Dodgy Ebay? NB

[MART1N]

Following on from the earlier message re: unsolicited mail - I have put my car on eBay and received the following message earlier from someone in Paris...


"Dear sir, I am Interested to buy your X5.
I am willing to make a deposit to your bank for 5000 EUR to reserve the car for me.
Please reply with: the proprety cerificate, COC, Green card, Libret of the car .
Send the papers scaned of the car into my email.
I will ask after that my secretary to contact the insurance company and resolve the insurance and I will also transfer the deposit to you if everything is ok."


What do you reckon? Sounds dodgy to me - The guy has not telephoned me and we have not discussed the price (nor has he seen the vehicle obviously).

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[Freebee]

wouldn't this be better discussed on the ebay forums I thought that was what they were for?

Personally I would say get the cash first , deal with the docs when the funds have cleared.

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[Newbieknownowt]

Sounds like an identity fraud to me - it's highly unlikely a genuine buyer will pay over 5k with no contract and the goods unseen (nor should a genuine buyer hand over 5k without seeing the docs first). If you did respond to this e-mail you could expect to receive various parking/speeding tickets relating to a cloned vehicle with your regn.details + other potential frauds (name and full address is often enough to apply for and spend credit in your name). But then I'm suspicious by nature.

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[Dave1258]

I've seen asimilar posting before like the response you received Martin.
Definately dodgy and needs reporting to Ebay

<hr width=100% size=1>Someday my ship will come in, and with my luck I'll be at the airport!!