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Old 03-06-2004, 10:14 AM
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Here we go again!!!!

NO, it is not real, but another of numerous recent e-Bay scams. The dead giveaway (in addition to the price), is that you're required to e-mail the seller to be placed on a "pre-approved bidders list." You will then receive an e-mail about how the car belonged to a brother or other relative who was killed in a tragic accident, the car is out of the country, and he's just trying to quickly dispose of the relative's personal effects. He'll ask the winner to wire a deposit out of the country, and your money will be gone.

At least 2 similar scams popped in the last few weeks, and were removed from e-Bay after people here notified them.

You may recall that in the last few months a wave of fake e-mails that looked like very authentic e-Bay communications, asking people to verify their account names, passwords, and other identifying info. People who did that lost control of their e-Bay accounts, and the lists are being sold to crooks all over the world. That's why the seller on these scams always appears to be an e-Bay member in good standing.
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