2002 BMW M3, Scam???

[red02lx]

So I was on craigslist the other day just casually looking at cars, and I saw a 2002 BMW M3 for $9500. So I was like, I bet this is a scam like usual. Well I emailed the guy just for fun and the car has only 9,961 miles on it. So I told him I wanted to buy it and I wanted to pay him in cash in person, and then he was like I will only use WorldPay. I have never heard of it, I think it is a scam, what does everyone here think????
Pat

 

[Donas64]

Sciz-am!

Next he'll ask you to wire some cash to Nigeria for him and he'll give you a cut of his great uncles fortune!

 

[Foolish]

The only reason someone would turn down cash without any discussion is that they are planning to rip you off. Offer to meet him at his bank, say you "understand why he'd be nervous about having that much cash in hand" and that this way he can just deposit it right away. See what he says then. I'd bet he never gets back you.

This sounds a lot like a WRX STi I found on Atlanta's CL for $10000 or so, the guy claimed the car was in Austin Texas, and that he'd accidentally posted to Atlanta. I said, that's fine, I'll send a friend in Austin over to check it out, if it looks good, I'll fly out and drive it home. He stopped emailing me when I asked him when it would be a good time to send my friend over!

Edit: it was $9000, here's the thread.

 

[red02lx]

The only reason someone would turn down cash without any discussion is that they are planning to rip you off. Offer to meet him at his bank, say you "understand why he'd be nervous about having that much cash in hand" and that this way he can just deposit it right away. See what he says then. I'd bet he never gets back you.

This sounds a lot like a WRX STi I found on Atlanta's CL for $10000 or so, the guy claimed the car was in Austin Texas, and that he'd accidentally posted to Atlanta. I said, that's fine, I'll send a friend in Austin over to check it out, if it looks good, I'll fly out and drive it home. He stopped emailing me when I asked him when it would be a good time to send my friend over!

Edit: it was $9000, here's the thread.

Allright, so I have continued to email with this guy trying to crack him. He made up some bogus story about his mother in law needing some surgery, so I kinda don't believe him. But he sent me the payment instructions form Worldpay. And I read over Worldpay and seems like a place where I couldn't lose my money even if it was a scam. So i don't know I know its a scam, but am just hoping for that 1 in a million chance that is not. Anymore feedback asap would be wonderful.

 

[16902]

Its a scam. You can lose your money there just like PayPal or anywhere else.

 

[red02lx]

Its a scam. You can lose your money there just like PayPal or anywhere else.

Here check out this CARFAX report.
http://www.carfax.com/viewEmailRepo...64bHd+v88CJr9Hb2eEjQCsZJOBox/uRsiB9bDgDaCTSi3
Tell me what you think?

 

[Foolish]

Well, if it looked like a scam, it wouldn't be very sucessful as a scam, would it?

Seriously, take a friend or two, and go see the car. See if it exists. See if the guy gives you the heebee-jeebees. Offer him cash again. Offer to go to the bank with him again.

See what happens, but, (and I mean this from the very bottom of my soul, and for your own good) DO NOT GIVE THIS GUY ONE PENNY OF YOUR MONEY UNTIL THE TITLE IS IN YOUR SIGHT, IN YOUR HAND OR IN YOUR NAME. Don't fall for any crap he pulls to try to instill a sense of urgency about the sale, if he won't take cash, he's trying to steal your money. If he wants a deposit, offer him the whole amount in cash. If he has a problem with that, it's a SCAM.

I hope for your sake I'm wrong, and this is all on the up and up, but anyone who has a problem with cash is trying to SCAM you.

Obviously, there's risk involved in cash transactions, but if it's done in person you make sure you have the title before he has your cash, and the risk is mitigated. If you provide money via some service (such as this Worldpay thing) he can steal from you anonymously. SCAM.