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roofman

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ebay 130086205766 white tr6. Just reported this am. I bought a car from 49ziggy on ebay ( a good seller ) and this car is pictured in front of his building. I emailed him and he confirmed it as a fraud so DO NOT BID. This is one of those stolen picture frauds.
 
Interesting that they even use some of Ziggies info that he puts in all of his auctions. There are other red flags in this one: 21000 miles and 0 feedback. I guess they figure to skim off the $500 non-returnable deposit. Since you talked to Ziggy maybe you could inform eBay or maybe you could get Ziggy to do it and get the auction pulled.

Hate scammers!!!

Tinkerman
 
Ziggy did turn it in.
 
Good man, Ziggy. I've bought a lot from him in the past year. Very honest and fair.

Was this a white/tan TR6 by any chance?
 
I've yet to have a bad eBay experience, so for me it is even sadder to see so many attempts by so many to defraud others through phony eBay dealings and just generally ruin it for the rest of us.

The latest faux eBay scam I've seen involves someone forging a "message from eBay member" e-mail. Oddly, it's a real auction in the links, but just as oddly, both of the ones I've gotten are from the SELLER of the item supposedly asking ME if I'm "really selling this item"! Worst part is that almost everything else looks legit...until you click on the "Respond Now" button. THAT'S the link to the bad site.

Of course, the initial "red flag" involves the fact that odds are the item in question is something you'd never have searched for, let alone bid on (or owned and tried to sell)!
 
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