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Old 05-18-2006, 03:24 PM
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I think eBay's longterm health will be threatened unless they figure out a way to reduce this type of fraud. It's WAY too common.
Old 05-18-2006, 09:22 PM
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It has been removed, good catch!
Old 05-18-2006, 11:32 PM
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he was not from overseas. He was from blacksburg, VA. Police have his name, address and phone number now and are supose to contact him.

I had been emailing him under a different email address. Told him I was interested and was a cash buyer. He sent me an escrow agreement and asked me to make a deposit in www.escrow.com and that we could arrange a time and place to meet.

let's just say, I didn't know anything and made a deposit. How would he ever get that money. Buyer is given a certain amount of time to inspect the vehicle. He obviously doesn't have it, so how does this scam work? Am i missing something??
Old 05-19-2006, 07:55 AM
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Maybe he has the exact same car as you have...and was to lazy to take pictures, write a list of options, etc etc......let us know how this ends...if you ever hear anything about it again!
Old 05-19-2006, 08:44 AM
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He has teh same car alright. Even the same VIN number. This guy is a scam artists. He just registered with ebay and has no feedback. That's usually a red flag
Old 05-19-2006, 08:56 PM
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maybe Porsche made a mistake and made 2 911's with the same VIN, color, and spec's .......okay okay the guy is an idiot and a scam artist!!!



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