Anyone think it's legit? Anyone think it's not?
BTW, the photo gallery is at flickr and uses the person's name on the email as it's name.
get a phone number and call
Have you ever used Google checkout? If they will, indeed hold the money until you authorize a release then it may be legitimate.
Simple rule: If something sounds too good to be true, it probably is.
Run or you will ose your money. It is absolutely a scam....red
If the truck is in your town, tell the guy you’d like to drop by and see it.....
This thread http://forums.beyond.ca/showthread/t-353086.html looks extremely similar to what you're looking at - a divorce related sale of a car with shipping from a distant place and promises of an inspection period and Google Wallet holding onto the money. Only one of the links listed went to a scam site (which has since been closed down.)
Your thoughts?
My thoughts: Please remit $7,500 processing and handling service fee to my Solicitor and I will tell you what they are.
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It is a scam.
Sorry to burst your bubble but a truck like that will sell locally and not have to be shipped hundreds of miles away.
We saw one like that in Charlotte craigslist- a mother was selling her son’s Harley because he had been killed in combat and she couldn’t bear to see look at the bike everyday and be reminded of him being so happy. We knew it was a scam and emailed the person. We followed it through to the end when I emailed that my brother wanted to see it and, WOW, coincidentally was in the same city that the seller was!!! And he was a mechanic but his roommate was with the FBI and they could both be there shortly. They never responded. Also, we flagged the ad and it kept popping back up.
Also, you can google the name of the seller- you might find, like we did, dozens of ads using that same name all across the country.
My husband had similar responses when he made inquiries on vehicles listed on Craig’s List, the person is leaving the country for work, etc, or car is not actually in our area, but will be shipped to the purchaser. He also received some strange scam like responses when he listed our mini van on Craig’s List. I would never respond to anything I thought was suspicious.
This burns me up.
People like this can run scams like this all over America with impunity, but my mom gets a speeding ticket running to the local store to pick up a loaf of bread.
The police are useless highwaymen preying upon innocent citizens going about their business instead of actively hunting down criminals - who these days, frequent the new electronic marketplaces.
Sergeant don’t write that clearly.
Don’t walk, just run as fast as you can from this.
Just write him back and tell him you will fly out tomorrow and see the truck, pay him and you will drive it back home. You can bet your life savings you will never hear from him again !!
If you do s few searches you will likely find the same add posted at different sites, with different selling locations on different classifieds all over the nation. This is a very common scam on Craig’s list...
IIRC, the opening page for craiglist autos warns against ‘I’m a soldier and about to be deployed’ scams.
I actually did buy a car from an ‘about to be deployed’ soldier, on CL...but there were a few differences. Mainly, it was local, so I could go meet him, look at the car, see where he lived, etc.
I would never but a car sight unseen like that....and you have to ask yourself - if its such a great deal, why can’t he sell it locally.
If you have to ask if it’s real, then your gut is telling you it isn’t.
What sticks out the most to me is the lengthy description of the truck, his plans and the payment arrangement.Lies tend to be long...and every anticipated problem is addressed.
Wouldn’t it be easier for all if he just put his cell phone number in the ad- especially if he’s a local boy living far away? Unless you don’t want someone asking you a lot of questions that you aren’t prepared to answer....
I say BOGUS!
Write the guy back and tell him you’ll be in his area tomorrow and would like to stop by and meet him personally.
THIS IS A SCAM....
Ran in to the same thing on a Craig’s List RV ad, a couple of weeks ago.