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What I love even more is messing with a bad scam artist! I spent several years running my own business on eBay after I started staying home with my son and got my fair share of scam artists from around the world. The first one (and only one) I got ripped off on looked like a legitimate purchase until the owner of the eBay and PayPal accounts found out his accounts had been compromised, which meant he fell for a phishing scam. I was fairly new to the game of eBay and was too trusting of people I had never met and looked in the eye. It all changed after that pair of $450 Gucci shoes ended up in the hands of a scam artist.

Fast forward to today. I have a habit of searching online for vehicles for sale even if I’m not in the market for one at the time. With the rising cost of gas and the 16mpg that I currently get in my truck, I looked around on AutoTrader.com for a sedan that my wife could drive to work and back and I would just take over the minivan full-time. We currently split the time driving both depending on our moods or where we are going.

One of the first cars I noticed a great deal on was a 2005 Acura TL. We previously owned a 1991 Acura Legend that we loved and the price on this 2005 TL was eye-grabbing to say the least - $8,000. Normally these used models (fully loaded) go for $20,000 and above depending on mileage so I had to email the seller to ask about the condition. This one said it had just over 45,000 miles on it, which would put it in the higher price range since she claimed it was fully loaded with leather and more.

“Hello, is this car still for sale? What is the condition of the car? Any body/engine damage? Is the mileage of 45,187 correct? Thanks! James”

Her reply:

“Hello,
My name is Kate Toncray i own the 2005 Acura TL, acces this link to get a better view of it http://2005.acura.tl.navigation.googlepages.com/home. Price i’m trying to get for it is $8,000.00 and as you can see from the photos the condition is verry good. Clean title no problems overall. Location of the vehicle is Sacramento California i just moved from Cali to NY at a new job new house and new car. Because i have no experince in selling cars and don’t wanna lose time with this my lawyer arranged everything to make it as easy as possible for me and for the buyer. Shipping anyware in the US will be included in the price that means the buyer will get free shipping to his nearest airport. As I listed the car with Auto Trader and Yahoo Autos, they will handle the financial transaction.

Let me know if you’r interesed and i will send you all the details.

Kate”

I don’t even know where to start with this one. I guess I’ll begin with my reply:

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Posted by barrett, on 05-20-2008 , IP 70.123.135.148, Registered You may be interested in checking out http://www.419eater.com. These guys have turned scamming scammers into a hobby.   » Reply to this comment... Posted by james, on 05-19-2008 , IP 70.113.198.99, Registered I jumped the gun. Oh well. Maybe they will come back like Barrett's scammer did after a few months! I may just send another inquiry from a different email.   » Reply to this comment... Posted by zoesdad, on 05-19-2008 , IP 24.166.231.72, Registered Yeah, I would love to have seen how far this would have gone. I think you showed your hand too soon.   » Reply to this comment... Posted by barrett, on 05-19-2008 , IP 70.123.135.148, Registered Nice but I think you gave it away too soon. You might have been able to string her/him along further.   » Reply to this comment...