cross checking rego to owner

[bigboy]

you better tell the guy in Perth he should report the car stolen and send him the link he only has a few weeks to sort it out before he leaves for Afghanistan LOL

[ozchips]

you better tell the guy in Perth he should report the car stolen and send him the link he only has a few weeks to sort it out before he leaves for Afghanistan LOL

haha that would be a classic
doubt I will hear from him again though since i asked too many questions in the reply email

but still would not hurt

[viper5150]

Had an email about my car on carsales and yeah, it was a scam too.

Also had calls from Sydney car yards pretending to be private buyers.

If you dont have any luck ozchips, ive got an 2004 Sportivo Corolla for sale. I reckon it would be perfect for you.

[weirdo]

Mr Barlow is still at it chippie.
After I enquired about the car he send me the exact same email, word for word

[ozchips]

thanks weirdo
bait him somewhat and lets have some fun , he will not answer me anymore

hey viper got any links ot that model ? cannot say i know it

[weirdo]

me > Looks good mate.
How can we seal the deal?

Cheers Me

Him > This is my first time selling a car over the Internet and i think the best way is to use a third party company that protects buyers and sellers. One of my friends here bought a car four months ago from a different state and he used an escrow company and he was very pleased with their services. I've read their terms and they can also take care of the title transfer. You will NOT send the payment to me. You will have to complete a payment to the escrow company. The money will go into a safe account until you receive the car. You will have 10 days to inspect the car with a mechanic and decide if you want to keep it. In case you decide to keep it, the escrow company will release the funds to me. In case you decide not to keep it I will have the car shipped back with no extra charges for you.
Let me know if you want to proceed
PS: I've attached photos of my ID card so you'll know I'm serious about this.
He's attached photos of himself in uniform with his name Barlow embroidered on his chest and what appears to be his air force ID card.

[weirdo]

I'll bet he'll come back with some fake escrow service
Looks like it's all too common nowadays
Found this>
False Escrow Services

A scam that has been happening since about 2002 is false Escrow services. Quite often these websites look legitimate, however they all tend to run off one of a series of templates that the scammers themselves have made. While this is something that occurs more often than not in regards to online auctions, it's still something to be wary of.

The basic rundown of it is that the seller, who will generally claim to be fanatical about protecting themselves and their buyers from fraud, will point you to use an escrow company that they've dealt with many times both as buyer and seller. This escrow company will be fake, and any transaction done through them will generally end up in the money going to some overseas bank account that you don't know of and your money will be lost, and you won't receive any goods.

If a seller recommends you to use a particular escrow company, generally be wary of the entire situation. Most sellers should generally accept cash, direct deposit, or cheque (though they most likely will want to wait until the cheque clears before they will hand over the keys).


The Fake Car
-- Too cheap to be true? It usually is!

You're looking around for a car, visiting the online car sale sites and you see a car that's relatively new, and it's selling for an unbelievably low price.

There's a reason it's selling for an unbelievably low price. It's almost guaranteed to be a scam.

You send an email to the seller, asking for more information about the car and why it's going for such a low price. They reply giving you a huge background story of their situation and why they are selling the car. The common reasons given lately are "work moved me over to xxxxx and I can't drive a right hand drive car here", "going through a divorce and I don't need the car", or "I lost my job and now I need to sell the car".

The car will be located overseas, and the seller is willing to freight the car back to Australia, at no cost to you. Alarm bells should be ringing here. But they tell you they are either an affiliated eBay trader, and that they use something like an "eBay Purchase Protection Account" so that eBay will guarantee the transaction between you and the seller and that if you aren't happy within 5-15 days of receiving the car you can ship the car back to them at the sellers expense, or they have been using this one escrow payment service for months or years that they've never had an issue with (and it'll be a fake website specifically setup for these people to do their scams with).

The truth is the seller doesn't actually have this car. All they've done is scour some online car sales sites, find the details (such as the Vehicle Identification Number) and some pictures of the car they want to pretend they are selling, and listed it elsewhere for a cheap cheap price.

By getting a VIN of the vehicle they are selling (not necessarily the one they are advertising), when you do a REVS check or similar on the vehicle, it can easily come up as being unencumbered etc, and checks out as a legitimate vehicle.

Furthermore, eBay doesn't offer "Protection" services for sales (auctions) that are not handled through eBay. It goes straight to the bank account of the scammer, the scammer disappears with your money, and you'll never see the car.

In Summary

In summary, the major details of the scam tend to stay the same:

* Relatively new car for sale
* Unbelievably cheap
* Located overseas, but will freight the car to you at no cost. (And freight is NOT cheap on a vehicle to send overseas)

The only thing that tends to change is vehicle, and the reason for selling the car. Divorce, loss of job, etc.

Unless you're buying something pretty particular (in which case you're probably willing to fly interstate to inspect the car), you're probably better off trying to buy locally.

[BillyGoat]

Farking Scumbags.
Thanks for the heads up.

[weirdo]

Me > Please send me the details of this escrow company, I don't want to miss out.

Him> My friend used the following escrow company: and he was very pleased with their services. All you have to do is to register on their website and then I need your e-mail address (that you registered with) so I can set up the transaction. You can read their terms here: so you can see that this is the safest way. You can start the registration process here:
The shipping will not take more than 3-4 days.
Now, the ball is in your court.

[SystemRat]

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[Don Benosee]

LOL!! A brand new 'service' with a russian DNS? Wow, it MUST be legit.. Ask him how long ago his 'friend' used it...

[ozchips]

yeah I have not heard jack shit from him now
that is why I went straight to local cop shop since the REVS and stuff would not tell me anything , luckily the local cops are good and they do that type of service even though they are not supposed too .
I will be checking out the real car today and will let you all know how it went
Also be interesting if anyone in the RAAF have any links they could check this bloke on . Would be interesting if he really is in the RAAF what they would say about this...but then photoshop is a wonderful tool

[Fernbay]

here is the email sent back to me this morning

G'Day!
....... I'm a soldier serving in the Australian Air Force ........

.......
He's attached photos of himself in uniform with his name Barlow embroidered on his chest and what appears to be his air force ID card.

The RAAF does not have Soldiers
If they are Army, on temporary deployment to the RAAF, they will retain their Australian Army ID. They won't be issued a new RAAF ID

There's extra proof it's a scam

[weirdo]

His ID card says Flight Sergeant.
Maybe he means flight as in past tense of flee

[ozchips]

dunno fernbay the aggies call themselves soldiers up here at the amberley base

[Fernbay]

dunno fernbay the aggies call themselves soldiers up here at the amberley base

Maybe because adgies are egotistical wankers

Adgies are Airfield Defence Guards.
Their ranks are AC (Aircraftsmen), LAC (Leading Aircraftsman), Corpral, Sergent, Flight Sergent and Warrant Officer.

Only the Army has Soldiers.
The Navy doesn't have soldiers either, except on loan from the Army

95% of the adgies that I have met are wannabes with delusions of grandeur ( And I'm Ex-RAAF - I've had to deal with them before )

[viper5150]

thanks weirdo
bait him somewhat and lets have some fun , he will not answer me anymore

hey viper got any links ot that model ? cannot say i know it

Only place i could find info online is on

Mine is the same as the red one's in the pics.

They are quite rare and not toll many of them out there.

[ozchips]

thanks viper , but really need something to throw bags of chook food and the odd bale of lucerne in the back
and it would be too much , max budget for asecond runaround is only 7k

[WhiteOx]

LOL ..... You can log into this website without entering a username and password.

[chartrev16]

Can any1 tell me if they hav been scamed by this guy?