Roush Is this a scam?

teamzracing

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I received this email regarding the sale of my 93 Saleen today. Let me know what you think. I am thinking it is a scam.

Hello ,
....I really appreciate your response in regard of making this transaction a seccesfull one.....i will like us to carry on with this deal with trust and understanding cos i'm in the England and would like to buy and ship it over here... Am okay with the price ($18500) present state of health as well as the look on the picture... I'll be offering you ($500) for it and that makes a total of of ($18,700)..I would really appreciate it if you can get back to me with your full details so i could order my secretary to send out a payment check or money order for the amount of ($25,999) which will be covering the shipping cost because the shipping firm will be picking it up alongside with some other goods that are to be shipped for me in the state.
Get back to me with full details.
YOU R NAME IN FULL...............
CONTACT ADDRESS....
CITY.....
STATE......
COUNTRY..........
ZIP CODE.....................
PHONE NUMBER........................
Pls do not bother about any other buyer, i believe things will work as plan. Concerning the pick up i've arrange that with my shipping firm because they are picking it up along with other goods that are to be shipped for me in the state. All you need to do is to get the check cashed immediately you do receive the payment check ,deduct the total cost and get the remainning fund send to the shipping firm sameday so that they could leave for your location to arrange for the pick up.Await Your Quick response ASAP...
Sincerely
April
+44 70457 34480
 
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That has all the loosey goosey feelings of a good Nigerian scam but signed by a nice white girl named April.

I believe there are about 5 Saleen Mustangs already in Europe. That's enough.

I call BS.
 
Reply back, just say Scam! They won't email you back. I get that BS all the time, I have my two vehicles for sale. If they want an address........tell them you'd rather meet them somewhere, like work or something. Do not give out any of your personal info!
 
Yes, I had a pretty good idea it was BS. Funny though, she has been asking questions about the car and requesting pics for a week now.

i know a guy that lost a jeep through one of those scams... they sent a "secretary" to pic it up and gave him a casiers check, but what they really did was use some program to copy the real check onto marble paper, and another person with the real check had already cashed the casiers check.
 
Like they say; "If you have to ask..."

When I listed both of my vehicles on-liine I was deluged with these scam e-mails & others from photo collectors. The latter inquiries I simply ignored. The former I replied by stating I was forwarding it onto my neighbor who was an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the San Diego district. Not that I expected him to do anything about them, but it made me feel better. :)
 
The bad thing is, I dealt with them for a week emailing back and forth with pics and answering questions. I never knew until the last email that they were from another country.

Anyone know anyone who wants a nice 93? I have negotiated the price down with a couple of people. I will let it go for less than the original asking price.
 
I got what I believe to be a scam-mail too...I see I'm not the only one. here's my two emails. Buyer email was [email protected].

F/S Misc 302 performance parts

Dear seller,
I would like to know the following information about this items:
Where are you located?
What's the reason for sale?
What's the present condition of this items?
What's the final asking price given?
Will you accept Money Order for payment?Do provide me with your full name,address and phone number as a regards to the mail.
Please get back to me as soon as you can,and i will be waiting to hear
from you soon.

Regards.

http://classifieds.stangnet.com/showproduct.php?product=45517


AND...

Thanks so much for your prompt response....The payment of the item will be made via a Money Order.The Money Order that will be issued will include the money for the sale of your item and the shipping cost.i would like to restate clearly that this item will be shipped to Canada and i have a shipping agent who would take good care of the shipment.

You are required to cash the Money Order you will receive and deduct the funds for the sale of your item and have the rest sent to the shipper via Western Union money transfer at one of their outlet around you in order to schedule the pick up of the item.

All necessary transfer papers will be dully signed by the shipper on my behalf when the shipping agents comes for the pick up of the item.I will be willing to entertain more of your questions,please provide your CONTACT NAME,ADDRESS AND PHONE NUMBER so i can have it forwarded to my client for immediate payment issuance.

Regards.
 
This is a scam, i just got this email. I told him fine, send the check. And i also informed him someone offered like $25k cash... and he'd better overnight the check or i'm selling to the first one /w funds.

Hopefully he'll be out $100 in mailing cost for his trouble.

Guy's phone # on the email is "+44 70457 34480". I just googled it and found all these scam post.