I've been hunting on craigs List with my son for, of all things, a dang crotch rocket. We have run across these same type of ad's. Unfortunatly, too many are saying they are service men/women. they bring up a few different shipping companys. One company they listed had a website (all in the UK) but when I searched BBB from the UK and in the US, I found nothing. Give me a break !! Even FedEx and UPS will have some complaint listed. I followed up on one with Ebay. Got a response the next morning. They stated that they DO NOT broker anything that is not posted on Ebay itself. Period !! Also, as the one person here showed, read the email very closely. You will see that the english is not what you or I would use and I don't care how educated a person might be. There is phrasing that we just don't typically use and it sticks out big time in these.
So,,run away from this NOW. There is no doubt this is a SCAM.

 

The reason this kind of crap continues to work is for one simple reason: GREED!! It's the reason all those folks lost their money with Bernie Madoff. Another example of wanting something for nothing.

 

Should be no question as to if this is a scam. What pisses me off is the guy claims to be in service. I am sure they do it because they figure people will be more trusting. As a service member, this really irritates me

 

WHAT A SCAM.........
Had a guy talk to a friend trying to sell land he didn't own...
send money then i'll send you the deed....
SAME TYPE OF SCAM

 

agree 100% with Troy. Posing as a servicemember is just wrong.

 

I just sent him the money on ebay, he says the bike will ship tomorrow you suckers were to slow.

I know a sweet deal when I see it, I will probably resell it and make about 5k.

 

Hey great find there Wired *****. That is really funny.

Of course it's a scam, just tell them you want to see the bike in person first and you will never here back from them.

The style of wordage they use sounds like a foriener trying to speak english.
Kinda like "me love you long time", you are about to get screwed dude and you will be the one bent over.

 

i want to see the eBay warehouse that many scammers say is holding their item. it would put WalMart to shame!!!!

 

If they say they are servicemembers ask them for their AKO email address. if they can't do it they aren't in the military.

 

I saw a great deal like this a while ago & the emails read just like the ones you showed here - they had the serial # listed so i went to harley & they checked the history 4 me - the bike was sold in ny & this so-called military mans home was in maine - when i ased him about it he disappeared - this is a scam - don't be fooled - if it sounds to good to be true it probably is