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11-07-2017, 08:39 AM
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Spam or Scam?
I received this PM last night, the poster has zero posts here. I did report it. Beware.
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11-07-2017, 09:17 AM
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Yep, I received the same thing. Did not reply.
Spam???
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11-07-2017, 09:48 AM
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Ella make very beautiful scanner and will impress you deeply.......jeeze because nobody wants an ugly scanner hooked to their MB
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11-07-2017, 10:00 AM
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Clearly a scam. I got the same thing last night. I haven't even posted about an OBDII car on this forum. The big red flag is that they're from a "big company" but don't say who. Perhaps size is in the mind of the writer?
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11-07-2017, 10:24 AM
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ODBII scanner for a 617 or 60x engine interesting. Now if it could function like the one on a show I watched last night where a woman connected to her husbands car and could see all the GPS stops he made complete with individual names it might be of interest?
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11-07-2017, 10:42 AM
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It was probably a waste of time to set up a email scam on a website that attracts guy who drive cars manufactured before the computer chips invaded the auto industry.
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11-07-2017, 10:53 AM
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Sounds more like blanket marketing than a scam. Obviously not relevant to diesel engines. I did buy an OBDII bluetooth scanner (ELM327) for my tw0 1996+ gas vehicles. Amazing they can sell these for $10 w/ free shipping on ebay (after their cut) and works w/ free TorqueLite software. For my laptop, I bought a USB-bluetooth adapter for $0.99 w/ free shipping.
All from China. How can the U.S. compete with that? Reminds me of the scene in the movie Battle of the Bulge where the Germans capture a U.S. soldier with a cake sent from his mom. The officer realizes they can never win when the allies can afford that luxury and they can't even get fuel to the front.
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11-07-2017, 11:38 AM
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somebody should contact them and make it into an entertaining thread for us to cherish
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11-07-2017, 03:01 PM
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Quote:
 Chances are they will actually send you a scanner. The Chinese do that to try to get business...USPS subsidized shipping costs into the US from china, so postage costs them about $0.40, plus the $0.50 scanner...if the sell one for $20 for every 10 samples, there is still profit. I've had samples of random Chinese goods show up at my engineering office totally un-requested.
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11-07-2017, 03:09 PM
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Just emailed them using guerrilla mail.
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11-07-2017, 04:22 PM
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I didn’t get a pm either... maybe y
They knew I’d ban them? I’ll ban them anyway...
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11-07-2017, 04:23 PM
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Looks like dimitry beat me to it!
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