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why??? aren't they the ones buying the car...

we should be worried about those selling it...
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i'm from italy please send the NON REFUNDABLE deposit through western union. my friend has all of the keys title and so on. please i'm am trying to spam you over. i will be running away with your money. bet you can't catch me like that so damn insane(sadaum hussain(spelling?)) guy

 

I smell a chargeback!!

 

you can't charge back a loan...can you??? or can you buy a car with a credit card on a private sale?

 

It is a Scam... what they will do is send a Certified Check for $2-3K over the asking price..Calling it a Transport Payment and they will ask you to wire them the overage....But the check is counterfit bank draft...........They are hopping you will send them cash before you find out the check is bad

 

heheheh

 

Yea you have to be careful, Ive had my car on autotrader and in 2.5 months Ive had 3 people try to do this. They tell me they work for a dealer and have a client who is overseas and gave them a check for $25,000, and that Im supposed to send them the refund. But when I ask them the name of thier business and phone number to call them they never respond back. You definitely have to be careful.

 

Yeah, I got this ALL THE TIME when I was selling my Accord on Autotrader... it's really sad that nothing can be done to stop it. I eventually just started writing back emails like:

"Okay look, Osama, you need to learn a little more english so you understand these three letters: F B I !!!!!"

I'm sure they could have cared less though about the FBI coming after them though

 

I've gotten two of these so far, and my AutoTrader ad has only been up for a week!

I don't quite understand how they work, though. Say they bring me a check for $25K, I take it to the bank, and the bank deposits the funds. Wouldn't my bank check pretty closely before releasing those funds? Why would they make the money available to me before they were 100% sure that the check was legit?

Edit: my roommate and I have been trying to come up with counter-scams. For example, I'm playing along with one until we're ready to sell, then I'm going to tell him I have a lien on the car because of an unpaid ticket. If he sends me $250 or $500 or something, I'll pay the ticket and sell him the car for $1000 less. He just might go for it, thinking he's about to screw me out of a $25K car.

 

If I get one, this will be my reply:

Dear sir,
I am exceedingly anxious to sell my car to you. It is in pristine condition and I am willing to discount it heavily to make the sale. It is a low mileage unit, MY2004. I hate to deal in paperwork, so please send $25,000.00 CASH in U.S. $20.00 bills in a plain brown wrapped cardboard box, marked "used books". You can send an over payment of $5000.00 if you like to cover incidentals. I will gladly hide any left over money in the "secret compartment" of the car when I put it into the shipping container. The car has just been recently detailed and serviced and is ready to go. Looking forward to receiving my "used books".