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Most scammers these days claim to be military. It conveniently explains why they can't show up in person and also buys some sympathy. I personally don't know of a lot of people who when actively deployed who have time to arrange a vehicle sale.

I had a scammer post a car for sale on our local Craiglist. I e-mailed asking to look at the car, he told me it was in Topeka, Kansas in a shipping container ready to ship. He told me was deployed overseas but had set everything up before leaving. I told him I would be in Topeka during the week, tell me where it was stored and I'd look it over. (Of course I was just having fun at this point.) He told me that the container was locked and couldn't be opened. (So how was a sale supposed to work?) I told him I had an acetylene torch and it was no problem--where's the car? He stopped replying.