Is this legit?
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5th Gear Member
Joined: Apr 2005
Posts: 4,083
From: Richmond, Virginia
RE: Is this legit?
ORIGINAL: dubarado
It's a scam... it happened to me on FACEBOOK for my 2 tires.... thy sent the same message...
DON'T EVEN MAIL EM BACK.... if they say 'item' not even what it is... it might as well be an automated e-mail.
It's a scam... it happened to me on FACEBOOK for my 2 tires.... thy sent the same message...
DON'T EVEN MAIL EM BACK.... if they say 'item' not even what it is... it might as well be an automated e-mail.
I love you guyths (no homo)... keepin' a brotha from gettin' snuffed... Yo.
1st Gear Member
Joined: Jul 2007
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RE: Is this legit?
ORIGINAL: snowboard49dude
definatly do your payments through paypal....me and my dad were looking at this mini cooper last year and it was 6500 for an 05 with 15K miles and we talked to the guy and he said he was going into the army and he needed to sell it...well it was a 2300$ downpayment and we did it through the bank, not thinking it was a scam, and next thing we know we didnt hear or get anything from the guy for a year now and still haven't heard anything.
ORIGINAL: 1sloblckgt
I wouldn't do it buddy...
Tell him to send the money through paypal.
I wouldn't do it buddy...
Tell him to send the money through paypal.
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Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 10,937
From: Saint Augustine, FL
RE: Is this legit?
The odd capitalisation, punctuation, sentence structure, andclosing ("Best Regards", who the heck closes an email with that?)are hallmarks of a scam.[/align][/align]The money order scam works because money orders from non-local banks can take days to clear--you deposit it (the bank will accept the deposit,but place a "hold" on the funds until the MO clears), and then ship out the item...[/align][/align]A few days later the MO does not clear, the banks rejects the deposit and probably charges you a nuisance fee. [/align][/align]I sell quite a bit on eBay, if you do take a MO as payment (I do not) make it clear you will NOT ship the item until the MO clears--tell them 10 business days.Mostly it's people with crappy/no credit that use money orders so you won't be losing many solid sales anyway.[/align][/align]
