[T2] [VB] Scam maybe. How's it work?

[accessys at smart.net]

the local police have said to take someone in a sperate vehicle that parks 
at least a block away and films everything with a telephoto lens. and of 
course can call for backup if things go sideways

Bob


On Thu, 2 Jan 2014, C. Dreike wrote:

> Date: Thu, 02 Jan 2014 19:38:18 -0800
> From: C. Dreike <c.dreike at verizon.net>
> To: Jamie <jrivers at globalserve.net>, type2 at type2.com
> Cc: Vintage Bus <vintagebus at type2.com>
> Subject: Re: [T2] [VB] Scam maybe. How's it work?
> 
> Jamie,
> Thanks for the link. Scary, the best advice, get their driver's
> license number and toss'em the keys and await their return. Don't get
> into your vehicle with a stranger. Sold several vehicle this way. If
> they don't come back, it's cheap.
>
> Cheers!
> Chris
> 64DD Kamper Kit
>
> Scientists seek to understand what is,
> while engineers seek to create what never was.
> As the "Bad Astronomer" Phil Plait says, "Teach a man to reason, and
> he can think for a lifetime."
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jamie" <jrivers at globalserve.net>
> To: "Bob Wohl" <bob.wohl at gmail.com>; "Notorious at Yahoo"
> <Notorious_a_u_b_ at yahoo.com>
> Cc: "Vintage Bus" <vintagebus at type2.com>
> Sent: Thursday, January 02, 2014 1:15 PM
> Subject: Re: [VB] Scam maybe. How's it work?
>
>
> From: "Bob
>> Some people are just plain lazy. I've had numerous people flake out
>> on
>> transactions. Craigslist is the worst for this. I have an ever
>> growing
>> list
>> of numbers in my phone with the name + flake + part/transaction
>> saved just
>> in case I get hit up twice by the same people and it has happened.
>>
>
> I do the same thing! ,,, also,, when I feel I need to flake out on a
> deal..
> It reminds me to at least contact the seller and tell them.. sorry,
> not
> interested anymore.
>
> I am not sure if you have to worry about just anyone gathering your
> name and
> address.... what about NSA .... <evil grin>
> http://business.financialpost.com/2013/12/31/nsa-iphone-spy-apple-inc/
>
> or big business..
> http://www.zdnet.com/big-data-or-corporate-spying-7000006983/
>
> sometimes I just contact a seller to find out the price, or the
> condition,
> or the location...<why don't they put that in the ad!!?>  and then
> forget
> about replying back as the info didn't meet my interests.. recently I
> replied to a camper was on the samba for $7000.... next day ,,
> $3500....  he
> sent me the address to view it... it wasn't worth $500.... I didn't
> reply
> back.  He got mad at me a week later for ignoring him, not replying,,
> FLAKING..   lol  :p
>
> jays... then I sent him a message that I didn't think it was worth
> $500...
> he said he'd take that offer.........    what?...................
> then he talked me into meeting him at the vehicle where I offered him
> $100... and I was still very worried that there wasn't a single part
> that
> wasn't going to go across the scale for scrap,, and make me $35 for
> all
> involved in moving it from where it was.........
>
> I still have the heap here,, it has donated a few parts to a few
> projects...
> so for the $100 . it was worth it.. and that seller finally came to
> the
> conclusion that a vehicle that sat along the fence line for soooo many
> years
> <10+> that the tires were half burried in the ground... the body work
> done
> years ago had rusted thru,, most of the frame was gone.... engine was
> brand
> new with no oil in it soooo all the internal parts are rusted to be
> unusable..... canvas and wood interior blah blah blah... time to sell
> , as
> he has a buyer.
>
> As for scammers gathering data for fraud ...
> I asked the bank what was safe.... cash? - counterfeit..... cheque? -
> bounces ..... money order? - too many stolen ones out there..... bank
> draft-
> to easy to falsify.... direct deposit?- OMG NO.. they have your
> account
> number to dip into....  certified cheque? ... stop order can be placed
> on it
> and it will bounce too!  and they can easily be counterfeit....
> paypal?
> lol... many seller have lost the item and the money!
> so you have to look at the situation .... read up on line about
> scammers...
> http://www.419eater.com/ I got taken by a person that "I know where
> they
> live" but they know the law.. and i can't legally collect.. and it
> isn't
> worth a nefarious collection furm
>
> it is an interesting world out there today,, I trust people ,,, and so
> far I
> have only had 2 transactions go sour.. so I put it in perspective and
> move
> on.... but I do worry about what others are thinking.... I am really
> waiting
> for the outcome of a local transaction ... but I am pretty sure we
> will
> never know the truth...  Tim Bosma R.I.P.
> http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2013/05/14/tim-bosma-dead-hamilton-police_n_3272365.html
>
>
> http://www.discovery.ca/article.aspx?aid=57013
>
>
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