Sounds very suspect to me - I think that this type of scam has been
reported before - the way to solve this, assuming that you don't have
the time to involve any police authorities who would probably only be
interested when you have actually lost your money (car), would be to
ask the 'buyer' just to send you a bank draft anyway and to worry about
his '$5800' on his own time. In any event, even when you have a bank
draft in your hands, wait until your bank has confirmed that it is good
before you ship the car. Also be careful to tell the 'buyer' that if
he is arranging shipping that title to the car passes to him as soon as
the car leaves your property and not before and certainly not
afterwards!!
Ian
PS - I'm sure that a US qualified attorney will provide more
appropriate advice - I am not legally qualified so take this as you
find it.
On 3 Jul 2004, at 20:38, DanT wrote:
> Hi all,
> First I'd like to wish everyone a happy and safe 4th of July.
> Now I have a question. Has anyone ever sold a car to an out of the USA
> person?
> I'm trying to sell a 52 Imperial and this is one of the many e-mails
> that
> I've gotten for it. It sounds like a money scam to me. Anyone else get
> these?
> Dan
>
> "Thanks a lot for your mail.It is highly appreciated.Yes
> i am still interested in buying the 1952 Imperial . and
> i'm ready to pay you $1,400.Like i said earlier i am
> based in Ontario,Canada.I would appreciate it if you
> could send me 2 or more pictures.I will be ready to buy
> from you if you can assure me that you will label the
> 1952 Imperial already sold in any ad site you may have
> placed it for sale,as i'm serious about buying your
> item .
>
> As regards shipping i have made arrangements with a
> shipping company that will be on ground to do the pick
> up at any location of your
> choice.But they will have to inform you on when and
> where the pick up will be made,so you'll not need to
> contact any shipping company.
>
> As regards payment,this is what i am going to do,i have
> a client in the us who is owing me $5,800 .I would
> instruct him to make out a
> check to you in that amount and as soon as it clears
> your bank,you can let me have my balance via western
> union money transfer.
>
> The reason why i am doing this is because if i decide
> to send payment from over here it might take a long
> time before it goes through,but a
> check sent from over there withing the US would clear
> between 2 and 3 days.
>
> Although the value of the check is more than the price
> of the 1952 Imperial ,i think i can trust you with my
> balance considering the fact that i still have to trust
> you with the item.
>
> Please if you are interesetd in selling to me,i would
> appreciate it if you could get back to me so that we
> can proceed.Please i would need for you to provide me
> with your name as you would want it to appear on the
> check and your address and phone number so that i can
> have my client send payment to you asap.
>
>
>
>
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