Bargain Merc SL scam?

[Chris_W_Q4]

I was durfing Autotrader looking at 90's Merc SL's and came across a 2004 SL500 with 14k miles for.... £6000. Parkers value this at £20k.

 

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/ ... ?logcode=p

 

I e-mailed the seller and got this reply:

 

Hello there,

I am glad to hear that you are interested to buy my 2004 Mercedes-Benz SL500!

Although I am registered in the UK,i recently moved to Cadiz,Spain (where my family is from) and the car is being shipped from here. I want to sell it in UK due to the fact that it's an UK version (right handed),it meets all UK standards.I bought this car from UK and It still has UK registration, so you won't have to pay any import and insurance fees.The car meets all United Kingdom guidelines so there will be no problem regarding UK Customs policy on receiving the car.The car is in perfect condition, the bodywork is immaculate,no scratches, dents or hidden defects as well as the interior in excellent non-smoking condition , never been implied in any accident and it is as advertised .The car comes with log book, HPI cleared, No finance. You will get from me the keys and all documents to register the car in you name.If the car is not how i described it, i will offer a full refund. It will be insured during transportation and will be delivered at your address in maximum 10 days. Final price is GBP 6,000 (the price includes shipping and insurance fees).The price is low because the car is right hand drive in a country where all cars are left hand drive so in the Spain is very difficult to drive this type of vehicle and nobody wants to buy it here in Spain.Instead of keeping it in garage (during this economical crisis), I decided to sell it to someone back in the UK for a really attractive price.

I want to take this opportunity to assure you that this deal is 100% legitimate,the deal will be manage by a well known company,in this way both buyer and seller are 100% covered during the steps of this transaction.

Let me know if you need any further details or if you would like to buy my car.

Thank you!

 

Total bollocks. Why lose £15k on the value because you couldn't be bothered selling the car in the UK...

 

**GR8 4 LOSING £6k**

 

Reply suggestions welcome.. Or e-mail him and beat me to it!!

[Parky]

Saw a very similar scam involving a Volvo 4x4 some years ago. All appeared legit, even the shipping company website link on the advert appeared legit - until I tried googling the shipping firm and nothing came up. It was quite professionally done but lets face it, if its too good to be true, then its too good to be true.Try asking for the registration number for "HP Checking" purposes to see if it actually exists

[Tayne]

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[RedSparrow]

I knew it was a scam and asked all sorts of bullshit questions for all sorts of bullshit replies (has the flux capacitor been changed as age and mileage indicate its about to go? Yes, flux capacitor was changed by main dealer just before we left the UK)

Lol! Really? they fell for that?!

[Tayne]

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[ashmicro]

Yes, I wish I could remember the other shit I asked as well...

Rambler valve for vertical steam trapGiggly pins on either end of the laughing shaftPlugs and points (on a diesel)Clutch basketFireWire Ports on Engine management ECU

[chaseracer]

Surprise, surprise - it's been pulled...

[Station]

Replace 'spain' with 'Nigeria', and 'car' with 'non-existant scam'."IITGTBTII"

[Lankytim]

http://forum.419eater.com/forum/album_picm.php?pic_id=32

 

Shit, the pic doesnt work!

 

www.419eater.com is the site anyway. Very good fun!

[Pillock]

Always worthwhile wasting their time.... their entire business model revolves around keeping interest so they'll agree to anything and everything if it moves you one step closer to sending the money.

[autofive]

i get emails like this all the time, i usually ignore them but last year answered a couple of emails with; "nice try, but its obviously a scam, feel free to test out some more scams on me, and i will give my opinion", after several emails to and fro one cheeky monkey suggested we meet to discuss 'a multi million dollar business opportunity' at manchetser airport on a particular day and time, i agreed, told them to tannoy for me in the visitors lounge, my names is Bjorn yarsterdy