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

["John Lyons" <John@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Club,
 
Thanks to several members who helped piece this together.  Indeed, it is a
fraudulent listing.  The car was sold by Happy Days Carz (intentional
misspell) to John Scotti Classics in Canada.  The car is currently not for
sale.  The pictures were taken off the Happy Days web site.
 
Regards,
 
John

  _____  

From: Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Paul Holmgren
Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2007 3:23 PM
To: John Lyons
Cc: Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [Chrysler300] Off Topic but important Newest Ebay Scam



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. <http://tinyurl.com/2vty49> 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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