I'm sure they've figured it out as a scam now.
This is my sister and brother-in-law. I sold them my first 83I GL1100. He's been riding that and watching for the right deal on a 1500. Thursday night they purchased an extremely nice 2000 GL1500 at auction. 3433 actual miles. Auction listed it as "runs and drives". Unfortunately when we went to pick it up we found the battery wouldn't take any charge. It would run fine on the alternator but at least 3 of the battery cells were below 1/2 full. Also, when I took off the side cover to check the oil, I pushed on the rear brake pedal. Same thing when I reinstalled the side cover. That was just enough to reveal what I'm sure is a plugged return orifice on the rear master cylinder. We had it on the center stand, jump started it and I ran it up through the gears while idling. When hit 5th gear, the engine stalled. Rear brake was locked up tight. We ended up pushing it back in the building. They're working with the auction company to get some $$$ or have it fixed but even if we have to fix it ourselves it's still a great clean super low mileage bike.
Here's the auction link
http://auction.repocast.com/details.cfm?ID=1345211 In my past dealings with them they've been very good about working with dissatisfied buyers and I expect they'll be able to help recover some $$$ for the issues.
I was concerned the mileage might be wrong but after seeing it I'm sure it's correct. Only noticeable wear was on tires and rear brake caliper. I'm pretty convinced that the previous owner thought something was seriously wrong and decided to sell it at auction rather than get it fixed. The bike rolled around the auction house just fine until I hit the rear brake and it froze. It's been that way for a while to cause the wear on the rotor.
Fortunately with new tires, a battery and a master cylinder repair they'll have a brand new 2000 GL1500.