[balloonist]

This looks and smells fishy or worse. Ebay # 2471557886 This guy is selling a Shell Valley Cobra for $8000. Ebay suggests "Never pay for your eBay item through instant cash transfer services such as Western Union or MoneyGram -- such services offer Internet shoppers no protection against fraud."
This is the responce I received from the seller.

Date: Sat, 03 Apr 2004 02:39:48 +0000
From: Laurean Milleru
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Subject: RE: Question from eBay Member: Shelby : All Models


Hello and thank you for your interest
I want to tell you a few words about the car.
First of all the car is in perfect condition and looks just like in the
pictures.It is in imaculate condition and has no schrach on and hasn't
been
involved in any accident.
The motor run very well. The title is clear ,it is not a salvage one.
The car belongs to my brother.He died last month in a bike accident.
The car is now in United Kindom as my brother lived there.I am willing to
sell
it
and shipp it to any of the UE countries or to US.I will not ship to any
African,Asian or Eastern European countries.
I know that the price is low but i have no use for the car and I want
to
get
back home as soon as i sell it.
This price includes the 25%
shipping to your door and insurance, the shipping cost is 1700$ -
2000$
and
if you agree
with this price we can start to complete the transaction.As i've told
you,in
order to proceed with the deal i need a deposit of 2000USD.The payment
must
be done using a money order service.
I prefer money order because in this way i will ship the car in the
same
day
you make the payment.As i've said my brother lived in UK and now i
arrived here to take care of his funerals and to solve his problems
here
and
i want to get back home asap.
You will arrange payment through western union .You receive and inspect
the
machine you have to send me the rest of the money.The inspection period
for
it is 3 days.
Look here how things are going:
l'm a serious seller with more than 2 years of experience in this
field. l'm a fair trader with a very good feedback on ebay which is
the proof that l have closed a lot of sucessful deals.
You will have to make a deposit of 2000 USD . You will have to go
personal to an western union office with the cash and send the money
(the
deposit of 2000 USD ) from your name and address to WATH NAME DO YOU
WANT
(FOR YOUR SIGURANCE)NEVER CAN TUCH THE MONEY IN THIS WAY ONLY AFTER YOU
WILL
RECEIVED THE CAR AND YOU WILL INSPECT IT YOU CAN CHANGE THE RECEIVER
NAME
WITH MY NAME.
The transfer only need to be here in United Kindom for i can be avaible to
check at
my WU agent that you really have the money for this great car .in this
case
the money is deposited in westernunion on my adress but on your friend
name.
.I will ship the car as a gift for my best friend so you will not have
to
pay any custom taxes and I hope you will do the same thing when you
will
make the transfer because
this way we will not have to pay any other taxes.
After you will make the transfer you will email me the details:
-the sender name
-the sender address
-the amount
-the confirmation #-MTCN (money transfer control number)
-the receiver name, that you choose to be and the adress.
With all this informations i will be able to check the payment and
after i will see that it is OK i will send the car right away
and you will receive it in 10 days at your door (if not less).
Here is my name and my address where you must send the money:
First name: Laurean
Last name: Milleru
Address:19 Gloster Road
Martlesham Heath
London
United Kindom
Don't forget to give me your exact adress!!!
Please let me know what you decision asap in order to prepare the
shippment and because I have a lot of offers and I can not wait much
longer, thanks.
Best Regards
I shall be awaiting your response.
With upmost respect