You already answered your own question. Sheesh, I am working on teaching my 2 1/2 and my 5 year-old how to tune into and listen to their bullshit detector......I hope to god I am not answering phone calls from them in 20 years on the issue.

only accepts western union....strike one
web site is a wordpress template that took all of 5 minutes to put together.....strike two

Whois lookup:

Domain Information
Query: shop.ms
Status: Delegated
Created: 11 Nov 2003 07:00 AST
Modified: 07 Oct 2010 19:52 AST
Expires: 11 Nov 2012 07:00 AST
Name Servers:
ns1.idnscan.net
ns6.idnscan.net

Registrar Information
Registrar Name: MNINET Registrar
Registration URL: https://secure.domains.mninet.ms
Address: Olveston Drive
Olveston
Montserrat
Country: MS

Registrant:
Name: Interdots International
Address:
c/o Marius T Strasser
P.O. Box 51
Nea Michaniona, GR-57004 GR
Email Address:
Phone Number: ++1-253-323-0927
Fax Number: ++1-253-323-0927 ext. ++1-253-323-0927


Looks like a greek company. Google searching Interdots International reveals quite a few sites indicating it's spam/phishing/fraud

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sometimes you just have to eat the cake

Yup. I kind of figured. I didn't like the fact that the site didn't have any security certificates either. The price definitely fell into the too good to be true category which had me wondering if the bike was stolen. In retrospect, running a wire transfer fraud scam is even easier than selling stolen bikes online.

Oh well. Back to the drawing board. Thanks for the input!

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Plus the phone number country code is for Djibouti (little country on the eastern tip of Africa...by Somalia).

Just sayin'.

I may have encountered the same "seller" on backpage.com
I asked to see the bike in person, I'll let you know what they come up with.
They said "Selco" is located in LA, my google-fu says unlikely.

scam

i find this interesting. they admit that their services are used fraudulently, but don't do anything. make me wonder the percent of their service being used for fraudulent vs legal activity. i don't think i could work for that company.

The address on the bottom is in for a huge office building in DC but the businesses listed according to google don't include Safeco.
Also no phone number on website... and the grammer on that site sounds like that Nigerian guy who wants to email me a billion dollers.

So does your spelling.

Well played sir...

Brad

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3SIXTY5cycling.com

Interesting. Let me know what comes of it. I told the seller what western union said, suggested we try a more secure transaction to protect us both (ha!) and (not suprisingly) never heard back from them again. The seller claims to be using this company as a third party agent, though initially they made it sound like a local shop. I doubt they are actually a seperate entity. I suspect it's all just a big scam.

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Coach Brain: Accelerate 3 ; Incoherent Ramblings

selco has deal for you. You pay western union , we ship product. best product.

you should have told him that you were interested but all your funds are tied up in your uncle's off shore account and that if he sent you $500 to cover the transfer fees, you would reward him with $10000 for his trouble.

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sometimes you just have to eat the cake

LOL

Brilliant idea! I wish I had thought of that while they were still speaking to me.

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