Beware: Scammers stealing from Mercedesshop - PeachParts Mercedes-Benz Forum

Johnhef · #1 12-27-2006, 12:34 AM

I was made aware today by another MS member of someone using pictures of my cars as vehicles they have for sale. I ran the VIN of the car and it came up belonging to the supposed "European" 300CD listing from a few days ago we all debated that has mysteriously disappeared from this site now.

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Originally Posted by Scammer

Hello xxxxxx,

I appreciate your time,well this are the discription of the Mercedes Diesel car below, hopefully this is okay with you.

Year:1980

Model:300 Diesel

Engine Size 2.5L - 5 Cylinders

Seating Capacity 5 Seats

Fuel Type Diesel

Style Luxury

VIN WDB12315012005734

Chassis 12315012005734

Engine 617912 12 099770

Transmission 02 100363

Order 0 9 705 54261

Mileage:193800

I have attached pictures of the Mercedes Benz i have, let me know your choice and get back to me as soon as you are ready to make payment immediately.

Thanks,

Veronica

Google saved the page and it can be viewed here still: http://64.233.161.104/search?q=cache

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If he wants to, I'll let the member that informed me post the rest of the conversations.

Zerohour3k · #2 12-27-2006, 09:09 AM

So the VIN that I pulled off the picture of the VIN-plate is one of *your* cars? And the pictures that he posted were of your car, as well? I'm slightly confused. (Probably should still be sleeping.. maybe I'm just tired.) At any rate, theft of photos / false advertising is pretty low.

I love that russian MB-club VIN checker.

Hogweed · #3 12-27-2006, 11:09 PM

a bit off the wall but when are we as a people going to crack down on these scamming freaking low-lifes? i must get 10 fake emails a week from ebay/paypal and i'm almost ready to support anything that will stop these a-holes. people used to get hanged for stealing horses and cattle; now some wacko can steal my identity and have almost no consequnces. sorry to hijack your thread but i'm pissed!

Zerohour3k · #4 12-28-2006, 08:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Hogweed

a bit off the wall but when are we as a people going to crack down on these scamming freaking low-lifes? i must get 10 fake emails a week from ebay/paypal and i'm almost ready to support anything that will stop these a-holes. people used to get hanged for stealing horses and cattle; now some wacko can steal my identity and have almost no consequnces. sorry to hijack your thread but i'm pissed!

And here we see the big problem with crime in this country. Criminals aren't afraid to commit crimes, since the liklihood of getting caught is slim, and even if they *do* get caught, the punishment is usually a slap on the wrist. I'm convinced that if the punishments for crimes were ramped up, people would be a little less likely to do this sort of stuff. If identity theft was punishible by 2 years in jail before? Make it 25 years, no parole. As for bigger crimes such as rape and murder? Well, lets just say those people don't deserve to be alive, let alone walking the streets ever again.

Still, that's a topic for Open Discussion. Maybe I don't buy enough cars, but I never get any scammers emailing me (though I HAVE seen plenty on craigslist, etc).

Knightrider966 · #5 01-14-2007, 07:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Zerohour3k

And here we see the big problem with crime in this country. Criminals aren't afraid to commit crimes, since the liklihood of getting caught is slim, and even if they *do* get caught, the punishment is usually a slap on the wrist. I'm convinced that if the punishments for crimes were ramped up, people would be a little less likely to do this sort of stuff. If identity theft was punishible by 2 years in jail before? Make it 25 years, no parole. As for bigger crimes such as rape and murder? Well, lets just say those people don't deserve to be alive, let alone walking the streets ever again.

Still, that's a topic for Open Discussion. Maybe I don't buy enough cars, but I never get any scammers emailing me (though I HAVE seen plenty on craigslist, etc).

This is the kind of crap that really sucks! I've had my Identity stolen and have been trying to clean things up for the last couple of years! We once had laws which were enforced but now, thanks to the idiot liberals, Liberalism has replaced common sense and courtesy!

JimmyL · #6 01-15-2007, 12:25 AM

Gee, John. So you're saying we can't buy your cars??

diametricalbenz · #7 01-15-2007, 12:34 AM

Speaking of scammers do we have a blacklist thread for bad sellers? Perhaps a sticky idea? It doesn't look good being there but being ripped off is even worse.

McLoffs · #8 01-15-2007, 01:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Knightrider966

This is the kind of crap that really sucks! I've had my Identity stolen and have been trying to clean things up for the last couple of years! We once had laws which were enforced but now, thanks to the idiot liberals, Liberalism has replaced common sense and courtesy!

What does politics have anything to do with this?

satyr · #9 01-15-2007, 06:09 PM

I agree, politics has nothing to do with this topic and absolutely does nothing to help Johnhef with his situation. It might be helpful for a post to be submitted with contact or identifying info from the scammer, so that any future dealings by forum members with this seller/scammer can be searched and discovered to be a scam ahead of time.

mespe · #10 01-20-2007, 04:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Zerohour3k

And here we see the big problem with crime in this country. Criminals aren't afraid to commit crimes, since the liklihood of getting caught is slim, and even if they *do* get caught, the punishment is usually a slap on the wrist. I'm convinced that if the punishments for crimes were ramped up, people would be a little less likely to do this sort of stuff. If identity theft was punishible by 2 years in jail before? Make it 25 years, no parole. As for bigger crimes such as rape and murder? Well, lets just say those people don't deserve to be alive, let alone walking the streets ever again.

Still, that's a topic for Open Discussion. Maybe I don't buy enough cars, but I never get any scammers emailing me (though I HAVE seen plenty on craigslist, etc).

The US of A has THE HIGHEST incarceration rate in the world already. The problem lies somewhere else.