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Can this be right?
- Thread starter stewart
- Start date
They don't have that car (or any other car they 'sell') email him up & ask to see it, you'll get a story that it is currently in Italy or something & that you can pay for it up front, they'll ship it here.
He will suggest using a shipping company as he's done it many times before. The shipping company is bogus, it will look real, but it's not. He'll say that if you don't like it you can get a refund - by that time your cash has been transferred on about three times in three different countries.
You have no car & no money - that's the scam.
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Please be aware that our site is currently being targeted by criminals attempting to scam unwary buyers. Scammers are posting adverts with extremely low prices and when emailed they claim that they need a quick sale and that the vehicle is not available for viewing. They have also recently started using the PistonHeads name and logos to give their advert more credibility. PistonHeads does not operate an approved seller scheme or a purchase protection program. We also do not offer any payment system through the site - all deals must be done directly with the seller. We strongly recommend against using Money-Gram, Western Union or any other form of wire transfer as this is an extremely unsafe method of sending money to people you do not know. Genuine communication from PistonHeads will always be sent from an "@pistonheads.com" email address For more information please see our Fraud Warnings page.
reply from him..
Hello,
Thank you for your email. I can tell you that the car is in perfect condition. Never involved in accidents. I take good care of it and i can tell you for sure that if you will purchase the car from me you will be more then satisfied with it. It runs great and it comes with all the original papers and documents. I am selling this car for the listed price including delivery anywhere in UK.I set at a "very, very low" price to guarantee a sale. The only reason is that I need cash for a family emergency. I have to tell you that I'm currently out of town with some major problems so pick up/view isn't an option. If you want to buy this vehicle email me back with your full name and address to start the official procedure trough PistonHeads. They will send you a notification with ALL the info regarding delivery, purchase protection and refund policy so please provide your details before more questions. You will find 90% of answers in that notification from Pistonheads!
dodgy fecker
Hello,
Thank you for your email. I can tell you that the car is in perfect condition. Never involved in accidents. I take good care of it and i can tell you for sure that if you will purchase the car from me you will be more then satisfied with it. It runs great and it comes with all the original papers and documents. I am selling this car for the listed price including delivery anywhere in UK.I set at a "very, very low" price to guarantee a sale. The only reason is that I need cash for a family emergency. I have to tell you that I'm currently out of town with some major problems so pick up/view isn't an option. If you want to buy this vehicle email me back with your full name and address to start the official procedure trough PistonHeads. They will send you a notification with ALL the info regarding delivery, purchase protection and refund policy so please provide your details before more questions. You will find 90% of answers in that notification from Pistonheads!
dodgy fecker
S'ok, folk must fall for it though as otherwise they wouldn't do it.
Some people only see that it's a cheap car & are naive about scams. You have to remember that not everyone knows about site like CS where they can ask others.
Having said that the scammer relys on the stupidity of the potential buyer, they hope that a buyer will fall for the sob story. I've seen them all - one calssic was a woman saying that she didn't know what it was worth & she was selling it for for bloke who was killed out in Iraq
- she said that the car was still there !!They are getting slightly better at the scams, but the price & lack of contact info is always the giveaway - it's the same cars too.
