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Just to reiterate a point made earlier here: these scam artists typically are hacking into other people's accounts and using them to sell fake merchandise. I doubt there is anyone in Michigan at fault, aside from not knowing how to use the Internet safely and getting their account stolen. realcopoman: any updates? |
Originally posted by Chris B ......Here is a cut and paste of the email he sent meif that helps you out any. ......Beneficiary name Finex bank A.D., Branch of Trust Company Americas, acc. 005413" Account # 165575312/0300 Beneficiary Bank Beneficiary Bank ABA or SWIFT... CEKOCZPP Beneficiary Bank Name CSOB branch net IPB Beneficiary Bank Address City Stat Country Prague cz CZ intermediary bank information intermediary Beneficiary Bank ABA or SWIFT... CHASUS33 intermediary Bank Name Beneficiary's Bank account in intermediary Bank JPMorgan Chase Bank 400-801132 intermediary Bank Address City Stat Country New York NY USA ....... I think the moral of the story is that if it looks too good to be true then it usually is. And that we should all exercise caution when parting with cash for goods we are not taking posession of directly. |
engines and parts If anyone wants a nice LT1/LS1 try Billy Graham`s Camaro / Firebird Salvage located in Calera, Alabama USA Phone: 205-668-1169 Fax: 205-668-1164 http://www.billygrahamscamaro.com/ 2002 LS1 Camaro Long Block, approx. 5 miles. Have several in stock. Freight costs an additional $125 to $250, call (205) 668-1169 for a quote. $3,500 just a sample of the prices you can get and he ships lol |
Originally posted by IrocConv87 I recently bought an LT1 off ebay, it just arrived. I got it from someone who always sells on there, the place in Bristol PA, had lots of feedback. It gives me a better feeling and know that the transaction will go thru. Never even tried with the new sellers, or people that dont Paypal. Sorry to hear about your bad deal. Be careful people! That guys great he always has nice parts and is honest. |
I almost got scamed on selling my gocart the guy wanted me to ship it to africa and i said no but he bought it anyway so i told him no and i relisted it again and then it didnt sell so im gonna do it the old fashion way newspaper anyone?lol |
I just read this post and it got me thinking so I searched the bank name and found tons of people who have been scammed by thid guy. He asks for people to send money to the same account number to help different children. Here is the link. You will have to deal with the lame music and look through it. http://www.samsloan.com/mydog.htm. |
Ahhh let it die!!! This post is 2 years old! EDIT: Bitchin, 2000th post... :burnout: |
whatever happend? sux to get owned by ebay.....:D |
Well its brand new to me!! :) The whole thing stinks, lets hope someone rips him off. Starting with his head. :thumbsup: |
In the past 5 years Ive been an ebay buyer and sometime seller. The largest purchases have been 2 cars, 89 celica gts and 86 camaro z28.. Both cars where 1500 dollars but I didnt pay the auction until I saw the vehicles. On both cars the seller wasnt being 100 percent honest. Remember dont trust strangers... I guess if someone asked me for advice on buying expensive items off of ebay I would suggest that the seller be located in your area so you can check it out first. sorry to hear about that scam at least you shared it.. that takes balls.. :thumbsup: |
Re: 02 LS1 Motor from yahoo auctions (WARNING!!! Careful on EBAY and YAHOO!!!) Originally posted by realcopoman Hey guys, I got told you may beable to help me. I tried buying a LS1 from a 02 ss car. I was going to stuff it in place of my tiredTPI in my iroc. I found one on yahoo auctions which was 1900 with a 6 T-56 6 speed. Did anyone else here about this auction, know about who had it etc. I bought it, sent the money, and they stiffed me....They never sent the stuff, so now I'm motorless and pennyless... :mad: Does anyone out here know anything that may help me....like some names, and where there at. I know the seller was Doug Branch or maybe a Greggory Pitts and I think this guy is somewhere from the Michigan area. I have a few different names for him, and a few different addresses. There is a reward out for helping me find the parties involved. Thanks Chad :driving: Check with your bank and there should be a draft no. that can be traced. You did what is known as a "wire transfer" and is just as traceable at a bank as it is at a "western union". |
