Not sure why but i decided to push this scammer further, it's a shame they use our military as a way to trick folks. Here are some emails I got from them [him, her, whoever] the gig was up days ago when they sent both my wife and me the same text at the same time. ???
"Hi there, my name is Laura. Let me tell you few words about my bike, it's a 1998 Honda Valkyrie F6 Tourer, with only 9692 miles, 1500cc engine priced at $1,200. Driver and passenger back rests, two tone paint really makes this bike stand out, cobra light bar... Bike has only seen nice days for riding and has not be ridden hard at all (never any wheelies).This bike runs awesome! I have a clear title, without liens or loans on it, under my name. The only reason for selling is that I really don't use it anymore and it deserve a better home, bike has been sitting in the garage for past year due to my job, I'm a Sergeant in Air Force and I was promoted and transferred and I'm very busy with my deployment and I want someone to buy and ride it to its potential which I was not able to do.
If you need further information please get back to me as soon as possible and I will send you more pics with it. Thank you ! "
then i had congratulated on the promotion..
"Thanks, I appreciate it! I just attached more pics and I will explain you more details. Now I'm here in Minot, North Dakota, at the Air Force Base. The bike is already at the eBay warehouse here in Minot along with all the paperwork and the transaction will be done through them. eBay will handle the shipping, the payment, and the paper exchange. The bike is ready to be delivered to your place. I think I can have it there at your home address within 2-3 working days. You will have free shipping and 5 days to test and inspect it before I receive any money. If you are really interested in buying my bike, please reply with your full name, a full delivery address and a phone #. I will forward this info to eBay and they will contact you with all the info on how to buy it.
Thanks, hope to do business with you soon! "
I responded to this with the "not interested" generic reply and got one more.
" But why not? As I've said I'm serving the USAF here in Minot and unfortunately I have very restrictive work condition here at the base, we are not allowed to go out of the unit, besides we're allowed only emails or text due to security reasons so I can not call you or close this deal in person. Hopefully you can understand me. Besides shipping is already paid by me so you don't need to worry about this. I'll explain you how it works:
1. I will open the transaction with eBay and they will send the invoice to you.
2. You have to make the payment to eBay and they will deposit the money into their trusted account.
3. eBay confirms to me that the amount has been received and then start the shipping.
4. You accept delivery and inform eBay if you're satisfied or not with the vehicle received.
5. Then eBay Financial Department will release the money to me and the deal is closed.
As you can see, you will receive the bike BEFORE any money is released to me. From the moment you receive it you have 5 days to inspect it. If is not like I said or something is not OK with it you can reject it (I assure you that is NOT going to happen since my bike is in IMMACULATE condition) and eBay will fully refund you and the bike will be shipped back to me, on my expense. eBay will transfer the money to me ONLY after you will confirm them that the bike is OK. Until then, the money will be safe kept by eBay and not released to me. If you are serious and have sufficient money to buy it then I will need your full name, full shipping address and phone number and we can take it from there. Looking forward to hearing from you "
