New Scam to avoid (2017)

I was cruising the inter web for nortons, came across a highly restored custom 750 commando, there was 2 k in custom paint , E start, all polished..etc, had to be 10-11 in this machine excluding labor, price 4350$ firm- I snickered as I played along, and was not disappointed in the twist of events to secure "said" bike- phony name, tale of woe, and since this engineer was heading back to the oil rigs in the gulf, the transaction had to go thru nmc-global.com. rather impressive that website is, really seems to address all the shipping concerns you would have if you found yourself interested in a seemingly "good deal "- for kicks I called the number, but :wink: mysteriously, all I got was a recording...and there seems to be a lot of these 4k ish Commando's on OODLE... just passing along-

oodle!! :shock: its fun to try to recognize a bike on there that was advertised somewhere else in the past.

EXACTLY, and in dialoguing with the "alleged" oil rig operator owner, he had a pretty good knowledge of the Commando, and there wasn't any middle eastern dialect in his writing, they are sharpening their craft-

Any chance this is where you found the "deal"? http://light-classifieds.com/
When I chased down a bike off this site, the owner wanted me to deal with this company: http://aykamtransport.com/howitworks.php
Which is a clone of nmc-global.com, with a name change.

Stephen Hill

Maybe I'm confused but it appears that Grandpauls beautifully restored JPN that sold recently on ebay is on that site for $5000.
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This site contains many (or all) phoney listings. The photos are recycled from earlier bone fide listings on other sites.
This is where I found the cool Norton International with the price to be too good to be true: http://light-classifieds.com/details.php?id=1948 . After emailing the guy I was told he works on the oil rigs but just send the dough to a phoney escrow site.
I feel sorry for a real oil rig worker trying to sell a real motorcycle.

Stephen Hill

It happens world wide, scammers every where, they even contact you if your selling but wait till the auction is over, how many have been foolish enough to fall for these scum bags, they even try to send fake Paypal invoices thinking you open their attachments insread of going straight to your Paypal account, you just got to be one step ahead of them, if its to good to be true be very aware.

Ashley

'It is the way of the future' - (Howard Hughes).

Stephen Hill said:

Any chance this is where you found the "deal"? http://light-classifieds.com/
When I chased down a bike off this site, the owner wanted me to deal with this company: http://aykamtransport.com/howitworks.php
Which is a clone of nmc-global.com, with a name change.

Stephen Hill

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Tell them you want to come and collect it and pay cash then watch them try to wiggle out of it if they are not genuine :idea:

Stephen Hill said:

This site contains many (or all) phoney listings. The photos are recycled from earlier bone fide listings on other sites.
This is where I found the cool Norton International with the price to be too good to be true: http://light-classifieds.com/details.php?id=1948 . After emailing the guy I was told he works on the oil rigs but just send the dough to a phoney escrow site.
I feel sorry for a real oil rig worker trying to sell a real motorcycle.

Stephen Hill

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I know of a sales website for another kind of classic vehicle (not motorcycles). They post photos that they've stolen off the Internet with silly prices ... a vehicle that sold for $14,000 last month will show up for $99,000 with a glowing list of upgrades and money spent. If you bite, they'll tell you that the vehicle is in the shop for final repairs and they'll deliver in two weeks -- it will actually be 3 1/2 which is after they've gone out and bought a vehicle similar to the one in the photo. The seller will get 25% more than it's worth ($16,000 -18,000) and the shady "auction" company will make $72,000 - 75,000 in profit after they pay for a cheap paint job and a few shipping expenses. Or it they can't find a vehicle with the right "price spread", they'll tell you that they've been scammed and give you your money back "we're doing you a favor by eating all the losses and you get your money back so you're not out anything".

I'm not sure ifthis is a scam or just a shadyscheme being pulled on an ignorant buyer, but it's in the same league as the Nigerian Princes in my mind.

"The Blewdy Yaink" B. Henderson, N. Carolina USA

I think a request for a FaceTime walk around the bike will pretty quickly sort out the scammers.

bsaboss said:

I think a request for a FaceTime walk around the bike will pretty quickly sort out the scammers.

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That's a great idea, or at least a picture of them with the merchandise and a sign with a current date

And any excuses on any request is an automatic red flag. If they are serious about selling, there won't be an excuse