I REALLY DO NOT RECOMMEND SCREWING WITH SCAMMERS (all caps are
intentional). But there is a group of people who do it for sport:

http://www.419eater.com

Chris

On 8/25/06, Florian Speier <groups.florian@gmail.com> wrote:
> hi list,
>
> so this morning i found a great westy on craigslist east bay - 1990,
> 64950miles, great condition. for $6700! So of course I email the owner,
> would like to see the car. I asked this list for someone to run the carfax,
> got one within an hour, and it looks fine.
> then i decide to email the seller a couple extra questions and craigslist
> tells me the posting is no more. i look it up and it says deleted by
> craigslist staff.......
> I am slightly frustrated and check ebay for current westys...... and voila
> http://tinyurl.com/gte79
>
> there is the same car, same vin.
> hmmmmm, thats weird. and its located in georgia. so i guess some person
> copied the text and fotos and is trying something bad...... no further
> action on my side. and voila, what shows up in my mailbox just now? the
> following email: *
>
> *Hi there,
> Thank you for contacting me regarding my car.
> First of all i want to tell you that the car is in perfect condition, and
> the price includes all the shipping costs and insurance so you will not
> have to pay any extra charges.The car has a Clean Title wich will come
> along with it. I moved to Sweden because i was sent here with
> work. The car is in a perfect condition.It's a great car, I am devastated
> that I
> have to sell it but I have to pay too much money to register it here,so I
> decide to sell it. The car it is still registered in States but curently is
> located in Malmo ,  Sweden.
> The car will be shipped with Lufthansa Air Cargo, and will be on your door
> in 5 max 6 days.
> For our protection i will use for payment Craigslist ( a third party wich
> hold the payment until u receive the car ) . If you want to continue,please
> send me your full name and your shipping address  ( and also phone # ) so I
> let Craigslist know that you are interested .You will receive an email from
> them instructing you about how to send payment and they'll release the funds
> to me only after you receive and inspect the car.When i will have the
> Craigslist confirmation,i will ship the car to you.
> I think that this is a fair way to make business and I hope that you will
> agree. I don't touch your money until you receive and inspect the car.
> Hoping that I have kept your attention and your interest is still on, I look
> forward for any questions that you might have regarding the car.
> Regards
>
>
>
> hmmm, yeah man. i dont think so. what bugs me most is that for once i used
> my real private email adress, not my groups or shopping mail adress. well i
> wonder how to annoy that guy best now. maybe i will play along and send him
> false western union numbers or something to make him run?
> totally ruined my morning.
> flo
> *
>
> *
>