Some selling advice please? Scam?

[rysz]

I have just put my BMW on Autotrader and got the following response:

Message:
Good Morning,
I am really interested in your Vehicle listed for sale on auto trader website.
I will like to know if you still have it for sale.
Are you the first owner?
Did you have all the paper work and the receipt of purchase for documentation?
What is your last asking and the present condition?
The area for the pick up and lastly the reason for offering it for sale.
Thanks and I look forward to hear from you today ASAP
Cheers

I replied to these questions and got the following:

Good Afternoon,
Thanks for your quick response and am also excited to hear from you that the vehicle is still available for sale.
And thanks for the information you just gave about the vehicle and am quite delighted to hear from you that the vehicle is still in great conditions.
The reason why am purchasing this vehicle is because My self and my partner just need one additional vehicle.
Please I want you to email me more pictures aside from the one on web advert page if is still available both the exterior and interior.
Due to my condition I will not be able to view the vehicle at present because i'm heavily pregnant,and the distance as well.
My personal circumstances do not allow me to travel,like wise my partner is away.

According to the Features of the vehicle and the Full Description of the vehicle which I saw on the advert page i'm fully satisfied.
I want you to accept my offer of £3,100 inclusive the advert fees just because I know what the worth of the vehicle ,and also for you to reserve the vehicle for me.The only way you will release the vehicle to any one is when the cash is in your hand, I.e. payments cleared at bank, and withdrawn.
I am located at Llanfairpwll in Anglesey.

I will only required your full name and your postal address, so that the bankers draught or the certified Cheque could be posted to you via royal mail.
My preffered method of payment is by bankers draft or certified cheque in a (GBP) which may take 3 to 4 working days to Clear.
Please note that you will only release the vehicle until you have received confirmation from your bank that the payment has been given value and cleared.
I hope to hear from you today in order to proceed further with the payment and shipping arrangements as soon as possible.
I look forward to hear back from you today.

Cheers

Too good to be true?

Any thoughts?

Thanks.

Rysz.

[stueyt]

Ask for a landline number to contact them and discuss the offer in further detail. If they refuse to contact you it is a scam, but I am tending to lean in that direction anyway.

If you don't mind me asking how much is the car up for?

Cheers,

Stu.

[dbizzle]

SCAM! Surprised you even need to ask...

[rysz]

Jul 20, 2010 13:27:57 GMT stueyt said:

Ask for a landline number to contact them and discuss the offer in further detail. If they refuse to contact you it is a scam, but I am tending to lean in that direction anyway.

If you don't mind me asking how much is the car up for?

Cheers,

Stu.

£2850 - its in the classifieds here

I was pretty sure it was a scam, but I have never had to sell a car worth this much in 10 years of driving ;D

Thanks

Rysz.

[akku]

This has a very strong aroma of an advance fee fraud, also known as the Nigerian 419 scam.

[cobblers]

Definitely 100% a scam, usual stuff.

String the nob along for a while to get his hopes up and waste his time. See if you can get him to post the fake cheque (just make an address up).

[stueyt]

Jul 20, 2010 13:30:42 GMT rysz said:

Jul 20, 2010 13:27:57 GMT stueyt said:

Ask for a landline number to contact them and discuss the offer in further detail. If they refuse to contact you it is a scam, but I am tending to lean in that direction anyway.

If you don't mind me asking how much is the car up for?

Cheers,

Stu.

£2850 - its in the classifieds here

I was pretty sure it was a scam, but I have never had to sell a car worth this much in 10 years of driving ;D

Thanks

Rysz.

Definate scam mate sorry to tell you, but at least you had the guts to ask the question, rather than a new post of .......Bloody Scammers........ etc etc.

Cheers,

Stu.

[popuptoaster]

I would have binned it as soon as i read the word "vehicle" rather than "BMW"

[dbizzle]

Jul 20, 2010 13:34:32 GMT cobblers said:

String the nob along for a while to get his hopes up and waste his time.

Something along these lines should do the trick:
www.zug.com/pranks/powerbook/

Or just ignore it and get on with your life, depending how much spare time you have...

[arrocuda]

Heavily pregnant women buying cars sight unseen? Maybe she's planning on driving herself to the hospital. Her husband being away of course! And..... prepared to offer more than the asking price! She's tuggin yer todger mate!

[disasterbus]

very definately a scam
if it seems too good to be true it usually is

[arrocuda]

You could always email her back and say...... that due to her circumstances you will be happy to deliver the car, for £2850 + £50 for petrol and train fare home. All she has to do is get used notes from the bank for payment in full. That way.... she saves the price of a bankers draft, £250 off the price of the car, and the cost of delivering the car...... but I'll bet she doesn't get back to you.

[usedabused]

Tell her the deal is on and you will deliver the car to her address on the condition next time she goes to Nigeria she brings back a package for you?

[retrowagen1234]

Ive got one happening atm with my polo.... I p.m'd my mobile number to a guy that was interested (one post wonder on clubpolo) He called, sounded realy crackly... said he wanted it where do i live he will come get it now... It sounded like a call centre... I said id p.m him my address and he said what do i mean, I told him ill sent him a message on clubpolo and he didnt know what i was talking about. Never heard of clubpolo... Then he hung up on me... Luckily its an old phone so I'm not worried about constant calls from this curse word as ill just throw the sim... Bloody annoying tho, Anyone ever trys that bank transfer / escrow curse word with me they can fook right off... I want cold hard cash in my hand before anything goes....

[dbizzle]

Try selling something on Gumtree - your inbox will be stuffed with scammers within minutes. Literally, usually.

[alexg]

Ask him to Paypal the money.

[useless inc]

Autotrader's really terrible for these for some reason. I got probably 1 of these type things everyday I had my old BMW on.
It makes you wary even if it's a genuine buyer. Most people who buy via autotrader will phone up if they're genuinely interested.

[kapri]

Jul 20, 2010 14:55:39 GMT dbizzle said:

Try selling something on Gumtree - your inbox will be stuffed with scammers within minutes. Literally, usually.

My niece is selling a car on there , she had 2 as soon as it went on ,followed by another recently. At least she asked me before going for it.

To OP, scam all over it .

[marksparks999]

professionally speaking my advice would be RUN AWAY, RUN AWAY!!!

[akku]

my advice is not to respond at all.

I have read interviews with people who have been convicted of 419s and they are not nice people. if you jerk them around they will often do things like put you on loads of spam lists, send you child porn and all manner of other curse word.

Don't respond to spam or scams, they just get your email address added to a list of "suckers" email addys.