Serious bargain for someone if this is a real add
http://www.gumtree.com/p/cars-vans-m...ell/1049464790

 

which it clearly isnt.

 

Misprint, scam or stolen...without any doubt

 

For the naive among us, how does the scam work?

Do you turn up to a bogus address with a bag of cash and someone knocks you over the head, or do they expect people to pay with a bank transfer before collecting the car and run off with your money?

I see loads of ads like this especially on Gumtree and I wonder what's the point? How do you get scammed?

 

Maybe it's just people with no friends wanting loads of phone calls

 

You'll be asked to forward a deposit or part payment with the rest due upon delivery which of course never happens! There is a person or persons who use the name Evelyn who seem to be the most active at the moment. You'll often get a text that you can't reply to but the English is good and often quite convincing.
How does this work......simple.......people are greedy for a bargain!! Too good to be true? Then it usually is
Dave.

 

Thanks. Are people really greedy/stupid enough to forward a deposit, car unseen?

 

 

It will be a few of weegies waiting to smack you round the head full of buckfast..

 

Im tempted to wind this guy up. Im a big boy and from Glasgow. Wonder what would happen if I said right got the cash lets meet and do the swap.

Interesting. As stated are people stupid enough to put down a deposit with seeing a car?

 

SOLD TO ME

Thanks for all those potentially interested but I have now bought this.

Sent him £3'000, and he going to deliver it to me and refund me the difference in cost, I cant wait!

 

Not as sore as a Geordie putting a sturdy bottle of brown ale round yer head

 

That's a fair point

 

Seriously though, I just dont understand how people get caught out with scams like this.

 

Definitely go for it (I'll be with you in spirit).

If it comes off you've got a great deal.

There are sales like this that are real, like divorces where the wife sells the husband's Porsche for £2000 etc.

 

Just off the phone the guy said his friend put his car and number on gumtree for a wind up lol

 

What a guy.

 

I can see why it is so cheap - its got a roof scoop

 

ha ha

 

Also for sale here:

http://nitroaddiction.co.uk/classifi...dshire/subaru/

 

No mods so insurance compliant???

300BHP?
Roof vent?
18" Wheels?
HKS Exhaust?

Assume it's a JDM of sorts with the rear wash wipe, privacy glass, auto water spray, etc.