Free Audi S5

[Sneaky Schnell]

I have just received an interesting scam email from a company calling themselves globalcarshop....I'm not sure if this is a common scam but it is new to me and I couldn't find anything via search.

Apparently some generous soul in the US has bought me an Audi S5 for $62,000. This lovely person has also paid for a container, docking and truck transport, but unfortunately hasn't paid the final $13 handling fee.

Now if only I could pay this final $13 I will have a shiny Audi S5.

Below is the text as it was on the email. The name they used to address me is a fake name I use only on Facebook but how they got my home address I do not know. I love the bit at the bottom.

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Dear Mr xxxxx,

Thank you for choosing The Car Shop for car transport & delivery.

We have received the order 92089209. The order details have been confirmed.
Please kindly make your payment by referring to the instructions below.

Full Name: Mr xxxxx
Customer Number: 931419
Invoice ID: 396669
Invoice Amount: $13

ORDER SUMMARY:
TYPE PRICE STATUS PAYMENT OPTION
Audi S5 2dr All-wheel Drive quattro Coupe 4.2 Premium Plus 62,155 USD PAID VISA CARD **** **** **** 9577
FLC Container Transport 20ft 4,450 USD PAID VISA CARD **** **** **** 9577
Docking 250 USD PAID VISA CARD **** **** **** 9577
Truck Transport 2,900 USD PAID VISA CARD **** **** **** 9577
Handling Fee 13 USD UNPAID
this was not my visa number

View Invoice Online

Order TYPE:
GIFT PREPAID* (This order has been prepaid)

PERSONAL NOTE:

We have been instructed to ship this package as a gift to:

My real home address was here

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| IMPORTANT NOTICE |

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We have not been able to get in contact with Mr. xxxxxxx, the car and the transport fee has been paid.
But we cannot ship the container without the handling fee. If I am in any way spoiling the suprise, I am terrible sorry but I cannot move on without this part being solved.

[PLamborghini]

Sneaky Schnell said:

I have just received an interesting scam email from a company calling themselves globalcarshop....I'm not sure if this is a common scam but it is new to me and I couldn't find anything via search.

Apparently some generous soul in the US has bought me an Audi S5 for $62,000. This lovely person has also paid for a container, docking and truck transport, but unfortunately hasn't paid the final $13 handling fee.

Now if only I could pay this final $13 I will have a shiny Audi S5.

Below is the text as it was on the email. The name they used to address me is a fake name I use only on Facebook but how they got my home address I do not know. I love the bit at the bottom.

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Dear Mr xxxxx,

Thank you for choosing The Car Shop for car transport & delivery.

We have received the order 92089209. The order details have been confirmed.
Please kindly make your payment by referring to the instructions below.

Full Name: Mr xxxxx
Customer Number: 931419
Invoice ID: 396669
Invoice Amount: $13

ORDER SUMMARY:
TYPE PRICE STATUS PAYMENT OPTION
Audi S5 2dr All-wheel Drive quattro Coupe 4.2 Premium Plus 62,155 USD PAID VISA CARD **** **** **** 9577
FLC Container Transport 20ft 4,450 USD PAID VISA CARD **** **** **** 9577
Docking 250 USD PAID VISA CARD **** **** **** 9577
Truck Transport 2,900 USD PAID VISA CARD **** **** **** 9577
Handling Fee 13 USD UNPAID
this was not my visa number

View Invoice Online

Order TYPE:
GIFT PREPAID* (This order has been prepaid)

PERSONAL NOTE:

We have been instructed to ship this package as a gift to:

My real home address was here

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| IMPORTANT NOTICE |

---

We have not been able to get in contact with Mr. xxxxxxx, the car and the transport fee has been paid.
But we cannot ship the container without the handling fee. If I am in any way spoiling the suprise, I am terrible sorry but I cannot move on without this part being solved.

These kind of scams just make me laugh!

[James_N]

how did they get your real home address though?

[doc3]

But what if it is some long lost relative sending you a gift? Probably best to pay up just in case. Or maybe hold out for an RS5?

[Sneaky Schnell]

James_N said:

how did they get your real home address though?

I am a little concerned over this too.

On the rare occasions that I use facebook I don't enter any real information about myself but this must be where they got my name from.

However the email address they sent it to is not the one I have registered my facebook account with.

At least they do not have my credit card details.....

[homerjay]

go on, send em $13 and see what happens

[slipstream 1985]

oh man i just got call from my bank. aparently theres a chicken in there and they need my pin to get it out!

[mybrainhurts]

Cook it...

[Sneaky Schnell]

slipstream 1985 said:

oh man i just got call from my bank. aparently theres a chicken in there and they need my pin to get it out!

[D188ERS]

has your address been gleaned from your email account? was this submitted when you signed up to "hotmail" or whoever? failing that, isp?

[Petrolhead_Rich]

The man who irons the monies in my bank had a heart attack and they needed my Sort Code and Account number to get him out.

I knew it was a scam, A woman irons the money, not a man!

[10JH]

Waste their time a bit. Make them think they're onto a winner.

[DaveL86]

homerjay said:

go on, send em $13 and see what happens

$13... that's about ~£8 right? about the price of a couple of Lotto tickets? go for it and let us know what happens

[genieanne]

I also got an email telling me about my new Audi A6. All paid for, using a Visa card, including transport, docking, trucking - only thing left was a handling fee of 0USD. So, I guess it's mine for absolutely nothing!

They had my correct name except for giving me my first name twice - like John Smith John. The address was 100% correct. How do they do it? Does anyone respond to these things?

Not me, that's for sure.

[monit]

I'm from Australia and had exactly the same letter with an invoice attached. The email even carried the same graphical errors.

We have not been able to get in contact with Mr. Willcox, the car and the transport fee has been paid.
But we cannot ship the container without the handling fee. If I am in any way spoiling the suprise, I am terrible sorry but I
cannot move on without this part being solved.

The best $13 I've spent was to not.
Cheers
Gary

[Doniger]

Facebook change their privacy policy so often it's impossible to stay on top of it and keep your info private. Its so bad now I'm considering closing my account.

They automatically opt you in to each change which exposes your details to everyone - for example my profile is locked down so that only friends can see anything about me and I have to manually opt back out and reset everything to private after they add features etc. I have never put my phone number on my profile. But thanks to logging in on my iPhone my number is now mysteriously available to anyone who knows where to look. It's probably not hard to get an address based on it. So basically yes it's a scam and yes they probably found your info on facefk.

[Harry Monk]

From the USA? Sounds dodgy.

I only buy from China, Nigeria or Russia. Just to be on the safe side.

[anonymous-user]

ask what colour it is

whatever colour they come back with just reply with no thanks, that's a crap colour, I don't want it

[mnkiboy]

I'm genuinely concerned at how they have got hold of your home address. Nobody puts their home address on facebook (do they?) so where has it come from?

[Sneaky Schnell]

mnkiboy said:

I'm genuinely concerned at how they have got hold of your home address. Nobody puts their home address on facebook (do they?) so where has it come from?

My home address is not on facebook. Their email also came to an email account which is not connected to FB.

But they still used my FB name. I have tried contacting FB but it is easier said than done. I'm not going to let it worry me.