Re: [Chrysler300] Fw: 1961 Chrysler 300G

[MARK HOPKINS <m.hopkins@xxxxxxx>]

Greetings - There is a very good summary of how these various scams work on the Cars On Line home page at 
www.cars-on-line.com  (scroll to the bottom of their home page).  As Anthony points out, the cues are hotmail or gmail email addresses, a sob story or too busy to come and see the car, or working offshore etc, and broken English.  Offering more than the asking price is a frequent come on. Most recently, they've even found a way to run their scam through PayPal, which is also explained on the Cars on Line site. It's a useful 10 minute read before you list a car on an internet site. The site may be quite legit, but these scammers still try to exploit them. They seem to originate in Nigeria and Russia because of lax laws and/or enforcement, although they use American names and area codes in US states. 
 
Heading home to power polish my Barracuda! 
 
Mark in Calgary 
 
 

----- Original Message -----
From: Anthony Ballato <anthony.ballato@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wednesday, July 25, 2012 9:00 am
Subject: [Chrysler300] Fw: 1961 Chrysler 300G
To: Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

> Greetings fellow collectors:
> 
> I received this obvious scam offer below to sell a mint 300G for 
> only $12,000  after responding to an ad on www.adpost.com .
> 
> First, I doubt the extremely low mileage of 4,850 on a 51 year 
> old car and then the "too good to be true" low price at a 
> fraction of the car's worth.
> Next comes the sympathy story that has been circulated before ( 
> husband killed in Iraq)  and failure to provide any phone 
> number or documents despite several requests.
> The following email offering to ship the car from England (when 
> advertised to be in Lancaster, PA) for FREE confirms this is unreal.
> 
> Anyway, the attached photos should be of interest to club 
> members as perhaps it may be of a car you know or own.
> I also wonder if anyone else has received a similar offer to 
> sell this car?
> I welcome your replies and be ware of Nigerian type scams.
> 
> I am still looking to buy a real 300 letter car or preferably a 
> Chrysler wagon (1961 or similar) so if anyone knows of any nice 
> ones for sale please reply.
> 
> Thanks for your interest.
>   
> Anthony T. Ballato
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
>  
> Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2012 7:26 AM
> Subject: 1961 Chrysler 300G
> 
> 
> Hello,
> 
> 
> Thank you for your interest, the car is in great shape, no 
> engine problems, damages or hidden defects. The car was my 
> husband`s as he loved it very much,  but he did not enjoy 
> it so much, he died in a IRAQ 9 months ago. It brings very bad 
> memories to me, I want to get rid of it. I`m a single mother 
> with 2 children's and now I have some problems with the money 
> because we just moved back to my homeland United Kingdom.
> The mileage is 4,850 and the price is $12,000.
> 
> 
> Please let me know if you are still interested.
> 
> 
> Thank you.
> Melissa Coleman
> 
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> 
> 

Mark Hopkins 
403 660-0505


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