A seller on ebay using the yahoo ID of "JaredV" is attempting to sell a digital rotary compression tester on ebay and contacting all the bidders (there naturally were MANY) that they are entitled to ebays "Second Chance" offer on buying it.

Please do NOT SEND MONEY TO THIS PERSON!!!!
Note the following chain of events to prove this is a scam and BE ALERT if you are dealing with him...

First email:
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Second Chance Offer -- Buy The Item You Recently Bid On
Good news! The following eBay item on which you placed a bid is again available for purchase at your last bid amount




Second Chance Offer
This message was sent after the listing closed.


Item name: Mazda Rotary Compression Tester RX7 RX-7 12A 13B
Item number: 8043428185
Your Price: US $795.00






Second Chance Offer
The seller is making this Second Chance Offer because the high bidder was either unable to complete the transaction or the seller has a duplicate item for sale.

The selling of this item through Second Chance Offer is in compliance with eBay policy; you will be able to exchange feedback with the seller and will be eligible for all eBay services associated with a transaction, such as fraud protection

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Act Now - This Offer Ends Soon
To take advantage of this opportunity, please act quickly. This offer ends on 15-Mar-06 15:23:52 GMT.
Don't let this get away!

To see this item, click on the following page:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Mazda...QQcmdZViewItem
To purchase this item please contact the seller by replying to this email message






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Note above that the email has the yahoo tagline on the end.

After this email i received several emails negotiating a price for this item.
I negotiated it to $650.00 and he accepted.

I then received this email:
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Ok
Please provide me with the details I asked so I can start the transation

Thank you

<deleted my address> wrote:
I would like to buy, but I have a seller in Japan for $650 are you willing to accept 650?
----- Original Message -----
From: Jared V
To: Lenny Burns
Sent: Saturday, March 11, 2006 2:27 AM
Subject: Re: eBay Second Chance Offer for Item number:8043428185


Hi there
My item is still available for sale, at your last bid amount($795). The highest bidder failed to complete because some unexpected financial problems. Will work thru ebay. To start the official transaction in a very protected way, please reply with your name, and your shipping address, so I could contact ebay to setup a granted and protected transaction. As soon as I receive your info, I'll start the official procedure, and ebay will notify you about this. You'll receive important guidelines and instructions from them.
I need:
first name:
last name:
your address(shipping address):
city:
zip:
Looking forward to your reply.
Thank you.

<deleted my address> wrote:
Jared, i have visited this auction, but i cannot see where to bid, it takes me to the old ended auction.
Also i have located another tester in Japan.

I prefer to buy from you however, (being in the U.S. helps)

Would you take the offer I made to the Japanese seller of $650 for yours?



----- Original Message -----
From: Jared V
To: <deleted my address>
Sent: Friday, March 10, 2006 1:14 PM
Subject: eBay Second Chance Offer for Item number:8043428185


Second Chance Offer -- Buy The Item You Recently Bid On .............<snip>


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All users here should avoid this seller or anything similar.

Note the link to the auction:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Mazda...QQcmdZViewItem

BE SURE that all "second chance" offers come from Ebay.
VERIFY that when you click reply to any message from ebay that you dont see something different that what was used to send the email.

Here Jared uses the LAME address of "square-trade-forum@consultant.com <square-trade-forum@consultant.com>" as the reply to address.

I have alerted:
Yahoo
Ebay
Square trade
and the Iname email service hosting CONSULTANT.COM.

Please do NOT send any money to this user and report ANY contact here and to the above companies.

I have learned that several buyers have possibly sent him money already!
(And i know they are all Rotary people, and we have enough problems with these beasts eating out cash without this guy stealing it!!!)

 

wow. such a rare product and the thought of being out that much is crazy. I think i've seen that before when i was browsing ebay.

 

Yeah that happens alot. Alot of people are getting scammed on that second chance deal. I sold an item on Ebay and it sold for $2500. The people who didn't win got second chance emails as if it was me, even called themselves "Kim" One of the bidders was smart enough to send me an email asking me if I was selling more, I told that person "No" and they forwarded the email from that scammer to me.

I contacted Ebay's security department, and their response was "since it didn't happen on Ebay there is nothing they can do about it"

I don't know how many people actually fell for the scam, but I did contact all bidders. 2 replied back stating that they sent payment. Ouch!

 

I find it funny that they're forwarding the email that specifically says to ONLY do it through ebay, not to send directly, and yet people are still falling for it.

If I were to get a second chance offer on something, I'd check to see if it was available through the ebay site, and otherwise I'd decline and tell the person to re-list it and I'd bid.

Stupid scammers. You have to be so alert nowadays.

Jon

 

I've gotten a second chance offer, but it was through ebay. I didn't know that they actually emailed your home email other than your ebay email.

That sucks. He's giving rotary guys more headaches and a bad name.

 

You need to LOOK HARD at that email.

Perhaps you should click REPLY and watch what the address becomes!

After all this I cannot beleive that you honestly think its from Ebay.
Look carefully at the emails i gave samples of above and inspect your addresses, and stuff.

Let me know what you find.

 

we cant use compression test I thought,,,,,,,, I always just spin it over without the spark plugs in there....