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http://www.gumtree.co.za/a-cars-bakkies ... 0179911809

I am certain that the Manxter will cost, a bit more. Or maybe this is a huge bargain.


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I smell a rat. Either a fraud case, or someone who just Googled a generic buggy picture for his ad. Clearly a LHD car, with typcial US surroundings?
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Scam no doubt.

Have you tried a reverse image search? There are a few scammers on gumtree and olx who lift images and descriptions straight of active ebay auctions and try to get a deposit out of you.
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fig wrote:Have you tried a reverse image search?
How do you do that?
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Good spotting Thumper.

Here is the link:
http://www.google.co.za/url?sa=t&rct=j& ... SVJbHsem5w
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Pine wrote:
fig wrote:Have you tried a reverse image search?
How do you do that?
Right click on the image and select "Search Google for this image" on the menu that appears.
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Here it is:
http://funnybug.canney.net/webbugs/dune ... index.html

And another reference:
http://blog.hemmings.com/index.php/tag/ ... nxster-22/

It was offered on ebay and didn't sell.

So this is definitely a scam.
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Yes, when it appears to be "too good to be true", then it usually is.
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