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Originally Posted by chevman-67
Dear CHRIS,
Thanks for the mail and information.My clients name is Mr GORDON SMITH from DERBY COUNTY and two others .state your last asking price so that,We will intsruct the buyer to proceed with the payment procedures immediately the required information is provided.STATE the present condition of the CHEVY and it's present location.send recent pictures if any for my clients viewing.Hope to hear from you as soon as possible.
THE VERY BEST.
ADRIAN WOOD.
FOR MANAGEMENT.
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It is possible the guy is legit, but to my ears as an Englishman he sounds more and more dodgy. I would ask him for some references that you can follow up, a UK phone number and a web address and be up-front tell him you are concerned about some of the recent internet scams. If he is legit he will proivide you with the right info, but I doubt it, any company that approaches me and doesn't provide a phone number or website sets alarm bells ringing, remember email can come from anywhere in the world. As I said before, I can find no reference to them on Yellow Pages etc so if he is legit he's someone working out of his home without a proper business phone line. The format of the email with the information in capitals looks like a standard form type email and is even more suggestive of a scam to me.
If he is an American in the UK he hasn't been here long as no one would say Derby County, it's called Derbyshire. Most UK import companies will have an agent in the USA that will handle that end of things or make personal trips over to find stock themselves. I know this because I use a restoration company in the UK and that's precisely what they do, every few months the owner takes a trip to the US, travels around to see a list of trucks (they specialise in 40-50's trucks and do some fantastic work) and load a couple of shipping containers. Any spare space they fill with engines and transmissions.