I actually received a reply:


Thank you for your question.
If you are interested in buying my Mercedes, please take a minute and read
my terms of sale.

The price I want to obtain for it is $14,000 (this price includes shipment
and insurance charges). We recently moved in Greece due to my wife's job
promotion. We found out that we cannot register the car here, because it is
an US model and Europe regulations are different from the US ones. Also we
haven't paid yet the duties for bringing it here and if we sell it back to
US there will be no more duties to be paid. Now we have our money stucked
with this vehicle, and the low price is for a fast cash deal.

The car is like new, completely working, low miles, 2003 model, having three
more years extended warranty. It is in awesome condition and has always been
kept in a garage. It is an US model with US specs and passed the US test
emissions and it will come with all the papers (title, warranty, insurance
etc. ...). The title is CLEAR and CLEAN and you will have no problem
registering it in your state.

The shipping costs and the insurance taxes of the shipment will be down to
me and you will pay the fees for related to the payment (about 5% of the
total amount).

This will be a large purchase and I suggest using a third party for this
transaction, as I want this to be as smooth as possible. Since I already
have an account with Secure Trade, we'll use them (I will pay for their
services). I have an insurance account of $20,000 with them. If this is your
first time using Secure Trade here are their terms: if you will not receive
the car exactly as advertised or you won't receive it in 20 days since you
made the deposit, Secure Trade will refund you from my Secure Trade account.

I am requesting a $7,000 REFUNDABLE deposit prior shipping and the balance
after delivery and inspection. If you are not 100% content with the car, you
will ship it back on my expense to get your deposit back. I am sure this
will not happen, because this Mercedes is a state of the art vehicle and you
will have no reason to reject it.

If you agree with my terms, please send me your full name, home and shipping
address and I will register the transaction with Secure Trade asap.

Regards,
Frans.



OK, what's the scam???