This scammer is still very much active.
I was almost taken to the cleaners but survived thanks to gut feeling.
I chanced on his/her car ads from Autotrader but gut feeling told me it was too good to be true. Nevertheless I contacted him/her for further details. Below is our communication the latest having been sent from me only this afternoon.

Many thanks to this site, I hope nobody gets scammed by this fellow.

Re: Enquiry
From: joanne parker (amaju89@googlemail.com)
Sent: 09 June 2008 14:33:55
To: …

Hello,
I regret the delay of my response.I already have many emails so I hope you'll understand that I need to sort them.
My name is Joanne Parker I have 31 years old and I was doctor for 3 years in Leeds. I am glad you are interested in my car 2005 MERCEDES CLK 220 CDI AVANTGARDE.
First, I want you to know that I lived in Leeds until 2 months ago, but now I'm in Greece because I am pregnant and I have decided to give birth in my home country so I want to sell my car and move back in Greece.
The car is in perfect working condition. It's in showroom condition, no scratches, no dents, full service history, HPI clear, no outstanding finance, non-smoking, never involved in any accident and it has 48000miles.The car is still UK registered and now it is locked in my garage in Leeds. If you dicide to buy it you will receive the original invoice, logbook, keys and all the documents to register it into your name . Genuine reason for sale: unfortunately I can't register the car here because you know it is very hard to drive a Right-hand car here.
I want 3000 GBP + shipping to your door for the car. To calculate the shipping fees send me your address.
Due to amount involved and due the fact that I am not located in the United Kingdom, I only accept third party transaction mediator.I have chosen the eBay Shipping Center Program to take care of all the proceedings, so the car
will be shipped by eBay.Beside shipping the car, eBay will act as the middle man - holding the payment until you receive and inspect it. You will have one week inspection period.
Regarding the payment method I would like to use eBay like a third part for the payment because in my opinion this is the safest way to handle the transaction. You will have the car for inspection and test drive BEFORE any money is released to me.
Look how this work:
1. I will contact them , and I will send your shipping information to eBay to open the transaction.
2. They will send you a payment invoice for the car (the invoice will be from customer support team) about how to make the payment.
3. The invoice contains all the info about this transaction and you must follow the steps written there to complete the deal with me.
4. After all that will be done, the car will be shipped by eBay, and the car will arrive at your address in 3 to 5 days..
5. Buyer accepts delivery and informs eBay to tell them if he is satisfied or not
6. Ebay will release the money to the seller(in case the buyer is satisfied) or to the buyer(in case that he is not satisfied).
This means a 3rd party.
You will receive a tracking # in the same day when the car will be shipped from eBay.
I am using the protection and shipping program offered by eBay Shipping Center because this will protect both
of us and also it is the fastest way to complete this deal.If you want to go on with this deal , mail me immediately
your shipping address to contact ebay and calculate the shipping cost .
Here are some pictures of the car:
http://i31.tinypic.com/2iaer7n.jpg
http://i25.tinypic.com/21m6kqf.jpg
http://i28.tinypic.com/u7xft.jpg
http://i25.tinypic.com/f3ylqa.jpg
http://i30.tinypic.com/2ikffc7.jpg
http://i25.tinypic.com/1sehqa.jpg
7 MONTHS MANUFACTURER'S WARRANTY REMAINING
FULL MERCEDES BENZ SERVICE HISTORY
2.2 TURBO DIESEL ENGINE
FULL GREY LEATHER INTERIOR
MOBILE PHONE PRE - WIRING CONNECTION (ENABLES HANDS FREE DRIVING AS TELEPHONE HAS BUILT IN MICROPHONE AND
CONVERSATION COMES THROUGH THE CAR SPEAKERS)
OFFICIAL MERCEDES BENS MOBILE PHONE ADAPTOR
NOKIA 6230I UNLOCKED TO ACCEPT ANY SIM
AIR CONDITIONING
48000 MILES
DRIVER AIRBAG
PASSENGER AIR BAG
SIDE AIR BAGS
ANTI - LOCK BRAKES (ABS)
6 CD MULTI CHANGER (CONCEALED)
17" ALLOY WHEELS
CLIMATE CONTROL
CENTRAL LOCKING
CRUISE CONTROL
ELECTRIC WINDOWS
POWER STEERING
Let me know if you are interested ...

Sent: 09 June 2008 23:13:40
To: joanne parker (amaju89@googlemail.com)

Hi Joanne
I am very much interested and I will gladly pay for the car after physically inspecting it. Give me contact phone and address of the third party transaction mediator "eBay Shipping Centre Program" so I arrange physical viewing and proceed with the transaction. Frankly this is new to me, I have never heard of eBay acting as middle man - holding the payment until I receive and inspect the car for one whole week. One question though; why don't you just put it on ebay? It would be a straight forward no hassle transaction if you did.

Eagerly awaiting those contact details

Re: Enquiry
From: joanne parker (amaju89@googlemail.com)
Sent: 10 June 2008 12:39:26
To: ….
Hello again,
The car is still available for 3000 GBP + 100 shipping cost, if you want to buy it please give me your full name and shipping address to contact eBay and have them send you the invoice. About the payment process you must know that:
You must deposit the full price amount + shipping fees , fully refundable ( including money transfer fees ) to eBay's Agent from Greece .
After that you must fax to eBay all the receipts of payment allowing them to start the shipping because as I told you in my first email, the car will be shipped by eBay and they can't start the shipping process until you send the payment receipts. As soon as they confirm your payment, they will ship you the car and give you the tracking number. When you will receive the car and all the documents (naturally, I will sign the section 8 in the V5 form so you can easily transfer the car into your name) you must send a confirmation to eBay to tell them if everything is OK with the car so they can send me the payment.
If, for some reason, you disagree with the car ( I assure you that is NOT going to happen since my car is in IMMACULATE condition in and out ) it will be shipped back to me on MY EXPENSE and eBay will send you all your money back. From the moment you receive the car you have 7 days to inspect it. If is not like I said or something is not ok with it you can reject it and eBay will fully refund you and the vehicle will be shipped back to me, on my expense.
eBay will transfer the money to me, only after you will confirm, them the purchase of the vehicle. Until then, the money will be safe kept by eBay and not released to me.
I'm waiting your email with your full name and shipping address to contact eBay. As soon as I send them your details they will send you the invoice with all the info about this process.
They will also send you the eBay's Agent details (name and address) where you must send the money.
The car will be shipped directly to your requested address, as soon as I will have the payment confirmation from eBay. They will hold the money until you will receive, inspect and accept the car.
If you want to go on with this deal through ebay please email me as soon as possible YOUR FULL NAME AND ADDRESS, and I will forward them to eBay along with the rest of the details, to open a case regarding our deal.
Regards!
Nice doing business with you

RE: Enquiry
From: ….
Sent: 11 June 2008 14:01:47
To: joanne parker (amaju89@googlemail.com)

Hi
Since you mention using ebay, I have checked with them and
• They don't have "ebay Shipping Center Programme" as you put it
• No where does ebay act as "third party transaction mediator" for items not listed with them
So as I put to you before, list the car onto ebay for straight no hassle transaction and arrange for it to be physically viewed in Leeds. Remember to use Paypal as payment method to protect both you the seller and any buyer who will win.
Best regards