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markyb:
i know a friend who got that scam of auto trader where they would be contacted by someone over seas saying they loved the car would pay for shipping etc.
his firend actually followed it through lost the car and the money.

so he decided to followed it through , recieved a cheque for 10k for a terrano. i think how he got around it, was he cashed the cheque in his old wifes name account that was linked to another address, that address was part of the Newbury bypass sell up.   

cashed it closed the account,   the scammer after a while starting asking if he had shipped the car he said yes.  give a bogus shipping container reference .
Friend at the bank said that the 10k had tried to be returned that day, something to do with a 60 day or 90 rejection/return thing on oversea cheque, not sure my self its going back a while. 

Anyway, he give the money to his mate who actually lost his car and money and followed up with reporting his scam to the police as well. closed his email account even thou it was so tempting to write your been scammed or words to that effect back to him.

Freelander1980:
i always look for things close to home and if they are genuine they will happily let you collect or provide a phone number to speak to them about the item. It is crap that there is some people who actually think it is a real bargain and do lose there hard earned cash as it then puts there faith in other people at risk

PITBULL:
 yea tell me about it if u look sometimes u can find the real deal they have copyed i seen a 2004 BMW M3 4sale 4 £5000 & just above it was exact same pics & info 4 £35,000 wonder which 1 is the real deal?

Freelander1980:
An old saying,

"if it looks to good to be true, then usually it will be"

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