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OT: buying used pick up Bonnie 04-15-2008
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Posted by Smarty on April 16, 2008, 10:04 am
Don't fall for it.....




> willshak wrote:
>> on 4/15/2008 6:35 PM Jeff Wisnia said the following:
>>
>>> Bonnie wrote:
>>>
>>>> Good Morning Everyone:
>>>>
>>>> My boyfriend saw and ad on Craigslist for a 2001 Tacoma for $2900. He
>>>> says there is nothing wrong with it and the title is clear. He is
>>>> either in or about to go to Afghanistan and so a company named
>>>> "WorldPay" will be taking care of the transaction
>>>> http://www.worldpay.com/. He said we send the money to Worldpay, they
>>>> send us the vehicle for us to inspect for 5 days. If we want the car,
>>>> we authorize Worldpay to pay him, otherwise the car gets sent back. We
>>>> are in OK, the car is in AL.
>>>>
>>>> Does this sound like a scam to you?
>>>>
>>>> TIA,
>>>> Bonnie in OK
>>>>
>>>
>>> If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, then
>>> stay away from it.
>>>
>>> Jeff
>>>
>> What if you are buying a duck? :-)
>>
>
>
> From Joe E. Brown maybe?
>
> Jeff
>
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Posted by PV on April 15, 2008, 6:36 pm
Bonnie wrote:
> Good Morning Everyone:
>
> My boyfriend saw and ad on Craigslist for a 2001 Tacoma for $2900. He
> says there is nothing wrong with it and the title is clear. He is either
> in or about to go to Afghanistan and so a company named "WorldPay" will
> be taking care of the transaction http://www.worldpay.com/. He said we
> send the money to Worldpay, they send us the vehicle for us to inspect
> for 5 days. If we want the car, we authorize Worldpay to pay him,
> otherwise the car gets sent back. We are in OK, the car is in AL.
>
> Does this sound like a scam to you?
>
> TIA,
> Bonnie in OK

if it sounds too good to be true........

It smells like a scam to me in spades, ask to go look at it and test drive,
if you get a song and dance about why you can't then run the other way

http://groups.google.ca/group/hfx.general/browse_frm/thread/5b9c1c4ccc25d481/c0172b36e6eb7e63?hl=en&lnk=st&q=worldpay+scams#c0172b36e6eb7e63

See if the above link sounds familiar

PV



Posted by David L. Martel on April 15, 2008, 7:21 pm
Bonnie,

WorldPay, a part of The Royal Bank of Scotland, does not do vehicle
transactions and certainly won't get involved in shipping this truck across
State lines. This is a scam.

Dave M.



Posted by Doug Miller on April 15, 2008, 7:36 pm
>Good Morning Everyone:
>
>My boyfriend saw and ad on Craigslist for a 2001 Tacoma for $2900.

Kelly Blue Book value for an '01 Tacoma has to be _at_least_ double that
price, unless it has something really badly wrong with it. Check it out
yourself at kbb.com .

>He
>says there is nothing wrong with it and the title is clear. He is either
>in or about to go to Afghanistan and so a company named "WorldPay" will
>be taking care of the transaction http://www.worldpay.com/. He said we
>send the money to Worldpay, they send us the vehicle for us to inspect
>for 5 days. If we want the car, we authorize Worldpay to pay him,
>otherwise the car gets sent back. We are in OK, the car is in AL.

Asking price is less than half of what the vehicle is actually worth, assuming
that everything you're told about its condition is the truth.

Seller wants you to send the money by wire transfer before you ever see the
truck... which is in another state.
>
>Does this sound like a scam to you?

You mean it _doesn't_ sound like a scam to you?? It sure as hell does to me.

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Posted by Bonnie on April 15, 2008, 8:01 pm
Thanks again guys.We won't be pursuing this "deal".

bonnie



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