Pontiac Firebird 1967-2002 - WS6 for $4000???

Hey
Ok, heres the story. I found a 01' TA WS6 with 73K A4 and the guy was asking $4000 for it. Not only will i buy it for dirt cheep but he ill ship it to my house free of charge. He said i would send the money to MoneyBookers and they would hold the money till i tell them to send it to him. He lives in Richmond, VA and i live in Hastings, NE. I found it in Autotrader.com. Would i be getting screwed??? The pic shows its a WS6 and he says it runs and has little paint damage and by the pic i cant see any damage. He also said that I have 5 days to accept the deal and if i dont he will pay for shipping back and i get my money back from MoneyBookers. Has anyone done this before or do you think its a scam?? :confused::confused:

Thanks!!

scam tell him u will pay pal him. pay with your credit card

Tell him you booked a one way flight and will be there in a few hours. See what he says.

I asked him for the VIN number but he has not emailed me back for 2 days now LOL im leaning towards SCAM!!!

BE CAREFUL!!!! Before I got my WS6, I bid and won on a 1978 Trans Am on ebay. I drove all the way to New York to pay $15,000 for the car. Looked GREAT in the pics. When I showed up the guy was full of shit. The car needed paint, shock mounts were broken, claimed original paint but it was running on the sail panel, and best of all... it didn't run!!! Don't trust pictures. Good luck with whatever you decide.

scam....paypal or no go. Plus no VIN, thats BS

dont ever buy a car without looking at it and driving it, to many assholes out there

This is known as the Moneybookers Scam, do a search for it on google. I almost fell for one as well. The dude was posing to sell a 03' GSXR 600 for 2 grand.

Ok, now he did send me the VIN number and i looked a the carfax history and it all look good and what he said was TRUE, but should i still use MoneyBookers or would that be taking a risk? Never used it so i wouldn't know. Thanks!!!

Ok, now he did send me the VIN number and i looked a the carfax history and it all look good and what he said was TRUE, but should i still use MoneyBookers or would that be taking a risk? Never used it so i wouldn't know. Thanks!!!

Still sounds fishy to me. Ditch this clown. Anything that sounds too good to be true... is.

If i go through ebay do you think that would work well?:D once again never done it.

Thanks

ok i live near richmond. they sell very, very quickly around here, even with gas prices. there's absolutely no way this is real all trans ams sell within a week when asking kbb pricing.

Post or search for the actual text he's sending to you. They all seem to use the same verbage when describing the process to send the money. The only thing that really changes is the item, the price, and some sort of "wow that sounds real factor". Mine was "just had the gears changed, and tires replaced 2k miles ago."

Here's an example of what they kinda look like:
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Hi,

The car is alredy crated and ready for shipping. The title is clear. The car is in showroom condition and it has not been involved in any accidents. It is paid in full and all you have to pay is the price of the car.
This is the best way for me even if I'll have to pay some extra money for their services. I'll cover the broker's fee and like I've explained, the shipping will be covered as well so you don't have to worry. The car will be delivered at your door.
Once you've received the car you'll have 14 days for inspection and test drive. If for any reason the car is not as described, including the emissions standards, you may reject the car. It will be shipped back at my expense and you will be fully refunded.
It will come with the title, bill of sale signed by me, and with the power of attorney for the escrow manager that will accompany the car to sign all the papers that you need to register it under your name. The shipping process can take up to 4-5 days. The delivery will be made at your house. I'll have the exact schedule once the shipping process has begun.
I've attach you some photos and also you can check. the VIN. JTHFN48Y950068123
(car is registred and located in Delray Beach, FL)
If you want to buy it please email me your full name and address and I will contact Moneybookers to start the transaction. They will contact you with all the informations that you need to complete this deal.

Thanks,
Melvin Lerwick
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Im with everyone else, sounds like a scam for sure. $4000 and free shipping sounds to good to be true, and usually a sign of your going to get f*cked. Like 2-3 years back there was a 99 T/A for sale in one of those trader magazines, were they sell all sorts of shit. It was black on black on ZR1s with a blown motor, and they were asking $4K for it. These cars obviously don't hold their value very well, but 4k is just to damn low for a running LS1.
-Joel

It's a scam. Most likely posted on Autotrader with a stolen credit card.

Unless you lay eyes on the vehicle and actually drive it, check it out, etc. and can take physical possession of it at the time of exchanging money, don't fall for it!

Best to walk away.

