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Old 09-04-2016, 06:47 AM
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Anyone looking for spyder should jump on this if it's legit

http://www.autotrader.com/cars-for-s...34166708&Log=0
Old 09-04-2016, 08:46 AM
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That's a scam, those pics were copied from the west coast. There's a dealer that popped up in Miami listing all the hot Porsches well below market
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Ok that makes sense
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Good catch on the scam! That car in the ad is my car as of about a month ago.


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Old 09-04-2016, 02:57 PM
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Yeah as much as I like that Spyder I'd have to grab that 2011 black Ferrari Italia that dealer has listed with 4K miles for $ 138,900

With rare exception, if it's too good to be true, it probably is.
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Scam. They take pics from the ad and then email you making believe they're interested to get you to give them the VIN, allegedly to run a Carfax. I don't give my VIN to anyone until I'm able to vet the person. I had the same scammer contact me twice about my Spyder, forgetting he had already tried.
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Features included in this truly unique Spyder:

3rd Row Seats
Bedliner
Child Seat
Fold Flat Seats
Moonroof AND Sunroof
Trailer Hitch

Damn, that's one unique car!
Old 09-05-2016, 11:30 AM
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I guess the people who fall for these scams don't read the whole ad so it doesn't matter!
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To be brutally honest, you have to be really stupid to fall victim of any of those scams. The first step that scares away maybe 99% of them is to ask for a phone number. If you don't get one, move on. For most of us, only the great scammers makes us waste maybe a few minutes of our time. We can smell the rest by the ad alone, and don't even bother to keep looking.
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So what is the point of the add if its fake?
Old 09-13-2016, 11:12 AM
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Originally Posted by skuplist
So what is the point of the add if its fake?
I have been told they are after the unicorns with lots more money than brains.
Like the horrible grammatical errors on scam emails - they're looking for people who don't pick up on the obvious and still click "open file".



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