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    Scam or just plain too good to be true?

    What do you guys reckon? I'd fly down there right now and hand over the cash if its real lol.

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    Lol, thats kinda near me .
    too good to be true btw
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    haha, you should go check it out!
    How is a scam like that supposed to work anyway? If there's not actually a car, how can anyone pay the money for it? And who'd be stupid enough to pay in advance before even having seen it?

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    uuhhh typo?

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    Quote Originally Posted by The_Canuck View Post
    uuhhh typo?
    should help get him lots of attention though. except maybe from the wrong social class.

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    Sounds like a downpayment to me.
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    Simply a scam to get your email address, then whore it out to the interweb. They got me with a $5000 NSX

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    Quote Originally Posted by fisetdavid26 View Post
    Sounds like a downpayment to me.
    I'm sure insurance per year with Insurance Corporation British Columbia wouldn't be far off either lol.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Je$u$ Chri$t View Post
    Simply a scam to get your email address, then whore it out to the interweb. They got me with a $5000 NSX
    OMG JESUS!

    Anyway its probably a typo. I've seen plenty of Mustangs for sale listed as something completely different.
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    Quote Originally Posted by baddabang View Post
    OMG JESUS!

    Anyway its probably a typo. I've seen plenty of Mustangs for sale listed as something completely different.
    I'M IN A BUSINESS TRIP AND I DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO MY WORK EMAIL. PLEASE EMAIL ME ONLY HERE: [email protected]
    If they don't want to use autotrader's email service its probably a scam.

    BTW, I am the user formerly known as Turbo.Jenkens. Did I get banned? I know its against the rules to have 2 accounts but this is the only way I know to ask. About a week ago my login info got reset, I've tried the "email new password" at least a dozen times to no avail.
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    Quote Originally Posted by baddabang View Post
    plenty of Mustangs
    Changing sides?

    Some other examples of this tom foolery:
    Z06

    Z06#2

    Bastardized RX-7

    NSX

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    Quote Originally Posted by Je$u$ Chri$t View Post
    If they don't want to use autotrader's email service its probably a scam.

    BTW, I am the user formerly known as Turbo.Jenkens. Did I get banned? I know its against the rules to have 2 accounts but this is the only way I know to ask. About a week ago my login info got reset, I've tried the "email new password" at least a dozen times to no avail.
    No, you are not banned... try contacting Wouter by PM.
    Reginald *IB4R* says:
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    I smell tomfoolery.

    They all follow the same plot lines - great car, contact me only on ...email address...

    There's never a phone number.
    I'm dropping out to create a company that starts with motorcycles, then cars, and forty years later signs a legendary Brazilian driver who has a public and expensive feud with his French teammate.

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    It's just like scammers on Craigslist...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Zytek_Fan View Post
    It's just like scammers on Craigslist...
    I had lots sent to me through that site. All completely obvious ones of course, like "I'm out of the country so I'm getting a friend to bring you the check, I hope I can trust you and bla bla bla" b.s. like that. Its a complete waste of peoples' time and I doubt anyone even falls for it. But when a nice car is listed for cheap, I'm tempted to ask, because there's always that "what if." Obviously in the case of the SL, granted its real, the crack addict that stole it dug through the ash tray for enough pennies to get him just enough time in an internet cafe to list it for enough money to buy more crack. I say as long as you don't part with any personal information aside from some useless hotmail account, there's no harm done.
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