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S600VXR

Original Poster:

5,876 posts

201 months

Friday 25th January 2008
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Been looking for a cheap second car as the Corsa is killing me! Seen a 2002 745i fully loaded on here which was obviously a con at £3,000 so I thought I'd have a laugh - see below. (E. Mail address added for the seller incase anyone else want to join in - perhaps a bidding war to see how high we can get it! LOL)

His reply to my - where can I meet you with cash to purchase the car

From: nmotor07@aol.com
Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2008 18:32:19 -0500
Subject: Re: '2002 BMW 745 SE 7 SERIES' at PistonHeads.com

Hello,
I am selling this car for £3000 including delivery anywhere in the UK. The price is so low because I need cash for a family emergency. I have to tell you that I'm currently out of town with some major problems so pick up/view isn't an option. Sorry about that... Hope you will understand... If you want to buy this car email me back with your full name and address to start the official procedure trough PistonHeads. Once the requested details will be provided, PistonHeads will send you a notification with ALL the info regarding delivery, purchase protection, payment and refund policy so please provide your details before any other questions. You will find 90% of answers in that notification from PistonHeads! Will wait to hear from you.
Thank you for your interest.

My current reply to him...

No problem. In fact Id like to up my offer to £5,000 just to make sure you don't sell the car to anyone else as I am very keen. Is it possible I could send a cheque for the money to you and then have the car delivered as my current car has broken on me unfortunately and the wife and kids are feeling a little stranded without it. Additionally just to add salt to the wound the central heating has packed up so we could really do with it so we have somewhere to sit in the evenings with a heater going. If you could come back to me as soon as possible I would really appreciate it.

Kind regards

Roger.




Island boy HSV

726 posts

240 months

Friday 25th January 2008
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I think you could take this a little further by starting the Nigerian cheque scam on the guy.

S600VXR

Original Poster:

5,876 posts

201 months

Friday 25th January 2008
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Are there any web sites that we could load the E. Maill address into so he gets loads of crap...?

S600VXR

Original Poster:

5,876 posts

201 months

Friday 25th January 2008
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I want for the car 3000 quid. This is not a joke!
Please email me back with the requested details (full name and address for the delivery) so I can get the transaction started on PistonHeads. I'll wait your email.

followed up with:

Ok - apologies
Delivery address is: Iranian Embassy, 16 Princes Gate, London, SW7 1PT

Regards

Roger.


After_Shock

8,751 posts

221 months

Friday 25th January 2008
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S600VXR said:
Additionally just to add salt to the wound the central heating has packed up so we could really do with it so we have somewhere to sit in the evenings with a heater going.
Classic, if they dont work out your not serious from that their definately worth winding up a bit more!

Island boy HSV

726 posts

240 months

Friday 25th January 2008
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My other half played one of these jokers along last year. He wonted us to bank a £25000 cheque and send him £20000 said he was a Christian so we could trust him. She played him an ended up with a stolen cheque for £25000, we then handed every thing over to the police and told him we kept the money to repair our leaking roof and as a Christian he would understand. His last email said he would report us to the police, we then replied saying we had reported him.

RoastBeef

165 posts

197 months

Friday 25th January 2008
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I thought this thread was about flatulance

S600VXR

Original Poster:

5,876 posts

201 months

Friday 25th January 2008
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Hello again Roger,
Very funny... Iranian Embassy... Right...
Do you want the car and do you want to do the deal as I told you?
Simple: YES or NO ?

and my reply

Yes and I am serious about the address. I work there and as part of the package I get accomodation since London is so expensive.

R.

Lining him up for the - I'm a bomb maker actually and really want the car for something else but dont let on to the police or you will ruin our plans!

wolfracer

2,074 posts

207 months

Friday 25th January 2008
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Piston Heads has a warning about this. Notice the web site they advertise is .co.uk not pistonheads.com. if you go to the site it looks identical but apparently is a rip off/copy to blag you into believing all is kosher, pretty nifty eh?

Monnington

234 posts

203 months

Saturday 26th January 2008
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