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Old Nov 14, 2004 | 10:48 AM
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Hi guys, long story short, I contact this guy thru email to purchase this car that was supposingly in NY. I'm in MA... anyways, guy says he just moved to PHOENIX and sends me this....

Hi,
sorry about that, I had the feeling that I mentioned about Phoenix in my first email to you. I recently moved out, and I'm selling the car because I need the money for a house down payment. We own two cars, and one of them has to go. Since I love my M5, we decided to sell the Acura. It was driven only by my wife, never with a rough hand.
I'll try to explain about shipping the car there. Basically you'll recieve the car and you will have a 5 day inspection period in wich you can test drive the car for about 200 miles and you can take it to your mechanic for more detailed inspection.
This won't cost you anything, but I really have to know that you have serious intentions in buying the car. There is nothing wrong with the car, it has never been involved in any accidents, the interior is very well maintained, no mechanical problems. The car drives great, so if you like the color, there should be no reason to reject it.
No doubt you're a honest man, but before I ship the car I'll have to know that your funds are good, so we should use a third party company that will hold the money until our transaction is over. Please visit www.fund2test.com and read their terms of use and just in case you are not familiar with such companys you can read all about how it works as well. If you're ok with it, please register with them and let me know your user mail.
Also, if you are ok with it, let me know your shipping address, I'll need that to start planning the shipping. Waiting for your reply.
Regards,
Fred
coudnt find anything on that domain name either... :ugh:
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Old Nov 14, 2004 | 10:52 AM
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Scam.
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Old Nov 14, 2004 | 10:53 AM
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was registered on the 11th of this month, run.
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Old Nov 14, 2004 | 10:54 AM
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Originally Posted by Master Yodub
Scam.
definitly looks sounds & smells like it. so is the site part of their scheme? Or is the site an innocent third party?
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Old Nov 14, 2004 | 10:54 AM
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Originally Posted by Deekth Vader
was registered on the 11th of this month, run.
:doh: thanks i coudnt look anything up on it.
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Old Nov 14, 2004 | 11:53 AM
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I'd just say "No, thanks" and forget about it.
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Old Nov 14, 2004 | 11:59 AM
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There's another site out there i forgot the name that will take your money and they wont give it to the seller until you receive the item and its as promised. I forgot the name but i know some HANers around here know what im talking about. If i was to ever buy anything on here it would go through that method. If they dont like it then i dont buy it simple as that.
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Old Nov 14, 2004 | 12:01 PM
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Originally Posted by Jae Jae Binks
There's another site out there i forgot the name that will take your money and they wont give it to the seller until you receive the item and its as promised. I forgot the name but i know some HANers around here know what im talking about. If i was to ever buy anything on here it would go through that method. If they dont like it then i dont buy it simple as that.
www.escrow.com
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Old Nov 14, 2004 | 12:02 PM
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Originally Posted by nevets

See i knew someone would know what i was talking about
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