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The soldier selling a cheap carSCAM
A real scam people fell for this year, next to the real thing. The numbers mark the three things to check: hover or tap one to see what it tells you.
Hi, yes the Civic is still available. $9,800, clean title, 61,000 miles, and the service records are in the glovebox.
You can come see it and take it for a drive on Saturday, I'm in Dayton. Feel free to bring your mechanic or have it inspected.
If you buy it, we can do the paperwork at your bank. Tom
Hi, yes the Civic is still available. $4,200, clean title, 61,000 miles. I am selling it cheap because I am in the Army and I am being deployed overseas next week.
The car is already at the eBay Motors shipping center. The payment goes through eBay Vehicle Purchase Protection and you get a 5 day trial at home before you decide.
Send me your full name and address and eBay will email you the invoice.
Always check the car.
A cheap car you can never see, "already at the eBay shipping center" with a 5 day trial. eBay doesn't ship private cars or hold your money, and the car doesn't exist.
A private seller writing from his own Gmail.
Also a seller on Gmail. The email looks just as ordinary.
Come see the car, drive it, bring a mechanic, and pay at your bank.
Send your name and address so "eBay" can invoice you for a car you have never seen.
A normal price ($9,800) and a Saturday visit.
Half the usual price because she is "being deployed next week".
RememberNever buy a car you can't see and drive first. No real company ships a private car on a trial.
Would you have spotted it?
10 pairs like this one, three minutes, a score to share. Then find out who in the family is the easy mark.