skepticwulf
Junior Member
Hello,
I'm a green car lottery winner from France.
I will be entering USA early January and my green card should arrive in 4-8 weeks following the date.
As owing a car is one of the necessities in USA (been to 5 times already before, as a tourist), I've been searching for an affordable as well as sturdy car to purchase.
Naturally I was only doing a searching and was planning to do the purchase on my arrival. But, I have found a very good SUV in Texas with a very good mileage and at an affordable price. I know about cars and as I've been doing this research since 1st of November I realized it was chance not to be missed out.
I contacted the dealer and asked him if he could hold the car till my arrive and he said the reason he was selling this SUV with a good price is because he had to empty his inventory as much as he could otherwise he would pay taxes for all unsold vehicles.
So he accepted my offer only if I was willing to pay that extra $700 of taxes.
As I did not want to pay anything surplus, I decided to pay in full in advance so that he would reserve the car for me alright.
I've been doing a research about this dealer which happens to be the owner of this small company near Austin TX.
I searched his criminal records at eVerify.com, I asked one of my friend in MI to call him and sounded him up.
I read reviews of him and his company at car selling web sites. They all turned out to be postive.
He sent me the purchase order signed by him in PDF format stating all details about the car, VIN number, mileage, purchase amount, balance due etc. I checked the VIN number with the car being sold at his web site.
Now I'm supposed to international wire transfer (SWIFT) the amount of $17000 to him to complete this purchase.
What else I can ask of him to be sure I'm not scammed?
If something goes wrong, will this purchase order and the proof of money transfer to his company's bank account be enough to pursuit this at court and sue him?
What extra paperwork and/or guarantee I could ask from him?
I'm a green car lottery winner from France.
I will be entering USA early January and my green card should arrive in 4-8 weeks following the date.
As owing a car is one of the necessities in USA (been to 5 times already before, as a tourist), I've been searching for an affordable as well as sturdy car to purchase.
Naturally I was only doing a searching and was planning to do the purchase on my arrival. But, I have found a very good SUV in Texas with a very good mileage and at an affordable price. I know about cars and as I've been doing this research since 1st of November I realized it was chance not to be missed out.
I contacted the dealer and asked him if he could hold the car till my arrive and he said the reason he was selling this SUV with a good price is because he had to empty his inventory as much as he could otherwise he would pay taxes for all unsold vehicles.
So he accepted my offer only if I was willing to pay that extra $700 of taxes.
As I did not want to pay anything surplus, I decided to pay in full in advance so that he would reserve the car for me alright.
I've been doing a research about this dealer which happens to be the owner of this small company near Austin TX.
I searched his criminal records at eVerify.com, I asked one of my friend in MI to call him and sounded him up.
I read reviews of him and his company at car selling web sites. They all turned out to be postive.
He sent me the purchase order signed by him in PDF format stating all details about the car, VIN number, mileage, purchase amount, balance due etc. I checked the VIN number with the car being sold at his web site.
Now I'm supposed to international wire transfer (SWIFT) the amount of $17000 to him to complete this purchase.
What else I can ask of him to be sure I'm not scammed?
If something goes wrong, will this purchase order and the proof of money transfer to his company's bank account be enough to pursuit this at court and sue him?
What extra paperwork and/or guarantee I could ask from him?
