This guy is a FRAUD!!!

[Guest101]

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.

[TheEditor]

Thanks for bringing this to our attention!
The user and his adverts have been disabled.

EVERYONE, PLEASE BE CAREFUL WITH FOREIGN ADVERTISERS!
Never send money like this guy was asking.

[Albertho]

thanks a mill bro ... sometimes people do get carried away when they see something like that going for below market price

[Scott]

In my business I have found that you must check references before sending money or product.

It is easy to check. If the seller is legitimate, he should be able to give you at least some kind of reference. For me it is easy.... go to the best known and probably the oldest wheel manufacturer in the world. I am the direct exporter for the Middle East, Africa and South & Central Amnerica.

http://americanracing.com/dealerlocator ... dle%20East

I represent over 5000 companies but if my customers can not call to verify my staus, then why would they trust me.

I have hudreds of reference numbers that can be called, but if you are dealing with an individual, be careful.

International fraud is easy to do and nearly impossible to prosecute the person if you are burned.