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Old 05-24-2021, 07:27 AM
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Originally Posted by Becca9800 View Post
DH posted an ad to sell his Harley. Received a text, "willing to pay full price for your bike. I am in the Army and deployed to Fort Huachuca in AZ. I may not be able to see the motorcycle personally, are you sure it is in mint condition? I can't speak w you bc phone calls are currently restricted. I can send funds via PayPal, do you have a PayPal account? I will have a mover pick up bike after funds clear your account, he will handle title for me." Our alarms were sounding loudly, so many things wrong with his offer. I asked, "what is your rank? What unit are you assigned to? Who is your commanding officer? I have a grandson serving in the Army who said the offer could be legit and if it is they'll be no problem providing us w the requested info. We then could call the base to ensure it was legit. We never received a response from the would be buyer.

Can you point out all the wrongs with the buyer's story?
“Deployed to Ft Huachuca”.........that’s the first red flag. Never saw anyone get deployed to a Ft in the US. 🤦