Re: [Chrysler300] Off Topic but important Newest Ebay Scam

[Paul Holmgren <paulholm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

John Lyons wrote:
> Hi Club,
>  
> This morning, I was perusing Ebay for various Chrysler products and came up
> with the following car for sale:
>  
> http://tinyurl.com/2vty49
>  
> This is for a 1959 DeSoto Convertible.  The ad is convincing to the point
> that I bid on the car.  With a little over a day left, I was shocked at how
> low the bidding was (just under 20K) for what looks like a decent car.  I
> placed a bid and then reviewed the bidder history.  The short version is
> that every bid basically over 20K was cancelled by the seller with a request
> for email contact.  There were dozens of bids on the car cancelled.
> 
> The seller is a new seller with 0 feedback.
>  
> I put in a user information request with Ebay and came up with the following
> information:
>  
>   Contact Information for brossman19608 : 
> 
> User ID:    brossman19608
> Name:   Joann Brossman
> Company:    
> City:   Sinking Spring
> State:   PA
> Country:   United States
> Phone:   (610) 678-1982
> Registered Since:   Wednesday, Apr 18, 2007 02:32:51 PST
> 
> I put a call into this person and got a fax machine.  I then faxed her a
> note requesting a call back.  Then I reverse number checked in
> Whitepages.com and came up empty.  Lastly, I searched her in White pages and
> came up with several possibles that were all wrong numbers.
> 
> If you look at the lower right hand side of the images, you will see the
> Ebay trademark camera watermark.  You can also see that the part of the
> image is not correct.  I believe this to be a fraud protection tool offered
> by Ebay.  You need to look at the ad to see what I am talking about.  If
> someone can articulate this better then I for the club, please do!

> I am not saying this Joann person is a fraudster but I really suspect that
> the ad is fraudulent.  I am not a member of any other groups and know that
> many on this server are and probably know players on that car.  I am hoping
> you could cascade this to the appropriate servers to avoid possible success
> by a possible fraudster.

> If someone knows the seller and it is legitimate, I will be the first to
> offer apologies but I felt the situation warranted this email.

> In the interest of full disclosure, if the ad is real, I am interested in
> the car...but I highly doubt the ad is real.

> Regards,
> John Lyons


as one who messes with LOTS of graphic images on da PC
dat 'watermark' was EDITED onto the pics from another source,
NOT added as a watermark thats overlaid on the original pic
but as a graphic add to the corner of each pic.


-- 
Paul Holmgren
2 57 300-C's in Indy
Hoosier Corps L#6


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