Just had an interesting experience trying to purchase an engine harness for my daughter's tdi swap. Ran a want ad on a forum. Have a new member contact me by DM, saying a widow of a former member had what i needed. I text the lady, she says she has what i need, it's $350 shipped. I tell her that's too much, give her the amount i paid on the last one. I ask for part number but she has to dig for it. Ok, i get the full number, it doesn't match any documentation i have. I do some research, give her several part numbers that will work. She says she doesn't know very much about all this stuff, which would track, all the while i'm being pressured to send money via paypal, which is ok, but it has to be friends and family. I ask website contact about this, person who's brand new says she's honest and fine for friends/family. In the meantime, she's got a cousin a couple doors down who has one of the numbers i want. I tell her i will check my other harness at home later, she says ok. I get home, do dinner, family, etc. She's pressuring me for the transaction. I go check my other harness in the shop, it doesn't match ANY of the audi documentation, but the ECU bolted to it, which is original, checks out as a tdi harness and the right one. so now i'm confused about the strange numbers and tell her i need to research more, and she starts berating me about not knowing what i want, and that what she has will definitely work on any audi b6. So first you don't know much about these parts from your dead husband and now you do, and you suddenly have a cousin a couple doors over that definitely has one that will work? And all the text comms were "off" like it was a non-english speaker. Not that's a problem, but tooo many red flags. I'm thinking scam.
My spidey sense was tingling on this one. Blocked the number... don't need none of that.
