Aww, poor puddie tat fall down go boom. This was one of a whole series of those 'scammerfest' auctions I mentioned yesterday, I went and dropped $1.4 million in bids on them. Like the Men's Club or Rick's Gentlemans Club here in Houston, my "credit limit" has been increased. With ebay I can bid up to $99 million now as I am rich man, bwahaha. Always good to have the valets park my American Motors vehicle out front of the strip club, btumakes it hard for me to escape out back door. But the notice below is something commonly sent out by ebay when you bid on a fraud auction, in this case, most, if not all of those I mentioned in the scammerfest post yesterday. That possibly had to be one of the biggest dumbazz scammers out there, putting up 'test' auctions to see if he had actually comprimised (ie: STOLEN) other ebayers user ID and passwords! "This is a test auction, do not bid" was the text. So I bid and bid again. Not that I had the money to back it up, it is more like AMC Enron here. But knowing ebay had already been alerted to these scam auctions, I figured what the hell, it was better than looking at a photo of Britney Spears getting out of a limo anyhows. There is some good advise from ebay below ya'll might want to read. It was not too long ago you know that not one, but FOUR real AMCers, here and on the forum.net fell for that Buy It Now AMX for $4500, so the scammer made $18K in one day. Paypallled/electronically transferred the funds thinking they were getting best damned deal out there. Thet got deal all right, so read the notice below on how to protect one's self as this not only applies to ebay, but all sorts of things from Amazon, Wachovia Bank, Chase Bank giving you a $20 reward, credit union emails, you name it, scammers need Christmas money too..ho ho ho... Eddie Stakes' Planet Houston AMX 713.464.8825 eddiestakes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx www.planethoustonamx.com Email is currently HEAVY 5-12 day reply times, call if important ----- Original Message ----- From: <ended@xxxxxxxx> To: <eddiestakes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2006 11:30 PM Subject: TKO NOTICE: eBay Auction(s) Cancelled ----------------------------------------------------------------- eBay sent this message to Eddie Stakes (eddiestakes). Your registered name is included to show this message originated from eBay. Learn more: http://pages.ebay.com/help/confidence/name-userid-emails.html ----------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------- TKO NOTICE: eBay Auction(s) Cancelled ----------------------------------------------------------------- Dear eddiestakes (eddiestakes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx), The following is a notice from eBay Trust & Safety regarding: Item Number - 110061127780 Item Title - AMC Our records show that you placed a bid on this item. We removed this item from the Site and cancelled your bid because it appears that the seller's account has been compromised and used by an unauthorized third party. The seller's privileges to trade on eBay may be temporarily suspended while we investigate this matter further. Due to privacy concerns we will not be able to share further details related to this seller. If the seller asks you to complete this transaction outside of eBay, we strongly recommend that you do not proceed with the transaction and do not respond to the seller. Transactions for items listed on eBay but then completed off of the eBay platform are not covered by buyer protection programs offered by eBay and can be highly indicative of fraud. For more information on Offers to Buy or Sell Outside of eBay, copy and past the following Help Page link into your browser: http://pages.ebay.com/help/policies/rfe-spam-non-ebay-sale.html. If you have already paid for this item but have not received it, you should take all possible steps to receive reimbursement. 1. Stop payment with your bank if you paid by check. 2. Contact the Security Department of your credit card company to file a chargeback if you paid via credit card. 3. If you paid via Western Union or MoneyGram, contact the company directly (Western Union 800-325-6000 or MoneyGram 800-926-9400). 4. 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