Original emails:
Hi, I’m interested in the corolla you posted on craigslist a little while ago. would it be possible to schedule an appointment to look at it sometime in the next week or so? Is there anything I should know about it that you haven’t posted in your ad?
her reply:
Thank you for contacting me about my 2003 Toyota Corolla. The car is in great shape with 74k mileage, it’s automatic with 4-Cylinder. I’m the first owner, it was never been involved in accidents and has clear title.
I am selling it for $1,650 because my husband died 1 month ago (he had a heart attack) and brings me bad memories. Along with my daughter we decided to sell the house and moved to my brother in Washington, trying to start a new life.
I want to use eBay services, so if you’re interested in purchasing the car just reply me your full name, full address and phone number, so I can notify eBay. Once that is done, they will contact you in the next 24 hours to explain the entire procedure.
my reply:
Thanks very much for your quick reply, I really appreciate it. I’m very sorry about your husband, and I totally understand why you want to get rid of it quickly. I’d love to be first in line for this car if possible; I’m looking for a car that I can use for a cross country trip the beginning of august to return to school. I’d like to take a look at the car in person as soon as possible.
her reply:
Hi again the car is stored with all the paperwork in eBay warehouse number 29,in Lynnwood, WA headquarters in container,sealed and ready for delivery. The transaction will be made thru eBay because they can protect both of us and they also offer 10 days inspection period. You’ll have 10 days to test/drive the car before decided to keep it or not. If the vehicle is not like I described you’ll ship it back on my expense and they will give you a full refund. eBay will hold the funds until you receive the car with all the papers work. Only after you confirm them that you wanna keep it they will release me the funds. In this way you will be able to inspect the vehicle before committing to buy it.
i will contact eBay and i will proceed the deal.You will receive a notification from them with all the steps you need to follow to complete the deal. E-mail me when you will receive the notification from eBay
I then asked for an ebay number to look up the car and she replied with about 20 photos,but no ebay number.
Scam reported at FightTheScams.com
craigslist scammer: sarah66anderson@gmail.com