How dodgy is this?

Re:How dodgy is this? (DGee)

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:48:26 GMT

he said the car was already in a crate so he couldn't get any pictures of it. I was shocked.

Re:How dodgy is this? (huskyboy)

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:18:18 GMT

Despite being obvious to anyone with only one brain cell its a scam you'd be surprised how many idiots get taken in by the same thing all the time.

Some people truly are that thick that they cant see why paying only £4000 for a motor thats worth more than twice that amount any day of the week could be a scam.

Re:How dodgy is this? (DGee)

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:52:21 GMT

I wasn't actually considering doing business with him. I thought the email was funny, I only asked where the car was located and got all that back..

I was thinking of asking for a current picture of the car with today's date on a bit of paper, a la bb.com just to see if he replied.

his email is Rchard Mcgugan (richardmcgugan@yahoo.co.uk). Notice he didn't even spell the name right on his email account

Re:How dodgy is this? (ItsNOTlikeTHAT)

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:50:20 GMT

Post his email so we can all message with interest.

Re:How dodgy is this? (tac)

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:33:50 GMT

BBC

Email him and say that it's a crazy coincidence as you actually have family in Cadiz as well so it makes sense for you to collect the car when you visit them for Christmas, that will have him stumped.

Nice ^^

Would love to see the response.

Do a bit of work on google and see if you can find the name of the chief of police officer in Cadiz.

Then email back claiming he's your Uncle and you'll be visiting him at Xmas, so can you meet up to collect the car and exchange the cash? Or, of course, if he's in a hurry for the money your uncle can always call round on his way home from work and collect it..... in fact you've already emailed your uncle about it and sent him the seller's address....

Re:How dodgy is this? (BROKEN)

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:32:09 GMT

How many times did the guy say UK???

Re:How dodgy is this? (dementia)

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:29:22 GMT

Amazed your even thinking about it, then maybe not.

Re:How dodgy is this? (1ManRiot)

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:18:54 GMT

john_cappa

send a few emails to waste some of his time.....post emails and responses here.....always entertaining

Do this ^

Re:How dodgy is this? (967Stuart)

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:03:17 GMT

fek me, my mate had the almost the exact same thing with a motor, he told em to stick it, i would advise you to do the same.

Re:How dodgy is this? (BBC)

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:00:04 GMT

Email him and say that it's a crazy coincidence as you actually have family in Cadiz as well so it makes sense for you to collect the car when you visit them for Christmas, that will have him stumped.

Re:How dodgy is this? (jackson)

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:57:44 GMT

Got a similar email when my sister was looking for a car in the summer. We then got an email from "autotrader" saying that this was a genuine seller and the transaction was 100% guaranteed.

20 minutes later we got an email from the real autotrader warning us, if we did not already know, that it was a scam and they had noticed we had enquired about the car.

Re:How dodgy is this? (Hypershrek)

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:55:50 GMT

wats wrong with it, kinda explains everything in response

Re:How dodgy is this? (john_cappa)

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:10:11 GMT

send a few emails to waste some of his time.....post emails and responses here.....always entertaining

Re:How dodgy is this? (Tony Barnes)

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:05:48 GMT

Sounds fine to me - Cadiz is a port town, so it makes sense really.

If you're worried about it I can broker the deal - I'll need first class tickets to Cadiz airport, and an apartment, for say a week, to make sure that everything runs smoothly.

As your on MT I'll not even expect payment for it, however will charge out meals/drinks/etc as required....

Re:How dodgy is this? (sivvy1)

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:45:46 GMT

4k for an 06 passat??? come on mate

get a rover 75 cdti / mgzt cdti

Re:How dodgy is this? (TheMasterPlan)

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:26:41 GMT

Dodgy enough to avoid like the plague, unless you have £4000 that you'd like to never see again (and dont want a car either)

Re:How dodgy is this? (jnr2006)

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:17:54 GMT

Have seen this many a time. next you'll be aked to send them a deposit of some sort.
Report them to Autotrader to save some fool from actually believing it.

Re:How dodgy is this? (MMA4life)

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:11:54 GMT

Walk away :)

Re:How dodgy is this? (Girth)

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:33:35 GMT

run away

Re:How dodgy is this? (m12_shakes)

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:32:47 GMT

That's a sweet deal! If you're not going to go for it, could you pm me the details please