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To: SmoothSail who wrote (15324)	10/18/2012 4:33:11 PM
From: Alan Smithee	1 Recommendation Read Replies (2) of 23934

I am aware of a situation where a guy in the Canadian military was being transferred to the E. Coast. He wanted to buy a motorhome to make the trip with his family and found one on Craigslist located in NW Washington. He looked at it, liked it and gave a $5,000 deposit. When it came time to close the sale, the seller became evasive. Made up a story about having lost the title, etc. The buyer did some investigation and found out the guy was a Gypsy who had multiple cars for sale on Craigslist. He probably pulled this "lost title" scam a lot and pocketed the money. The house where he showed the car turned out to have been vacant, although the seller had lived there at one point. Eventually, the buyer traveled to WA, made a police report and then hung around a gas station where the seller was known to be occasionally. Seller showed up and the buyer put the strong arm on him. Luckily for him he got his money back. The rule in dealing with strangers is caveat emptor.

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