A Free Motorcycle? Times Advertisement 7/9/13... Hmmm...

[Venter]

On a whim, I emailed a response to an Ad that ran in the Gettysburg Times, July 9th.
It claimed that this person had a "FREE Motorbike" to give away due to the death of his son.
I figured, "What the Hell?", so I responded that if it's available, I'd be interested.

To my surprise, I received this response!
WOW!
Look at the Photo of this BIKE Below!!!
Now all I have to do is agree to pay for the shipping if the "Moving Company" can be contacted.
What a deal... I can't wait

I'm surprised they haven't requested a "Money Order, or Wells Fargo Wire Transfer" yet.
I have my Credit Card Number ready, and my Bank Account and Social Security Numbers if they need it.

Hello,
Thanks for your interest, I bought the Motorcycle for my son as his birthday gift last year September. Its HONDA 1989 GL1500. It is two months now since he died and I would like for it to be passed out and seeing the bike always brings back it memory and it makes me and my wife cries a lot. As the house will be emptied soon and myself and wife will be relocating to Winnipeg, Canada where I shall stay with other family members for care and we've decided to give the motorcycle away due to our son's early death and since we don't want to take along the bike to Canada.

The bike is still available and its not for sale. I am only giving it out as stated earlier. I am currently located at Huntington Beach,CA. I have already asked movers to bring the Bike here to Huntington Beach,CA from my son's house in Washington, D.C and was going to put up a new ad here in Huntington Beach,CA. But my wife advised me to put up the ad on other State Newspaper as she doesn't want to see the bike anymore because of the memory of our son. I hope you could understand better with our reason.

Where are you based please? I can instruct the carrier to have the motorcycle deliver to you. If you are able to afford the delivery charges I can coordinate the movers to return the bike to where-ever you are located as I only gave them the instruction yesterday evening, and I'm sure they will request for delivery fees in turn.

Please let me know your position(your full names and delivery address with phone number) maybe I can contact the movers. I have attached a photo of the motorcycle. This was taken two weeks ago.

Yours In Christ.
Fredman James & Family.

[Fire Marshal Bill]

Jul 15, 2013 12:44:00 GMT -5 Venter said:

On a whim, I emailed a response to an Ad that ran in the Gettysburg Times, July 9th.
It claimed that this person had a "FREE Motorbike" to give away due to the death of his son.
I figured, "What the Hell?", so I responded that if it's available, I'd be interested.

To my surprise, I received this response!
WOW!
Look at the Photo of this BIKE Below!!!
Now all I have to do is agree to pay for the shipping if the "Moving Company" can be contacted.
What a deal... I can't wait

I'm surprised they haven't requested a "Money Order, or Wells Fargo Wire Transfer" yet.
I have my Credit Card Number ready, and my Bank Account and Social Security Numbers if they need it.

Hello,
Thanks for your interest, I bought the Motorcycle for my son as his birthday gift last year September. Its HONDA 1989 GL1500. It is two months now since he died and I would like for it to be passed out and seeing the bike always brings back it memory and it makes me and my wife cries a lot. As the house will be emptied soon and myself and wife will be relocating to Winnipeg, Canada where I shall stay with other family members for care and we've decided to give the motorcycle away due to our son's early death and since we don't want to take along the bike to Canada.

The bike is still available and its not for sale. I am only giving it out as stated earlier. I am currently located at Huntington Beach,CA. I have already asked movers to bring the Bike here to Huntington Beach,CA from my son's house in Washington, D.C and was going to put up a new ad here in Huntington Beach,CA. But my wife advised me to put up the ad on other State Newspaper as she doesn't want to see the bike anymore because of the memory of our son. I hope you could understand better with our reason.

Where are you based please? I can instruct the carrier to have the motorcycle deliver to you. If you are able to afford the delivery charges I can coordinate the movers to return the bike to where-ever you are located as I only gave them the instruction yesterday evening, and I'm sure they will request for delivery fees in turn.

