I am thinking this may be a scam....

[Mike Licht]

I got this email this morning:

Hello Good day and how are you doing,i am Mrs Lara Hardin,please advise if you do Custom engine rebuilding Repair and Engine Balancing, i will like to ask if you can rebuild my mother 1971 Chevrolet Chevelle (307-cubic-inch (5.0 L) V8) to Custom Truck or SUV engine. and also advise if you can also Balance of my own Race Car,which is a (1994 Ferrari 348 Challenge race car) those Cars is presently with a tow guy at my formal location in Rapid City SD,because i just relocate here.but right now am still in (Rapid City)SD, in the Hospital because i will be going for my surgery operation soon and as soon as am through with the Operation i will be coming back to my new apartment here in the state.my mother that owns the car lives here in the state and we need to tow it back home here for the Custom engine rebuilding and the Car is 1971 Chevrolet Chevelle.

And also Do the Engine Balance of the 1994 Ferrari 348 Challenge race car..it needs a Crankshaft Balancing


The car is with a tow guy and there is no insurance & warranty involved am paying personally for the repair also the tow guy will have it drop to your shop for the Service by Monday so i need your address.and please advise if you accept Credit cards

Expecting to read from you
Thank you
Best Regards
Mrs Hardin

 

[SGRIM]

Sure looks fishy...

 

[TurboBob]

What has become of "Mr Hardin"......?

Certainly a scam, but what do you have to lose by leading him/her/them on...... Be sure to post all correspondence..

Bob

 

[Mike Licht]

I just laughed when I read it, OK Bob we can play I will send a response
ML

 

[SGRIM]

I just laughed when I read it, OK Bob we can play I will send a response
ML

Cool, I want to watch this!

 

[TurboTGuy]

Give him the address of the local police impound yard.......

 

[TurboDave]

Give him the address of the local police impound yard.......

That would be classic!!

 

[notacarlo]

Nobody rebalances Ferrari crankshafts. Stay away from that one. The 348 Challenge is a very real car, but a bucket of bolts at this point in it's life.

Seems a little fishy, but also like they are maybe not from here....Earth.

 

[Turbo-Archie]

Easy, just have her call you on the phone..


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[TR Custom Parts]

I got the same email this morning. People don't have anything better to do with their time? Also got one about shipping parts to Fiji.

 

[Chuck Leeper]

No Mr Hardin... Because the hospital visit is to "rebuild" Mr Hardin into Mrs Hardin.....

 

[JOHNDEEREGN]

Tell her just for confirmation you want her to hold up a cardboard sign that reads TURBOBUICKS.COM Sucks :biggrin:

 

[The Blob]

I can tell you this... every time I am in the hospital all I can think about is getting my Ferrari's engine rebuilt... so I think it's real.

 

[EVIL]

Surgery operation?
Chevrolet Chevelle?

Who talks like that?

And stating "in the state" numerous times means the email can be sent to all states.

They are so smart, them people.

have fun with it wasting their time. and please keep us posted.

D

 

[bison]

Ill balance the Ferrari crank

 

[charlief1]

Cool, I want to watch this!

That makes 2 of us.:biggrin: Should be interesting to say the least.

 

[boostfreak]

I dunno. It seems legit to me. They just want you to fix their cars. I'm no master of English so I can see how someone would talk like this. Next thing you'll tell me is that the Nigerian prince I sent my money too is a scam also. Ha! We'll see who's laughing when I get my 2.3 million dollars. I only had to send him 3000 for transfer fees. I haven't heard from him in a while, but he told me the internet isn't very reliable in Nigeria. Just gotta be patient. Yup. Any day now.......

 

[marleyskater420]

Ill balance the Ferrari crank

I don't know if using a crank as a lightsaber works.

But I bet if you showed up to work on Halloween dressed to the 9's with it, you might get some extra candy (or even a cool turbinator, which supercharges your intake for only 149.99!!)

 

[Mike Licht]

looks like laura is now robert?:

Thank you so much for your response,i would like to let you know that the cars will be delivered by Tuesday at your location ,and the shipping company's manager as said that for them to deliver them to your location from there location will cost $2500 . he also added that the delivery will be made once they receive there payment.

So from there destination to your location(34600 Klein Rd. Fraser, MI 48026)will cost $2500 for Dumrage and delivery fee cause those Cars as been with them for some time now so i will be needing a favor from you and the favor is that,I will be giving you my credit card now to put through for an amount of $3500 while you keep $1000 as a deposit of the Custom engine rebuilding Repair and Engine Balancing, and have the remaining $2500 send to the shipping company via western union money transfer they receive payment upfront, so they can have the cars deliver down to your place for proper check and estimation, the cars will be delivered to your shop before By Tuesday and you can give me the full estimation and you can complete the transaction .please advise if i should go ahead have my credit card details sent as well as the shippers info where the fund will be sent to

Expecting to read from you.
Regards
Robert

 

[SGRIM]

LOL, classic... I can't believe people really fall for this stuff...