From: Bruce Kalin (convoy@mtaofnj.us)
Date: Sat Jun 10 2006 - 12:28:35 PDT
Sorry Lee - I think YOU missed my "tongue in cheek" intentions, (hence
the smiley face) which appears that you took literally. And in a moment
of more illiterate fantasy, it would be very easy to get e-Bay to check
for you ........ as I said, they do follow up if you give them the right
reasons.
Bruce
Lee Houde wrote:
> Bruce - I think you missed the point here. No one is talking about
> "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.
>
> Bruce Kalin wrote:
>
>> I must differ with your opinion here , Lee.
>>
>> 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
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> Lee Houde wrote:
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>> 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.
>>>>
>>>>
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-- Bruce Kalin East Coast Convoy Coordinator USMCMTA, MVPA, MTANJ, NCMVPA
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