From: Sean Nichols (armytrucks@gmail.com)
Date: Tue Jun 06 2006 - 14:36:10 PDT
If I were you, I'd go on up the Interstate a few more miles to
Georgetown and Rest Stop #255. It's a little more upscale. :)
On 6/6/06, Jonathan Boos <acfarer@cox.net> wrote:
> Sarge,
> If I mention your name, will I get a good seat at Rest Stop #254?
> JB
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> 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
>
>
> > Arthur and list:
> > 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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-- Sean Nichols MVCC MVPA #24983 -------------------- '42 IHC FFN-3 Crash Truck '71 AM General M151A2 '86 M1009 CUCV"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
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