From: Sarge (micdunn@ev1.net)
Date: Tue Jun 06 2006 - 11:37:46 PDT
Arthur and list:
PS If you have not been following this thread, you might not realize that
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> I hate you!!! You have dashed my child-like beliefs. Next you're going to
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do I have a deal for you!
I recently bought a very good condition M1A1 Abrams back from Kuwait in my
carry-on.
I am selling it for the low, low price of $249.99! What a deal!
Here's the catch:
The first person to send me a check for $249.99 plus shipping and handling
(to be determined) gets the tank!
If more than one person sends me a check, I will of course return them!
Send the check to:
Sarge
Behind the Third Toilet Bowl
Interstate 35 Rest Stop # 254
Round Rock, Texas, 78681
Remember! First come, first served!
-Sarge out
this is a joke.
PPS If you think it might be real, you really should schedule an appointment
for that large zit between your ears :)
From: "Arthur Bloom" <m35prod@optonline.net>
To: "Sarge" <micdunn@ev1.net>; "Military Vehicles Mailing List"
<mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Tuesday, June 06, 2006 1:22 PM
Subject: Re: [MV] MANN Truck on Ebay
> tell us there is no tooth fairy, and Bush really did get elected.
>
> apb
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Sarge" <micdunn@ev1.net>
> To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 06, 2006 2:17 PM
> Subject: Re: [MV] MANN Truck on Ebay
>
>
> | Sarge here,
> | I'm all over this one. The actual seller had his auction hi-jacked last
> | Saturday.
> | I contacted E-Bay who said "We will take appropriate action" , which of
> | course translates into English as "We won't do doodly-squat unless it
> takes
> | a penny out of our pocket".
> | I then contacted the FBI Internet Crime division and made a full report.
> | At least they are honest enough to not bother to lie to me. In other
> words,
> | they will read my report in 2008 and take action when hell freezes over.
> | I contacted the real seller who seems to be nice enough and quite
honest.
> | I contacted the scammer who I am going to keep on the hook for a while.
> | TJ's tribulations inspired me enough to have a little fun here.
> | The scammer is most definitely not a native English speaker and I will
> post
> | our communications on this list if anyone requests it.
> | Mandatory MV content: This scammer is attempting to scam MV'ers to the
> tune
> | of $5,000 each.
> | Here is his plan:
> | He hi-jacked an MV'ers password and took control of an MV auction.
> | The MAN truck was previously listed with a starting bid of $17,500 and a
> buy
> | it now price of $22,000.
> | When the scammer got the real seller's password, he immediately changed
it
> | so that the real seller could not access his own auction.
> | Then he changed the item description to remove the original sellers name
> and
> | telephone number. Then he inserted his own e-mail address.
> | He changed the starting bid price to $1,500 and the buy it now price to
> | $5,000.
> | Here is where he got clever: Only pre-approved bidders were allowed to
> bid.
> | Meaning you had to e-mail him for pre-approval.
> | That caused a feeding frenzy amongst the MV community.
> | Here is a 20 ton 8x8 MAN prime mover for $5,000!!!! Who wouldn't jump on
> | that?
> | Well, E-Bay had 10,167 hits on that page. Let's say 10% of lookers
thought
> | it was a good deal.
> | So now 1,000 MV'ers e-mail this dork and ask to be pre-approved for
> bidding.
> | But! The scammer does not pre-approve anybody. Why not? Why mess with
the
> | theft of $5,000 when you can make millions?
> | He waits until the sale is over with zero bids. Zero bids because he did
> not
> | pre-approve anybody.
> | Now he e-mails those thousand (I'm one of them) and offers the truck for
> the
> | buy it now price of $5,000.
> | If he can scam one thousand buyers of $5,000 each, that's a cool $5
> million.
> | Or even if he can only scam 10 percent (100 buyers), which is not so
> | far-fetched, that is still $500,000. Pretty soon, we are talking about
> some
> | real money.
> | Now you are in e-mail contact with him and he starts offering you the
> "E-Bay
> | Purchase Protection Plan"
> | There is such an animal and it usually works pretty well. However, E-Bay
> | only offers the plan if you buy the item by using the Bid feature on the
> | auction. Otherwise, you are on your own.
> | The scammer then sets up a real bank account and has you wire the $5,000
> | into an escrow holding company. This is an impartial third party "money
> | holder". He then says when he has shipped the vehicle to you, and you
are
> | happy with it, you release the escrow funds to him. Of course the escrow
> | company is a fake, the bank account is emptied, he's rich and gone. You
> are
> | Screwed!!!
> | Anyway, that's the scam, now you know, happy bidding!
> | -Sarge out
> |
> |
> |
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