From: Sonny Heath (sonny@defuniak.com)
Date: Sat Jun 10 2006 - 10:35:36 PDT
Unless I'am sadly mistaken, joining the United States Military does not earn
anyone U.S. Citizenship.
Now as far as the name, the poster made it clear when he posted it that it
was a word we couldn't spell out here so you probably didn't see it when it
was first posted. I knew exactly what it was but said nothing because I
figured someone else would.
Sonny
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dick" <rertman@ix.netcom.com>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Saturday, June 10, 2006 11:41 AM
Subject: Re: [MV] MANN Truck on Ebay
>A word of caution on this deal, folks.
>
> I'm a bit suspicious of "John Fickdich."
>
> The last name is a german epithet that translates to "F**k you."
>
> I kid you not! I learned German from an Army friend who was from
> Germany and joined up to earn his citizenship.
>
> Dick
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Arthur Bloom
> To: Military Vehicles Mailing List
> Sent: 10 June, 2006 09:28
> Subject: Re: [MV] MANN Truck on Ebay
>
>
> Toll-free numbers are virtual numbers. They are assigned to a customer,
> and
> the incoming calls are re-directed (similar to Call Forwarding) to a fixed
> land line.
>
> When you try to do a search for a toll-free number, you will generally hit
> a
> dead end, unless the toll-free number has been published in a website. In
> that case, search engines will probably have a hit. Toll-free numbers that
> are not generally published, for instance like the one you encountered,
> will
> probably never show up in a search engine.
>
> There are many ways to do some detective work, however, to find the info
> you
> seek. You can ask him to fax something back to you. The incoming call
> info
> (caller ID, *69, etc) will not show the toll-free number, but will show
> the
> land line that it is associated with, unless it is intentionally blocked.
> The fax document itself will generally have a header that spells out the
> sender's company name and number, if the fax machine was programmed to do
> so.
>
> You can do old-fashioned legwork, and call every copy shop and just ask.
> Often, an official-sounding person, with an official-sounding title and
> stated mission, will scare employees into divulging info that the business
> would normally not divulge.
>
> What is 800 N. Michigan Ave? I am not familiar with that address. Is it a
> mall, or an individual store? Perhaps someone (a telephone technician or
> a
> friend of a telephone technician) reading this list, or just some
> enterprising would-be detective can make a visit to some of the copy
> stores
> and do some creative investigating. If I were a bit closer, I'd be happy
> to
> do it.
>
> Arthur P. Bloom
> Former Bell System Special Agent
>
>
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Lee Houde" <houdel@carrinter.net>
> To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
> Sent: Saturday, June 10, 2006 9:37 AM
> Subject: Re: [MV] MANN Truck on Ebay
>
>
> | Interesting - I did several reverse phone number lookups on various
> | telephone search websites - all came up no number found; if this is a
> | real phone number, it is unlisted. Very unlikely that a copy shop would
> | have an unlisted number. Chop shop maybe, copy shop unlikely, unless
> | they only deal with a very select and limited clientle!
> |
> | Sarge wrote:
> |
> | >>List,
> | >>Mandatory MV content: this e-mail is about a scam directly targeted at
> MV
> | >>owners.
> | >>Anyhoo,
> | >>here is the continuing saga of the MAN truck scam on E-Bay.
> | >>After a LOT of research, I have a couple of leads on the scammer.
> | >>His real name is, of course, not Matthew Barry. It is most likely
> Dimitru
> | >>Bogdan, or at least, that's the ID that he carries.
> | >>He is a Romanian immigrant living in Chicago.
> | >>He did not attend high school in the US.
> | >>He will ship the truck to my home address:
> | >>John Fickdich
> | >>1600 Pennsylvania Ave NW
> | >>Washington D.C. 20500
> | >>The $5,000 will cover the cost of the truck and also the shipping and
> | >>insurance.
> | >>He hangs out in a copy shop in a large mall in Chicago on the
> 'Magnificent
> | >>Mile'. 800 N Michigan Ave.
> | >>He picks up the faxed receipt of the moneygram in the copy shop, goes
> to
> | >>
> | >>
> | >the
> | >
> | >
> | >>nearest moneygram office and cashes it.
> | >>On a tangent, another list member has been in contact with him.
> | >>He (fake Matthew Barry) told the other list member that he was on
> vacation
> | >>in Greece with his family and he even supplied a contact telephone
> number
> | >>
> | >>
> | >in
> | >
> | >
> | >>Greece.
> | >>I called the number in Greece and spoke to Matthew. For someone with a
> | >>
> | >>
> | >name
> | >
> | >
> | >>of Matthew Barry, he sure sounded Greek to me.
> | >>Well, Matthew told me to send the $5,000 to a bank in Florida. He will
> | >>e-mail me with the details.
> | >>Okay Matthew, please hurry, I want that truck!
> | >>So, List, that's as far as I got.
> | >>Now I need your help.
> | >>There are 27 Bogdan's listed in the white pages for Chicago, none of
> them
> | >>are called Dimitru.
> | >>The FAX number 1-877-471-1355 is his pick up point.
> | >>Anybody on the list know how to get the name and address of that copy
> shop
> | >>where the FAX machine is located?
> | >>Anybody know how to locate Dimitru Bogdan living in Chicago?
> | >>As always, any and all help is appreciated,
> | >>-Sarge
> | >>
> | >>P.S. To all of you who doubt that this story is true, do us all a
> favor
> | >>
> | >>
> | >and
> | >
> | >
> | >>don't e-mail me or the list with your doubts.Visit the searchable
> archives at http://www.mil-veh.org/archives/
>
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