[Mgs] MGB scam

[Doug Mak]

Agreed.. Whenever a guy says the car is in eBay's "storage" is a fake.

The same exact verbiage was used on another ad back in February.
http://www.fightthescams.com/2010/02/16/owner-65027731-autotrader-com-vehicle-lead-2000-bmw-740i/

That's a shame; it's a nice looking car.

doug


On 18 Jul 2010, at 22:41, don wrote:

> In my undending pursuit of a nice early B roadster, I just came upon
> a scam.  Last one of these crooks I encountered, a Christian
> missionary from Tuvolu, wanted to buy my TR8.  This scam is a guy
> supposedly selling a red MGB roadster.
>
> The car is advertised on Auto Trader, and the seller claims to live
> in Los Altos CA.  I live in northern CA, so not that far from
> there.  I tried calling the phone number in the ad and the phone
> number was not a working number.  Hmmm.  I emailed the seller, and
> did get a reply, but no method of contacting by phone was
> offered.  He sent me a link to a website with pretty pictures of the
> car, but no way to contact the guy by phone.  Finally, I get the
> email from him which is very suspicious and I've copied it below.