Someone help. Major fraud.

Ok, cool..... I just wanted to make sure he was aware if he was an fchater.

Don, I'm sure Matt would love to sell you the car for that price......... Good Luck!

 

I just bid $250,000.00

 

I did the same as soon as I saw the first post. Hope they nail this guy/gal. Sorry to hear about scammers out there still. Call Bush maybe we can add them on our Hit List next to Osama B L.

 

I could "one up" you by bidding 251,000. I don't want to get in trouble with eBay, but it might be fun.

 

Bidders,

Are you able to exchange information via the information form or does it only work if you actually win the bid. I've only used it when I've won so I'm not sure.

 

it's closed now.

 

I think E-bay will end up pulling the auction before completion. What would be funny is getting this guys hopes of making a killing up so high that he will have a heart attack and drop dead when E-bay shuts him down.

Troll: “Holy S#!T. Bidding is at $300,000! I’m rich!!! Now I can afford a new trailer hitch for my home!”

24 HOURS LATER…

TROLL: <nervous with anticipation> “WOW $500,000!!! Now I can afford to buy the old Quick Mart on the corner and convert it to a Porn shop!! When this auction ends <victoriously throwing arms into air> I’ll be able to fulfill my life long dream!”

2 MINUTES BEFORE AUCTION ENDS…

TROLL: “Dear M.O.G. I’m getting away with it!! I’m going to be RICH!!!”
< Pacing the floor the TROLL begins chewing his fingernails and brakes into a nervous sweat>

<POP UP WINDOW APPEARS ON SCREEN>

Notice from E-Bay: “We regret to inform you that your auction has been cancelled!”

TROLL: NOOOOoooooo!!

<Heart stops and Troll falls face first onto the floor of his trailer causing piles of porn magazines, carelessly stacked throughout the trailer, to collapse burying him alive.>

PD

 

Yanked at this very moment!
I was gonna send them an email and ask if they'd accept Paypal for the quarter million when the auction disappeared. Can you imagine the PayPal fees for that!?!?!
But all the free airline miles I'd get......

 

I just got this e-mail from E-bay



The following is a courtesy notice from eBay Trust & Safety regarding:

User ID - seginglovepeg

Our records show that you were a bidder or buyer of one or more of this seller's items. We recently removed all of this seller's active listings and have suspended the seller's trading privileges. Due to privacy concerns we will not be able to share further details related to this seller.

If someone claiming to be the seller asks you to complete a transaction outside of eBay, we strongly recommend that you ignore the request. Transactions for items listed on eBay that are completed outside of the eBay marketplace are not covered by the Buyer Protection services offered by eBay and can be highly indicative of fraud.

If you have not sent payment to the seller, we urge you to not proceed until you are completely confident that the transaction will be completed safely. One method for gaining confidence in the transaction is to request the seller's contact information and confirm the transaction via telephone. For instruction on how to request contact information and more "Tips for Buyers" please visit:

http://pages.ebay.com/help/confidence/isgw-fraud-buyer-tips.html

If you have already paid, you may wish to pursue recouping your funds. Some steps you might take include:

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There are many tips on how to protect yourself with any Internet transaction in the eBay Security Center located at:

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YEah that's me fortunemotors I thought to bid to try and chatch this guy,or hopefully produce a Stradale for that price. My apparent interest in Gymnastics is that my daughter is a very high level gymnast and her coach is Kristie Phillips from the 1988 Olympics. So I thought I would gather some memorabilia get her to sign it and then resell.


Wade
www.fortunemotors.com

 

Wade, just looking out for fellow fchaters. I didn't know if fortunemotors was one of us or just a shill bid.... GLAD your one of us... HELLO.

 

Try contacting the New York State Attorney General's office. Since they are setting the "escrow" up through a phoney phone number in NY, they might be interested in doing something. They have a much more active fraud bureau for consumer fraud than the FBI does.

 

Wade, what is ...ah..exactly...getting washed in that water fountain????

 

Kristie Phillips????

Wade has ALWAYS pushed the envelope with his avatars....I thought he was in New Orleans area, previously..

Good profile recognition Doc! LOL!

 

Ck his file pic.

 

That's his OLD avatar!

You GO Wade!!!!!!

 

Funny stuff - I figured out the items being washed straight away, but had to squint to figure out what the plumbing was....

Kinda like those "two faces or one vase" optical tests, I guess.

Cheers
Kevin

 

Man, sorry to see that you were being scammed(or at least your car being used in a scam)...do you know where the photos of your car came from? The web? Glad to see this guy got shut down! Hey Rob, one more reason that non-subscribed plebes should not be able to view photos!!!

Cheers,
Travis

 

I think I know how the guy hopes to pull off this scam. I'll bet he tries to encourage some kind of transaction outside of ebay and uses the auction as a way to lure suckers. The old "con man" or "confidence man" game at its finest. He's probably already got a few others going under different aliases. Glad we were able to bust this one up though.

 

kfhenry, that's a Kohler two hole fountain spigot, polished chrome finish over brass, IMO.

The second item is commonly refered to as 'the man in the boat', ROTFLMAO!

 

Of course, the Kohler. How silly of me to have missed that....

Cheers
Kevin

 

Of course you also have to specify the integral spring return, side mounted handle as well.

That's almost impossible to find, on the second item............

 

I just saw this thread a few minutes ago its allready been taken off eBay! you guys rock!

 

How bold these people are. Fraud is so rampant on the internet, and the internet has expanded the ways in which traditional (non-internet) fraud artists can work their evil art. Here is one I've been watching - www.craigsears.com (and a blog at http://stolenbarn.tblog.com/). Interesting stuff.