Nice XB GT coupe for 11 grand

[jaydee]

Saw this car on Ebay in Nedlands Perth. As I live in Perth I thought I would have some fun with it.
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI....tab%3DWatching

I knew it would be to good to be true and be a scam so I sent an email pretending to be interested.
When I got a reply, suprise suprise the car is in Berlin.

Hi,
I'm really glad that you are interested in my car.First of all I want to say that it has a clear and clean title with no accident records,it has never been abused or raced.I am the first and the only owner of this beautiful car that has been spoiled like a baby.I always kept it in my garage,away from bad weather and it looks gorgeous.Unfortunately I am forced to let it go.You see, due to my job I had to move to Berlin,Germany(along with the car)and I just found a great house offer.The thing is that I have to make a deposit so I can be sure that I won't loose this great offer.On the other hand, I hope I will find someone who will treat this baby like I did.All you have to do is to pay a small amount of $11.000 AU with all the shipping costs included.I hope you are the buyer that I'm looking for,please let me know if you are still interested.

Best regards,


- mousecatgame
Here's my response to him.

Dear mousecatgame,

The listing says the car is in Nedlands, which is in Perth West Australia, no where near Berlin you lying scam artist.
I'd like to send you 11 bags of dog shyte not 11 thousand dollars.
Why don't you earn an honest dollar instead of trying to rip off poor unsuspecting fools, rot in hell.

[dave351cid]

that`ll learn `em

[Kryton]

gotta love the user name: mousecatgame
report it to Ebay.

[flappist]

If you wish to have a bit more fun next time write something like:

Thank you for you quick reply. I would like to pay cash and pick the car up in person.
I am currently stationed at INTERPOL in Munich as I am a liaison officer with the Australian Internet Fraud Commission. Can you please forward your address so myself and some of my friends can come and see you.

Yours Faithfully

Mark Chopper Reid.

Or something similar

[Pinkbits]

Originally Posted by flappist

If you wish to have a bit more fun next time write something like:

Thank you for you quick reply. I would like to pay cash and pick the car up in person.
I am currently stationed at INTERPOL in Munich as I am a liaison officer with the Australian Internet Fraud Commission. Can you please forward your address so myself and some of my friends can come and see you.

Yours Faithfully

Mark Chopper Reid.

Or something similar

Gold
You never cease to humour us.

[jaydee]

Originally Posted by flappist

If you wish to have a bit more fun next time write something like:

Thank you for you quick reply. I would like to pay cash and pick the car up in person.
I am currently stationed at INTERPOL in Munich as I am a liaison officer with the Australian Internet Fraud Commission. Can you please forward your address so myself and some of my friends can come and see you.

Yours Faithfully

Mark Chopper Reid.

Or something similar

Good idea, he has my user name now and he would pick it, maybe someone else could do it and get his address and will be around straight away with the cash and willing to pay an extra grand if he holds it until tomorrow.

I've reported it to Ebay but it doesn't mean much, he'll just get another user name and keep on doing it.
I found about 3 other cars here in Perth that all had sus listings too.

[Shaggzy]

Wat are the other cars that you think have suss listings?

[jaydee]

Originally Posted by BMX_datto

Wat are the other cars that you think have suss listings?

I was looking for a cheap Jap car for my young bloke and saw a Mazda protege, Nissan Bluebird and a Corolla.

[jaydee]

Could be another one here too, I seem to remember this car about 6 months ago.
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/1975-XB-Fairm...QQcmdZViewItem

[jaydee]

And again
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/1975-XB-Fairm...QQcmdZViewItem

I'm not saying they are, make up your own mind.

[Bent8]

Just reply informing him that you have sent his IP address to the relevant authorities for further investigation and someone should be paying him a visit very shortly.

That should scare the crap out of him.

[Eu-GenixX]

i would NEVER buy a car off ebay i couldn't see in the flesh first...

and i have bought a car off ebay in the past... and sold 2

[XDV800]

Jaydee, was it an orange xb gs, i stumbled upon this car about 3 months ago too, i thought it was to good to be true, i offered to swap for 2 vehicles worth more than $11,000, never got reply! Surprise surpise

[Sam_Boss260]

It's gone off ebay.....

[Falcon_Phill]

Originally Posted by dave351cid

that`ll learn `em

Yeh that'll learn 'em. He will sign up for a new account in 30 seconds and be onto something/someone else.

[jaydee]

Originally Posted by yzfr101

Jaydee, was it an orange xb gs, i stumbled upon this car about 3 months ago too, i thought it was to good to be true, i offered to swap for 2 vehicles worth more than $11,000, never got reply! Surprise surpise

Yep, dogs.