I am selling my WRX and received this e-mail today... sorry for the length...

Hii ,

Good Day to u,

My Name is James Begg .

I saw ur ads on the web site(Autotrader.co.uk) which am really ok with the illustration u gave on the site.Really i just wanted to know if its still available or not,if still available pls do get back to me so that we can really talk on it.Also i will want um pls tell more details Which u forget to add on the site.

Thanks soo much and i look up to ur urgent response today..

Regards.

James Begg.

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I replied by asking what details he wants to know and received this answer
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Hii Good Day,

Thanks soo much for the mail and yea just to let u know that i am not in the position to make call right now cos my phone dont have the permit to make an international call.So u dont need to worry once we conclude on everything i will locate a local pay phone station to give u a call.But am really ok with the details i got from the web site and its really my tast.

Pls i will want u to give me more details on the Shock Absover,Engine,Radiator,tires condition and the documentation of the car.

Really just to let u know that as for the payment,i will be paying with a Certified Bank Draft drawn from a local bank in UK and as for the shipping i will handle that myself by contacting
my international shipping agent to really handle that for me.Also can u help me send more pics of it if u can and if not u dont need to worry urself about that am ok with this one.

Really I based in Malmo Sweden were i work as a Mechanical Enginer but originally from Wales(Dad if from Wale and mum from Oslo Noway).As for the price i will want u to let me know the last price so that the payment can be sent.


If u are ok with me then u can mail me back and let us conclude on everything today.Pls u can email me with this email cos its my home email so pls any time u are replaying to my email pls do reply to both.

Here is the two contact email once again james_begg_2006@yahoo.co.uk or james_begg_2006_2006@yahoo.co.uk

Regards..

James Begg

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If James is not a dodgy fraudster, my sincere apologies... but I hope you understand the situation... I don't intend to tarnish anyone's image or reputation. Thanx

 

well his english isnt great..... but he was born in wales!!

 

Has a .co.uk e-mail address but based in sweden?

 

scam

 

Scam

 

Scam

 

Scam Scam Scam
Just put his address on a few dodgy sites for daily pics. If we're wrong he gets some free ****...if we're right he gets some free **** and doesn't rip off a Scoobynetter. Everyone's a winner...no one gets ripped off

 

Nobody buys a car in a saturated market without bothering to look at it. And they rarely discuss payment methods early in the process.

If he had said his father was from Scotland, it may have been a bit more convincing (as there are plenty of people with that surname from Scotland - they're famous up there).

He is saying he will get the draft from a bank local to you. So why can't somebody meet you at your own bank with the cash? You could also say that you will require verification from the bank that it is legitimate, before handing over the car and that may take up to three weeks.

He's in Sweden, why would he want to rush the purchase? And even so, why buy a right-hand drive, when there are plenty of left-hookers in Europe. We don't all rush out to buy left-hookers to drive here.

 

scam diddly scam, scam scam scam


lets identify the scamerooney shall we...


1) last price offered, (w*nker, tell him you want a million!!)

2) Crap grammar, Now i know im not the best speller on SN but even a doped up chimp could do better than that!!

3) really in sweden, (my a*rse)

4) phone barred from international calls, and going to use a payphone, again w*nker, if you cant afford internatiomnal on a mobile, you aint going to afford one on a payphone.

5) bankers draft / international transfer, Stolen and will be recalimed against you by the bank

6) 2 stupid email addresses, more scammerooney tattics..



dont get sucked in and dont fall for it...

saying that, i do have two winning tickets on the global hyper lottery, which i entered via an online company last year, and they have finally tracked me down to claim my winnings

Mart

 

when i was selling my car i got hundreds of emails just like that, a total scam

 

defo a scam dont bother with it

 

Tats r naste fing 2 sey boyo

 

Open your eyes mate

james from africa working in sweden searching autotrader.co.uk

anyone going to wale for the rally in dec?

save a bit of time give him your credit card no.,address DOB, PIN, bank details

just came back from sweden, went for the WRC, heard lots of africans talking about buying scoobs from the pages of autotrader.co.uk

http://se.yahoo.com/

 

cant believe you even bothered to reply! SCAM!

 

dont even waste your time replying mate thats a scam if ever I saw one!

 

Thanks for all your replies... sometimes when one is in a position to be taken advantage of... its best to get a 2nd opionion...

Even when people come to view the car I don't feel comfortable because you give your address so they know exactly where you live... where the car lives and who knows what can happen...

Thanks again all.

 

I have been tryin to sell my clio 182 so I dont have to trade in on the 1st of march for my scoob and since advertising it All I have got was Marketers and scammers. This is a definate scam mate steer clear by a mile or 100

 

I had the same problem with a volvo v70 T5 but he was from south africa it is most defo a scam f#?k him off the wa#ker.

 

Can we not FLAME the tw i t

Bombard his email accounts with BMP files of scoobies (nice and big files) ?