I thought that too, but then seeing that he apparently comes from (and continues to spend half his time in) a French speaking area, I guess I can see it being for real. Especially because I am having a hard time figuring out what the angle would be for an online scammer- unless they are going to...
I'd hate to be the person who takes this deal- just from the wording in the post (our "beautiful machine" is "perfect" and we expect it to come back "perfect") I'm not sure he really understands wear and tear on mechanical things. I mean if you take this thing and the first time you start it up...