Brian E

Well guys, it looks like there is a crook cruising the forums.
A gentleman contacted me about my 997S.
He made all these elaborate plans to buy the car. He had me convinced he was legitimate until he was supposed to pick up the car this weekend. He was supposed to get it Saturday, then because of the weather, he would get it today.
He sent me another e-mail today telling me he didnt want to get the car again because of the weather.
Now the good part, he wants to send me a check to pay for shipping the car to him and oh by the way, the check will be for more than the shipping and just send him back the difference. I sent him back an e-mail telling him to kiss off. I sent him another e-mail to let him know I would be warning everyone, now I see his e-mail is no longer valid.
Sellers BEWARE!

Trj

Do you have a name? Im wondering if I was conatacted by him as well?

Brave Heart

Brian

Is he a RennLister ?

Mark

MMD

It's nice that he's probably got a ******* so it can be torn off if anybody catches him.

tkids

I have tried selling one of my cars/wheelset through a site out here in CA. That is the common scam. I am not sure who would fall for that.

P997C2S

This particular scam has become quite common in the last few years. I always wonder who falls for these scams too. Someone must because these crooks have defrauded hundreds of millions of dollars from people over the last few years.

Brian E

Mark, he said he saw my post on one of the other P car forums. He seemed very knowledgable.
Looking back on the situation, I should have been suspicious when he didnt want to communicate by phone, only by e-mail. He said his name was John from Louisville KY.

Riad

You really should post all of his details, otherwise this information doesn't really help.

jcf7

Brian, I understand the "....I'll send you more for shipping, please send me the balance..." scam, but in this case would you not ask for a wire transfer for the car? How was the car being paid for? What am I missing here? In any case, I'm glad you realized what was going on and pulled out.

SrfCity

This guy could be located anywhere. Nigeria perhaps?

Brian E

He was going to bring me a cashiers check to pay for the car. My gut feeling now is that he never intended to come get the car. I think the weather delays were all leading up to " I will send you a check, send me back the balance"
I also wanted to complete the transaction during business hours on a week day, but he could only do it on the weekend. All the signs pointing to a scam were there, I just didnt pick up on them early enough.

tkids

Stay postive! If I was so set on a 4, I would of taken you up on your great car! Plus, I would of offered to fly in on a Friday with Cash and Cashiers check and drive it home. I did that in Florida once.

On this last go around selling my car I had so many BSers. But it only took one serious buyer.

Best of Luck!

Vancouver83LTD

Oh god I thought you guys were onto me....
*unstuffs bank vault sacks with large $ on them*

P997C2S

Cashiers checks are easily forged. The crook didn't want your car. All he wanted was the cash you would have sent him for the excess shipping costs.

SamG

I agree, these days cashier's checks are no more safe than a personal check. When I sold my corvette the (out of state) buyer sent me a cashier's check from Wells Fargo bank. I took it to the local Wells Fargo branch to cash it, they called his branch to see if it was in fact good and that branch called him to make sure I should be cashing the check before my local branch would give me the money. If the banks don't trust their own checks, we should'nt either.

Cash or bank wire transfer is the best way to go.