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SCAM Audi A5 2.7 TDI DPF multitronic 2008 Black LHD --- FRAUD ON EBAY 17-OCT-14

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  • SCAM Audi A5 2.7 TDI DPF multitronic 2008 Black LHD --- FRAUD ON EBAY 17-OCT-14

    PLEASE BE #SCAMAWARE - READ THIS -->





    http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/301355906725


    Dummy / Throw-away eBay Account : danutuk77( )


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    It didn't mention that it was LHD, but the images gave it away....





    ....as did this





    "The car drives like an absolute dream apart"


    What?


    That looks like a copied and pasted text from somewhere else, with some negative points deleted.


    A thorough search revealed what was going on here.


    The fraudsters had copied the IMAGES of one car (a LHD Audi A5 Multitronic)
    and had used the TEXT from another (a RHD Audi A5 manual)


    The reason? To make demonstrating proof of fraud more difficult.


    Sorry, Nicolae, it didn't work.


    Here is the 'donor' advertisement
    (not the images, just part of the script)










    ...which contains remarkably similar script (identical in fact)




    The above information was sent to The Kraken at 06:20 on 17-Oct-14


    By 10:30 on the same day, the scam listing was GONE


    i.e.



    which is, of course :-







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    Scam Posted on eBay UK on 17-Oct-14 at 05:34


    Here's proof:-















    Reported to eBay for fraud 17-Oct-14 at 06:20

















    Vehicle Scam #271 for October 2014


    Vehicle Scam total 12,897 since April 2013




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    and to end this little story :-



    TED : 5 hours max






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