[DeTomaso] Crook Listing "Pure Gold" on eBay

Tue Nov 16 19:35:48 EST 2010

Darn it, My bid was cancelled, I was winning too at only $97,000.

Michael Shortt

On Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 5:10 PM, Brian Ward <brian at trinityarmco.com> wrote:

> Thanks Garth… Think of it as a pyramid scam. To the very foolish they try
> to
> retrieve actual cash through western union for item that is not in their
> possession, this part is obvious, but few buy it and never move forward but
> not before giving them their info. Then there are the people who recognize
> the scam and send emails to them with remarks and so on. Even the actual
> owners will send emails to them because they are pissed. With all they
> emails they receive they can easily get any financial information from the
> senders computers and hit bank accounts for small 5-20 dollar transactions
> that go un-noticed for a while.  Easy way to make a living right…. They are
> outside of the reach of our laws so we can’t touch them as most are in
> other
> countries such as Nigeria.
>
> Brian
>
>
>
> From: Garth Rodericks [mailto:garth_rodericks at yahoo.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 2010 3:30 PM
> To: Brian Ward; DeTomaso Mail List; Asa Jay Laughton; Ken Green
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Crook Listing "Pure Gold" on eBay
>
>
>
> Welcome back Brian!
>
> FWIW, I don't waste time or risk my privacy contacting these scammers.
>
> Ciao!
>
>
>
>  _____
>
> From: Brian Ward <brian at trinityarmco.com>
> To: Garth Rodericks <garth_rodericks at yahoo.com>; DeTomaso Mail List
> <detomaso at realbig.com>; Asa Jay Laughton <asajay at asajay.com>; Ken Green
> <kenn_green at yahoo.com>
> Sent: Tue, November 16, 2010 1:14:26 PM
> Subject: RE: [DeTomaso] Crook Listing "Pure Gold" on eBay
>
> This is déjà vu.... In 2006, and you can go back and look at the archives,
> I
>  wrote a very descriptive post about why not to contact these A$$holes.
> They
> want your email and your I.P. address!!!!!!!!!!!!! With it they have all
> the
> information stored on your computer. I just rejoined the list after being
> away for four years and glad to see some familiar names. Ken, how did the
> aprilia turn out?
> Brian
> Aka Grasshopper thanks to Madd Dawg
> Aka Gypsy
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com]
> On
> Behalf Of Garth Rodericks
> Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 2010 2:51 PM
> To: DeTomaso Mail List; Asa Jay Laughton; Ken Green
> Subject: [DeTomaso] Crook Listing "Pure Gold" on eBay
>
> Reported as 'fraudulent' to ebay!
>
> Requests for initial contact outside of ebay ALWAYS indicate it's a
> fraudulent
> auction using a hijacked ebay account!
>
> "Real" email?  I doubt it. Anyone can create an email account on MSN (or
> Yahoo,
> Gmail, etc.).
>
> Might be nice to send this scum an email then run an IP trace to determine
> where
> it's actually being sent from. Then send over some of our Italian brothers
> to
> "have a little talk."
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Avw0n9b2o9U
>
>
>
> --- Original Message ---
>
> The person who listed it actually put a contact email in the photo pane:
>
> singer676 at MSN.com and they'll sell the car to you for a cool $15K.
>
> Nice when they put their real email address in there huh.  :)
>
>
> <insert evil overlord laugh here>
> Asa Jay
>
> Quoting Ken Green <kenn_green at yahoo.com>:
>
> > Can someone get the auction pulled???
> >
> >
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Other-Makes-1973-Tomaso-Pantera-Cobra-/12064
> 8398830
> >0
>
>
>
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