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Location: Valencia Pa.
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We saved a buddy from gettting scammed
So my buddy is on the prowl for a GT3. He has been looking for the right car for about 6 months now.
He calls me and says he found one, but it is out of state, Nebraska, and it is one of those buy through pay pal deals, car ships to him, he gets go look it over for 5 days, blah , blah,. The car is also about 10k under value. He asks me what I think, and I tell him that from reading the forums here, and dealing with one of these on my own, that this deal has all of the properties of the typical scam. He asks me what to do, he says the seller has been real responsive, with e mails, and answered all of his questions, sent additional pictures etc.. My advice was to tell the seller, that you would want to fly/drive out to look the car over, and do the deal person to person with a cashiers check. 48 hours now, and emails have stopped. Thanks pelicanites! He was ready to pull the trigger, I am glad he called.
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Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Central TX west of Houston
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thank goodness he checked with you instead of trying to surprised you with his great find and deal!
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Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Lantanna TX
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I am still amazed at how many intelligent people continue to fall for this stuff.
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08-12-2011, 05:15 AM
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What cracks me up too is how righteously indignant folks get about their encounters with these folk. Hey - these scammers are busy everyday on craigslist and autotrader etc looking for suckers. They are easy to spot - always a deal too good to be true. Toyota Tacoma, Honda hybrid, Acura TL etc - usually their bait of choice. Usually there is a picture of an email address - always from a free provider like gmail or yahoo. Just like how you can walk into any large city's downtown area and find plenty of folks with big sob storied for why you should give them some of your money. Or pick pockets or folks willing to bash out your car window to steal a GPS device or car stereo - same thing just moved over to the wild and wooly interwebs 
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Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Fort Worth Texas
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Fly and Drive.
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08-12-2011, 07:51 AM
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It was probably this GT3?
Identify the scam?
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08-12-2011, 07:53 AM
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Join Date: May 2001
Location: Off the grid- Almost
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No way would I buy a GT3 sight unseen!
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