Re: MANN Truck on Ebay

From: Sonny Heath (sonny@defuniak.com)
Date: Sat Jun 10 2006 - 11:29:47 PDT


Well, I was just assuming that he was putting all that stuff on his inquiry
to see if the guy was from Nigeria or someplace where he wouldn't know the
place.

Sonny

----- Original Message -----
From: "Glenn Shaw" <milspectruck@verizon.net>
To: "Sonny Heath" <sonny@defuniak.com>
Cc: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Saturday, June 10, 2006 1:08 PM
Subject: Re: [MV] MANN Truck on Ebay

> Thats correct. Exactly what I was referring to.
> Glenn
>
> Sonny Heath wrote:
>> Glenn,
>>
>> Confusion bigtime,
>>
>> I believe that the person from this list who started inquiring about the
>> truck is the one who gave the White House address and the Nasty last
>> name,
>>
>> Sonny
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Glenn Shaw"
>> <
milspectruck@verizon.net>
>> To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
>> Sent: Saturday, June 10, 2006 12:52 PM
>> Subject: Re: [MV] MANN Truck on Ebay
>>
>>
>>> I knew the guy was a jerkoff the minute he gave the address of the US
>>> White House as his home address. See:
>>>
>>>
>>> http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/time-zone/usa/dc/washington-dc/pennsylvania-avenue/1600-the-white-house/index.htm
>>>
>>> He needs to get a life.
>>>
>>> Glenn
>>> MVPA
>>> MTANJ
>>>
>>> Lee Houde wrote:
>>>> Even more interesting - when I did an address search for 800 N.
>>>> Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL, a total of 170 names and telephone numbers
>>>> popped up for that address, none of which were "Matthew Barry" or
>>>> "Dimitru Bogdan"! A college dorm, perhaps?
>>>>
>>>> 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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