hey guys i just recently put up for sale my 06 wrx on carsales and i already have a response from a potential "buyer"..
what i found very strange was the fact he said he likes the car when he hasn't seen it and i only got 2 photos posted..ok perfectly innocent and im very lucky to sell so fast you say, but then i recieve an email like this.. which seemed suspicious..
me to guy:
"Hey mate how are you. Received a text from you earlier today regarding your interest in my car. Yes its still available. In regards to my firm price I think it be best if you made an offer first and we can negotiate from there, prior to viewing or even upon viewing. Please let us know what you think and thank you for your interest. "

Eunus.

Sent from my iPad

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xxx@gmail.com
4:54 PM (4 hours ago)


to me


"Thanks for the swift response,please advise on the least amount you will like to give it away and advice on the present condition of the vehicle with the service history as well, am buying this as a surprise gift for my dad for his birthday so i wont let him know, until it been delivered to him.But due to the nature of my job and location...i will not be able to come for inspection,am a very busy type as i work long hours everyday off shore oil rig department,i have gone through your advertisement and i am satisfied with it., i am sure he will be more than happy with it.I can only pay with PayPal here, i will need you to give me your PayPal email address so i can make the payments asap and please if you don't have PayPal account yet, it is very easy to set up, go to www.paypal.com.au and get it set up , after you have set it up i will only need the e-mail address you use for registration with PayPal so as to put the money through. note well: Pick up agent will come for the pick up as soon as i have made the payments, i would have loved to talk to you on phone but I work mainly offshore, our phone is down on the rig right now due to bad weather, we can only communicate with our base for now.

Thanks "

thoughts? any ideas from ppl who may have encountered something like this before? should i give them my info?? if this is a scam how do i flag or report this person to carsales. i erased his gmail name JUST in case he was genuine :P

thanks guys, this forum has always been helpful.

-Nos

scam
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Sounds dodgy to me.

I'd steer clear.

scammer

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Funny looking German Subaru

i have his email and phone number how do i report him? i HATE fuckers like these with a passion.

Its a scam, if you google car buying scams you will see this email is common, just ignore it

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thanks guys much appreciated.

reply with random pictures of different species of snails

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just power out of it!

Call in Joe to take over all correspondence! I remember some of the crackers he used to write back to these fuckers. Was gold!

yeah i had that same email to me... immediately thought spam so i spam that email back with porn site sign ups