Over on the Classifieds section of the Classic Nation website I often see cars that look solid and are being offered at a reasonable price. Every now and then I see some really great deals on project cars. But – it’s rare to stumble on something that looks like a finished car at a project car price. Here is what I saw:
The posting for this car listed some details about the car. $5,000 was the asking price.
I knew the $5K price had to either be a typo, or a scammer. So – I sent an email to the person who listed the car. I had done this once before when, on a popular class car classified website, I saw a $12,000 ’65 Cobra for sale and sent an email. The response I got about the Cobra clearly indicated it was a scammer. For this Mustang, I already expected this to be the case.
This is an unedited email thread between myself and the person who listed this car:
Always be cautious when purchasing items from private parties online and do your research. Hopefully you never have to deal with a scammer like this. If you find yourself in a similar situation, please, please, PLEASE mess with them (and hopefully they become better people because of it).
23 Comments
Stephanie J. Bissonnette
WOW…Can you believe it…I believe it. This crap needs to stop. (Twice) I’ve received two fraudulent checks in the mail from people in Nigeria trying to get me to wire them money while I was in the midst of looking for a job. Never answer to any adds on Craigslist asking for a (Personal Assistant). But wow. good for you. This one takes the cake…
David Wayne Webb
my gf found a nice house for rent in our area and it was the same kind of scam. They wanted you to send the money and they would mail you the keys because they were out of the country. Who in their right mind sends money for anything without seeing it firsthand. I’m not talking about buyi9ng something from a sears catalog 😛 we all do that.
Nate Mylott
Why don’t the scammers hire somebody who speaks English to pose as an American? Do they really think their English is that good?
Lance Carter
67 GT500 clone…
BigSid Savoy
Good job Evan.