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

["therealdmcvegas" <DMCVegas@xxxx>]

I don't like to start rumors, and I certainly don't want to accuse anyone, but it 
appears that this person may possibly be trying to sell another DeLorean that 
is currently on eBay at the moment. Item # 1841457689 appears to be more 
than a bit suspicious. The car states that it is located in Arizona (this person's 
last know residence), but has North Carolina licence plates. Infact, upon 
closer inspection, these are actually pictures of Mike Babbs former car! The 
verbage used in the description also appears to match the past ads listed. 
Another item that doesn't make sense is that this person also has listed 
another car for sale in Long Island, NY at the same time! There are also a 
couple of discrepencies in the pics as well. but they are mostly trivial items.

Now I am not trying to accuse any one of anything, nor am I implying anything 
directly, but I think that with the given climate of problems with cars that have 
been purchased in online auctions recently, and the fact that one of these 
cars appears to be falsely represented by photos which are not of it, these 
vehicles, and their paperwork should be inspected first before any bidding 
takes place.

In addition, there is another vehicle for sale nearby in Henderson, NV. If 
anyone needs, I would be willing to try and inspect that car for them.

-Robert
vin 6585 "X"
studying for my Security+ cert - can you tell? :)



--- In dmcnews@xxxx, "Darryl Tinnerstet" <darryl@xxxx> wrote:
> ***** Moderator's Note *****
> This seems legitimate. If you are selling a car - hang on to that 
> title until you get ALL of the money. If you are buying, ALWAYS 
> inspect the car personally or use a trusted intermediary.
> 
> It's a jungle out there...
> 
> Mike G Moderator of the Week
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> [Note to moderators - I'll let you be the judge of whether you want to run this. 
I know Dave well enough to believe this, so it might be a good idea to let 
others be aware of what is going on.]
> 
> The following message was sent to me by a customer/former PNDC 
member from Portland, OR.:
> 
> >> Remember that I told you I sold my DeLorean. Well, it turns out that the 
guy who bought it was a scam artist. The guy posed himself as "Sean 
Corbett". He was buying fixer-upper deloreans for dirt cheap price, then 
placed them on e-bay as in "mint-condition"... car runs smoothly, no problems, 
etc., and got bids as high as $25,000. When the e-bay buyer finally received 
the car, it was a piece of junk, and the guy vanishes. Mine ended up on there. 
He bought mine for $7,000, only sent me $3000 promising he'll send the rest 
after it was on the truck, and never sent me the rest of the money. I 
outsmarted him by holding on to the title. The guy who won the bid paid 
$11,800 for it. The rest was pure profit. Anyways, he did that to 5 other known 
people so far around the nation, and we have no idea where this guy is. Now 
I have to go repo this car from New York, and the guy who bought it is out 
$11,800 (plus shipping -- $1300). His name is Peter DeMazio. He might 
have called you for parts. 
> 
> Now the FBI is involved in this case, and I wanted to let you know that this 
guy is still out there scamming people. Possibly may have moved on to other 
collector cars. But be on the lookout if you hear of anything strange. Kind of 
let the DeLorean community know that a scam artist is out on the loose. We 
are all out to get him, but there are no traces of him. Will keep you posted if 
we nab him. Any leads, clues, or other known victims would help. By the 
way, all we know is that this guy lives (or used to live) in Scottsdale, Arizona. 
According to police, he vacated his apartment 2 weeks ago.<<
> 
> Check out ebay and search item # 1828491619. I sold mine in Auto-Trader 
asking $8000 as a fixer-upper, needs work, and this guy turns around and 
does this. The pictures are even all fake, copied from other ads.
> Dave T. 
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