bargain finder scam ads

[ATF]

I was looking through buysell.com at what is out there for boats and I see a 2000 Lund tyee for $4600. I think to myself that can't be right but worth a look so I email the seller and get some broken english answer about a divorce and selling through ebay blah blah blah. Then I notice there are a pile of ads where the seller is selling boats for around4-5 thousand that should be 20-30 grand.
I hope no one gets taken in by these scammers. I tried notifying buy sell last week but I see the ads are still there. Anyone else see this?

[bigd]

That's been going on for years on Kijiji and other similar buy/sell sites. Buyer beware...if it seems too good to be true, blah blah blah.

[ATF]

But why doesn't buysell pull these fake ads when you notify them?
I replied to the seller to see what kind of fun I can have negotiating a sweet deal. Maybe I'll be a proud Lund owner!:p

[spirt4u]

I answered an ad for a small tractor. They emailed me back and all they would discuss was how I was going to use paypal and this other protection insurance thing, blaa blaa. What a scam, I actually found the real ad for the tractor, it was in Texas. They said they would ship the tractor to me to from Montreal for me to inspect and if it was okay the transaction would go through. Yeah RIGHT, the money would be long gone and no tractor would ever be loaded onto no truck. If you can't get a phone number and talk to the owner,walk away and save your self a pile of grief.

[Jamie]

Same thing goes with Holiday trailers.

Same scam
PAY PAL
Money order

Jamie

[moosemad]

I answered an ad for a small tractor. They emailed me back and all they would discuss was how I was going to use paypal and this other protection insurance thing, blaa blaa. What a scam, I actually found the real ad for the tractor, it was in Texas. They said they would ship the tractor to me to from Montreal for me to inspect and if it was okay the transaction would go through. Yeah RIGHT, the money would be long gone and no tractor would ever be loaded onto no truck. If you can't get a phone number and talk to the owner,walk away and save your self a pile of grief.

Got the same thing with a used truck. Very low mileage, excellent condition way too cheap for a 2006 etc. When I emailed they said it had to go thru ebay paypal and they would ship the truck to my door. Right.

[Grizzly Adams]

Here's one of the typical scam sales enquiries, we get by e-mail.:lol: This one arrived just now, signed Ahmid Mohammed.

Hello,
am highly interesting in buying your horse .am in need of your
horse posted on this site.i will like to ask you some question
1.what is the condition of the horse
2,the final price
3,why are you selling it
4,are you the real owner
5,for how long have you owned the horse
6,do you accept a check as a mode of payment
you will not have to bother yourself about the shipment because
i will arrange for the shipment by myself.i have a private shipper
who will come to your house for the pick up.get back to me as soon as
possible
thanks


Grizz