From: 'Stu' (stuinnh@mvnut.us)
Date: Sat Jun 10 2006 - 10:40:52 PDT
< Since copy shops are places that depend on retail clientele to keep them
in business, what respectable copy shop is going to have an unlisted
number?>
The kind that doesn't want to get unsolicited fax spam that can be a pain in
the butt once they have your number. There is no "do not call" list for
business.
Anyway, none of this has anything to do with MV's and can be taken off list.
"Stu"
Southern New Hampshire, USA
"Live Free Or Die; Death Is Not The Worst Of Evils"
MVPA #14790
1967 M151A1 Jeep 1964 M416 Trailer
1985 M1008 CUCV Pickup
-----Original Message-----
Bruce - I think you missed the point here. No one is talking about
Bruce Kalin wrote:
> I must differ with your opinion here , Lee.
Lee Houde wrote:
> Interesting - I did several reverse phone number lookups on various
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Subject: Re: [MV] MANN Truck on Ebay
"copying ads, the phone number given to Sarge by "Matthew Barry", the
alleged "seller" of the MANN truck, was claimed to by a fax number of a
copy shop in Chicago where "Matthew Barry" would go to pick up his
faxes. Since copy shops are places that depend on retail clientele to
keep them in business, what respectable copy shop is going to have an
unlisted number? Kind of defeats the purpose of having a retail store,
doesn't it? I wasn't claiming the phone number given was to a chop shop,
it was merely intended as a humorous play on words which you apparently
took literally.
>
> If the seller's intention was to "copy" someone else's ads, then he'd
> most likely not give a real number. So, listing as a "copy shop" is
> probably accurate, although not legitimate :-) I didn't see any
> indication that he was taking apart a vehicle and selling the parts,
> although he did take some parts of a legitimate ad, so maybe you could
> consider his operation a "chop shop."
>
> PS: I sent e-Bay three different fraud auction numbers for tractors
> that were obviously phony - all listed at the same time within the
> last week for three stolen ads. They were all taken down within 24 hours.
>
> Bruce
> 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.
>>>
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