i had a guy once offer me $1000 for a piece of **** 88 nova..but he was going to send me $3000..he sent me tons of emails and **** telling me to deposit $1000 to my account and then send the other $2000 to his buddy which was supposed to pick the car up...he sent me a cashiers check and i deposited it and waited for it to clear instead of takin the money right out and it ended up bein fake....he told me his name was darren cox...if i got any info left at my house on him ill let u know incase itll help... |
I saw this on ebay today. Sent an email to realcopoman to see if it is the same engine still being scammed. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/2002-...QQcmdZViewItem |
Whenever I read these posts, they remind me of why I try to buy my cars/parts from someone on thirdgen.org who has been around a while and is known to someone else. So far I haven't had any problems with any transactions here, and when I need something badly and don't see it for sale here I can usually find it used at Hawk's, etc. When I do buy from eBay, it's stuff from sellers with really high feedback numbers with like 99% positive feedback. Even then, I use my B of A Visa or Visa check card so I can dispute it if I get the shaft. If I can't pay by Visa, and I can't do the deal in person, I walk away. It's hard to do when you really want/need something and it looks like a good deal, but the discipline can really save your butt... |
The day after I saw the ebay post I linked above I went back to look at it again and the item had been removed by ebay. That really made me wonder if it was the same scam. I have a hard time spending more than I feel comfortable tossing in the trash on something I can't see in person from a person on the other side of the country. Never been burned but I have never spent more than 100 bucks either. When I bought my laptop, one just like it was on ebay for 1000 (new) buy it now, I spent the 2000 instead because it seems stinkie...no ebayers give away $1k. |
The day after I saw the ebay post I linked above I went back to look at it again and the item had been removed by ebay. That really made me wonder if it was the same scam. I have a hard time spending more than I feel comfortable tossing in the trash on something I can't see in person from a person on the other side of the country. Never been burned but I have never spent more than 100 bucks either. When I bought my laptop, one just like it was on ebay for 1000 (new) buy it now, I spent the 2000 instead because it seems stinkie...no ebayers give away $1k. |
If you sent a check by mail contact the US Postal Inspectore, that is mail fraud. Paul |
No matter how old this is. Any luck yet? |
hugly old post |
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man this is an interesting read even if it is old. with that being said there are a couple of things i would like to add about my ebay experience. maybe it will save someone else from being ripped off. two cases that went bad everything else turned out ok. first, bought a 97 TA conv with low miles back in 01. the price was great and the milage was low. numerous pics of the car and it looked legit. i bid and win the car for a very good price. i live in NC the car was in FLA and he wanted me to send the money within 7 days. nothing personal but for that kind of money i'll drive. so make arrangament drive down. get there and call and he tells us to meet him at his car lot. we go and no one is there. we wait about an hour and a guy turns up but not the "right" guy and ,no, the car isn't there either. the "right" guy shows up about an hour later and tells me the car is at a shop and now it will be tomorrow before i can get it. sooooo, tomorrow rolls around and back to the lot about noon. again we have to wait for a couple of hours still being promised the car. finally i tell the guy we need to see the car and he takes us to a repair place. to make the story short the freakin car didn't even have a driver's seat in it. well the drive and the hotel bill were a lot