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Old February 7th 10, 03:16 PM posted to uk.rec.cars.modifications
Steve Firth
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Default So what's the scam?

I've been looking for yet another car recently. One thing I have noticed
is that Autotrader now contains large numbers of adverts for cars at
ludicrous prices.

Such as this one:

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classifi...1005351803189/

So umm what's the actual scam? Bang on the head up a dark alley after
arranging a meet to pay for the car?

I'm not daft enough to think that anyone would be selling a two year old
XC90 for that price, I'm just bemused by the scammer. Surely if the
price were just a couple of K less than book they would attract some
buyers? If they actually gave a contact number rather than insisting on
email contact only they would attract more punters?

As it is, it just screams WRONG! at anyone with two brain cells or more.
Or is the aim to attract the absolute dimmest members of society?