Sound a bit fishy?

[chris80]

Hello fellow car lovers. I've got my car for sale on here and someone seems quite intrested. Does this email sound to good or do you think its a scam??

Sound great,i will arrange for the pick up of the vehicle from your
side,this is because i work for the British Navy and i am currently on
base,so i wont be able to show up and pay cash....so kindly get back
to me with your paypal email address and full name with the total
cost.So i can proceed with the payment as soon as possible.Thanks and
hope to hear back from you soon.

Im thinking scam. Any help would be great.

Ta Chris

[Old Gregg]

Erm, yeah. Pungent.

[littleandy0410]

If you have to ask.........

[king arthur]

In the words (almost) of Monty Python:

Scam scam scam scam, scam scam scam scam, scammety scam, scammety scam. Scam scam scam scam...

[chris80]

Thought so..!

[TallPaul]

Sounds legit to me. Go with it and let us know how it goes...

[Faust66]

I've got some magic beans for sale if you're interested?

Seriously though, this has got scam written all over it... interesting that the scammers have moved on from claiming to be Oceanographers and are now Navy personnel. One would assume that it's a crude play on any patriotism you may posses.

[chris80]

Faust66 said:

I've got some magic beans for sale if you're interested?

Seriously though, this has got scam written all over it... interesting that the scammers have moved on from claiming to be Oceanographers and are now Navy personnel. One would assume that it's a crude play on any patriotism you may posses.

Really?

[shed driver]

I'm rather sure that no one in the Royal Navy would ever refer to it as the British Navy.

SD

[eldar]

chris80 said:

Really?

No, he's teasing you. Can you really imagine one of our finest matelots trying to scam you? Delivery might be a problem, though...

[bazza1000]

Classic scam - hit delete to that message!

[Faust66]

eldar said:

chris80 said:

Really?

No, he's teasing you. Can you really imagine one of our finest matelots trying to scam you? Delivery might be a problem, though...

Unless the OP be selling one of them thar Aquacars.

[chris80]

shed driver said:

I'm rather sure that no one in the Royal Navy would ever refer to it as the British Navy.

SD

This also set Alarm Bells ringing.

This was the following email..

That's not a problem....Once i make the payment i will not take it
away from your side until the payment clears into your paypal account
then the pick up time can be scheduled and agent will handle all the
documentation......So kindly get back to me with your paypal name
andemail address so that i can make the payment as soon as
possible...Thanks

You cant beat a good scam

[Waynester]

Scam!

Bad English

As already stated, those in the Navy (my brother for one) do not refer to it as 'British Navy'

Also the usual non straight forward payment method!

Ignore ignore ignore! (tossers!)

[Chicane-UK]

Pretty lame of them to use the armed forces (traditionally something most Brits are proud of, and inclined to go the extra mile for) as a lever for a scam! :|

[Zaxxon]

So he's on base is he? Ask him what stone frigate he is based on? What he thinks of Bootnecks? Does he want a goffer left in the glove compartment? And has he ever reached for the golden rivet? And where the fk is his iPod?

Play him?