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Offline Aloid

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Re: scam or not???
« Reply #15 on: May 31, 2010 - 08:03:16 PM »
He said Craigslist.....

Right, but read the details... what the scam claims is that you will be covered by eBays protection policy.  The guy scaming me was on classic auto trader and said that I would receive an email from eBay protection plan.  I did get an email with ebay logos all over it, but knew it was a scam.

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Offline RT Dude

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Re: scam or not???
« Reply #16 on: May 31, 2010 - 08:12:41 PM »
I agree with this :grinyes:
Run away as fast as you can
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Offline 72cudamaan

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Re: scam or not???
« Reply #17 on: May 31, 2010 - 08:24:23 PM »
Yep, anytime someone says "dont worry about the shipping" or " use e-bay as a third party" then you know that someone is defiinetely  trying to scam.
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Re: scam or not???
« Reply #18 on: May 31, 2010 - 11:46:53 PM »
done that, now wait for a reaction...

SCAM ALL THE WAY. :popcorn:

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Re: scam or not???
« Reply #19 on: June 09, 2010 - 11:14:19 PM »
 :nono: :eek4: :puke: :dogpile: :iagree: :22yikes: :horse:

I live in Bozeman, MT; about 3 hours from Great Falls. The Air Force there does not typically deploy. Their primary mission is to provide support to the missiles they have planted throughout the north central sixth of Montana (the 4th largest state in the country).

As an Active Duty Service member, this is an insult. Scammers typically try too hard to say what we say and do what we do, they ALWAYS screw it up.

I'm also originally from South Western Montana and have family up in that area. If you need to have someone check it out, I may be able to have my uncle (a Rancher and State Legislator) stop by on his way through or have one of my fellow Recruiters up there take a look at it and take pictures.

I've spent some time on that base and have never seen a Cuda on or around the compound, I can ask around and see if the guys up there have seen anything.

Alerting the Base Security to the scam may be a good idea. They may/may not be able to tell you if that vin is registered to a member of the facility (in yes or no format). I guarantee they won't provide any additional info (for security and privacy act reasons).

E-bay can also do private auctions, which must be initiated by the seller. Then you can search by the auction number provided by the seller (will also show up in your messages section). You do have to provide your email address to the seller for this.

let me know what you need and I'll try to accommodate.
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Re: scam or not???
« Reply #20 on: June 10, 2010 - 06:25:22 PM »


 The Air Force there does not typically deploy.

 :roflsmiley:   :roflsmiley:     :roflsmiley:    :roflsmiley:   

REALLY!!! 

Just ask the Communications, Personnel, Finance, Security Forces, Civil Engeneering, Medical, Public Affairs, Safety, and Comptroller personnel (just to name a few) what the deployment schedule is like.  Yeah, the missileers and the missile maintainers wont usually go but most of the others in the ops and support career fields deploy just like the rest of us. 

There haven't been platoons in the Air Force (what was then the Army Air Corps) since we separated from the Army and became our own service.  Or at least the last 17 years I've been in the AF.  Look at the response, he said his platoon was getting sent back to Afghanistan.  The 899th Army Reserve Unit is in Great Falls too...

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Re: scam or not???
« Reply #21 on: June 10, 2010 - 11:24:47 PM »
 :dunno: I didn't know the base in Great Falls had personnel for anything other than supporting the missiles (yes I seriously thought the fighters, cargo planes and other equipment they maintain at Malmstrom were strictly for protecting their major assets). :smilielol: I know any normal squadron or support team is going to deploy for 6-18 months just like any other (deploy-able) command in any service. :nono: My previous comment was taken out of context.

 :aarg: :wavingflag: :drama:
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Re: scam or not???
« Reply #22 on: June 11, 2010 - 12:45:04 PM »
Total scam.  I researched a add just like this almost same wording except was getting a divorce.  I looked up the car and found it on at least a 100 newspapers all with different phone numbers that were all bogus.  The car happened to be listed in Washington state with a phone number in NYC that was a fax line.
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Offline Sean

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Re: scam or not???
« Reply #23 on: June 11, 2010 - 07:10:03 PM »
:dunno: I didn't know the base in Great Falls had personnel for anything other than supporting the missiles (yes I seriously thought the fighters, cargo planes and other equipment they maintain at Malmstrom were strictly for protecting their major assets). :smilielol: I know any normal squadron or support team is going to deploy for 6-18 months just like any other (deploy-able) command in any service. :nono: My previous comment was taken out of context.

 :aarg: :wavingflag: :drama:

I wouldn't be surprised if the number of support personnel outnumber those actually doing the mission (in Malmstrom's case - the missiles) by 3 or more to 1.  It takes a lot of people to take care of the people taking care of the mission and then it takes people to take care of those people too.   :thumbsup:

Sean