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Re: [Mgs] eBay scam

To: MG List <mgs@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [Mgs] eBay scam
From: Max Heim <max_heim@sbcglobal.net>
Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2007 10:02:12 -0700
That's pretty obviously a scam, when you're talking about a car:

"6. I will send the item to your address and send you the tracking number.
The shipping will take 3-4 days and you will receive it at your door."

I think a B might be a bit over the UPS size and weight limits...

In general, anytime they say "item" instead of mentioning it by name, you
know it's bogus. The real seller would call it a 'car', or an 'MG', but the
scammer is spamming all failed auctions. For all he knows, it's an antique
lampshade.


--

Max Heim
'66 MGB GHN3L76149
If you're near Mountain View, CA,
it's the primer red one with chrome wires


on 6/12/07 8:06 AM, DON SCOTT at rowdon@sonoma-county.org wrote:

> In my quest for an early B roadster, I placed a low bid on a car located
> back in Connecticut.  My bid was less than the reserve price, so I knew
> that it was very unlikely that I would be buying the car.  Photos looked
> nice, but buying a car without inspection would be very risky business
> (I live in California).  When the auction ended and the car was not
> sold, I received  a notification from eBay, or what seemed like eBay,
> that I had a second chance offering whereby I could buy the car for
> $6,000.  The email notice looked very legitimate.  Here's the email I
> got from the "seller" who apparently was a scam artist and not the owner
> or the car at all:
> 
> ----- Forwarded message from Steven Sorci <steven.sorci@msn.com> -----
>     Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2007 13:23:27 +0000
>     From: Steven Sorci <steven.sorci@msn.com>
> Reply-To: Steven Sorci <steven.sorci@msn.com>
>  Subject: RE: MGB
> 
> 
> I'm not good at explanations but I will try to explain you how the ebay
> process
> will work:1) You will send me your name and shipping address and eBay
> user
> ID.2) I will contact eBay to open a case and they will send you
> theinvoice.3)
> You will make the payment like is stated in the invoice.4) You will
> send the
> payment details at eBay.5) They will contact me to confirm the
> payment.6) I
> will send the item to your address and send you the trackingnumber.
> The
> shipping will take 3-4 days and you will receive it atyour door.7)
> After you
> will receive it and only if it is like I described ityou will contact
> eBay to
> release the payment to me.8) I will get the money and you will get the
> product
> Let me know if you understand how it works or if you have any
> otherquestions.>
> Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2007 21:28:55 -0700>
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