===>> EBAY WARNING <<===

[Banishit]

I was about to buy a N/A Cossie Engine 230bhp not even been in a car
that was on Ebay yesterday all rebuilt ! £1400 + £60 delivery bargin

So contact was made with the seller !! no probs and Square Trade deal was struck for safety for me, I recieved an Email from Square Trade all looked correct logos text and links until I noticed the Ebay buy with safety text at the bottom when hovering over the link I saw it came up as a yahoomail.com not Ebay

So I contacted Ebay and square trade and they told me do NOT on any circumstances pay this person as the email I forwarded to them was very convincing but was a spoof one

So Please Be Careful Out There DONT lose your Hard Earned Please, I'm lucky I still have Mine

[dasadrew]

Good tip, Brian but......

WTF are you up to? First of all you need the cash and are going to ditch the car, next thing you're buying £1500 engines!

Wish I were that hard up for cash so I could fork out £1500 ! LOL!

[GAZ W]

Thanks for the warning brian

And as das , whats going on???

[M11RF]

good point Dasadrew!! what you got planned Brian??
you were lucky Brian... there is always a new scam waiting for you!!

[lee bishop]

hehehe....... first he's been spammed........now he's getting scammed

[Banishit]

Not strictly what I said dasadrew, I said it would cover some of the loss on my wifes wages when she cuts down the working week

Selling the car as you said, but if you read other parts I said Iwant a cheaper flatfront, and this engine was a nice little earner

[wiggyrs]

Thanks for the warning Brian.

[oldtx3]

Brian,

Is this the same engine :

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7977694372&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT

(The person selling this won't respond to my questions, I don't believe that he is even located here in the U.S.)

Cheers

Justin

[Banishit]

yep thats exactly the same add and Pictures

I was just looking at the ad again

2nd Line the ARIAS fordged Pistons imported from the States

But why the engine is in the States LOL

[RSBOREHAM]

Justin,
Same photos and description!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[oldtx3]

Thanks for the heads up guys, it seemed to good to be true for the price (which started me thinking)

Cheers

Justin

[RS2000CUSTOM]

Everybody send the seller a mail - telling him we know he is a cheat etc

and report to ebay ?

[Banishit]

already been on to ebay with the original number and ad also the spoof Email again

I know this is a big Picture But I want you all to see what the Spoof Email Looks like so BEWARE it looks a bit disjointed as I had to copy it in sections then edit in photoshop so you all could see it

Also NEVER EVER Send money via Western Union (nothing wrong with them) it is just if the monies are transfered thats it Gone and no Comebacks !!!!!!!

[Dermot]

Brian,
Who is the scammer on this?
Is it the seller, or is someone hacking his a/c?
Does the negine really exist?
Just wondering.

[Banishit]

the engine does exsist

as it was sold by a turbospuds member last week RS3DR

http://forums.turbosport.co.uk/bbs/showthread.php?p=1065614#post1065614

That was my bloody engine i sold on ebay about a week ago
The cheeky bastid nicked my pics, title and subject text, i reported it to ebay as i thought it looked very dodgey, It would've been ok if he changed the item description a little, what a complete w****r