Got this email from a 'buyer' for my car

[trog_nfs]

Paul Walker? Have you told him that the floor of a golf doesn't fall out when you use the NOS?


Danger to the Manifold!

[murraymint]

Ok so I did a bit of googling and found this. The first guy that emailed me the dodgy email was named "larry brown"

This is what I found

http://www.ripoffreport.com/r/Larry-Brown/internet/Larry-Brown-Collector-Car-and-Parts-Exchange-Reneged-on-sales-agreement-nd-kept-my-deposit-1036075

Coincidence?

[murraymint]

And found this for 'Paul walker'

http://bbs.scoobynet.com/scoobynet-general-1/597966-car-buying-scam.html


Dw people, alarm bells rang as soon as I saw the emails, just thort I'd post on here, then desided to dig a little deeper, think it would also be good for people to see who are selling up in the future

[barrym381]

  told you its been going on for way to long now but some ppl do fall for it 

[DubFan]

I got several of these scam emails from supposedly different people, all giving different reasons why they couldn't come and view the car ("buying for my daughter, I'm on a navy ship, etc") but would still be willing to pay the full price via paypal.

The first one looked suspicious, so I did a quick google and found several reports of the scam.
After rejecting the first "offer" I still got more emails the same.
I've only got these when advertising on Autotrader.

I would never accept paypal for a car, even if the person was legit.