dyintorace
dyintorace HalfDork
11/3/08 1:32 p.m.

I have my $2008 car on a few different CL's now and have received the email pasted below several times and from several different senders. The text is always the same, and is hilarious, given that I'm selling a gutted track car.

What's the angle? Just to install spyware? Is the website listed a cover for porn or something? (Click at your own risk)

This is a new one for me and not the typical rich dead uncle in Nigeria bit.

Hey I am interested in your vehicle. I have the cash and would love to come look at it today. Can you give me directions and a good time to come by? I am only 19 but I have the cash. My dad is going to come with me. The only rule or thing he is making me ask is that you can show me the "trade in value" for the vehicle from this web site: http://tradeinvalue.berrijam.com My dad is funny, he wants me to see how it is worth less to a dealer than "on the street", like we dont all know this already. Anyways he is my dad and I love him, so thats the only thing I need you to do for me, Its free and only takes like 30 seconds and it's really no big deal. Let me know when I can come by and look. I probably need some directions too. If today is bad I can come by Sunday but not until after church around 1pm, let me know..thanks. Brandon

neon4891
neon4891 Dork
11/3/08 1:35 p.m.

WTF... but you can trust him, he has cash, and goes to church

914Driver
914Driver Dork
11/3/08 1:50 p.m.

If it's free and only takes 30 seconds Brandon, you berkeley do it.

Kendall_Jones
Kendall_Jones New Reader
11/3/08 2:15 p.m.

I got the same email for my beater F250. I just deleted it.

Kendall

dyintorace
dyintorace HalfDork
11/3/08 3:14 p.m.

I deleted it too, but only after trying to figure out the angle.

It cracked me up in its earnestness.

EastCoastMojo
EastCoastMojo HalfDork
11/3/08 3:17 p.m.

Hits. Perhaps the owner of that site is trying to get the hit count up?

Autolex
Autolex Reader
11/3/08 3:26 p.m.

yeah. one kid writes a website, then writes a script to send out those emails, and poof, google adsense is writing him lots of checks for all the hits.

carguy123
carguy123 HalfDork
11/3/08 4:04 p.m.

So who's going to be the first to click it and then report back to us what the scam is?

Supercoupe
Supercoupe New Reader
11/3/08 4:12 p.m.

I went to berrijam.com and got a return saying it's a placeholder for Berrijam.com. I'm not trying the tradeinvalue part though.

skruffy
skruffy Dork
11/3/08 5:08 p.m.

after a few redirects you end up at http://www.trade-in-value.com/?dis=84E7D5C0-5594-4487-8FF4-72E430620114

Tommy Suddard
Tommy Suddard
11/3/08 9:00 p.m.

I said I was trading a Caprice for an Escalade. It just kept asking for my name.

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