Fraudulent E type for sale

[hastylane]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1964-Jaguar-E ... 3d02ad062c

This car does not exist in Sweden, it is a fraud, my friend got duped, they are very skillfull. The Police have been informed.

Take care out there, Regards Andrew

[1954Etype]

A 3.8 FHC for 12k? What could possibly go wrong?!

[hastylane]

The scamsters advertised the car at 18k six months ago and have now decided to have another go. My friend posted on pistonheads about his experience and yesterday he received an e mail from someone who was about to part with money for it, but fortunately read his post first.

Any help in how to catch these people would be much appreciated. Living in an electronic age you must be leaving a trace when advertising a car via the web.

Regards

Andrew

[Tony]

They seem to have E bay fooled also. 100% Rating. It makes you wonder how well E bay security is
.

[Heuer]

As Angus says, a complete 3.8 FHC for ?12k or even ?18k ...... really? Realistically, for the actual car, you would be looking at ?58k+. Hell. you could break it up and get more than ?18k for the parts! There seems to be an element of the population that believes old E-Type's are worth next to nothing for some reason. Maybe remembering reading Practical Classics in the early 1980's?

[hastylane]

I realise everyone has their opinions on what is a price where something becomes to good to be true, I thought it would be a dis service to not pass on a piece of knowledge that could help a fellow classic car owner out.

Interestingly EBay will not take the listing down, The manufacturer must inform them. Can't say eBay are impressing me with their attitude.

Having researched the car advertised, it was previously sold on eBay and it looks like the scammers saved the photos from the previous listing and I am guessing cloned an eBay account or have just created fake listings to get a good feedback. Pretty simple really and easy to replicate. The selling account they are using has 100%.

Nothing more to say on this one. Regards Andrew

[rolando38]

Il guess the lesson learnt is ?never make ? downpayment before You or a reliable friend have/has actually seen the goods and the selleŕ?

[Alty Ian]

I'm afraid the old proverb rings true here, "a fool and his money are easily parted" and ebay has a knack of exposing the foolish streak in us all. Never pay a penny without seeing a car, checking its title etc. As soon as you start pushing these requirements the fraudsters will soon give up and move onto the next mug.