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Originally Posted by MiniNinjaRob
With the best will in the world, 960’s aren’t worth a lot of money at the moment so unless this was a concours car or held special family meaning £250 seems like a big reward to pay which sets my alarm bells ringing.
There is a scam gong at the moment which involves buying something but someone else uses their PayPal details, something to do with the way refunds are done. Can’t remenber the details but it’s happening with bikes.
If it doesn’t seem right then it probably isn’t, there are so many ways to scam people that are new it’s bonkers.
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That's what i was thinking Rob - i'd heard of a similar scam, not sure exactly how it works but the person whose Paypal account is used says they never got the item so they get a refund. As they aren't connected to the actual sale in any way except their account was used to pay for it, they then become entitled to a refund. Not sure other than that.
I'd have a wild guess the £250 is the guys excess on the theft part of his policy and his insurers have said they won't pay out unless he recovers the car.
Thing is, 9xxs in general aren't worth a wild amount, pay with Paypal as above, get the documents and sell it on - they've already had a refund of the original purchase price and then sell it "cash only" so they make twice their money.