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Old Apr 22, 2013 | 07:05 PM
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had a post up in wtb for a 3200 stall he messages me randomly with this

"i have for sale is Yank SS3200 Stall converter, Their is less then 2500 miles on this converter, its been installed since last year, most of the time sitting in the drive way. my car makes around 600hp and according to yank this converter is good for that easy.

Im upgrading to a 4l80e setup so this needs to go. Its been a great converter for the street, and worked well with my turbo car, i never made it to the track, so i dont have any idea what my 60's wouldve been.

Im asking $400 shipped and paypaled for it. Pm me or text me if you are interested my cell number is (213) 375-5243 no calls my phone speaker is messed up."




i texted him back and fourth for an hour and he seemed legit. stupid me sent the money (luckily through paypal) but as soon as i said i did i got no responses at ALL. i called and had a hold put on it but please guys be careful and make sure this guys doesnt get you too, i also did a little more snooping and found he has done this to other people as well with cylinder heads and seats.
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Old Apr 22, 2013 | 07:14 PM
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I was about to buy a hot cam from him. Same type of deal, he responded to a wtb thread of mine. Thanks for posting this
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Old Apr 22, 2013 | 07:16 PM
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no calls my phone speaker is messed up."
Big ******* red flag!!! Put a paypal dispute ASAP.....IMO.
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Old Apr 23, 2013 | 05:27 AM
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Originally Posted by chaman
Big ******* red flag!!! Put a paypal dispute ASAP.....IMO.
I called PayPal about an hour after I sent the money
they immediately upgraded it from dispute to a claim
And I called my credit card Company for safe measures
It just boggles my mind how deceitful people can be.
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Old Apr 23, 2013 | 01:10 PM
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Wow I'm working on a fi 5.3 build and put a wtb 3.800 pistons and Immaeditley he responded that his build went through and had new ones just laying around. After explainin to him I had something come up with the family he still tried to get me to buy brand new pistons for 100 + under what they cost new. Something rubbede the wrong way. Was actually hoping he was just a good guy but I went with my gut. Such a shame no one can be trusted now a days
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Old Apr 23, 2013 | 01:12 PM
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Goodluck man hope it works out for you. Also te company on his profile is supposidely a real company. Didn't look to far into it.
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Old Apr 23, 2013 | 04:51 PM
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He tried to get me on a t56 but I did a search with his SN and saw he scammed someone on a pair of heads.

overdrivex 08:24 PM 04-15-2013 hey i have a nice low milage t56 for sale if you are still looking pm me back or shoot me a text (213) 375-5243 no calls please
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Old Apr 23, 2013 | 05:23 PM
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he also tried to get me on a ls6 intake.... here's the messages...

hey man i have a ls6 intake for sale. Has around 80k miles on it. Its in great shape. I have a set of gaskets/orings i will throw in with the intake and a set of new intake bolts. Asking $300 shipped.

I cant take paypal right now im trying to get my account sorted out after i got scammed by a guy. I sold him an intake and once he got the intake he had his credit card company reverse the transaction and it put my paypal into the negative so im trying to get it worked out. Here is the thread, watch out for this guy...
Beware of Maroboy_Jimmie


Originally Posted by kyleholt11
Man that sucks! Did you change your username?? I'm worried about fraud too... I'm interested, but PayPal is the only way I can send my money out...

well read that thread and be careful because according to paypal anyone who pays you with a credit card can legally have their credit card company remove the funds from your paypal account after they receive the part you sent them. Thats the new paypal scam and trust me paypal wont help you. Everyone thinks paypal is so great but its not. Do a few google searches.


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Why did you change your username?

i didnt? the thread was made by another member the guy ended up ripping off 4 of us. For some reason i cant post in the thread or make my own.
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Old Apr 23, 2013 | 05:25 PM
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so yea i can't stand pieces of **** like this...
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Old Apr 23, 2013 | 08:21 PM
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He tried getting me on an SS hood, I showed him a thread about him and he said "I'm not trying to scam anyone". I told him I only deal in PayPal and never heard back. If you want money, get yourself a job buddy.
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Old Apr 23, 2013 | 10:15 PM
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Same thing happened to me I wanted a set of headers and he sent me a picture. And I was texting him and I told him to make a date sheet next to the headers. His response it be a day or two never heard from the piece of ****.... Beware......
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Old Apr 24, 2013 | 01:29 AM
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i also wanted to add this link as well, this "overdrivex" individual also tried this scam as well

https://ls1tech.com/forums/racers-lo...heads-lt1.html

also just to make you guys aware the email he had me use for paypal was neilneilbean@gmail.com just in case anyone needed it.

*if everyone could pass all this info on about this guy to the other f body forums it would be greatly appreciated i hate
to see people lose their hard earned money to scumbags like this it really bothers me i would like to help save anyone i can at this point.
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