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[GC_Super]

Ok, here is what these a-holes do. They fish around on E-Bay with some decent feedback for small items or high priced jewlery that was never really bought or sold. They set up accounts and make fake transactions amongst each other to make it look like they are reputable buyers. At this point they become the highest bidder on a high priced bike, car, truck, etc auction and e-mail the seller. They ask for a copy of the title to make sure the auction is legit and most of the sellers fall right into this trap (like I did) and provided a copy of the title to the high bidder which has your name, address, bike info including VIN. The auction will eventually end with another high bidder/winner and the guy with your title who never intended to buy your bike is off to the races. This idiot will now place personal ad's in local newspapers around the country advertising YOUR bike at a too good to be true price. When some poor sap answers the ad usually they will encounter a male or female with a eastern european or middle eastern accent who is posing as YOU !!! Yes, they pose as you. They give your name, your address, etc. Then they ask for the money to be wired to their bank account and the bike will be shipped to you through a bogus shipping company. Also, most of the people who think they are getting a great deal on a bike will send the money to a name other than the one the seller is using ( Your Name ). After the seller loses 10 -20 thousand dollars they go to the Police who come directly to you. This is exactly what happened to me and how it worked. I learned from my mistake of providing the title and will never do it again. For followup, the guy who lost $16,500.00 in this scam hired a private investigator who is still attempting to get the money back for him. The bad part is the money went to an account with Chase Manhattan Bank and it immediately was transfered to an account in Romania. This investigator found out where the scammers live and notified the FBI who blew it off.

[Fired00d]

Just FYI...

I expressed interest in a 2006 SEEG (FLHTCUSE) up for auction on eBay recently, offered by a slack@ss that goes by eBay ID, "bajansunset", AKA email address, "cheezeeonbread@yahoo.com", AKA given name, "Roger Burton" (probably fake) "allegedly" of Dekalb County, Georgia.....

This crook has/had several bikes for sale earlier this week. As I remember on one of the auctions it had pictures of bike for sale w/several different exhaust on it, and one auction was for a used however pictures were of a new bike (SEUC) w/tags still on tourpak?

When I was selling my Fatboy prior to buying my SEEG someone stole my add from Harleys4Sale and posted it on eBay. I found contact number for eBay called them, and they started questioning me like I was the crook/criminal. Wanted to know my name/phone number/etc, which to me was irrelevant there main concern should have been investigating the ad for fraud. To eBay's defense they did remove the ad, and I then put it on there myself. The bike eventually sold locally.

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Ride Safe,
Fired00d
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[killjoy]

You cant cheat an honest man.

Yes, there are deals out there. But not 10K for a 25-30K bike! Come on!

An 06 SEEG?

Shouldn't that have been the first clue?

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OK, just for argument

[killjoy]

In general, thank you all for your feedback to this post. I am looking to purchase another CVO, this time a touring bike. The insight and experiences shared here have significantly increased my visibility and