Hey people,

Just to bump up this topic again.

The scammers are still active.

Im from the Netherlands, they contacted me first by sending me a text, with the question about what is the lowest price and to reply them by e-mail which was stated in the text.

After a few e-mails back and forward, they wanted to transfer the money by paypal. I refused and said: only bank transfer. They accepted that and "told" me that they have transferred the money by paypal (Remember: I refused paypal and told them to use bank to bank transfer) anyhow I received a fake paypal e-mail in my junk/spam box.

Where they told me to make a deposit of €700 as a shipping fee to the shipping agent to pick it up (using Western union). In order to release to full amount (car price plus shipping)

The whole time i wasn't sure about whether it was a scam or a real deal untill i discovered this topic.

Take care and watch out for them !

Simon, no need to bump such an old thread as there have been some in much more recent times.  You can do google searches to get a lot more information than you will ever find on eBay forums/discussion boards.

This next bit of my post is not aimed at you in any way, it is something some of us do on these Australian boards to alert others about old threads so that members don't post any more on that thread.

ZOMBIE THREAD ALERT . . . . . OP NOV 2010 !!!!

I though Grrr was back! :_|

Have just advertised my car on Ebay - within two days have had two "offers" to buy from different people, sight unseen. One was too busy to call or inspect the car, the other was in New Zealand! Both wanted my Paypal account even though I didn't offer that as a payment option and wanted my address to send their "shipping agent" to pick up the car. One even offered $500 more to cover Paypal costs. Both only wanted replies by email. These scammers are obviously still around. The names they are using are GREG FOX & NEVILLE PORTER for the first one and ROBERT ELLISON for the second one.

Beware if you receive anything from these names, it is fairly obvious from the grammar that English is not the first language - so that should be your first clue that something is wrong.