RND

Here's the seller's reply:

Thank you for your interest in my car.Price is $17,200 and is not negociable.The car is absolutely perfect,has never been repaired,never been involved in any type of accident or had any paint or body work done tires are at around 90%!The car is located in Modesto, CA and will be sent from here.
I can provide with title and VIN# to check on your own.Also,I can send you the pictures and more details.For the payment we will use ebay protection program for our safety and for payment i prefer to use a eBay Safety Bank Account.
If you are interested in buying it please provide me your full name and address so I can initiate the deal through eBay.
I will wait your answer(if you are interested to buy) very soon. Thank you!

Anyone in Modesto, CA???

Steen

Offer to pick it up in person with a cashiers check... they'll run! Looks identical to a response my sister had me look at when she was buying a car, and that one turned out to be a scam.

Arena993

That car is in every major C-list market. Same ad is on Nashville, TN Craigslist. I be smelling me a scam.

Mike

CorrdoBrit

Its a scam. Don't even bother wasting your time.

turbobooost

ABSOLUTE "SCAM"...E-BAY DOESN'T GET INVOLVED LIKE THAT..SOME INDIVIDUAL TRIED TO DO THAT TO US THE OTHER DAY ON A 91 TURBO SOOOO I CALLED THE OWNER AND HE SAID THE CAR HAD BEEN SOLD MONTHS AGO....SCAM !!! RUN !!!

Chuck W.

These people need to be tarred and feathered…. Literally….. tarred and feathered!

993Brendan

I got the same response when I responded to the Nashville Craigslist ad yesterday. Saw it on Atlanta CL today.

Trader220

This scam is so old. They will ask you for your name and shipping address. They will tell you its already at the shipper and the shipping is paid for. They will want to use "ebay". .... You'll get an emai which looks 100% like its from Ebay and you'll wire the money to where ever that ebay email says and that will be the end of the transaction. The eBay email is a spoof and a good one and it looks like the real deal but its not. eBay is not in the business of getting involved in transaction outside eBay and they have no such buyers service.

Steve 96C4S

This blows that stuff like this is happening out there. Thanks for exposing it as "rope". (rope = BS)

RND

I figured it was a scam with the whole EBAY deal. Figure if we can expose this kind of stuff to the RL community, we'll all be better off. Now, to continue the search...

vincer77

Thought I would have some fun. Here is an email thread:

Hi again,
The car is at the shipping company,sealed and ready for shipping.I have a contract with eBay so this deal must go through them.According with eBay you have 5 days from the time you receive the car to inspect it and decide if you want to keep it or not.
Here is how it will work:
First of all I will need the following details from you:full name,full shipping address.After I will receive the details from you,I will forward them to eBay.After they will process your info,they will send us both invoices.The invoice will send you the details on how to make a refundable payment.eBay will contact me and I will ship the car to you.After you receive the car you will have 5 days to test,verify and do whatever you want with the car.If you will buy it,then I will receive the payment details from eBay so that I can pick up the money.
If you will decide that you will not buy the car,eBay will refund the money and I will have the shipping company come pick up my car.If you wish to make the transaction,please send me the necessary info so that we can proceed.I look forward to hear from you.
Thank you!
________________________________________
To: michael.bancroft@msn.com
Subject: RE: 1995 Porsche 911
Date: Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:04:35 -0800

Fantastic! I have a friend in Modesto. When can he come see it?

From: Michael Bancroft [mailto:michael.bancroft@msn.com]
Sent: Saturday, November 21, 2009 1:13 AM
Subject: Re: 1995 Porsche 911

Thank you for your interest in my car.Price is $17,200 and is not negociable.The car is absolutely perfect,has never been repaired,never been involved in any type of accident or had any paint or body work done tires are at around 90%!The car is located in Modesto, CA and will be sent from here.
I can provide with title and VIN# to check on your own.Also,I can send you the pictures and more details.For the payment we will use ebay protection program for our safety and for payment i prefer to use a eBay Safety Bank Account.
If you are interested in buying it please provide me your full name and address so I can initiate the deal through eBay.
I will wait your answer(if you are interested to buy) very soon.
Thank you!

Speedyellow993

I'm not sure why the COPS are so useless when it comes to this???

roblav

You'd think that someone with a 95 Porsche 993 could use correct English grammar and punctuation. That tends to be my first clue.