Golf gti mk1, based at TR11 2EW

Folks

i replied to an advert on classic cars, vw golf gti mk1, £2200 delivered to me
based in tr11 2ew

person selling was estelle Molly skinner, wanted the me to PayPal the money first through eBay private auction, etc

sounded too good to be true

anyone here on the forum by any chance

p.s. I am in Scotland and the car is in cornwall


cheers
 

I am based in Scotland and the car is in Cornwall

Keithman

That has scam written all over it!! Walk away now with your wallet intact!  

Thought so Andy, going to try capture the email and post on this thread, hopefully makes people aware of the scam

Yup scam!

There's a lot going on and some a lot more convincing too. On another car forum I've seen a few people recently lose £10k+ sums of money when scammers have setup bogus companies with names the same of genuine ones, and cars have been paid for up front.

It's a shame it goes on but you need to have your guard up always!

The convincer is that they say it is all protected by eBay and PayPal, but what gave it away was that they would email and link for the private auction on eBay, which would be fake, so that eBay would not uphold it

Ah of course!

I had this loads when looking for a replacement 3.5T horsebox for my wife recently.

The amount of scams out there using this system is so bad, you can see how people get caught out.

One of the latest ones, is people stealing ebay ID's as well, then asking you to email them directly about everything and they just scam you

So bad, people work hard to buy things, wish all the scammers would do one !

Low life's 

I've just had contact with the same person, based in Falmouth who is now selling a Mk2 Austin A40 Farina. The car was for sale on eBay last week by the Owner, unsold for £11,500, now this person is advertising the same car for £4900, using same photos, etc..!!

Beware - scammers!!

To be fair anyone looking at an Austin A40 deserves what they get.  

Sorry, couldn't resist. I'm a Wolseley 680 man myself.  

sports racer said

To be fair anyone looking at an Austin A40 deserves what they get.  

Sorry, couldn't resist. I'm a Wolseley 680 man myself.  

Oh well never mind - each to their own!

Keithman said

Folks

i replied to an advert on classic cars, vw golf gti mk1, £2200 delivered to me
based in tr11 2ew

person selling was estelle Molly skinner, wanted the me to PayPal the money first through eBay private auction, etc

sounded too good to be true

anyone here on the forum by any chance

p.s. I am in Scotland and the car is in cornwall


cheers
 

Hi mate. I too saw the ad on Dudley and the Golf looked real good for £3200 which got me exicted as this is the colour and spec I want. Now judging by your comments it looks like a scam. She just sent me an email saying she has now moved to Falmouth and the car is now on Ebay. She can offer Free delivery through Paypal payment. I am now trying to call her bluff by saying I will come there and pay her cash. Damn! I thought this was going to be the one! £3200 with a recent respray, I thought I wont get better for the price

Glad my original post is helping people to avoid these scammers and more importantly helping folk to save there hard earned cash
 

jazman said

Keithman said

Folks

i replied to an advert on classic cars, vw golf gti mk1, £2200 delivered to me
based in tr11 2ew

person selling was estelle Molly skinner, wanted the me to PayPal the money first through eBay private auction, etc

sounded too good to be true

anyone here on the forum by any chance

p.s. I am in Scotland and the car is in cornwall


cheers
 

Hi mate. I too saw the ad on Dudley and the Golf looked real good for £3200 which got me exicted as this is the colour and spec I want. Now judging by your comments it looks like a scam. She just sent me an email saying she has now moved to Falmouth and the car is now on Ebay. She can offer Free delivery through Paypal payment. I am now trying to call her bluff by saying I will come there and pay her cash. Damn! I thought this was going to be the one! £3200 with a recent respray, I thought I wont get better for the price

Did you get any reply when calling her bluff? I have just enquired about a Golf GTI in Downham Market. £2800 colour and spec I wanted as well. The ad was a bit old but I thought what the heck, if you don't ask you don't get. I have also had a reply from Estelle Molly Skinner located in Falmouth TR112EW, wanting me to Paypal the money through!

Saulty said

jazman said

Keithman said

Folks

i replied to an advert on classic cars, vw golf gti mk1, £2200 delivered to me
based in tr11 2ew

person selling was estelle Molly skinner, wanted the me to PayPal the money first through eBay private auction, etc

sounded too good to be true

anyone here on the forum by any chance

p.s. I am in Scotland and the car is in cornwall


cheers
 

Hi mate. I too saw the ad on Dudley and the Golf looked real good for £3200 which got me exicted as this is the colour and spec I want. Now judging by your comments it looks like a scam. She just sent me an email saying she has now moved to Falmouth and the car is now on Ebay. She can offer Free delivery through Paypal payment. I am now trying to call her bluff by saying I will come there and pay her cash. Damn! I thought this was going to be the one! £3200 with a recent respray, I thought I wont get better for the price

Did you get any reply when calling her bluff? I have just enquired about a Golf GTI in Downham Market. £2800 colour and spec I wanted as well. The ad was a bit old but I thought what the heck, if you don't ask you don't get. I have also had a reply from Estelle Molly Skinner located in Falmouth TR112EW, wanting me to Paypal the money through!

I said I wanted to come and see the car and after that have not received any messages. Its a scammer!

I asked to view the car as well and got no reply. I googled the name and he/she/it crops up on others forums doing the same thing. Definite scammer who appears to clone other peoples ads. I wonder how many they actually manage to con!

If this is really a scam and people are being  £fleeced, how come plod's not felt their collar yet, they have names/contact details? Or are they not bothered as people are handing over their money by their free volition???

I know what you mean, I personally would not buy a car without seeing it and I can't understand why anybody would unless it's from a dealer or reputable garage! Even then I wouldn't be happy. As for the plod, it seems it would be too much effort to chase a fraudster like that even though it can't be that hard to get them if they tried!