[Chris R]

A mate of mine bid on a Rhino carpet cleaning machine yesterday. He didn’t win it. Today he got an email offering it to him for the bid that he made( £820 - its brand new !) He was going to go for it, until he asked me, and I realised straight away that it was a fraudulent email.
So if you bid on the new Rhino, and have now had a "second chance offer ". DONT SEND ANY MONEY !

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Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2006 07:29:16 -0700

 
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You expressed interes in Item Titled: Carpet Cleaning Machine By Masterclean ,Item number: 200014070838 by bidding, however the auction has ended with another member as the high bidder. In compliance with eBay policy, the seller of that item is making this Second Chance Offer to you at your bid price of GBP 820.00. The seller has issued this Second Chance Offer because the winning bidder was unable to complete the transaction. If you accept this offer you will be able to exchange Feedback with the seller and will be eligible for eBay services associated with a transaction, such as fraud protection.eBay does not charge an Insertion Fee to send a Second Chance Offer. Sellers pay only the Final Value Fee when the offer is accepted.To purchase this item contact the seller ASAP at: chris12drury@yahoo.com
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[HQCS (John Kastrian)]

If it is the same machine that I bid on I think it finished at about £1100.
The item is advertised by Masterclean,and we all know it is Mr Purcell so should be no problems there.
I don't know anything about a second chance offer so it does look highly suspect especially with an email address like that,thanks for the warning.
Have you reported this to Ebay for them to check it out?
John

[calmore]

The cack-handed english proves it is a fraud.

[Terry_Burrows]

we saw this on ebay to : it had no heater but was new we are going to buy a ninja any way

[davep]

This has happened to me 3 times now, you can tell its not real by the broken English, as well as the fact that the email is sent to your private inbox but not in your Ebay mail box. 

[stains-away]

I buy and sell quite a few cars and automotive parts on ebay and receive emails similar to this on almost a daily basis, the other big one on there is the foreign purchaser who wants you to export goods, they send you out a cheque for much more than the item,when you contact them they tell you not to worry, bank the cheque and write them a cheque and return it for the difference  : , the idea being that you send them the payment for the difference before the bank informs you that their payment was a dud, muppets the lot of them.

Just out of interest did you know that the "419" advance fee fraud is one of, if not the biggest earner in Nigeria, netting an estimated $4 billion a year, mainly from the U.S, Canada and the U.K

[tomh]

IF YOUR MATE IS INTRESTED IN A GOOD SETUP I AM SELLING MY KIT
ALLTEC ADVANTAGE
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=019&item=290019602261&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMESE%3AIT&rd=1
DRY CARPET CLEANER OR AGITATION MACHINE
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=019&item=290019707507&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMESE%3AIT&rd=1