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Cars & Coffee Killer
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: State of Failure
Posts: 32,246
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How does this scam work?
So I threw my Mazda up on Craigslist today because I'm not going to move it with me to Atlanta.
I immediately got contacted by two "buyers" with non-local area codes by text message. They both asked reasonable questions...which would have been unnecessary if they actually read the ad. They both claimed to be at work and therefore couldn't call me or come to see the car. They both offered me asking price and immediate payment by PayPal. I have no doubt that I would be a payment and that someone would come to pick up the car. How exactly are they going to screw me out of the money? It can't be a coincidence that two people are both trying to pull the same scam.
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Some Porsches long ago...then a wankle...
5 liters of VVT fury now
-Chris
"There is freedom in risk, just as there is oppression in security."
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