Boat Mart - scam?
 

I got this email in response to an ad for my boat on OSO:

jon bradley is inquireing about a listing you placed in the Hotboat.com classifieds title 1989 25' Warlock World Class.
Comments:
Hello, I am Jon Bradley, sales associate, Boat Mart, 212 Grampian ave, Toronto, Canada. We purchase, pick-up and deliver Boats for customers when contracted. We have an interested buyer for your boat(1989 25' Warlock World Class) and the offer for it is $16,200 US. Please, we would want to know if it's still availiable and if so do forward these details to me; (i) The final/bottom price you are willing to sell. (ii) The miles/kilometre on the scale. (iii) Recent picture(s). (iv) Reason(s) for selling. The above questions are part of our company policy when purchasing,so please don't find it embarrasing to answer. Jon.

Phone:(.) .-.
E-mail:[email protected]

It sounds like bs to me. Am I the only one that gets emails like this everytime I try to sell something (ebay, cycletrader, autotrader.....)?

Re: Boat Mart - scam?
 

Sounds like a scam to me too. I got a couple of those from over seas when i was selling my last truck. Also, my sister got a few of those responses recently from a canadian broker when she was selling her rinker. Her bank advised her against getting involved with these types of deals.

I would steer clear and wait till you get some unsuspicious offers.

btw, when you figure out how many miles are on the boat.....let me know ;)

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:rolleyes: scam

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So the "Boat Mart" in Toronto, Canada uses an e-mail account from Yahoo in England (E-mail:[email protected])?

El-scammo.....

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just for grins...try to aquire a phone number to see if you can communicate live....if not ...for sure SCAM

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i tell ya what, i will transfer you the price of the vehicle plus an additional $5000 US funds, you keep a small percent for yourself and wire the rest of the amount back to me via Western Union. With the money you make off the transaction, I have friends in Nigeria that need help moving their fortunes out of corrupt gov't run banks before they lose their inheritances.

:D :drink: :D

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JW,
this does look a bit sketchy!
But I listed my boat in an area swap sheet and the next thing I know autotrader is calling me like 3 times a day trying to get me to list with them. So if your info is out there who knows who is getting there hands on it.
Good luck with your sale!

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First thing I noticed to.
Not to mention the spelling :(

all it takes is for one person to play dumb so they can burn them.
takl about a 16 grand profit for writing emails.

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I had a 61 buick that I sold a few weeks ago and I got a few calls from guys that shot me a line similar to that, they said they matched buyers with sellers, and they had a buyer that is interested in my car, but didn't want to give me much info It sounded like a load of crap to me. I am always alittle weary of people like that .

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I'm trying to think of a way to have a little fun with this guy, but it could be a automated response email and not a "guy" at all. Prick.

It's not as bad as last time - the buyer for my custom cycle was from Saudi Arabia

There was a 20/20 news program segment ( or similar program ) recently where one of the news correspondent guys answered one of those Nigerian scam emails, and agreed to pay like 10,000 dollars but only in a face to face meeting. The Nigerians ageed to meet, in Canada. He meet them in a hotel there. The news guy also followed them back to there home in the slums there in Canada too.

So yeah, sure sounds and reads like a different spin on an old scam. We now know that alot of these scumbags are up in Canada.

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when i was selling my 62 galaxie on ebay, some jerk off from affrica hit the buy it now button ending my auction 4 days early. then he contacted me and asked for my bank account # to deposit the sale amount plus an extra $4000 for shipping. then i'm supposed to send the undisclosed shipping co. the $4000 to pick up my car. what really ppissed me off was that in my item description, i stated U.S. bidders ONLY. needless to say, ebay got an earfull from me and relisted my car no charge. sold the next day to a guy in Arizona.

i saw an western union scam for a 2004 porsche cayenne for $20,000. i called the guy and he said the car was in Czechlosavokia and to wire the money to him. yeah right.

my 2 experiences.

Focker out...

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scam scam scam. I have had many . What they do is really give you a check and you deposit it thinking all is well. The bank calls to verify and they get an OK from who they call .All is well right........ in about 2 days you will get a call from the bank saying their funds were withdrawn making you liable for th entire ticket. YOU LOOSE . Think about it who would purchase a boat so far away and unseen at best, and they always offer a little more ti IMPLY good faith . Remember if it sounds too good to be true.....