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Old Jan 20, 2009 | 10:05 PM
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This is my Vette.....Dont send any money to this guy!!! I'm not selling! Please bust this guy , call the cops in the country its being advertised! I think its Polish?


http://www.otomoto.pl/index.php?sect=show&id=C7399241

Please pass this on to any other sites you wish to!!! Thanks
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Old Jan 20, 2009 | 10:14 PM
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ouch!!! Are those the pics that came out of that magazine?
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Old Jan 20, 2009 | 10:16 PM
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WTF???

That has got to be a strange feeling. Finding your own car for sale somewhere...
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Old Jan 20, 2009 | 10:24 PM
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I posted it up on the Off Topic board, it gets a lot of traffic.

I hope the person that posted that ad gets the clap. I hate thieves.
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Old Jan 20, 2009 | 10:55 PM
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Dude, that's messed up! How did you come across this? This guy needs to go down.
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Old Jan 20, 2009 | 11:00 PM
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Sorry to hear about this DR, How did you find out about the ad?
Do you think he is asking too much?
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Old Jan 20, 2009 | 11:17 PM
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Translated version courtesy of Google:

http://translate.google.com/translat...hl=EN&ie=UTF-8
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Old Jan 20, 2009 | 11:26 PM
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You have a rare opportunity to really screw with this guy. You should send him an email and let him know you're the owner of the car he's using pictures of for his scam, and tell him you want to be cut in. Let him know that you can send him more pictures in case anyone asks for shots of a specific angle, etc. Then tell him if he doesn't cut you in, you'll report him to the Policja (or whatever the heck they call the cops in Poland now).

See what he does - if you can get him to send you money, then you'll be able to trace him and report him.
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Old Jan 20, 2009 | 11:29 PM
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They don't have an email address anywhere I could find, which tells me they probably make money from the phone call too, like a 900 number...That blows...
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Old Jan 20, 2009 | 11:33 PM
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this what i just sent him.

I am very interested in buying this vette, send me all the info on it and I will start getting my funds and shipping arrangements in order. After I recieve [ALL!] info I will give it thought and make a sound offer or not.
Thank you,
Brent Lenig

then I gave my contact info,,,,this should be fun. I will ask them to take certain pictures that they will not have. like from windshield towards engine.
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Old Jan 20, 2009 | 11:38 PM
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Originally Posted by Ron R
You have a rare opportunity to really screw with this guy. You should send him an email and let him know you're the owner of the car he's using pictures of for his scam, and tell him you want to be cut in. Let him know that you can send him more pictures in case anyone asks for shots of a specific angle, etc. Then tell him if he doesn't cut you in, you'll report him to the Policja (or whatever the heck they call the cops in Poland now).

See what he does - if you can get him to send you money, then you'll be able to trace him and report him.

Exxxxcelent Idea!!! Burn this Jerk!!!
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Old Jan 21, 2009 | 12:28 AM
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Old Jan 21, 2009 | 01:11 AM
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Originally Posted by rudolph schenker
I'm definitely following this one.
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Old Jan 21, 2009 | 05:31 AM
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Old Jan 21, 2009 | 05:36 AM
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Burning him sounds like a great idea!
Even though there is nothing I can do about it, its weird, you sort of feel guilty if someone gets scammed out of there money!

I found out through a member of another forum emailed me!
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Old Jan 21, 2009 | 08:18 AM
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I"d be a little leary about e-mailing this guy, once you do that he has your ip address. Once he gets that your personal info is next........ He"s allready selling your car, i wouldn"t temp him to use my cc or empty my bank account. I doubt this is his first rodeo.
Someone got my info an the first thing they did was raise my credit limit to 500,000.00 you can imangine what happened next. They even went to the bank an withdrew cash, i never knew dell sold computers that go for 5,800 bucks Luckly i was covered. I totally agree this guy needs to be burnt, but if you think your going to catch him from your computer you have another thing coming............. Btw thats a very nice 69 you have, be careful out there guys.
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Old Jan 21, 2009 | 09:13 AM
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Originally Posted by 69 DIRTY RAT
Burning him sounds like a great idea!
Even though there is nothing I can do about it, its weird, you sort of feel guilty if someone gets scammed out of there money!

I found out through a member of another forum emailed me!
Sorry...I already paid for it. When will you be delivering? jk
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Old Jan 21, 2009 | 09:33 AM
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Old Jan 21, 2009 | 10:56 AM
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Follow this link and you can contact the registrar to have it taken down.

http://www.whois.net/whois_new.cgi?d=otomoto&tld=pl
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Old Jan 21, 2009 | 11:01 AM
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Link didn't follow correctly. Go to www.whois.net then type in otomoto and scroll down to .pl The site registration info and contact info will come up. They can take the post down.
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