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      09-21-2008, 06:59 PM   #45
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You can often avoid getting majorly scammed by simply applying this logic;

If it's too good to be true, it probably is-

Most scams like this play on people's most basic emotion, the desire to get something for little or nothing.
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      09-21-2008, 07:46 PM   #46
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You're saying I have no logic?

The seller bailed out on me. Dang, I wanted to play
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      09-22-2008, 04:39 PM   #47
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"The car is already under ebay's custody, at a shipping company in California."

FYI, ebay does not take custody of cars.

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      09-23-2008, 12:44 AM   #48
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List something on craiglist and you get tons of people like this.

Scary shit. LOL Im sure if t hey try 1000000000000 times few people fall for it.

Crazy people
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      09-23-2008, 12:48 AM   #49
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      09-23-2008, 02:17 AM   #50
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Dunno what y'all are goin' on about... I jumped on this transaction and look at what I got:




She's a beaut!
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nice article
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      12-25-2008, 12:09 PM   #52
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Dear Sir:

I have been requested by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company to contact you for assistance in resolving a matter. The Nigerian National Petroleum Company has recently concluded a large number of contracts for oil exploration in the sub-Sahara region. The contracts have immediately produced moneys equalling US$40,000,000. The Nigerian National Petroleum Company is desirous of oil exploration in other parts of the world, however, because of certain regulations of the Nigerian Government, it is unable to move these funds to another region.

You assistance is requested as a non-Nigerian citizen to assist the Nigerian National Petroleum Company, and also the Central Bank of Nigeria, in moving these funds out of Nigeria. If the funds can be transferred to your name, in your United States account, then you can forward the funds as directed by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company. In exchange for your accomodating services, the Nigerian National Petroleum Company would agree to allow you to retain 10%, or US$4 million of this amount.

However, to be a legitimate transferee of these moneys according to Nigerian law, you must presently be a depositor of at least US$100,000 in a Nigerian bank which is regulated by the Central Bank of Nigeria.

If it will be possible for you to assist us, we would be most grateful. We suggest that you meet with us in person in Lagos, and that during your visit I introduce you to the representatives of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company, as well as with certain officials of the Central Bank of Nigeria.

Please call me at your earliest convenience at (321) 987-6543. Time is of the essence in this matter; very quickly the Nigerian Government will realize that the Central Bank is maintaining this amount on deposit, and attempt to levy certain depository taxes on it.

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      12-25-2008, 02:19 PM   #53
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Dear Sir:

I have been requested by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company to contact you for assistance in resolving a matter. The Nigerian National Petroleum Company has recently concluded a large number of contracts for oil exploration in the sub-Sahara region. The contracts have immediately produced moneys equalling US$40,000,000. The Nigerian National Petroleum Company is desirous of oil exploration in other parts of the world, however, because of certain regulations of the Nigerian Government, it is unable to move these funds to another region.

You assistance is requested as a non-Nigerian citizen to assist the Nigerian National Petroleum Company, and also the Central Bank of Nigeria, in moving these funds out of Nigeria. If the funds can be transferred to your name, in your United States account, then you can forward the funds as directed by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company. In exchange for your accomodating services, the Nigerian National Petroleum Company would agree to allow you to retain 10%, or US$4 million of this amount.

However, to be a legitimate transferee of these moneys according to Nigerian law, you must presently be a depositor of at least US$100,000 in a Nigerian bank which is regulated by the Central Bank of Nigeria.

If it will be possible for you to assist us, we would be most grateful. We suggest that you meet with us in person in Lagos, and that during your visit I introduce you to the representatives of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company, as well as with certain officials of the Central Bank of Nigeria.

Please call me at your earliest convenience at (321) 987-6543. Time is of the essence in this matter; very quickly the Nigerian Government will realize that the Central Bank is maintaining this amount on deposit, and attempt to levy certain depository taxes on it.

Yours truly,

NaTuReB0Y
awesome, you give them a 100k and they give you 4 mil. You cant go wrong!
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      12-25-2008, 08:01 PM   #54
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I never understood why scammers price the car this way. $5600 for an E46 M3 just screams SCAM. Had the car been offered at $19-20k, nobody would've thought this was unusual.
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I never understood why scammers price the car this way. $5600 for an E46 M3 just screams SCAM. Had the car been offered at $19-20k, nobody would've thought this was unusual.
if the scammer set the price on the car at a reasonable amount, the car buyer would not "rush" to get this deal done and would want to do it the traditional way. in this case, the eBay Distributor was something we have never heard of, but some of us may want to take the risk since the car is so cheap.
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