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| chunger |
 Nov 22 2005, 11:52 AM
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Member  Group: Members Posts: 409 Joined: 11-January 03 From: Albany, CA Member No.: 133  |
Hello,
A good friend of mine is in a bit of a scam. I was wondering if anyone in Santa Clarita could help. here's the story. He purchased an Alfa a few days ago for his wife from a guy in Texas. The car has been delivered to his house. The seller calls to ask him if he's selling the same car again on Ebay. He says no, and the seller in Texas then tells him that his car is currently listed on Ebay. Pictures, VIN number and all: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAP...=ADME:B:EF:US:1 I was wondering if anyone in the area could do 2 things: 1. Contact the seller to ask to see the car in the next 2 days or so. 2. Ask the seller how many previous owners there were. The Ebay lister does not have the car. I don't think he'll email back. But just in case, we're wondering who it is. We've contacted Ebay fraud. The seller has no feadback. The bids are all hidden. I think this guy may be trying to scam the actual car from my friend. -'Chung |
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| Demick |
Nov 22 2005, 12:32 PM
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Ernie made me do it! Group: Benefactors Posts: 2,312 Joined: 6-February 03 From: Pleasanton, CA Member No.: 257  |
This is a common scam. Someone steals pictures and description from another e-bay auction and lists it as their own to try and get money from a buyer. You shouldn't have anything to worry about as you are not tied to this auction or sale in any way.
That's why you don't buy an expensive item from someone with no feedback who just signed up for their ebay ID last week. Especially when they make the bidder's ID's private. Demick |
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chunger OT: Friend is getting Ebay scammed. . . Nov 22 2005, 11:52 AM
Mike D. I just sent a request to see the car asap. Now I... Nov 22 2005, 12:20 PM Demick Here's an idea. Go ahead and bid like $5... Nov 22 2005, 12:38 PM chunger Thanks for the help. . .
Scammers suck. I hope ... Nov 22 2005, 12:45 PM SLITS Report the damn thing to eBay or trace she / he/ i... Nov 22 2005, 01:03 PM bondo I've seen this before. The "seller" isn't ... Nov 22 2005, 01:46 PM morphenspectra Report the auction to ebay
Hiedi Nov 22 2005, 03:20 PM pete-stevers it is worse than being "WENZLED" http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/e... Nov 22 2005, 06:30 PM SLITS Hmmmmm...Auto Traitor.......well let's see wil... Nov 22 2005, 06:35 PM chunger Ah,
Santa Clara now. . . I don't think this f... Nov 22 2005, 06:39 PM scotty b Coming up as bidding ended now. Guess E-bay got to... Nov 22 2005, 06:40 PM chunger I hope so. . . he did report it to Ebay. Looks li... Nov 22 2005, 06:46 PM
Gint Same thing happened with the 2.7 I bought off of e... Nov 22 2005, 07:09 PM |
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