From: Jonathan Boos (acfarer@cox.net)
Date: Tue Jun 06 2006 - 14:26:13 PDT
Sarge,
----- Original Message -----
> Arthur and list:
If I mention your name, will I get a good seat at Rest Stop #254?
JB
From: "Sarge" <micdunn@ev1.net>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Tuesday, June 06, 2006 11:37 AM
Subject: Re: [MV] MANN Truck on Ebay
> 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
>
> PS If you have not been following this thread, you might not realize that
> 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 :)
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> 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
>
>
>> I hate you!!! You have dashed my child-like beliefs. Next you're going to
>> 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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>> |
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>> |
>> |
>>
>>
>>
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