Dear Lt. Douglass
I work for the military and I really hate when people use to military to pry on others… Now that’s said… LT. CHRIS DOUGLASS is a scam. People do not wire any money for any reason. like previously stated in comments if its too good to be true then its a scam. Just becareful!
Hello again, Right now I’m located in Aviano, Italy. I’m in the Air Force and i have to stay in Italy for the next 2 years. The reason of selling it, is that the registration of a car with US standards in an European country will cost me up to $5000 on inspections, modifications and paper work. I am not so familiar with online sales and I decided to use a service from an business-specialized company, eBay Motors Vehicle Purchase Protection (VPP).The payment will be completed to eBay Motors. After you receive the car, inspect it (for 3 days) and register it on your name, eBay will release the payment to me. If, by any reason, you won’t be satisfied with it ( even though I can assure you that it is exactly as described), you can refuse the car and ask for a full refund of your deposit, no questions asked. You will keep the car for few days until i will find another buyer in your area, and there will be no need for you to ship the car back. I think this is more than fair for both of us. I will handle the shipping. The car will be shipped via US Air Military Cargo, so i will not pay shipping fees. You will get the car in 4-5 days. The deal WILL BE MADE UNDER THE eBay Motors RULES AND POLICIES. Both of us will be protected. I WILL NOT DEAL OUTSIDE EBAY UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES!!! If you want to move forward, I will need to know your full name, shipping address and phone number. Once I will receive your details, I will forward the details for our transaction to eBay Motors, and after that, they will send us all the intructions of the transaction. I have my US cell phone with me so if you want to call me, you can find me at +1 650-488-8074 Looking forward to hearing from you. Lt. Chris Douglass —– Original Message —– From: “Zena” To: “Chris Douglass” Sent: Friday, December 30, 2011 1:38 AMSubject: Re: Mercedes > 8577560756 please call me so we can speak in regards to the car. It looks > great.>> Sent from Samsung mobile>> Chris Douglass wrote:>>>Hello,>>>>>>If you are asking if my 1998 Mercedes-Benz SLK is still available, well >>YES!>>it is.>>What can i tell you about my SLK? I can tell you that it’s my personal car>>and it’s condition is great, as you will see in the pictures. I tried my>>best to keep the title clean, so there are no accidents and no liens. All>>you have to do is to register it and drive it.>>>>I suppose you want to see pictures, a car report and information about it,>>so i tried to put them all in a web page. Here is the web page:>>http://sites.google.com/site/1998mercedesbenzslk/>>You can click on it or copy and put it in your Internet browser (i >>recommend>>to copy it in case it doesn’t work by clicking on it).>>>>Regarding the price, i decided to sell it for $3200 and in case you decide>>to buy it, you can reply to this message.>>>>>>Thank you,>>Lt. Chris Douglass>>>>—– Original Message —– >>From: “Zena” >>To: >>Sent: Thursday, December 29, 2011 1:25 PM>>Subject: Mercedes>>>>>>> Is it still available is there a contact #
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kennym says:
I recently ran into the exact story, except it was for a Subaru Outback. The pictures of the vehicle posted on the site that was sent to me are nearly 3 years old. They were also posted by an individual other than the person selling the car.
The person selling the car said his name is Lt Andy Lundgren. Yes there is such an individual in the American Forces but unfortunatly someone else is using his name.
I too feel very strong regarding the false use of the brave people that protect our free countries around the world. What a piece of dirt.
Thank
kennym
January 4th, 2012 at 7:52 pm
horzluber says:
Unfortunately, hundreds of such emails are issued daily by criminals. Here is a sampling of what I have encountered over the years:
http://scammerdatabase.wordpress.com/category/military-imposter/
January 5th, 2012 at 9:53 am
socceralan28 says:
damn that guy did same shit to me.
If you are asking if my 1998 Mercedes-Benz SLK is still available, well YES! it is.
What can i tell you about my SLK? I can tell you that it’s my personal car and it’s condition is great, as you will see in the pictures. I tried my best to keep the title clean, so there are no accidents and no liens. All you have to do is to register it and drive it.
I suppose you want to see pictures, a car report and information about it, so i tried to put them all in a web page. Here is the web page:
http://sites.google.com/site/1998mercedesbenzslk/
You can click on it or copy and put it in your Internet browser (i recommend to copy it in case it doesn’t work by clicking on it).
Regarding the price, i decided to sell it for $3200 and in case you decide to buy it, you can reply to this message.
Thank you,
Lt. Chris Douglass
January 22nd, 2012 at 9:41 pm
WHYME246 says:
sam here word for word…
Hello again,
Right now I’m located in Aviano, Italy. I’m in the Air Force and i have to stay here for the next 2 years.
The reason of selling it, is that the registration of a car with US standards in an European country will cost me up to $5000 on inspections, modifications and paper work.
I am not so familiar with online sales and I decided to use a service from an business-specialized company, eBay Motors Vehicle Purchase Protection (VPP).
The payment will be completed to eBay Motors. After you receive the car, inspect it (for 3 days) and register it on your name, eBay will release the payment to me. If, by any reason, you won’t be satisfied with it ( even though I can assure you that it is exactly as described), you can refuse the car and ask for a full refund of your deposit, no questions asked. You will keep the car for few days until i will find another buyer in your area, and there will be no need for you to ship the car back. I think this is more than fair for both of us.
I will handle the shipping. The car will be shipped via US Air Military Cargo, so i will not pay shipping fees. You will get the car in 4-5 days.
The deal WILL BE MADE UNDER THE eBay Motors RULES AND POLICIES. Both of us will be protected. I WILL NOT DEAL OUTSIDE EBAY UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES!!!
If you want to move forward, I will need to know your full name, shipping address and phone number. Once I will receive your details, I will forward the details for our transaction to eBay Motors, and after that, they will send us all the instructions of the transaction.
I have my US cell phone with me so if you want to call me, you can find me at +1 (650) 488-8074
Looking forward to hearing from you.
Lt. Robert Thorn
January 25th, 2012 at 4:40 pm