Elise Internet Scam
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Elise Internet Scam
Just thought I would warn anyone looking to buy a cheap Elise, I was and found one in Exhange and Mart and also the Auto Trader, type 79 in great condition being sold cheap as the owner a woman is abroad in Greece and can not register the car there and needs to sell it quick. She claims to be using an I-Escrow agent which should protect both the buyer and seller but the whole thing is a scam and you will loose your money so stay clear.
She even sent me 16 pictures of the car complete with copies of the V5 registration doc and MOT certificate.
Here is the txt...
rendezvous 1972 [rendezvous1972@hotmail.com]
iEscrow
is the third party involved who will offer us both protection I am insured
there with an insurance policy which will protect us both in case something
goes wrong up to £8000, the amount of my insurance there.Let me tell you how we
will make this deal:
1. I will open a case.
2. You will be contacted by iEscrow
3. You will make a deposit of £1800 at iEscrow
4. I will start the shipping proces
5. In 5-10 days the car and all the documents that you need to pass it on to
your name will arrive to the address you provided to iEscro
6. You will have 10 days to inspect and test drive the car
If everything goes well you will register the car on your name and the car will legally be yours.I will receive the money from iEscrow in a few days
and we will consider the deal as completed.
In case there are problems with the car which I am sure is not the case,you will be refunded the entire sum you have spent and I will have to cover all the expenses, including the storage of the car until all the situation is cleared up.In case it is not my fault that the car has suffered any accidents during the shipping I will also be compensated depending on the damages.I am waiting for your e-mail to tell me what you decided.
Elise Internet Scam
Just thought I would warn anyone looking to buy a cheap Elise, I was and found one in Exhange and Mart and also the Auto Trader, type 79 in great condition being sold cheap as the owner a woman is abroad in Greece and can not register the car there and needs to sell it quick. She claims to be using an I-Escrow agent which should protect both the buyer and seller but the whole thing is a scam and you will loose your money so stay clear.
She even sent me 16 pictures of the car complete with copies of the V5 registration doc and MOT certificate.
Here is the txt...
rendezvous 1972 [rendezvous1972@hotmail.com]
iEscrow
is the third party involved who will offer us both protection I am insured
there with an insurance policy which will protect us both in case something
goes wrong up to £8000, the amount of my insurance there.Let me tell you how we
will make this deal:
1. I will open a case.
2. You will be contacted by iEscrow
3. You will make a deposit of £1800 at iEscrow
4. I will start the shipping proces
5. In 5-10 days the car and all the documents that you need to pass it on to
your name will arrive to the address you provided to iEscro
6. You will have 10 days to inspect and test drive the car
If everything goes well you will register the car on your name and the car will legally be yours.I will receive the money from iEscrow in a few days
and we will consider the deal as completed.
In case there are problems with the car which I am sure is not the case,you will be refunded the entire sum you have spent and I will have to cover all the expenses, including the storage of the car until all the situation is cleared up.In case it is not my fault that the car has suffered any accidents during the shipping I will also be compensated depending on the damages.I am waiting for your e-mail to tell me what you decided.
These scams are so commonplace now - we had the same thing with our old Scooby.
Someone actually rang us in response to our ad on the AutoTrader website - we traced it as far as possible - found out it was a foreign number, thought it was probably a North African accent - but that was all.
A reasonable dollup of commonsense will say to you that if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is!
Someone actually rang us in response to our ad on the AutoTrader website - we traced it as far as possible - found out it was a foreign number, thought it was probably a North African accent - but that was all.
A reasonable dollup of commonsense will say to you that if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is!
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