Salvage title, wire transfer, New Jersey...

[yooper]

I'll keep everyone updated as this unfolds, but here's the story.... A dude I know, Ben, "bought" a Subaru off the internet for $2500.00. He sent the money via Western Union wire transfer. When he emailed the guy to arrange pick up, the guy said the car HAD to be shipped, because it had a salvage title. My man decided he was going to go anyway.... The seller said the car had no headlights, so Ben decided he would get the car and get it fixed up enough to drive from New Jersey back to upper Michigan. As we speak, he's on a Greyhound on the way to Joisey.

Any bets how this is going to turn out????

[bmg97]

I bet he ends up as a trans-gender prostitute in Beijing.

[ski.stealer]

I knew the american auto industry was dead, but I had no idea that people from MI were driving half way across the country to pay $2.5K for beat to shit subbies - let alone risking being sold into sex slavery..

If this doesn't pan out, and your friend doesn't end up as a chick with a dick, I've got a rusted out honda he can have for $5K.... And I promise not to touch his cornhole.

[jgb@etree]

Any bets how this is going to turn out????

Your buddy wakes up in a bathtub full of ice and his kidney's are missing?

[freezorburn]

Joisey next to NY, Is the greatest place with the most wonderful people on Earth. Tv, Movies and Media give us a bad rap.

Have your friend contat me if he is in the north end of the state maybe I can help him out.

[Edgnar]

Your friend got scammed. As to what happens in Jersey...

[legallyillegal]

$2500 lesson in stupidity

[RShea]

$2500 lesson in stupidity

Actually more than that- add the bus ticket to the money order for the vehicle. One saving he may have is that the scammers never expect the person to show up in person. Could possibly help that he will be able to pursue the scam listing with the local police or talk to the the local District Attorney if there in fact no car waiting for him.

[grrrr]

His new pimp will be waiting at the greyhound station.

[carvedog]

I don't really see how this will end well. Subarus, slow public transport, salvage titles and seedy car sellers.....Ok I will stop now. Could be nouveau country song if it was a pickup......



yeah I have the album

[jgb@etree]

I'm just wondering why they guy wired the $$$ via Western Union if he is heading out to pickup the car in person?

[Lonnie]

Is your buddy a big feller??

[PASKIINGSUCKS]

Doesn't sound good. Best of luck to him. I've got a 96 rotting in the driveway that needs a trans. It ain't salvaged and I'd let it go for less than half that, hell less than half of half of that. Is this your buddies first time buying a car?

[Yukonrider]

Does he actually think he isn't getting scammed?

[stan]

This may end badly. There is a strong likelihood that the "seller" doesn't own the car at all.

When I started shopping for a car last year, I found a "great deal" on Craigslist. The seller even had the VIN number for the car. This was another "need to ship the car" type deal. However, when I googled the VIN number, it turned out that the vehicle was not in Montana, but rather was being sold by a dealership in Florida, which had never heard of the "seller"... I asked. I am not sure that the seller even really existed, either.

Same old story: if the deal seems too good to be true, it probably is.

[Cleveland Steamer]

Your friend has been scammed have him extract the headers from the email and copy them then go here http://www.iptrackeronline.com/ then click on the button that says "Email header analysis" paste the header into the box and submit And I will bet you money that the IP resolves to Nigeria.
That tool will not work on gmail addresses it works on yahoo and hotmail and the ISP address you get from your provider.

[Cleveland Steamer]

Oh and for fucks sake before you buy anything on craigslist Google the sellers name and email address 9 times out of 10 there will be reports of the name/email being connected to a scam.

[yooper]

Heh! I had the name "Cleveland Steamers" for my fantasy football team for years...

Yeah, this dude is definitely fucked. Not exactly my "buddy," just I guy that I know. I actually heard the details secondhand from a friend of mine. Can't wait to see how it turns out, but I vote that there is no car, and the address he is going to is an abandoned warehouse or something.

At least he'll have a long ass bus ride home to think about how goddam stupid an idea this was.

[Cleveland Steamer]

I sell stuff on craigslist all the time when I get bored I fuck with the scammers, They think all americans are stupid and will send them money.
As a matter of fact there was a scammer I was fucking with who claimed to be from New Jersey.

[yooper]

I sell stuff on craigslist all the time when I get bored I fuck with the scammers, They think all americans are stupid and will send them money.

Well.... evidently some Americans are.

[RShea]

I'm just wondering why they guy wired the $$$ via Western Union if he is heading out to pickup the car in person?

Thought the same- except maybe the bus ticket was a thought after requiring the car be shipped.

[IslandSnow]

It's funny that you have a picture of Ben as your avatar.

[DasBlunt]

Who the fuck sends 2500USD western union for anything?

[nit wit]

Has he been found dead in an alley yet?

[Danno]

I just wired money to CA for my car, EEK!

But it's a reputable dealer, and hopefully the truck will be shipped soon.