(Yes I know this is the 3rd thread on this, but everyone needs to know)
I was scanning for a mitsubishi eclipse when I came across this ad - http://www.autodealer.ae/plugins/ad/buy ... p?id=41243
The ad looked way too good to be true. The car was worth atleast thrice that amount with all the mods. Nevertheless, I decided to email the concerned person and find out more about it. Here's how the emailing went -
Me
to motors_unlimit. Nov 6
Hi,
This is in reference to ur mitsubishi eclipse ad priced at AED 20,000 - http://www.autodealer.ae/plugins/ad/buy ... p?id=41243
Is the car still available? If it is, is it available here in the UAE or do I have to pay for it to get imported?
Please let me know ASAP.
My contact no. is - +971-50-xxxxxxx
Thanks,
Me
Mike Brave
to me Nov 7
the car is still available for sale and you'll have to pay make a US $3000 (~10.000 AED) deposit in an escrow account and after you receive the car the next USD $3000. Let us know if you agree with our terms and we can finish the deal.
Me
to Mike Nov 7
So are you saying the car is not here in the UAE? Because I was looking forward to have a look at it and give it a test drive.
After this email I did a lot of research on escrow accounts. There were innumerous cases of escrow fraud on the net. I came across this page on ebay - http://pages.ebay.com/help/confidence/p ... scrow.html I also checked out escrow.com and they were even offering services of having their team check out the car before shipping it. So, after reading up on all this I sent Mike another email -
Me
to Mike Nov 7
I forgot to mention is that I have no problem working with an escrow service, as long its only http://www.escrow.com/
Also, I will be sending some people over to inspect the car just to make sure everything's ok before the deal.
I hope there are no issues with these terms.
Regards,
Me
I have not recieved any reply since. So in conclusion, I would like to caution everyone against this car. You could be losing a wad of cash in return for nothing.