Re: Fw: DeLorean scam on the loose.... beware.

["basfe25" <drrub46@xxxx>]

Apparently the scam is not just on Delorean's. I read on MSNBC.com 
that some guy got hosed for $50,000 for a Porsche that he won on 
eBay. 

The seller told the buyer to put the money into an escrow account 
with a name that the seller would not know so that the seller could 
not take the money but he wanted the buyer to send the seller the 
account number so that he knew that the money had been transferred. 
Then the seller told the buyer that after he got the title/car to go 
back and change the name in the account to the sellers name so that 
he could get the money. This was all done to give the buyer some 
confidence on the transaction. Well the buyer didn't know that the 
name is not what matters it's the account number. If you have the 
right account number and a slow thinking teller you can take the 
money right out and that's exactly what the seller did. Guy never 
got a car and lost $50,000 in the process. 

Tough lesson in life.

Steve

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