1961 Porsche 356 Cab, Real or scam?

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Sean Seena Supporting Member

Saw this posted 20 min ago https://orangecounty.craigslis...-356/7279294146.html, legit ad or scam?

I just have suspicion hackles raised whenever I see a deal too good to be true, especially if on Craigslist (actually I almost hope it's untrue if it means the story behind it is fake...).

Porsche 356 - $45,000 (Huntington Beach) - 1961 Porsche Cab
Wife's car and she passed away from Covid and I want the car gone. Car has set and only driven 3 or 4 times is the last 20 years. I have had the car for over 40 years so it has an old restoration and the motor is a 1962S. First $45,000. takes it, current lic. and Pink slip. 714-six two five-77two8
1961 1961
condition: good
cylinders: 4 cylinders
drive: rwd
fuel: gas
odometer: 1
paint color: blue
size: compact
title status: clean
transmission: manual
type: convertible

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2/18/2111:43 AM

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Lane AndersonMt. Pleasant, SC Supporting Member

Sure seems too good to be true. I'd want to see it in person.

2/18/2111:49 AM

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barncobob

from what i can see doesnt have the right colors of license plate,,,Im thinking a scam

2/18/2112:32 PM

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Michel Leblanc

Posting has been deleted. I'm shocked!!

2/18/2112:46 PM

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Sean Seena Supporting Member

Haha, I thought it might be deleted (a lot / enough interest) or be marked for removal, which is why I copied the details/photo over into this post. Especially if we keep seeing it pop up, it'll be known real quick that it's a template for a scam...

2/18/2112:58 PM

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edsnovaBaltimore - BCW 52 MG TD Supporting Member

"wife died of covid" is a big tell.

2/19/216:28 PM

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Sean Seena Supporting Member

Right, I was thinking about that, I'm sure it was mentioned as an explanation for the low price. But for a scammer, it also creates a very awkward environment to start asking tough questions because you'd feel awful being a stickler if you felt the story was true. I'm sure that's some known con man angle

2/19/2111:40 PM

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Robert M

@Sean Seena posted:
Right, I was thinking about that, I'm sure it was mentioned as an explanation for the low price. But for a scammer, it also creates a very awkward environment to start asking tough questions because you'd feel awful being a stickler if you felt the story was true. I'm sure that's some known con man angle

It's right up there with, "Selling my late husband's jeep. He was in the military and killed during the (Insert whatever conflict suits you). I'm practically giving it away because it pains me to see it........blah blah blah." There are very few new scams anymore they're just updated versions of old scams.

2/20/219:36 AM

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edsnovaBaltimore - BCW 52 MG TD Supporting Member

exactly. No legitimate seller would waste words by splicing a death announcement into a classified ad. It's there to create sympathy, forestall normal questions and, most of all, to attract the kind of folks who would like to take advantage of a grieving person by stealing their valuable car.

Every good scammer wants the mark to thinks he's the shark. It's scam 101.