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[chev1960]

Hi, finally Ebay as decide to do something about it, I caught the impostor AGAIN on Ebay yesterday trying to sell a 1960 chevorlet impala for $8.500 all restore ,item 7964850880 Ebay cancel the item after they receive my email ,this is the third time I caught him ,every time he change is name and the car is always situed in italy or Greece,I send a email yesterday to tell me where the car was ,it look to good to be true,I will ty to send the email he send Me this morning ,so be on the wacth for this IMPOSTOR.
chev1960

[chev1960]

this is the email he send Me this morning 30/03/2005
Hello Sir,
I am glad you are intereted in my vehicule.
I want to let you knowall the details about this deal so everything will work fine.
Some words about the car:First all of the car is fully restored and loos just like in the pictures.
It is imaculate condiyion and has no scratch on and hasn't been involved in any accident tha motor run well.
This classic car has a lot of the original parts and the tires are almost new.
the tiltleis clear,it is not a salvage one.
That car belongs to my grandfather.He is very old and can't take care of it anymore.He put me to sell the car
I have legal documents by wich I can transfer the title to your name.the car is now in ttaly as my granfather lives there.he love this kind of cars and collected and restored them.
The car is mostly garage kept and rarely use.Because iI can't carry all his things back home I am sellingthem.I am willing to sell it and ship it to any of the EU countirs or US.I will not ship to any African or Easter countries.
I know that the price is low but I have no use for the car and I want to get back home soon as I sell it.
I want to sell the car asap so I am willing to pay 65%of the shipping fees nomatter of the location .
The company I'm dealing with (European-Shipping)offered us a disscount for the shippingservice.You will not have to pay any additional taxes.Once again,you will not have to pay all the shipping costs, only 35%of it.
Delivery estimed time: 17-21days
Price:$8.500-$3000, prior to shipping- the balance after you recive the car.
Shipping Service: (European-Shipping) (door to door)
terms: I offer a complete customer satisfaction guarantee or your money back.
This policy means ,that if the vehicule is not as described then you may return it for a 100% refund.
If the items are returned ,they must be returned in the exact condition as shipped and it will return on my costs.
if the car is what you are looking for and if you agree with these conditions then I will be glad to close this deal with you.
In order to end this deal I want you to deposit $3000,US to a Western Union agent, if you need more details about this please contact me.
I prefer money order because in this way I will ship the car in the same day you make the payment .
I will be Waiting your email.
Kindly Regards, Carolyn Alon
Man can you beleive this guy ,and thats not the first time he try that ,about every 2to3 months,Got to watch for him ,I always do, he always put is cars on Ebay for 1 day, so BEWARE.

chev1960

[walkerheaders]

did you re-type all of that? or is that the woman's own writing? (carolyn Alon)
either way, thanx for the warning.

just the other day i got one of those phony requests from the bank....."reveal your secret info or we'll close your account" emails. it was from "bank of the west" point is , the grammer, spelling and style of writing is not from any legitimate business.
doesnt take a moment to spot a fake. a guy at work got burned on a harley deal. and he wired $2900 western union. THEN he came to ask if that was a bad idea. nobody can help him get his cash back.

[chev1960]

Hi,Yes. I try to put the email with the manage attachements ,but it did not work ,so I had to type all that , the guy ad a 1966 GTO for sale with the 1960 impala same price ,the pictures of those cars was to nice to be true ,what suprise me this time ,the guy have somes positive feedbacks , I always check the feedbacks usaly there no feedbacks at is Ebay ID ,next time he put a car on ebay and i see it I will tell You guys right away .
chev1960
1960 biscayne 2 doors with a 409 4 speed.

[droptop62]

Hi,Yes. I try to put the email with the manage attachements ,but it did not work ,so I had to type all that
Just for future reference, have you ever heard of "copy and paste"
it will save you alot of time.
;)

[droptop62]

Chev1960,
Do you think this is the same guy all the time?
There are literally hundreds of people doing this same scam.

:stooges

I almost don't feel sorry for anybody who falls for these scams.
A lack of common sense is the culprit to these victims that fall for it hook, line and sinker.

[SteveD409]

Just this last week I received an email from eBay with a letter saying that they needed new info on my account, or my account was in jeopardy. I hit the link and came to a site that was a dead ringer for the eBay "sign in" page. It had a place for me to sign in with my ebay "handle" and my password, all seeming very legit. I went to the next page and was just about finished and ready to send when I happened to think of something. I went back to the first page and typed in a fictious handle with a very nasty password--it went straight through to the following page!!!! I was just seconds away from sending financial info to someone!!! Just beware.

