I put my 79 SD on Craigslist on Saturday. I've gotten 3 bogus replies, each of which asks me to click on a link embedded in the reply. Obviously, I haven't clicked, but I'm curious as to whether anyone knows what kind of scam is taking place with these kind of replies?

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1977 300d 70k--sold 08
1985 300TD 185k+
1984 307d 126k--sold 8/03
1985 409d 65k--sold 06
1984 300SD 315k--daughter's car
1979 300SD 122k--sold 2/11
1999 Fuso FG Expedition Camper
1993 GMC Sierra 6.5 TD 4x4
1982 Bluebird Wanderlodge CAT 3208--Sold 2/13

Most are just phishing for e-mail addresses, but quite a few are looking for gullible sellers who let their guard down.

They are very unlikely to be the Nigerian wire transfer and more of a way to expose yourself to spam and attack sites.

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1987 300D (230,000 mi on a #14 head-watching the temp gauge and keeping the ghost in the machine)
Raleigh NC - Home of deep fried sushi!

Nice car!

http://denver.craigslist.org/cto/1631838704.html

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1985 500SL Euro w/ AMG bits 130k
1984 300SD Turbodiesel 192k
1980 240D Stick China 188k
2001 CLK55 AMG 101k
2007 S600 Biturbo 149k Overheated Project, IT'S ALIVE!!!

Yep, that's my baby and it pains me to part with her.

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1977 300d 70k--sold 08
1985 300TD 185k+
1984 307d 126k--sold 8/03
1985 409d 65k--sold 06
1984 300SD 315k--daughter's car
1979 300SD 122k--sold 2/11
1999 Fuso FG Expedition Camper
1993 GMC Sierra 6.5 TD 4x4
1982 Bluebird Wanderlodge CAT 3208--Sold 2/13

I listed some surplus equipment from work, and I got a LOT of responses offering to help me find a new job, or to loan me money.
I did not respond.

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1982 300SD " Wotan" ..On the road as of Jan 8, 2007 with Historic Tags

I got a disgusting amount of solicitations while trying to sell my father's $60,000 Year One Trans-Am. All wanted to "help me" sell it by doing the exact same thing I was doing. Since I knew the car better than them and know how to take a picture I probably marketed it better than they ever could.

Only 2 rounds on ebay and it was gone.

With every other car I list on craigslist I usually get one or two for some random company trying to do the same thing. Since I put my phone number on there I even get robo or telemarketing calls sometimes. Once I took the time to ask exactly what $100 gets me other than platitudes and a cars.com listing I could do myself. Nothing. They guarunteed to have multiple buyers for my Wagoneer waiting, and I asked how many. They couldn't give me an exact number. The telemarketer didn't even know who made the Grand Wagoneer.

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1985 500SL Euro w/ AMG bits 130k
1984 300SD Turbodiesel 192k
1980 240D Stick China 188k
2001 CLK55 AMG 101k
2007 S600 Biturbo 149k Overheated Project, IT'S ALIVE!!!

On the inferior imported steel issue, you don't give an opinion as to whether or not your car is in the category of "many 1979 116 models rusted into oblivion as a result of a steel strike in Germany in 1979 . . . "

I mean I guess honesty is a good thing but that almost sounds like TMI.

FWIW.

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1986 300SDL, 362K
1984 300D, 138K

You are likely receiving responses from companies that 'Have Willing Buyers' or would like it if you would 'Let Us Help You Sell Your Car!'

I listed my 240D on Friday morning and I've gotten three replies so far. Two were bogus. One was a lowballer, but I told him if I still have the car in a week I'll take his offer.

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Whoever said there's nothing more expensive than a cheap Mercedes never had a cheap Jaguar.

83 300D Turbo with manual conversion, early W126 vented front rotors and H4 headlights 400,xxx miles
08 Suzuki GSX-R600 M4 Slip-on 22,xxx miles
88 Jaguar XJS V12 94,xxx miles. Work in progress.

When I listed my 95 chevy wagon I got at least five bogus responses the first day. I am not sure if I got any real responses. Do you count ridiculously low offers real? I may have gotten a couple of those.

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[SIGPIC] Diesel loving autocrossing grandpa Architect. 08 Dodge 3/4 ton with Cummins & six speed; I have had about 35 benzes. I have a 39 Studebaker Coupe Express pickup in which I have had installed a 617 turbo and a five speed manual.[SIGPIC]

..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.

Don't use the CL forwarding system. Check the "Don't display contact info" option, and then a the bottom of the post put this:
Thanks to CL's refusal to do anything about the spam responses, please e-mail me direct at -myemailaddress at mydomain dot com-
I've been having to do that for a while, every now and then i post in a hurry and forget to undo the anonymous reply, and get tons of spam.
If you want to keep their forwarding, then forward all your spam e-mails to:
Spam@craigslist.org, spam@uce.gov, and spam, abuse, report_spam or whatever other address their e-mail provider requests.

my email address at my domain dot com....

So in my case that would be twalgamuth@comcast.net@mydomain.com?

Does this require joining something at my domain dot com?

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[SIGPIC] Diesel loving autocrossing grandpa Architect. 08 Dodge 3/4 ton with Cummins & six speed; I have had about 35 benzes. I have a 39 Studebaker Coupe Express pickup in which I have had installed a 617 turbo and a five speed manual.[SIGPIC]

..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.

Tom,

I think what he's trying to express is that he puts his e-mail address directly in his Craiglist ad, but formats it in a way that he hopes will prevent it from being automatically "harvested" by spammers. That's why he's spelling out "at" and "dot".

I got another one today:

Hmmm. A lady named George? Interesting English phrasing for someone from Reno. Wanting to know insurance rates on a parts car? And of course the ever present "I hope it's still available".

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Whoever said there's nothing more expensive than a cheap Mercedes never had a cheap Jaguar.

83 300D Turbo with manual conversion, early W126 vented front rotors and H4 headlights 400,xxx miles
08 Suzuki GSX-R600 M4 Slip-on 22,xxx miles
88 Jaguar XJS V12 94,xxx miles. Work in progress.