dodgy internet scam? advice pls guys!!!

[Veedubgt18v]

guys as some of you know im selling my bug but i have been contacted by a swiss guy wanting to buy it
here is the email traffic i just want your opinions on if it is genuine or should i avoid? my gut says avoid.....
it starts with my latest reply u need to read the middle first lol  all the sh!t in red is the email stuff.........

Hello Owen,

In all honesty i would like some verification that this is a genuine offer. no offence but there have been some fraud on the internet so iam a bit wary. if you are genuine then you wont take offence, perhaps some contact details for your shipping agent? or perhaps your full address and phone number in switzerland?

i have no problem selling the car to someone outside the country but i hope you can understand i want to be sure this is a genuine offer.

i will look forward to your response

edward combes


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From: owen wood [mailto:wood_owen4545@yahoo.co.uk]
Sent: Sun 27/08/2006 12:21
To: Combes E Mr (UG - EIHMS)
Subject: Beetle... £2250£ the price is ok by me


Hello ,

Thanks for the details you provided.

Its really what I have been searching for quite some months now before I finally got yours.

I will like you to consider it and purchased by me. Kindly keep it in a very good condition. But I also would love you to send me the digital pictures via mail attachment if available.

I live in VAN -CAM here in Geneva ,Switzerland, I am into buying and selling of used bike, cars, here in Switzerland.

I will offer you £Â£2250£Â£ for it and you should kindly remove the advert you placed from the site cos I'm making payment avaliable shortly .

As for the shipping, I will contact my shipping company (agent) to handle it for me. The payment will be made with an official U.K BANK DRAFT , that can be clear and cash, in any bank here here in UK. My UK business partner, in the UK will issue the check and it can be with drawn from any Bank he in UK.

I will be so glad to read from you soonest.

REGARDS



?@surrey.ac.uk wrote:



Hello Owen
Thanks for your enquiry

The beetle has an mot till may next year (07) it has a little rust blemish about the size if a 20p coin on the bottom edge of one of the wings and other than the bodywork is solid and it certainly doesnt need any welding, its good to drive now!

here are links to photos i will add them as attachments aswell, if u want any photos of anything specific let me know and i will sort that out for you.

im looking for offers around 2250

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v608/vee...8v/DSC00040.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v608/vee...8v/DSC00039.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v608/vee...8v/DSC00036.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v608/vee...8v/DSC00033.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v608/vee...8v/DSC00032.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v608/vee...8v/DSC00031.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v608/vee...8v/DSC00029.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v608/vee...8v/DSC00027.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v608/vee...8v/DSC00026.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v608/vee...8v/DSC00025.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v608/vee...8v/DSC00023.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v608/vee...8v/DSC00022.jpg

one of them is really small sorry i dunno why photobucket resized it?!?!

There is some sevice history and all bar 3 old mots, it is a solid car i brought it because the car was so solid and im more concerned with bodywork than mechanicals cos body work is £Â£Ã‚£Ã‚£ to sort properly. as far as problems go it needs a new heater control cable for the rear footwell flaps, a new bulb in the dash and thats it! it is on the original engine which has done 44000 miles. im selling it because im at university and wanted a car and i have always wanted a beetle so got one cos i dont do many miles at all. but recently for my placements im doing round trips of an hour everyday and i dont wanna put miles and miles on it. i just bought it at the wrong time lol cos i was impatient!


hope this helps and that the links etc work ok any more questions etc email or ring, i can take more photos if you want of anything specific.

could you just let me know where u saw the advert?

ta
ed

[Agreeable Slick]

scam scam scam scam scam scam scam scam scam scam

[jv]

scamming waste of time mofo!

[Veedubgt18v]

thats what i thought.  will  see if he wants to do a direct electronic  transfer!! but yeah it didnt feel right to me either.........

[Neaty]

a girl at work advertised her and got emails from some guy in Austria I think which turned out to be a time waster. I wouldnt bother with it mate. If he is in the trade of buying and selling cars then surely its not going to be very cost effective to have to pay for thr car then have to pay for it to be shipped. Plus then when it gets there it will have the steering wheel on the wrong side so will be hard to shift. That is assuming that switzerland drives on the opposite side to us.

[...joe]

thought you only just bought that?

[Veedubgt18v]

yeah i did joe but things happen and plans change lol +i love spending money lol

[Mr Blue]

scam.

i had this all last week. Dont advertise on autotrader. all you get is scams and canvassers

I still cant understand how this bullsh!t works?

[*Dubby*]

What Blue says is true about autotrader - some fckwit canvasser woke us up before 9am this morning  .

Also, all I get off loot are scam emails 

[Organisys]

turn up and give me the cash mofo!