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I'm selling my Mercedes TE, and a guy from Ireland is offering to come over and buy it, and import it from the UK to Ireland. Could this be a scam as I have been messed around with in the past? I won't be ending the ebay auction early until money has exchanged hands however but wanted other...

good evening folks, My wife had a dispute with a local garage who serviced her megane for her, she had heard from a friend that the garage used their own cheap oil even when you supplied them your own say fully synthetic stuff but as you can imagine it always was difficult to prove...

As some of you may know i am currently trying to sell my car. i got this email and have replied as below. personally i think it has scam written all over it, - but what do you guys think? (buyer has hotmail account) Who pays £21k for a car without even seeing it 1st!!!! :crazy: :mad...

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/2004-MERCEDES-BENZ-E320-CDI-JUST-4000_W0QQitemZ140195693882QQihZ004QQcategoryZ9855QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem DONT BID - i've reported it!

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/2004-MERCEDES-SL55-AMG-KOMPRESSOR_W0QQitemZ280182173409QQihZ018QQcategoryZ9855QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

This morning many people here had the pleasure of this scammer email, which must rank amongst the most pathetic we have seen for a long time, being yet another rehash of the old, old next of kin scam: Dear Friend I am Mr. C. Smith. I am accounting officer at foriegn accounts department...

Now I have just received what I think is the worse scam ever.....not Nigerian loans, cars scams...but... My name is David Ibrahim, a merchant in Oman. I have recently been diagnosed with Esophageal cancer, which has defiled all medical treatment. Expert diagnosis has shown that I have...

Hi Guys & Gals I sell fine jewellery on ebay and tonight I sell this £1,795 platinum ring to someone with zero feedback and no prior correspondence which always concerns me. Funny thing was, I received full payment via paypal straight away but got this email from him which got me even more...

Received text message this afternoon from 'TV Licensing stating: ' 1st payment is due tomorrow. If you do not keep up payments one of our officers may visit need to call again. Call 08456001890 for help. TVLPOBOX181PR13GE '. As it happens my TV Licence is all paid for and tv licensing use an...

Not a big deal, but what happens is this....... Your mobile rings once or twice and before you get a chance to answer, it hangs up. So what do you do? Its not a withheld number, just a number you dont know. Do you phone it back? Answer...... Not if the number starts with the numbers 070 It...

Not sure if it's true but I have just received this and it does sound feasible:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=200148556714&ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:UK:1 Alot of car for the money? Or a money pit waiting for your hard earned? Still seems to good to be true. :confused:

Got wind of this at work as some of our staff have been targetted. Might catch one or two here out too. Some folk in *** have received emails purporting to come from HMRC telling them that they are entitled to a tax rebate. Well, they aint entitled. It’s a scam that leads to a bogus HMRC...

€35 Million French Lottery Fraud The owners of a Parisian ‘tabac’ and their accomplice are suspected of defrauding a €35 million Euro lottery winner. In a series of events that might only be read about in a crime novel, on the 11th May a man entered a tobacconist's shop in the 15th...

150% scam with all the hallmarks: Offering a car for a small % of its value The bid is now double the buy it now, yet the 'seller' is still offering at this price Saying contact me at XYZ email address - stating don't contact via ebay Brand new account holder I reported this...

I don't know if I should post this here or the 'Spotted On Ebay' section, but rather than worry about the niceties I thought I would simply take a chance: eBay sent this message to jo*********SB NOTICE: eBay Registration Suspension - Shill Bidding Hello, This email is to notify you that...

I was looking on auto trader and came across this car...

report it please http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/2003-MERCEDES-CLK-320-AVANTGARDE-AUTO-BLACK_W0QQitemZ180130113581QQihZ008QQcategoryZ9855QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Let's hope no one is stupid enough...... http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1983-MERCEDES-500-SL-AUTO-SILVER-10-588-Miles-only_W0QQitemZ190120583227QQihZ009QQcategoryZ31360QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Hi, This car sold (via another seller ID) for £6,600 a few days ago... http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1989-MERCEDES-420-SL-AUTO-BLACK-Pagoda-12Months-MOT_W0QQitemZ330119714173QQihZ014QQcategoryZ31360QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem