It’s “can’t leave”!

I’ve been looking for a new car lately and came across an ‘06 Lexus IS 350 with low miles and it was pretty much loaded. This car should be worth around $30,000, but the car was listed for $9,900. Obviously it was a scam, but I decided to e-mail the guy to mess with him. Here is the transcript:

Scammer: Hello,
The car is in excellent condition. It has never been involved in an accident and it has a clear title. I recently relocated to U.K but the car is in the states. If you proove to be a serious buyer it will be no problem for me to fly there and show you the car. Please email me for any other questions you may have.
I will attach the details and pictures.

Me: Fly over here I have cash in hand right now.

Scammer: Hello,
The price is $9,900.

Me: OK will you fly over here for the payment?

Scammer: Hello,
I can arrange to meet you this Sunday or next week if you decide to buy it. My only request is that you make a safe deposit for the car before I get there. I need a guarantee that I won’t loose my time. We can use an auto escrow company for you to make a safe deposit. I belive $1500 is enough to convince me that I won’t keep the car for nothing. In case you won’t like the car, but I think you will love it, you will get your amount back from the escrow company. I am waiting your email.

Me: I just put the money in escrow.com

I researched the escrow scams and found a reputable site, escrow.com. I’m sure the guy’s next message will be to put it in some other escrow company that is on a fraud list.

I’ll keep you guys updated, and hopefully this helps some of you out if you come across a situation like this! Who knows, maybe I’ll get some rich guy who doesn’t need the money?! I wish…

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This is too cool.

Yeah.

If the airplane is falling apart how would you fix it? Apparently on Mexican planes all you need is some packing tape to do the job.

This has to be one of the worst airplanes in existence. I really wonder what the costs are to travel in it. Must be really cheap since they lowered their maintenance costs by using packing tape.

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