George,
You are right on the mark. This exact same thing happened to a friend
of mine. One night he gets a call about the Shelby GT 500 he was
selling for $6000 on eBay. Of course he has no idea what the guy is
talking about. Turns out some scammer in Italy hijacked his account and
was selling a 64 Corvette and the Mustang through it. Of course he
needed the shipping fees up front. I posed as an interested buyer and
had quite the fun email thread going back and forth. Even set up a
meeting in Rome between him and my "son who would be there on a school
trip". Then I forwarded the whole deal to eBay security on the off
chance he would be stupid enough to show up.
Never heard a thing back from them...
-jtpr
'64 BJ7
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-----Original Message-----
From: George [mailto:leavcast@infomagic.net]
Sent: Sunday, September 11, 2005 1:15 PM
To: healeys-qwerty@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: The scam continues.
I believe the scammers hijack actual eBay users accounts to show
positive
feedback. Don't attack the ebayer, he probably doesn't know he's been
hijacked.
George C
54 BN1
Flagstaff, AZ
----- Original Message -----
From: "Trmgafun" <Trmgafun@arczip.com>
To: <healeys-qwerty@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, September 11, 2005 6:29 AM
Subject: Re: The scam continues.
> Hi folks,
>
> Just curious....while looking at some of his other fairly recent eBay
> transactions, this guy supposedly has purchased a lot of Honda Civic
> retro-parts from various dealers selling on eBay. Has anyone thought
of
> contacting those businesses to probe for references? I also noticed
> favorable feedback on his behalf.
>
> Scott Helms
>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: <STEV0001@aol.com>
>> To: <clocks@midcoast.com>; <healeys@autox.team.net>
>> Sent: Saturday, September 10, 2005 11:23 AM
>> Subject: Re: The scam continues.
>>
>>
>>> This is getting interesting. Won't we all be pissed when John ends
up
>>> with
>>> that beautiful car for $6500!
>>>
>>> It would be nice to nail this guy. Perhaps we could add the charge
of
>>> "impersonating a (military) officer."
>>>
>>> Steve G
>>> Benicia, CA
>>>
>>> #43007
>>> 79 MGB L/E, et al
>>
>
>
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