Jim & Joan
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Same as this one
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mike4947
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If any one wonders if this works just read all the posts. Even though it was reported as an actual scam that's been repeated we still have people posting it might be true....Barum was right.
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The military excuse is a very common one. You are already being setup for an excuse to send money ahead of time - that the previous buyer had backed out. Those two excuses together are well known to be common with a scammer.
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1492
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fourfurz wrote:This is a well known scam. You'll be asked to send a money order to WU in your name to some place, meet him at the airport, etc. Bottom line: you'll lose your money and not get the coach.
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I reported it to the security department at RVTrader. Hopefully they will remove this before anyone is hurt.
Also appears on rvsearch.com and oodle.com.
This ad is similar to others with the same angle. Claims to be in the military, or otherwise traveling on business. Provides a phone number, but likely just a number picked at random. Needless to say, you will never be able to contact the seller by phone. Will only communicate directly through email, usually from a Gmail account?
There was another ad on oodle.com not too long ago for a 2006 Itasca Navion Diesel for $15,000. Contacting the seller returned these emails. I especially enjoyed the line where the '06 Navion was "packed, insured, and ready for shipping."
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Countryhill Traveler
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Fortunately we just read your posting. We were presently looking at a 2004 Monaco Windsor that was selling at $58,000 which is an unbelieveable price. We contacted the seller for more information on this unit and were told the same army story as you were. It sounded quite believeable until we read your posting.
Thank you for sharing this information with the rest of us. No doubt you have saved many people.
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I would treat it as an honest ad but send no money.
A. Once he sees you will pay no front money, he will break it off if he is a fake.
B. If he is a real seller, things will still move forward.
I'd bet on A.
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1492
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Countryhill Traveler wrote:Fortunately we just read your posting. We were presently looking at a 2004 Monaco Windsor that was selling at $58,000 which is an unbelieveable price. We contacted the seller for more information on this unit and were told the same army story as you were. It sounded quite believeable until we read your posting.
Thank you for sharing this information with the rest of us. No doubt you have saved many people.
Countryhill Traveler
I take it that you were referring to this ad also in rvtraderonline?
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tropical36
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Also, there's a lot of good email tracers out there. I use ipnetinfo....a free program where you just plug in the full headers of the message and it traces it all the way back to it's source. I did a lot of this when my old pace was for sale...with most interested buyers being scam artists from nigeria and other parts of africa. I even managed to get one degenerate to send a bogus check to the US secret service and a couple of others to the bank of america....lol
Still haven't figured out what your potential seller is up to, unless he expects you to send him a down payment....yeah right!!!!
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chastho
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I can't believe people actually fall for this. Some of the post read as if they really believe there is a mh. I guess there are enough gullible people to keep these scammers in business.
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othertonka
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Well the pictures look good and he is not asking you to pay for his flight to show the MH, but how far do you have to travel to see it? If no money is changing hands until you see the MH and search the title, it might be legit, but only you can determine that. If he is telling the truth, it seams he has already been taken once by the person who did not show up after he traveled to show it. Who knows?
By the way here is a clickable link to the pictures.
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Personnaly I would never do a deal like this because there are too many units available within my local area.
On edit this is the same Mh as listed on this web site!!
Photos on RV search
Is it the same seller? Who knows.
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