Please let me know your position(your full names and delivery address with phone number) maybe I can contact the movers. I have attached a photo of the motorcycle. This was taken two weeks ago.

Yours In Christ.
Fredman James & Family.

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Heck let me know and I will drive you down sometime to pick it up. No delivery charges.

[redlock]

You know it's legit because they signed it "Yours in Christ." No way this is a scam... It just can't be.

[davew]

After they pulled the fake christian stuff, you should've signed your email "satan's little helper"

[Venter]

FMB, thanks for the offer, but I don't know if I'll have to pick it up in D.C., Huntington Beach, CA, Winnipeg, Canada - or someplace in between.

I say we just take a road trip to California to find out!
Umm, I don't ride yet, so can you drive the bike back?

Won't I be pissed off if this is actually legit, and I just missed out on that sweet bike because of my cautious nature?

[davew]

Send the guy an email and tell him you'll be in huntingdon beach in two weeks and you'll pick it up then. See what he says. I'll bet he makes a couple of hundred bucks off of each of those ads, getting people to wire him money for "shipping". Probably not even in the US, though the english is surprisingly good compared to many.

Don't forget the signature, though! A lot of these guys must have a "book of business" that they follow where they place hundreds of ads and set up new accounts in various places constantly.

[orrtannaexpat]

The Times replies about the "free" motorcycle ad:

Posted: Wednesday, July 17, 2013 12:06 am

The classified ad that appeared in the July 9 edition advertising a "1989 Honda GL1500 Motorbike, giving out free due to sudden death of owner" appears to be a scam. Several readers have alerted us that the person listed is asking for shipping costs up front, and the contact is not traceable. This apparent scam has also appeared in other newspapers and online classified sites. The Times does its best to prevent such falsities from appearing in our newspaper, and has stopped all scheduled future runs of this ad. We advise our readers who may have been a victim of this scam to contact their local police. We also thank our readers who brought it to our attention.

-Alex J. Hayes, Times Managing Editor

[lifesaver]

Jul 17, 2013 4:25:02 GMT -5 orrtannaexpat said:

The Times replies about the "free" motorcycle ad:

Posted: Wednesday, July 17, 2013 12:06 am

The classified ad that appeared in the July 9 edition advertising a "1989 Honda GL1500 Motorbike, giving out free due to sudden death of owner" appears to be a scam. Several readers have alerted us that the person listed is asking for shipping costs up front, and the contact is not traceable. This apparent scam has also appeared in other newspapers and online classified sites. The Times does its best to prevent such falsities from appearing in our newspaper, and has stopped all scheduled future runs of this ad. We advise our readers who may have been a victim of this scam to contact their local police. We also thank our readers who brought it to our attention.

-Alex J. Hayes, Times Managing Editor

I think the old adage applies......if it sounds too good to be true....

[Alex Oreilly]

How many times did you email the paper, Venter?

[Venter]

Jul 17, 2013 16:35:36 GMT -5 Alex Oreilly said:

How many times did you email the paper, Venter?

It only takes ONE email Alex... just send it 50 times!

Still waiting for the Motorcycle... any day now.
Should I wear a helmet?

[vince007]

This is 100% fake but the vehicle is now a Harley Davidson . DO NOT COMPLY ..

[Venter]

Dec 13, 2013 17:40:14 GMT -5 vince007 said:

This is 100% fake but the vehicle is now a Harley Davidson . DO NOT COMPLY ..

Oooh!
I'd MUCH rather have an imaginary Harley!

[davew]

Dec 14, 2013 10:40:44 GMT -5 Venter said:

Dec 13, 2013 17:40:14 GMT -5 vince007 said:

This is 100% fake but the vehicle is now a Harley Davidson . DO NOT COMPLY ..

Oooh!
I'd MUCH rather have an imaginary Harley!

Yeah, me, too. I'm in for being scammed as long as the never-to-be-had bike is a harley.