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pete
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Post by pete » Mon Mar 04, 2013 12:21 am

So the Multipla is on autotrader and Gumtree at the moment...

Three emails offering me asking price plus shipping fee, all full of typos etc etc...

Tempted to write back...
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Re: Scammers

Post by j2 lot » Mon Mar 04, 2013 9:02 am

Do it ....
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Re: Scammers

Post by robin » Mon Mar 04, 2013 9:19 am

I is in your loomz nibblin ur wirez
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Re: Scammers

Post by Mike Scib » Mon Mar 04, 2013 11:48 am

Few months to early, mother-in-law will be looking for something similar soon :roll:
alicrozier wrote:As Robin said, need to be comfortable and confident to push right up to the limit - sometimes you only find the limit by going beyond it...
(that's why I think Mike will do fine, that and his lack of imagination). :roll: :lol:

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Post by r10crw » Mon Mar 04, 2013 1:31 pm

Theres one on there with Jonathan Luthman, just brilliant! :D
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Post by pete » Mon Mar 04, 2013 3:53 pm

An email I received this morning. Suggestions welcome.

Hello Pete,
    Thanks for your mail and i will want you to know that i am ok with your asking prices and will want you to know that i will be instructing my associate to make out the payment to you in form of bankers draft that will clear into your bank account in two to three working days and also want you to know my shipping feels will be included as well as soon as you have the draft cleared into your bank account you send the refund to my shipper that will be coming down to your place for the pick up of the CAR and also want you to states out your contact information like this?
1,full name
2,address
3,poster code
4,phone number

so that i can instruct the payment as soon as possible , hope to hear from you.

Regard
Mark
'99 - '03 Titanium S1 111S.
'03 - '10 Starlight Black S2 111S
'11 - '17 S2 135R
'17 - '19 S2 Exige S+
'23 - ?? Evora

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Post by rossybee » Mon Mar 04, 2013 4:12 pm

Why, when reading that, did I have a Nigerian accent in my head?
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Post by sendmyusername » Mon Mar 04, 2013 8:38 pm

my standard reply now, after trying to sell my exige --
that is great news !
i am so glad that you agree to buy at my price.
and that you don't ask any questions about my car until after you have agreed to buy, that is truely wonderful !!
paypal is fantastic for me as i have used it before and know just how secure it it, it is like a chocolate teapot.
how i wish you could come for inspection too, however i understand that money laundering must take a up a huge ammount of your time.
it is unfortunate that you will be away for nine days, however if you send me your sister and a goat for sacrifice i will keep the car muchly for you for the nine days
i feel i must congradulate the effort that has gone into this email, as i realise your grasp of english is pretty poor.
please remember to cut airholes in the box you send your sister and your goat in, perhaps a partition too so your sister isn't pregnant when she arrives ?
if your sister is pretty i may take 5 euros off the asking price

scams almost always ask on second email for paypal, and the exact way to sign up for it etc....

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Post by woody » Mon Mar 04, 2013 9:47 pm

My Nigerian friend refers to and addresses most people as My Man! Or Bro! If it's a middle aged lady. Therefore, I suggest starting your email with My Man!

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Post by a4drk » Mon Mar 04, 2013 11:19 pm

This one is brilliant........
http://www.419eater.com/html/bornking.htm

read the questions on the Anti terrorism Forms.
Q- Do you have any weapons of Mass destruction?

Q - Are you sure ?


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Re: Scammers

Post by pete » Tue Mar 05, 2013 2:52 am

sendmyusername wrote:my standard reply now, after trying to sell my exige --
that is great news !
i am so glad that you agree to buy at my price.
and that you don't ask any questions about my car until after you have agreed to buy, that is truely wonderful !!
paypal is fantastic for me as i have used it before and know just how secure it it, it is like a chocolate teapot.
how i wish you could come for inspection too, however i understand that money laundering must take a up a huge ammount of your time.
it is unfortunate that you will be away for nine days, however if you send me your sister and a goat for sacrifice i will keep the car muchly for you for the nine days
i feel i must congradulate the effort that has gone into this email, as i realise your grasp of english is pretty poor.
please remember to cut airholes in the box you send your sister and your goat in, perhaps a partition too so your sister isn't pregnant when she arrives ?
if your sister is pretty i may take 5 euros off the asking price

scams almost always ask on second email for paypal, and the exact way to sign up for it etc....
Yep. That was the other one.

Why? I mean it's just my email address?

I keep thinking of this.

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'99 - '03 Titanium S1 111S.
'03 - '10 Starlight Black S2 111S
'11 - '17 S2 135R
'17 - '19 S2 Exige S+
'23 - ?? Evora

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