cheaper than the nearly 10grand i would have been out. second was this year a 2 year old 42 bayliner up for auction. it was in CA but what the heck it was cheap. i didn't win the bid but got a "second chance" offer to buy it after the bidding ended. i dead beat bidder they clamimed. the price was, well, to good to be ture but, honesty, what they oringally sent me checked out so i started the process. after i started checking with shippers they said they would ship it at no charge. since the red flag was half way up the pole this offer sent it to the top. the quote i got for shipping was about $11,000 from west to east coast and they were gonna do it for free?!??! this prompted me to ask who they were going to ship with. they responded an air freight company out of south africa. so now i'm LMAO. i sent a few more emails to have some fun and the in my final email i asked them what kind of plane they would be using to ship a 14,000 pound boat in. they never responed and i'm still......LMAO. be smart out there!!! |
Sorry to here about what happend that really sucks. There are a few people finding websites you can use, they will cost some money but its like $30 not the 1900 u lost. You can try the anme you have this guy and the different adresses and see what ones match up also i would say you probly have information because you sent the money somewhere use that if its credit card info ue that named if you have a po box use that or try the local police because it is a crime with a nice amount of jail time to go with it. if you do get the guy you should get money back and if you used a credit card to buy it then report the card stolen. The people finding sites are gonna be your best bet to track him down then use the cops when you find this piece of ****. |
Take one of the Sticks out of the Fire and Stick it up his _ss. |
Re: 02 LS1 Motor from yahoo auctions (WARNING!!! EBAY AND YAHOO AUCTION SCAMS!!!) I know that years have passed... but Did you ever get compensation via money or asskicking? |
Re: 02 LS1 Motor from yahoo auctions (WARNING!!! EBAY AND YAHOO AUCTION SCAMS!!!) A quick tip from someone who's read everything Frank Abagnale's written: Never buy from anyone based in Russia, China, African countries or eastern europe. it's the wild west for fraud, and alot of time it's organised by the mafia, so heading over there is a BAD idea just so you know! |
Re: 02 LS1 Motor from yahoo auctions (WARNING!!! EBAY AND YAHOO AUCTION SCAMS!!!) one time i sold a set of yamaha speakers on ebay for 800 bucks. i insured with ups and they were well packed. they arrived absolutely destroyed, and the guy said he saw the ups guy kick them off the back of the truck. ups denied my insurance claim because they did not pack it and i had to refund the guy and pay both ways shipping. |
Re: 02 LS1 Motor from yahoo auctions (WARNING!!! EBAY AND YAHOO AUCTION SCAMS!!!) Hi well this forum has the total giving look which makes it a well informer website or web blog. Thanks for making such a beautiful blog -------------- smith Car Auctions |
Re: 02 LS1 Motor from yahoo auctions (WARNING!!! EBAY AND YAHOO AUCTION SCAMS!!!) As a few other people said the place in Bristol PA that goes by F-Parts on E-bay is a good place to deal with. I just got an L98 motor from them. Drove out and picked it up and they where very helpfull. |
Re: 02 LS1 Motor from yahoo auctions (WARNING!!! EBAY AND YAHOO AUCTION SCAMS!!!)
Originally Posted by realcopoman
(Post 1512852)
I wired him money out of my checking. The bank told me that was the easiest, and most proper way of doing it. Now they tell me as of yesterday, that one its wired, there is no going back. I even tryed to pull of a stunt with the bank that he never received the money. So I got them to trace it, to see if its in anyones account, and they said they may beable to get me a real name and address of the account to get ahold of him. I have a few sticks in the fire, but I want to be sure that I wack the right person in the head with the new bat that I bought for when I meet up with him. Thanks |
Re: 02 LS1 Motor from yahoo auctions (WARNING!!! EBAY AND YAHOO AUCTION SCAMS!!!) WTF!! If you cant drive to it, Fuget it. |
Re: 02 LS1 Motor from yahoo auctions (WARNING!!! EBAY AND YAHOO AUCTION SCAMS!!!)
