Speedster Replica For Sale - Scams

What?  You don't believe in bargains?

 

Not even sure who you go to to report such scams.  Banks don't seem to want to follow up even on credit card scams - guess it isn't their $ lost.  Other than Marvel Shield who do you go to?

I just bought both! 

I know a good deal when I see one (or two).

 

Sorry Ron, but i wired her the money yesterday and they are being shipped today.  I'm sure she will be refunding your money.  

Don't you feel sorry for her, going through a divorce and having to move back home with her parents.

Me think that be Nigerian englash or Jar Jar Binks.

I guess you missed out on the red one, now it is up to:

 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Porsch...mp;pt=US_Cars_Trucks

 

 

Very nice, NO CLAMPS, on the fuel lines.

"Fire in the hole....."

 

Gary

I'm confused about the last two comments

 

Edit - After looking at the engine pic, now I understand. Get that fuel filter out of the engine compartment too!

Fuel filter plus not a single hose clamp on fuel line.  Good thing its fire engine red!

The the exact opposite has been my experience, Greg.

 

Yesterday, I was contacted by the fraud dept. of one of my cards-- they spotted what appeared to them to be fraud on my card, and they were asking me about recent transactions. I don't EVER answer questions of this sort if somebody calls me, so I called the card company number on the back of the card and talked with the fraud department. They noticed transactions this weekend in St. Louis (where I was), and in Chicago (where I wasn't). The card was locked down, and I'm not liable for any of the fraudulent charges. A new card is coming express shipping.

 

The thing is, this is maybe the 4th time in the last two years this has happened with one card or another. I've never yet been liable for the charges, and have never yet had to spot the fraud on my statement. For somebody stealing the keys to the kingdom (as it were), the whole thing has been pretty routine and easily corrected (so far).

 

This card was a Capital One Quicksilver (gives me 1.5% back on everything, no fees, 30 days to pay, no foreign transaction costs), but Chase and BoA hacve all been great as well.

 

So, I guess I've been fortunate, or perhaps you just need to get a different card.

I've experienced the exact same thing from my credit card companies, but not from the B of A when a $300 check to me was sent to an old address and cashed by the new owner.  He forged my name and the bank said to open a police report.  I called the police and they said to call the bank.  I wrote it off and closed my B of A account.

From my experience, this scam isn't about selling replicas or anything else.  It's about collecting information, which is then sold.  That's why they want your name, address, and phone number.  They receive the info at little cost, then package and sell it to the marketers that confront consumers on a daily basis.

 

Offshore businesses are inundated with these bogus requests for info, usually from fairly illiterate cons, who only seem to have English as a second language skills.  We all know the old saying: "If they would only put that amount of effort into a legitimate business venture . . ." Nigeria, Liberia, Russia, and other Eastern bloc countries seem to be the world leaders.

 

My debit card company blocks my debit card about 6 or 7 times/year.  I then have to telephone a VISA employee in the US, who does his/her best to re-activate the card, apologizing profusely for the inconvenience.  When I would ask the person what activity was deemed suspicious, they could never tell me.  They would just repeat the mantra that it's for my own good, they're really looking after me.  

 

I think a computer programmer has written a line of code that automatically blocks a card from further use when a certain activity happens: too high a purchase amount, too many purchases in a certain time period, activity different than the norm for this card, etc.  Too bad none of the humans have the knowledge to explain the actual cause to the consumer.  

 

The skeptic in me doesn't believe for one minute that they're looking out for my interests.  They're looking out for the bottom line.  Consumer protection laws in the US, both federal and state, force the credit/debit card companies to protect the consumer in most cases.  THAT'S why they block my card to check on "suspicious" activity.  They're worried, alright, but not about me.  

Jim-

 

Same deal for me (routine "blocks", which are sometimes a nuisance). Deep down, I don't mind 'em, although it's irritating at the time. I'm just amazed that every 6 months or so, somebody is able to buy gas in Dallas, or groceries in Walla Walla with my card(s), and it's never a problem for me (aside from the nuisance of waiting for a new card).

 

Whatever algorithm the card companies are using seems to work pretty well. It spots fraud, but allowed me to drive a speedster all across the US (with all the attendant purchases) without ever shutting me down. It's stopped blocking purchased when I go to Mexico in the winter (they apparently know my vacation habits now).

 

As for the scam, they amaze me. That's a bunch of work for not a lot of return. People with enough time/intelligence to try this could surely make better money in legitimate pursuits. 

Yep on alla that. But don't forget: most credit card fraud these days is done on a mass scale. It's usually not one meth head buying Twinkies and cold medicine at a C-Mart. It's a Russian or Belarusian hacker hoovering up 19.2 million card transactions out of Target and selling the data that minute. Then the card numbers get worked by new crooks, and so on until there's that meth head with your number in Texas. 

 

It's kind of a big deal.

I know to car the fraud serious but this is process auto go divorce to cash if like you.  I thought I talked funny...geez.

It's not just speedsters.  How about a Type 34 for $5500 that sold for $33,400 back in August?

 

http://www.carsforsale.com/use...eesburg-va-240861824

 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/321474...mp;pt=US_Cars_Trucks