So I Am Selling One Of My Cars And Someone Is Trying To Scam Me Via Autotrader
 

So I have an Audi S4 that has been sitting around in my garage for the better part of a year so I put it in the autotrader to sell it. I have been getting a ton of replys and here is one that came in today LOL!


----- Original Message -----
From: [email protected]
To: mark
Sent: Saturday, December 10, 2005 4:08 AM
Subject: BEAUTIFUL AUDI S4 QUATTRO
Good day to you,

I am Mrs carolyn Taylor of Quality Hydepark Inc. We deals on buying used cars for our client around the world. However, one of our client who is a diplomat has indicated interest in buying your cars. Please send to me:

1) Your last asking price

2) The millage on the scale

3) The car resent pics for viewing

4 ) why are you selling this cars?

Please you should not find this question hard to answer as this comply's with our company's rules and regulation when buying automobile. I wait your mail for us to proceed.

Regards,

Mrs Caroline Taylor


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Scam or no? What do you guys think? :1orglaugh

DH

The "Diplomat" thing sends off a red flag for me. Although, I do consider myself the Canadian Diplomat of drinking Rye and acting like an idiot...but that's more of a self proclaimed title.

But everything else looks solid.

However, if she asks you to send her $20,000 and she will buy the car for $40,000, I would tell her to look somewhere else.

LOL! Yep I have heard of that I will pay you $5,000 extra for shipping scam.

DH

horrible english and scam if you ask me.

Scammers

Even my Engrish is better than hers.

Ask her where the company is incorporated - http://www.google.com/search?rls=GGG...S%C3%B6k&meta=

LOL!
Surely a scam.

Agreed, ask for more info on the company.

sounds like a scam man be careful

hmm...that could be either way.

dont ship it unless you got the money..lol

audi kicks ass

her grammar error doesnt help though


we deals ..lol

definite scam. happened to me 2 years ago when i listed my audi.
got an email supposedly from someone in the UK saying that they were the purchasing agent for clients. it was one of their clients daughters graduation present. they sent me a check for 5k over my asking price. i was to let the shipping company come pick up my car, sign over the title once i had received the check. i was also supposed to give the driver the difference in the check amount and asking price.

the whole part about them sending me a check for more than the asking price was a little strange and raised some flags. luckily i mentioned it to my neighbor and said not to let the car go anywhere until the check had cleared. sure enough, i deposited the check and it came back counterfeit.

if it wasn't for him, i could have turned my car and title over to a bunch of scammers and there probably wasn't much i could have done about it.

scams are getting more and more creative every day.

read this, some great info on this scam

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=253

i am running into the same thing while trying to sell my vw bug

Any time someone is offering you more than the asking price on a used car that isn't a classic, exotic, etc its a scam. especially when you need to hand back some cash to a driver or something like that is involved.

Never mind the fact that the stupid twat couldn't be bothered to capitalise the C in her name. I got hit with an email a lot like that when I was getting rid of my GTP.

Pretty strange.. but why you wouldn't answer ? :D

Quagmire you're in Caledon? Wow, we're 10 minutes away in Orangeville, we should meet up some time and have some beers :)

DH

Looks too good to be true

Sounds like a scam. No problem in sharing any of the info asked just make sure you have the money in your hand before you turn in the car.

You were gonna hand over the title w/o verifying the funds?

You should stop smoking weed, it kills ya brain cells son.

sounds like scam...

scam definitely!

Mark,

Make them send you the money via wire transfer then ship the car! make sure they pay shipping freight charges or have them pick it up.

You can give it to me your biz partner hehe

Unless this diplomat is going to take the car out of the country, then they DONT buy used cars.

I will agree with everyone else and say SCAM. I saw this in the paper just a few days ago..

It's a huge scam and has been around for at least 4 years. You end up with a worthless piece of paper - a fake certified check.

The bad engrish gives it away, it's scam alright.

BTW I sold the car today and not to this joker hehe.

Buyer is coming to pick up the car with certified cheque on Tuesday :)

DH

Anyone who sends you an email with a totally english name but writes like it is their fourth language is scamming you. I didn't even have to read the MEANING of the email, just the way it was written.

You should also never make a business deal with someone using free email accounts. Sorry to those people using gmail or whatever for business, but it is the equivilant to dealing with someone who works out of the back of a rented truck. They can fold up and leave town faster than you can imagine.

Ignore the words, look at the situation... this one has scam all over it.

A few years ago I was looking to buy a fairly expensive camera on ebay. There were a number of them for sale. One of them was offered with a buyit now price that was about 15-20% below market price. I fired them off an email, the buyer showed as being in the US. The reply came back from a russian free host email.

You know exactly who I didn't buy a camera from that day.

Alex

This scam could be an easy snare for the police. As long as the mark is alert to it being a scam.

Call the police.

When you get the check they can verify if it is fake in minutes. Should be a simple phone call.

Then arrest the bastard who comes for the car.

Easy scam to spot..

#1 Bad engrish
#2 yahoo email
#3 google has never heard of their business

must be a big company if they're using free yahoo mails :D

scam

Those russians are at it again

Nah these are nigereans!

one of my friends fell for that scam 2 years ago. though his was a nigerian king who wanted to buy his beat to shit subaru.

send the pics and stats - if they wire the money to you - sell it. some people from different cultures don't react the same as us. if they want anything money wise weird or risky to you - fuck em

DH is it a stick? I want a S4.

nah. i said "could" have. i knew something was fishy and my neighbor confirmed it. sorry, no drug use here.

Yep it's a 6 speed standard, I don't think this car came with the automatic option but I could be wrong?

DH

It's a scam. That's not uncommon w/ Autotrader by the way. My brother recently got the same thing.

They'll do the Nigeriam scam next (they'll send $20k on a $16k car and ask for a $4k money order to be returned)

DH car is pimp! :P

Exactly what I was thinking

Someone working for a large company would probably speak proper english and use an email address that is NOT from yahoo. ;-)

Glad you sold youur car to someone that sounds a lot more legit :thumbsup