1999 996 Cab on Ebay w/$12,000 Buy it now price

Click me Looks in good shape. What gives?

That can't possibly be legit. 12k for a car with those miles, and in that condition? No way. this was a seller listing error or something. 12k + FREE shipping = absurd

I wish I knew. If I felt it was legit I'd buy it and turn it over quickly for a profit.

There is a 2003 MB CLK 500 for 18k too, sometimes ebay can be misleading. The old story, if it's too good to be true it probably is....

"Restricted to preapproved bidders and buyers"?? I tried to Buy it Now, and it wouldn't let me!

my guess: you have to email the seller to be ''pre approved'' at which points he busts out the real price since he figures you are interested enough to have tried to buy it and interested enough to have spent time emailing him.

Will find out the angle shortly- just emailed him. I figure I can spend 30 minutes to find out if it is real. Will let everyone know what the real deal is.

sounds like a scam......RUN!

Very interesting that there is no mention of where the car is now and they are willing to ship worlwide for free...

I noticed after I sent the email that the eBay ID has 450 positive feedback- but ONLY for buys, none for sales. Whoever has the ID has been buying a ton of HO model train stuff- my guess is someone has hijacked the ID for a scam.... no response to my email. And it is a one day auction.

Classic eBay / Internet scam. I read about a guy who forked over $35k for an M5, and received absolutely nothing. Don't send this scam artist a dime!

There are a lot of scams on ebay. This guy was selling a 1962 vette, absolutely pristine for $10K. The car was probably worth at least $50K. Here is a email reply from the scam artist: Hello, > I received your email regarding my car. > First you have to know bidding is restricted since I am carefull with my > auction,so noone will press the button until I have the assurance that he > will buy it. > The car is in perfect condition,with no scarches on it,no dammage.The price > for the car with shipping included, is 10000$. For closing the deal you will > do a deposit of $4,000. > All the manuals and the original documents are in English.It is > made for US market and has US specs on it (speedometer in miles). > The buyer will receive this along with all papers and recipts that he needs > to register it in his name. > He will receive the TITLE,keys,owner manual... > It has a Clear Title and it is in Showroom Condition. > The car is in Europe, Netherland and it will be shipped from here on my > expence so,please REPLY WITH YOUR NAME AND SHIPPING ADDRESS IN YOUR NEXT > EMAIL. > Shipping will be done via FedEx, Lufthansa Air cargo or KLM Air cargo (your > choise), and it will take no more then 6 days.I have a friend at fedex who > will manage me a low price shipping and I assumed that it is from me to pay > for shipping it.When I will shipp it,I will declare it as a gift so that you > will pay no cusoms when you will receive it and for this it will be > delivered directly to your address. > Also, I have to let you know that I want a proof that you have all the money > availble for this deal as I will shipp it in the same day or next day > morning ,after you proove to me that you are the real buyer. > The most important thing in all my activity here is that I am affiliated at > eBay Square Trade , I have a a purchase protection account for 10000$ and I > assume you know what this means.So,the finacial part of this deal will be > manage by them. > Let me know if this is ok with you,so that we can move forward with this > deal! > Regards!

Auction is no longer on eBay- shows as invalid. Someone must have reported the guy and eBay pulled it.

sure, send 4K and pray

Sounds like another scam. Internet scams are all over nowadays. A friend of mine was inquiring about a C4S priced for 30K, emailed the guy who was supposed to be a doctor out in San Fran and he tells my friend he doesn't have time to let anyone see/drives the car but wants money in his pocket before you buy. Hahaha, what a bunch of crap, who buys a car without seeing it first? Watch out!

Usually the auction is for a car here in US. Then the guy says he has the car in europe and will ship it when he gets at least a deposit. Or when you forward money to some shipping co. here. Then they will come pick it up. But it never goes past the point that you send money. Sometimes they want to forward you a check and you send them the difference from your car cost. But after that, they never contact you again, and never come for the car. Its usually from Nigeria (although they say they are in some exotic place. And emails are usually from yahoo)

Ahhh, a variation on the Nigerian Scam- For those who have never seen it, this is pretty funny (and, IMHO, potentially dangerous. These are, after all, criminals, albeit in another, far off country.) http://www.ebolamonkeyman.com/

So got an email back from the guy- as we suspected. Note daughter's heart surgery as reason for distress sale....... _______________________________________________________________________ Hello Gary , Please excuse my delay. My name is John C. Filipek. First of all, I want to thank you for your interest in my 1999 Porsche 911 Carrera Cabriolet. Well, I have to let you know the car is in a perfect condition. The car is in running and drivable condition needing no repairs and meet all USA standard for immediate re-title in your home state. It will be shipped from England/UK. I will support the shipping taxes, insurance and handling via Lufthansa Airplane Cargo insured and it will take 4-6 days until you'll have it at your door step. I must sell it fast because I need money for my daughter's heart surgery. The car will will come with a clear title, bill of sale. I already puled off my add because of the high number of demands for my car. I received many requests for my awesome porsche and it's more than I expected. The buy it now price is $12,000.00 US and if you agree will agree my terms of payment we can start the transaction. You have to make a deposit of $3,200.00 US first through western union money transfer so I can prepare for shipping. I will send the car in the same day I will receive the deposit. The faster you'll send the money the faster you will receive the car. You will have to pay the balance COD. The return policy is 30 days. If you agree with these terms, please let me know and I will be more than glad to start the transaction with you. I am waiting your email. Regards, John C. Filipek

Turn it over to the Feds...or at the very least report it to ebay.

sounds like BS to me. a distress sale would fall some where is the high 20k. that will get people looking as 996 have yet to break to 30k wall. but 12k, send a deposit andloseit imo, S C A M

This is obviously a scam, as are about 10% of all online auctions of any value, which is a figure most sites don't want published.

I have a $31,000 check in my drawer thats good. Its stolen from a large us corp in Cal. Officially stamp signed by the company. But whoever stole it, just filled in an amount. Mailed it to me, and wanted me to sell him a car. There was a few details about the money was sent from another guy who had purchased his boat and would send the money to me, I would release the car and shipping. And then forward the difference to him in a cashiers chk. ( $4 - $5K ) I didnt remember him telling me that he was going to send a company chk. So I looked up the co. and called them. They never heard of either guy. But why do I have their check? Never heard from him again. Well, the sheriffs dept and the secret service both connected it to a bank of america check scam case. All based in Nigeria. Those Nigerians, gotta love'em. But theres a lot of people that run right down and deposit the checks when the make these crazy deals, get the difference in cashiers chks and mail it right off. Then in about a week or so the bank calls them and says, your deposit was no good. Well what about the $ I sent off?