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Subject: [Spridgets] Scams - no LCB content
From: mdrowe at optonline.net (Michael Rowe)
Date: Thu, 03 Feb 2011 22:44:25 -0500
I have been shopping for a Roadtrek RV.  

Last week, I got a response saying the owner was in Alaska, but had made 
arrangements to ship the RV anywhere for $600, we would split the shipping 
cost.  Payments would be handled through the Ebay Vehicle Purchase Protection 
Program.  Ebay does not do this, and a quick check 
(http://pages.ebay.com/ebaymotors/buy/security/index.html) provides a full 
description of the scam.  The scammers have copies of all the official 
documents, etc., and it is not clear that anyone can tell they are fake from 
the documents alone.  You have to know that the Program only applies to Ebay 
sales.

Today, I got another similar response.  The add is from Montreal, the car is in 
the far north of British Columbia, and the owner has moved to London and unable 
to handle the transaction in person, etc.  The response provided extensive 
details of the RV, including many pictures and the VIN.  A search on "Roadtrek 
VIN: 1GCHG39r721227815" yielded the same information, pictures etc. for a car 
from Senoia, GA sold on Ebay Jan. 3.  The scammer had lifted all the 
information from an Ebay listing.

Beware.

Michael Rowe
Long Island, NY

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