purchase it. The selling price for the car is correct.
This 2010 Volkswagen Golf GTD is in immaculate condition in and out as shown in the pictures attached to this email.
Mileage: 76,132 miles. Engine: 2.0 TDi. MOT valid until 02/2015 and TAX paid until 07/2014. Full service history available.
The car is HPI clear - no finance / no accidents / no liens.
No engine problems, garage kept and it has all the needed documents with my name on them.
I'm asking £3250 for a fast sale. The car is currently located in Dundee, Scotland because I just finished the divorce with my wife and I have moved here due to my work commitments (the selling price for the car is lower than its usual market value because I need the money from this sale at once to pay for my divorce costs). I will sell the car only using eBay's services because they offer the highest rate of safety and reliability during online transactions - this way you'll be able to inspect the car before paying me and I'll be sure that I have a genuine buyer that isn't going to mess me around. Where are you located? Please email me as soon as you see this message because I have few other people interested in this car.

Thank you,
Joe
by TerranceBoyce Thu May 29, 2014 4:53 pm
Welcome to Scamwarners midge3007.

You're quite safe. All he wants is your money and once he realises you aren't paying he'll move on quickly and there's nothing he can do or wants to do with your information.

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