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way2roll
Trailblazer
Feb 06, 2019

One of the better Scam ads I've seen

I look at local RV sales periodically, this one caught my eye. It's very low priced but it wasn't enough for me to discredit it as a scam. But as I looked closer at the pics, they are from different RV's. In some it's hard to tell but specifically the dash pics show subtle differences. One has round vents, the other square, one has a doghouse the other doesn't, One has a console the other's don't.. etc. One pic shows a black fridge on one side and a wood panel fridge on the other side in another pic. I also checked the VIN and despite the ad proudly explaining the Ford V-10, this VIN is to a workhorse. I reached out to the seller using a sacrificial email I use for this sort of thing. So he responds and calls me a loser and attempts to explain the differences. He went further to give me the address (which is local to me) and told me to come check it out myself. I thought that was bold. Being the guy I am I look up the address and find out who the owner of the house actually is. The seller also gives me the cell phone and it matches the guy that owns the house. Now we have identity theft. But I have to say the guy is good. Didn't have the normal foreign flair most scammers have, this guy knows what he is doing. Anyway, it passed the time between meetings this morning. I may stop by the house he gave me later and tell the gentlemen he maybe a victim of identity theft. Buyer beware guys.

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  • “Didn't take long to delete the ad. I think you have him on the run. Look for a new ad next week ;)”

    Won’t take him/her a week!
  • bob213 wrote:
    Didn't take long to delete the ad. I think you have him on the run. Look for a new ad next week ;)


    Yeah he took it down shortly after he sent me a very nasty email. Still sticking to his guns, he told me I missed out on a nice deal but that he refuses to do business with me.
  • Didn't take long to delete the ad. I think you have him on the run. Look for a new ad next week ;)
  • A Ford Motor engine and a Workhorse Chassis. That spells scam to me.
  • Someone else posted one like a that couple of years ago. One of the big indications was it seemed to have two ranges among other things.