Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Cheap F-40

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Guys:
 
Remember that old people still fall for those "bank examiner" tricks and  
take their life savings out of the bank despite the fact that this scam is  >50 
years old. Supposedly knowledgeable business people fall for stock scams  and 
tax scams annually. Heck, Americans fall for the biggest Ponzi scheme ever,  
Social(ist) Security and fight off the efforts of those who try to help  them.
 
And, if that isn't enough, how about these young "dot com" generation folks  
who are incredibly talented in their fields, the Wall Street bank group with  
their million $USD bonuses in hand on Dec. 20th, etc. looking for the  
opportunity to buy something that they always wanted, young doctors who finally 
 have 
gotten their student loans under control and who are making real money for  
the first time, but don't have much time for such things as due diligence, but  
in fact could stand the loss of the entire amount and recover from it. The  
statistically vulnerable population from which these scam artists can draw from 
 is unlimited. And not just from the "dumbed down". There are many bright,  
financially stable but untrained in these matters individuals just waiting for  
the FBI, state or local police, etc. to recover the money that they have  
foolishly turned over to scam artists. There wouldn't be those wonderful emails 
 
from Nigeria if this weren't the case.
 
In this case, someone with a friendly Ferrari dealer, or one who  anticipated 
the money to be made from servicing this vehicle if short on  altruism could 
start the due diligence fairly easily. But even then it would  take some time 
to effectively stop the fraud from occurring particularly if the  item is 
listed in a printed rather than an electronic media since it is  virtually 
impossible to recall an entire issue for one ad.
 
There are a lot of ways to avoid such foolishness, but it is Monday morning  
and I have to get ready for a hearing today. If anyone here REALLY thinks they 
 are going to buy this car, just wait until tonight, if you are lucky someone 
 else will have "bought it out from under you" and drop me an e-mail.
 
Dr. Steve  

1964 Rolls  Royce Silver Cloud III    1975 Pontiac GV Conv.
1980 MB  450SL                 1982 RR  Corniche
1988 Rolls Royce Silver  Spur         1994 F-350 Powerstroke  4x4          
1996  Bronco                                  2000 Lincoln Town Car
1995 Ferrari 348  Spyder                 2004 Excursion
+ Audrey's 3x MB's

Dr. Stephen B. Spies, CES,  CFI
Director, Forensic Sciences Laboratory
Explosives Engineering  Technologies

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