Hey
Ok, heres the story. I found a 01' TA WS6 with 73K A4 and the guy was asking $4000 for it. Not only will i buy it for dirt cheep but he ill ship it to my house free of charge. He said i would send the money to MoneyBookers and they would hold the money till i tell them to send it to him. He lives in Richmond, VA and i live in Hastings, NE. I found it in Autotrader.com. Would i be getting screwed??? The pic shows its a WS6 and he says it runs and has little paint damage and by the pic i cant see any damage. He also said that I have 5 days to accept the deal and if i dont he will pay for shipping back and i get my money back from MoneyBookers. Has anyone done this before or do you think its a scam?? :confused::confused:

Thanks!!

I had the similar situation too. I saw 01 trans am WS6 selling for $4K on autotrader. I think it was navy blue. If you saw this one then it's a scam.
I can see whoever is trying to sell it has a tendency to change his/her location. Don't do it!! Too good to be true. Any true F-body owner will not sell an 01 WS6 that's in great condition at $4K. I could be wrong but highly unlikely.

Can't remember the specifics of the one I ran across a while back, but it was supposedly a black 98-02 Formula and the guy claimed he was trying to dump it for $6,000 as he was being "deployed with the military" soon and didn't have time to show the car because he was "busy training." :eyes: This was through Cars.com and they confirmed it was a scam on a stolen credit card and took it down. These bastards try to put them right on the edge of being a possible good deal, hoping people will stupidly fall for it. Most likely your money will be funneled somewhere overseas, probably to terrorist groups according to research I have done. Be very wary folks!

Tell him you booked a one way flight and will be there in a few hours. See what he says.

Yep, only way I would do it.

stop emailing him.
check out the NSX forums for a good, kinda long, read. A couple guys on the forum really fucked with the scammer for a few days via email... had him send pictures of "himself" then another picture of "himself" displaying a specific sign, "per the request of the buyer's bank" lol. its a great and funny read, especially b/c the scammer wasted a few days of his time before he realized he was getting fucked with.


Walk away.

there has been scams going around like that for a while. guy was selling a 94 n/a supra with 70k miles on it for 5 grand. emailed the guy i had the cash in hand he told me hes in germany now the car is in storage in new york and his cousin will ship it to me. right there im like its a scam told the guy i will go get the car myself and pay his cousin cash in hand and what did the guy do, he didnt reply. my cousin encountered one of those scams too with a m3. i heard of a guy my cousin knew from somewhere that he sold a mercedes c32 amg 3 times like that and on the 4th time he got caught now hes sitting in jail with bubba lol

I can sell the parts from a wrecked Ws6 for more than $4000, so take that for what it is worth.

I smell a scam. :)

ryan

This is the most popular scam in the book. They make up a third party seller and make up websites and make them seen legit and then they say they hold the money and you get a test drive and all this other bs and then they release the money to the seller or give him his car back. It's a scam.

Ok So what about paypal and those other well known 3rd parties? Is that how they work with the whole 5 days to inspect and confirm? Never used it so just looking for info.

Thanks?

NEVER buy a car without physically seeing it and a test drive.

scam i ran into somthin like this but the guy was in cali, but my uncle lives thier so i asked him if he could go c it and he only kept incesting i by buy it know before it sells

Ponder this... how many people do you think are out there that HAVE fallen for these scams because they don't frequent on-line forums like these to learn about such things?

Ponder this... how many people do you think are out there that HAVE fallen for these scams because they don't frequent on-line forums like these to learn about such things?

My best friend got got, like a dumb ass. The guy sent him a web page to send the money to. It looked like paypal, FBI even had to get involved in it. Well he lost 6K, after I told him not to do it.

I can buy a WS6 A4 off a local for $2000 should i hop on it?

my friend did the whole put your money into an account and send it to him when you choose, he found an 01 lightning with 53k on it for 4500 and the guy was going to pay for shipping, he put the money in the account, truck didn't come for two weeks and the money had already started going through, he only got 3200 back and never saw the truck or heard from the guy again.

Ok So what about paypal and those other well known 3rd parties? Is that how they work with the whole 5 days to inspect and confirm? Never used it so just looking for info.

Thanks?

There have been several posts in this thread pointing out that this is near gauranteed to be a scam, but you're still persisting with it?.
If you're not going to listen to the old adage "if it sounds too good to be true", then send the guy your money, wait a couple of weeks, then come back here and tell everyone how you got ripped for $4000.00.

As everyone else has said, NEVER buy a vehicle without seeing it for your self, drive it, get under it, check it out thoroughly. No matter how cheap the price, if it turns out to be a donkey, its not cheap thoroughbred anymore.

Sara Lou

Hey,

Yah i figured it was a scam and i had a guy in California that could go look at it before it was shipped. i ask the guy for the VIN and he gave me a vin for a 04 tahoe!!!! LOL but i would have never bought it without looking at it or sending money!!! Thanks for all the advice.