Originally Posted by Chris B
(Post 1515773)
Man sorry to hear about that....I saw that exact same setup for sale on ebay for $2300...I emailed the guy to buy it now at $2300 and he didnt get back to me till after the auction stopped at $3,050. Funny thing was he still had no problem with me buying the motor tranny at 2300 :confused:. Then when i got the instructions for the payment, I knew it was a scam. The auction said it was shipping from sounthern cali but the payment instructions were for an account in the Russian Republic. LOL glad I didnt bite and sad soemone else got taken. Here is a cut and paste of the email he sent meif that helps you out any. Dear Sir, If you want to buy this engine then you will need to wire the payment to bank account below. To make the payment you can use INTERNET BANKING but if you haven't such service with your bank then you have to go to your bank directly and tell to your banker that you would like to wire the funds via S.W.I.F.T. to the bank account below and please don't make any mistakes: _______________________________________________________________________ AMOUNT: 2300 USD Beneficiary name Finex bank A.D., Branch of Trust Company Americas, acc. 005413" Account # 165575312/0300 Beneficiary Bank Beneficiary Bank ABA or SWIFT... CEKOCZPP Beneficiary Bank Name CSOB branch net IPB Beneficiary Bank Address City Stat Country Prague cz CZ intermediary bank information intermediary Beneficiary Bank ABA or SWIFT... CHASUS33 intermediary Bank Name Beneficiary's Bank account in intermediary Bank JPMorgan Chase Bank 400-801132 intermediary Bank Address City Stat Country New York NY USA _______________________________________________________________________ Important thing!!! Once the wire transfer has been sent you must ask your banker about SWIFT WIRE TRANSFER DOCUMENT. Please scan this document and send it to me via email. I will send it to our bank and they will be able to deposit your payment in short period of time. Bank wire transfer will take about 3-5 business days but if my bank will have this document then your payment will arrive during 2-3 days. Please don't forget to send it to me. Once your payment arrive the engine will be shipped in same day to the address that you'll indicate. Please give me your full shipping address. Will be used ODFL Ground 3-5 business days. Tracking number will be provided. OR Please scan the document that you will need to fill up and send it to me. I will write details of the bank account on this document without mistakes. Then you will write same document in the bank and bank will send wire transfer. So we will sure that everything will be ok. Thank you. |
Re: 02 LS1 Motor from yahoo auctions (WARNING!!! EBAY AND YAHOO AUCTION SCAMS!!!) Maybe just deal with thirdgen classifieds? They seem pretty cool and these are guys who have thirdgens and this is the only place we belong. At least if you got screwed by one of us you know where most of us live..and email addresses. And at least we can have a jerks IP hacked and destroy his computer and finances lol. |
Re: 02 LS1 Motor from yahoo auctions (WARNING!!! EBAY AND YAHOO AUCTION SCAMS!!!) i dont really buy anything from e bay or anything online unless its say for example someone on a forum such as this with ppl that can vouch for the seller or its an actual company i can call and bitch at every 15 minutes my stuff is late :) other than that i buy locally cash transactions face 2 face and i always bring at least 2 of my buddies with just in case its one of those ppl that say yeah just bring the cash and they forget to mention that theyre gonna stick a gun in your face and rob you.... it hasnt happened to me or anyone i know but it seems like theres a story about similar situations in the news twice a week.. |
Re: 02 LS1 Motor from yahoo auctions (WARNING!!! EBAY AND YAHOO AUCTION SCAMS!!!) Well, if you are gonna buy on ebay, make sure is only PAYPAL. I purchased in the past all car parts from ebay (82-92). No problem. the big stuff I would just drive to pick up after I paid using PAYPAL. no scams in 10 years. but a word of caution, Please buy locally. you can always find all you need within a 200 mile radius around your address. keep the money in your area so will have somewhere to go shopping later on down the line. ebay and yahoo is great for hard to find parts, but an new engine or a new tranny? come on now. you can order that stuff safely from the back of car craft mags. Just my 2 abes. P.S, last week I won a reman (2008) jasper tranny 700r4 for $151. I drove 122 miles to pick up by myself in the hills of PA. Nice drive. Nice tranny. Bid wisely. |
Re: 02 LS1 Motor from yahoo auctions (WARNING!!! EBAY AND YAHOO AUCTION SCAMS!!!) Ls swap with a motor that is a 2005 and up. I'd go with the 6.0, the 2005 and up has 313 heads and the internals can handle 800 hp or more stock. |
Re: 02 LS1 Motor from yahoo auctions (WARNING!!! EBAY AND YAHOO AUCTION SCAMS!!!)
Originally Posted by radiateu2
(Post 1537377)
I beleive that wire fraud falls under the Postmaster Generals office. Its still considered mail wether snailor e-mail. Give them a call |
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