SteveD

[Super(sport)Man]

Just this last week I received an email from eBay with a letter saying that they needed new info on my account, or my account was in jeopardy. I hit the link and came to a site that was a dead ringer for the eBay "sign in" page. It had a place for me to sign in with my ebay "handle" and my password, all seeming very legit. I went to the next page and was just about finished and ready to send when I happened to think of something. I went back to the first page and typed in a fictious handle with a very nasty password--it went straight through to the following page!!!! I was just seconds away from sending financial info to someone!!! Just beware.

SteveD

You most likely DID, however confirm the person phishing for your info that your contact info was legit, by clicking the link. These links are sometimes unique to the spammed person, and are definately something to be avoided. This is also true of your e-mail. If you receive your e-mail with html enabled, everytime you download your mail, you're confirming to the spammers that your address is legit. This is GOLD for these guys, since they can then sell your address for a higher price, since it's "confirmed", whether you respond to it or not.

I highly recommend that (if you use it) you open up Outlook Express, or Outlook, hit the tools----->options bar, and set your e-mail to be displayed as "Text Only".

[chev1960]

Thanks droptop and super (sport)man , for Your tips next time I will try it, save me like You say alot of time and re-type.
Hey Steved409 ,I receive the same email , to update my account on ebay last month, I contact ebay and they said they never send me that email ,they send me a text to read for safety how to protect your account from fraud like that ,those guys use the name ebay to get your information ,so watch that to, never give your information if your not sure, may save You a lot of money and report everything You think is not right.
chev1960

[walkerheaders]

[QUOTE=Super(sport)Man]
I highly recommend that (if you use it) you open up Outlook Express, or Outlook, hit the tools----->options bar, and set your e-mail to be displayed as "Text Only".

thanx SSman, i followed your idea for my work email box. the scumbags have learned my adress. now alot of us at General Dynamics are getting garbage.

[chev1960]

Thanks for the tip walkerheaders ,I will try it .
chev1960
1960 biscayne with 409, 4speed

[alshotride]

I had a 41harley with side car all restored # matching for sale for about a year.
I had it listed on a web site for sale and early in my listing , when these cons were just getting started I got an email from an African state.
The guy said he wanted the bike and would send me payment in the form of a cashiers check for the full amount I was asking plus an additional $5000.00 to cover shipping. I was to depsoit the check and return the $5,000.00 to another person state side so he could arange shipping. I thought the guy sounded legit so I said OK send the check. I got the check and it was a bank draft check as legit looking as any I had ever seen.
I took it to the bank and said depsoit the check which they would do, no problem. I thought great but something said ask a little more. I ask the teller if there was any way this could be bogus. She said not that she knew of but went to ask another bank officer . She said there should be no problem but it would take three weeks to clear.
Of course I thought a cashiers check was as good as cash but it is not . It has to clear as any other check.
I thought 3 weeks to clear but the guy said time was of the essence and I should return the shipping fees of $5,000. quickly so shipping could be arranged. I then ask the teller to check the bank the check was drawn on. It took about half an hour for them to get back the out of country info but found there was no such bank.
Had I not ask I would have been out $5,000.00 to this con. I then began to get all kinds of similar offers, all cons. for the next year or so. I did however sell the bike just this past Nov. to a guy in Texas that saw it on the net so the net is good but beware of the cons.
As far a Ebay goes I have lost $1200.00 to a con there . I purchased an item from a person that had good feedback and was indorsed by ebay as a business that had been checked out, can't remember what they called it. Well I paid the $1200 and got nothing . After many weeks of working with Ebay I got nothing. Ebay claims that they have insurance on deals up to $500. money back guarantee but that is a con. I tried to get that but they said they would only give it to me in the other party would agree to reimburse them. This is a con by ebay. Another guy had the same con at the same time for the same goods and was burned for more than I was. ebay is a con of sorts as well.

[chev1960]

Yes, I know what you mean alshotride, usaly the cons that I see there was no positive feedback, they usaly have 0 feedback ,but that last one ad about 5 positive feedbacks.
I guess there not much thing wee can do about it, just when wee see one report him and warn the others.
chev1960