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Old Nov 7, 2014 | 08:34 PM
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I posted that I was looking for ARH mid length headers

I get an email through the site - telling me I can reply direct through email

I reply and get a reply back stating a Roy Garcia has headers for sale - he includes a picture of them. I start doing some research and find that the picture he sent me was used for a set sold back in March of this year by another member. I email the other member and ask him if he remembered a weld on them and who he sold them to - the name he gave me was not Roy.

Roy asks me to send money via moneygram and gives me his email address. I ask him for his number so we can discuss - he says he is hearing impaired. I ask where would I be sending this money and he gives me an address that turns out to be a business address - he includes in his email he is old and disabled and his wife would pack and ship the headers for me. I ask him am I sending money to his home - he says yes. I ask why would the address he give me be a business address for an air conditioning company in Miami - he says sometimes due to his age he forgets his home address....

So - does anyone know Roy Garcia the deaf disabled guy who has headers for a 2014 C7?

I'm not ruling out that Roy exists, and I apologize in advance if I am offending anyone, but seems this is a little fishy
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Old Nov 7, 2014 | 08:44 PM
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Follow your gut! Personally I'd pass.
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Old Nov 7, 2014 | 08:48 PM
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Run, Forrest, Run!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Old Nov 7, 2014 | 09:02 PM
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Definitely a scam . The minute they start with the stories its over . I am still waiting for a rolex that was just about to ship and that day the sellers father died . My money died also . Glad you didn't get scammed ......
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Old Nov 8, 2014 | 02:52 AM
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I can sell you a genuine Molex watch for a great price. Pls mail unmarked cash to my PO Box in China...
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Old Nov 8, 2014 | 07:50 AM
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Btw, I've got some ocean property in Arizona I'm selling dirt cheap if interested


Dude, wake up, seems like your having a difficult time trying to figure this out
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Old Nov 8, 2014 | 08:54 AM
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with LIE2ME ^^^^
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Old Nov 8, 2014 | 09:51 AM
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If it is not a scam and that is quite a stretch who would want to deal with that seller on any level. Move on.
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What he said!!!
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Clearly a scam...
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