i got this email in responce to a clasifed ad i put up in here a few days ago. something just doesnt seem right about it and i wantedto see if anyone here knew her or has dome buissness w/ this person befor. please help!
it just seems very jumbled any why would someone wnt to ship an engine 2 egypt?

From : kathy wright <k_athywright@yahoo.fr>
Sent : Wednesday, September 22, 2004 6:46 PM
To : vladicore@hotmail.com
Subject : LT1 well over 400 hp

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Hello,

I am intrested in purchasing your LT1 well over 400 hp,i will like to know the best price so we can disuss further because i have been looking for this type for a very long time, hopefully the parts was in quite good condition ? and i want you to narrate the condition of the parts for me in full or send it pics via mail if available,it will be shipped to EGYPT and i have a shipping agent that will cater for signing the paper and all the relevant documents at your location. so i want you to send your contact name and address including your phone # in which you can receive a payable cheque,hope to read from you soon.
Regards.

 

Don't do it, it is a scam. They tried to get my friend to do that with his 86 Vette. I was selling it on autotrader.com for him. The guy offered to pay double and arrange shipping. But every time I asked him for a phone number and exact address, he would avoid the question and eventually stopped responding.

 

Agreed. Super big time scam. What will happen is that he will get back with you and say that he is sending you a check for more than the amount of the engine. He will then ask you to please send the extra money back to him. The check is fake and you send him XX dollars never to be seen again. Tell him Camels don't need LT1's.

 

super big time thanks guys! i kew something just wasnt right about this email. ill be sure to give him/her an interesting reply!

 

I have only sold something to someone overseas once and it was to a gentlemen in England. I only trusted him after he had sent me 10 or so emails with basic car questions before he even wanted to by my stuff. Plus with paypal you can get around the scammers. These scams seem to be comming from Italy and many arabic regions.

 

ok this is no joke after i posted the reply i played some online games ate dinner and watched a lil boob tube its 12 so i was fixin to go to bed when i decided to check my email. there is another 1 almost the same as the first! from a different email addresse though but says just about the same thing!