I like the way you think.
Steven Willis
The Bike Stand
1778 East Second Street
Scotch Plains NJ 07076
908-322-3330
http://www.thebikestand.com
>I think the most fitting end to the hijacked auction would be if someone
>entered a $3,000 bid, then paid with a counterfeit money order. One
>scammer scamming another. Too much to hope probably.
>
> Regards,
>
> Jerry Moos
> Big Spring, TX
>
>
>
> chasds@mindspring.com wrote:
> Dale wrote, in part:
>
> Moral of the story? Scamsters are not totally wasting their time!
>
> Dale Brown
> cycles de ORO, Inc
>
> *****
>
> At the risk of being OT, very briefly...all it takes is one gullible
> person and the scam is worth it. Note the recent story of the University
> of California Irvine psychiatrist (admittedly in his late 80s but
> apparently still quite functional), who was taken in by the most primitive
> internet scam of them all..the Nigerian con. Not once, but two or three
> times! He lost over a million bucks. I'm not making this up. It was all
> over the news here this week.
>
> That story made it clear to me that these scams have a life for a reason.
> they actually work more often than we might imagine.
>
> classic content: I was scammed by a dutch seller on ebay a couple of years
> ago; nearly lost a lot of money. Thankfully, I was able to get it back. I
> never received a very nice Colnago Super with 50th anniversary group..a
> deal I still regret. I wanted that bike!
>
> Charles Andrews
> SoCal