Re: [Chrysler300] New Ebay Scam

[Ray Jones <hurst300@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Forward these type of things to:
spoof@xxxxxxxx
I get 2-3 a day of various types of eBay scams.

Ray



On Dec 19, 2005, at 3:57 PM, Ron Waters wrote:

> I hope you notified ebay about this one. It's important that they find 
> out
>  about this as soon as possible.
>
>  Ron
>
>  ----- Original Message -----
>  From: "tdcox" <tdcox@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>  To: <Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>  Sent: Monday, December 19, 2005 2:42 PM
>  Subject: [Chrysler300] New Ebay Scam
>
>
>  > I hadn't heard of this one yet, but I was recently contacted by an
>  > individual stating that they were giving me a "Second Chance" on a 
> recent
>  > item on ebay "since the winner of the auction was unable to 
> complete the
>  > transaction."Â I had been the next highest bidder.
>  >
>  > I received an official, ebay-looking message confirming the "second
>  chance"
>  > purchase, along with verifications and other confirmations from 
> ebay. As
>  a
>  > matter of fact, I received so much information, I began to have 
> doubts.
>  But
>  > the real item that stirred my curiousity was the fact that I now 
> had to
>  pay
>  > by Western Union, rather than the PayPal mentioned in the original 
> ebay
>  > posting.
>  >
>  > I emailed the real seller and asked him to confirm that the winner 
> of the
>  > auction was unable to complete the transaction. It took him a 
> couple of
>  > days to get back to me, but when he did, he indicated that the deal 
> was
>  done
>  > and that the original buyer had already paid him.
>  >
>  > Be careful of this one; I could have lost $750 if I hadn't been 
> curious.
>  > The graphics were perfectly copied from ebay with correct 
> identifying
>  marks
>  > and everything. If anyone wants me to forward the "offer", please 
> let me
>  > know.
>  >
>  > Tom Cox (F coupe and F convert-in progress)
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