<VV> 1960 on eBay... car has been removed

[Charles Lee at Proper Pro Per]

This car has been removed from eBay - I wonder why ?

Does anyone know this car ?  Where did he steal the pix ?

The "seller" apparently hacked someone's account, and then a couple more 
accounts, to make the bogus bids, so the hacked account has to pay "seller's 
fees" on 50 grand !  (I can imagine what he's going through now !)


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tony Underwood" <tonyu at roava.net>
To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2007 12:44 PM
Subject: Re: <VV> 1960 on eBay...check the price!


> At 04:24 AM 7/21/2007, Frank DuVal wrote:
>>That's because it is an 8! Not the typical 4 cylinder. :-)  <ggg>
>>
>>Of course one has to get permission from the seller to bid.
>>
>>Tony, this is in your neck of the woods. Does it sound familiar?
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> (sorry, missed this post when it was more timely)
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> I've *always* backed out quickly when ever ANY seller makes a statement to 
> NOT use the Ebay user e-mail to contact him/her, instead use an e-mail 
> address they post in the message body... which is usually a web-based 
> e-mail "throw-away" account in which they will tell you where to wire the 
> payment for whatever they're "selling".
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> This almost always indicates that they hijacked the "indicated" user's 
> Ebay account via one of those spam e-mails spoofed from "Ebay" demanding 
> you logon and re-enter your user information or they'll suspend your 
> account or revoke your privileges.   Ebay never sends out these "resub" 
> e-mails.   If you enter a user name and password in the "logon" box, all 
> you do is send your account info to the scammer whose first action is to 
> change the password on your account so you can't access it anymore, after 
> which he quickly uses it to post an auction.    Of course, any complaints 
> or legal actions end up being directed to YOU and not him.
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> These scammers generally have always used photos of musclecars (which 
> obviously do not belong to them) to attempt to pry bidders from their 
> money.    Hemi Barracudas for 6000 bucks, bigblock Camaro ragtops for 3500 
> bucks, etc ad nauseam.    And the cars are NEVER available for inspection 
> no matter how close you appear to be to the actual "posted" location of 
> the vehicle.
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> One of the guys on a Mopar list I frequent was rather surprised to see HIS 
> rather exotic musclecar (Challenger R/T) up for sale on Ebay for a 
> ridiculously low "buy it now" price... the photos having been lifted from 
> his Photobucket page.
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> Check the "seller" history and see what they may have sold previously. 
> If their prior auctions involved antique wicker furniture, tablecloths and 
> dinner ware, and used clothing, it should go without saying that if they 
> suddenly offer up a half-dozen collector cars for stupid-cheap prices, 
> something is rotten.   It ain't *them* selling the car, it's the scammer 
> who hijacked their Ebay account.
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> ...anybody recognize the '60 coupe in that auction?    Hell, it may well 
> belong to a Corsa member.
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> ...frankly (no pun) ;)  I'm surprised that anybody ever actually falls for 
> these obvious scam attempts, unless the scammer is attempting to milk the 
> neo-rich lunatic fringe with too much money and no cocaine habit.
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