Fw: DeLorean scam on the loose.... beware.

["Darryl Tinnerstet" <darryl@xxxx>]

***** Moderator's Note *****
This seems legitimate. If you are selling a car - hang on to that 
title until you get ALL of the money. If you are buying, ALWAYS 
inspect the car personally or use a trusted intermediary.

It's a jungle out there...

Mike G Moderator of the Week



[Note to moderators - I'll let you be the judge of whether you want to run this. I know Dave well enough to believe this, so it might be a good idea to let others be aware of what is going on.]

The following message was sent to me by a customer/former PNDC member from Portland, OR.:

>> Remember that I told you I sold my DeLorean. Well, it turns out that the guy who bought it was a scam artist. The guy posed himself as "Sean Corbett". He was buying fixer-upper deloreans for dirt cheap price, then placed them on e-bay as in "mint-condition"... car runs smoothly, no problems, etc., and got bids as high as $25,000. When the e-bay buyer finally received the car, it was a piece of junk, and the guy vanishes. Mine ended up on there. He bought mine for $7,000, only sent me $3000 promising he'll send the rest after it was on the truck, and never sent me the rest of the money. I outsmarted him by holding on to the title. The guy who won the bid paid $11,800 for it. The rest was pure profit. Anyways, he did that to 5 other known people so far around the nation, and we have no idea where this guy is. Now I have to go repo this car from New York, and the guy who bought it is out $11,800 (plus shipping -- $1300). His name is Peter DeMazio. He might have called you for parts. 

Now the FBI is involved in this case, and I wanted to let you know that this guy is still out there scamming people. Possibly may have moved on to other collector cars. But be on the lookout if you hear of anything strange. Kind of let the DeLorean community know that a scam artist is out on the loose. We are all out to get him, but there are no traces of him. Will keep you posted if we nab him. Any leads, clues, or other known victims would help. By the way, all we know is that this guy lives (or used to live) in Scottsdale, Arizona. According to police, he vacated his apartment 2 weeks ago.<<

Check out ebay and search item # 1828491619. I sold mine in Auto-Trader asking $8000 as a fixer-upper, needs work, and this guy turns around and does this. The pictures are even all fake, copied from other ads.
Dave T. 




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