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[maddog]

Ok, so I'm looking for small tractor and came across this. After sending email to ask if $12000 tractor for $1986 was correct. This is reply I received :

Hi,

Thank you for contacting me about my 2007 Kubota BX24 that I have for sale. This tractor is in great shape (only 115 hours, 3 cylinders, 23 hp, 4x4, diesel). I'm the original owner. It has no damage, no scratches or dents, no hidden defects. It is in immaculate condition, meticulously maintained and hasn't been involved in any accident...I do have the title, clear, under my name. My husband and I divorced last year, after the divorce I was awarded the tractor, I don't need it and that's why I'm selling it so cheap.The total price is $1,985 including delivery and handling. It is located in Bismark,ND. I recently moved here after I divorced.

We can use Amazon for our safety and for payment I prefer to use a Amazon. The financial part will be managed by them.

Which means that you will have 10 days inspection period before committing to buy the vehicle, a refund policy is included. The deal will go strictly according to Amazon rules and policy. There are no other costs on this transaction through Amazon. Let me know if you want to buy it.

 

Now I'm old enough to know this deal is too good to be true but I'm also curious if it goes through a third party how does scam work?

I've never heard of using Amazon for this type of deal. Help me out and on the outside chance this true I will be amazed!

(So when I went back to get link its gone so must be scam.)

[ZCPETE]

it doesn't actually go through a third party, they will send you emails that look and say that there are from amazon ( or ebay, ebaymotors) but they are not legitimately from these companies. These thieves do a very good job at making it look like real legitimate emails but usually want you to send money through western-union or any other instant cash processes. I buy enough online to know that major companies will never recommend instant cash transactions such as these and specifically not western-union.

 

If you receive an email like this the best thing to do is to the companies main site and contact the "overseeing" company such as amazon/ebay to verify that they actually have a record of this transaction. They usually have a spot to report fraudulent adds as well and is always good to let them know, better safe than sorry...

 

hope this helps..  

[maddog]

thanks! Thought this sounded waaaay to good to be true but didn't see how it would work. I sent gal an email asking to meet in person to check title out and what you know...... no response

[CRXer87hf]

Yep, I learned this lesson the hard way and lost 8k.  Thankfully someone caught the losers and I got a little bit of that back, but yeah, they will look VERY legit.  Listen to that voice that keeps saying, "this IS too good to be true".

[Condor]

Me and my friends sometimes have fun with these.

 

There are ways to figure out exactly where he is by the email.

It's fun to see how close you can get to their address.

 

Then you can be you know I travel for my job and I'll actually be in X city

next wednesday.  Email them that and see what they say.

 

Then email again, after you trace their address and say, you know, this seems

strange to me - you say the tractor is in X city, but it seems you are emailing me from Y city.

 

Once I got one of those Nigerian ones.  They were using a mail service located in New Jersey.

Which, against the law, they had not put the real contact information that they were supposed to

You know, stupid kids or whatever address "666 Devil Lane" city :  who cares.

 

I wrote them about how the scammers really are terrorists that lure people in real life and kill them

and use the money to fund terrorism (before 9-11), and got no reply.  (a couple of times).

 

So I made a complaint with the secret service website supporting terrorist activities.

I then emailed them saying what I did.

 

Their little email service went offline and never returned.

 

Anyway, use your imagination!