Re: MANN Truck on Ebay

From: Dick (rertman@ix.netcom.com)
Date: Sat Jun 10 2006 - 09:41:09 PDT

A word of caution on this deal, folks.

I'm a bit suspicious of "John Fickdich."

The last name is a german epithet that translates to "F**k you."

I kid you not! I learned German from an Army friend who was from
Germany and joined up to earn his citizenship.

Dick

----- Original Message -----
From: Arthur Bloom
To: Military Vehicles Mailing List
Sent: 10 June, 2006 09:28
Subject: Re: [MV] MANN Truck on Ebay

Toll-free numbers are virtual numbers. They are assigned to a customer, and
the incoming calls are re-directed (similar to Call Forwarding) to a fixed
land line.

When you try to do a search for a toll-free number, you will generally hit a
dead end, unless the toll-free number has been published in a website. In
that case, search engines will probably have a hit. Toll-free numbers that
are not generally published, for instance like the one you encountered, will
probably never show up in a search engine.

There are many ways to do some detective work, however, to find the info you
seek. You can ask him to fax something back to you. The incoming call info
(caller ID, *69, etc) will not show the toll-free number, but will show the
land line that it is associated with, unless it is intentionally blocked.
The fax document itself will generally have a header that spells out the
sender's company name and number, if the fax machine was programmed to do
so.

You can do old-fashioned legwork, and call every copy shop and just ask.
Often, an official-sounding person, with an official-sounding title and
stated mission, will scare employees into divulging info that the business
would normally not divulge.

What is 800 N. Michigan Ave? I am not familiar with that address. Is it a
mall, or an individual store? Perhaps someone (a telephone technician or a
friend of a telephone technician) reading this list, or just some
enterprising would-be detective can make a visit to some of the copy stores
and do some creative investigating. If I were a bit closer, I'd be happy to
do it.

Arthur P. Bloom
Former Bell System Special Agent

----- Original Message -----
From: "Lee Houde" <houdel@carrinter.net>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Saturday, June 10, 2006 9:37 AM
Subject: Re: [MV] MANN Truck on Ebay

| Interesting - I did several reverse phone number lookups on various
| telephone search websites - all came up no number found; if this is a
| real phone number, it is unlisted. Very unlikely that a copy shop would
| have an unlisted number. Chop shop maybe, copy shop unlikely, unless
| they only deal with a very select and limited clientle!
|
| Sarge wrote:
|
| >>List,
| >>Mandatory MV content: this e-mail is about a scam directly targeted at
MV
| >>owners.
| >>Anyhoo,
| >>here is the continuing saga of the MAN truck scam on E-Bay.
| >>After a LOT of research, I have a couple of leads on the scammer.
| >>His real name is, of course, not Matthew Barry. It is most likely
Dimitru
| >>Bogdan, or at least, that's the ID that he carries.
| >>He is a Romanian immigrant living in Chicago.
| >>He did not attend high school in the US.
| >>He will ship the truck to my home address:
| >>John Fickdich
| >>1600 Pennsylvania Ave NW
| >>Washington D.C. 20500
| >>The $5,000 will cover the cost of the truck and also the shipping and
| >>insurance.
| >>He hangs out in a copy shop in a large mall in Chicago on the
'Magnificent
| >>Mile'. 800 N Michigan Ave.
| >>He picks up the faxed receipt of the moneygram in the copy shop, goes to
| >>
| >>
| >the
| >
| >
| >>nearest moneygram office and cashes it.
| >>On a tangent, another list member has been in contact with him.
| >>He (fake Matthew Barry) told the other list member that he was on
vacation
| >>in Greece with his family and he even supplied a contact telephone
number
| >>
| >>
| >in
| >
| >
| >>Greece.
| >>I called the number in Greece and spoke to Matthew. For someone with a
| >>
| >>
| >name
| >
| >
| >>of Matthew Barry, he sure sounded Greek to me.
| >>Well, Matthew told me to send the $5,000 to a bank in Florida. He will
| >>e-mail me with the details.
| >>Okay Matthew, please hurry, I want that truck!
| >>So, List, that's as far as I got.
| >>Now I need your help.
| >>There are 27 Bogdan's listed in the white pages for Chicago, none of
them
| >>are called Dimitru.
| >>The FAX number 1-877-471-1355 is his pick up point.
| >>Anybody on the list know how to get the name and address of that copy
shop
| >>where the FAX machine is located?
| >>Anybody know how to locate Dimitru Bogdan living in Chicago?
| >>As always, any and all help is appreciated,
| >>-Sarge
| >>
| >>P.S. To all of you who doubt that this story is true, do us all a favor
| >>
| >>
| >and
| >
| >
| >>don't e-mail me or the list with your doubts.Visit the searchable
archives at http://www.mil-veh.org/archives/

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