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There's going to be a sales job in NJ....hey Azurro328 !!

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  1. Kds

    Kds F1 World Champ

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    #1 Kds, Feb 12, 2004
    http://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/02/12/teen.bmw.scam.ap/index.html

    NEWARK, New Jersey (AP) -- A teenage boy posing as a banker duped an Ohio car dealership into delivering a $123,000 BMW to him at his high school, police said Thursday.

    A second order was never shipped after the dealership became suspicious, and the teen was arrested. The first car was later found in Raleigh, North Carolina, police said.

    "He apparently sold the car, and it ended up in a dealership in North Carolina," said Detective Scott Davis of the Dublin, Ohio, police.

    The boy was 16 in early January when he ordered the 12-cylinder 2004 BMW 760Li with "black sapphire metallic" paint and a heated steering wheel and seats. He told Midwestern Auto Group that his bank would confirm the wire transfer, authorities said.

    After completing and returning paperwork that was mailed to his home, the teen called the dealership pretending to be a banker confirming the transfer, police said.

    The car was delivered to him at Dickinson High School on January 27, two weeks after the boy turned 17, police said.

    That same day, he ordered a second car. But when Midwestern Auto Group learned that the first payment was never made, the dealership contacted police.

    The boy was arrested at his Jersey City home late last month.

    Police said the teen was not hard to find. "He did use his correct name, as far as I know," Davis said.

    The teen is charged with theft by deception and was no longer in custody, Sgt. Edgar Martinez said. Authorities did not release the boy's name because he is a juvenile.
     
  2. KevinW

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    #2 KevinW, Feb 12, 2004
    You think the dealerships would have learned their lesson to be more cautious after the Enzo incident at Algar in Philadelphia?

    That was an Enzo, wasn't it?
     
  3. 134282

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    #3 134282, Feb 12, 2004
    No, it was an F50 (VIN: ZFFTG46AXS0103494)...
     
  4. AJS328

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    #4 AJS328, Feb 12, 2004
    Wow, that's crazy. I'm just proud that a kid in NJ was actually crafty enough to pull that off for a minute. :)
     
  5. KevinW

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    #5 KevinW, Feb 12, 2004
    Thanks for the correction NNO...while I was writing it my mind went blank.

    They never did find that F50 did they?
     
  6. WJHMH

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    #6 WJHMH, Feb 12, 2004
    What did he buy, a Z8?
     
  7. 134282

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    #7 134282, Feb 12, 2004
    Unfortunately not...
     
  8. dm_n_stuff

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    #8 dm_n_stuff, Feb 12, 2004
    Not yet.

    they are still looking, though.


    Locals, FBI, who knows who else is looking, but not finding.
     
  9. AJS328

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    #9 AJS328, Feb 12, 2004

    No, 760Li
     
  10. Kds

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    #10 Kds, Feb 12, 2004
    Given that it was a new style 7 series I am sure that the dealer was happy to "finally" get it off the floorplan.....even if it was to a 17 year old kid.

    Augustino....

    Any stories about this circulating in your neck of the woods there in Jersey ?
     
  11. DrStranglove

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    #11 DrStranglove, Feb 12, 2004
    That is TOO funny!!!!


    DrS
     
  12. Ekasilicon

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    #12 Ekasilicon, Feb 12, 2004
    So now will the 760 have a salvage title?
     
  13. Alxlee

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    #13 Alxlee, Feb 12, 2004
    Nope, either clean title or Recovered Theft.
     
  14. AJS328

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    #14 AJS328, Feb 13, 2004

    I hadn't heard anything about it before this. It looks like it was in North Jersey, which is a different world from down here.
     
  15. docdavid

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    #15 docdavid, Feb 13, 2004
    What exactly was the 'incident at algar in philadelphia'

    Similar scheme?

    MD
     
  16. vette79

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    #16 vette79, Feb 13, 2004
    someone will chime in and correct me on this since i dont have all the details, but from my understanding the basic incident was that a well dressed man walked into the dealership, made a convincing enough argument to take the F50 out for a test drive, did all the paperwork, and the just took off with the car like a bat out of hell. im sure it did a pretty good job of shocking the salesman. he and the car dissapeared in traffic, probably into an enclosed trailer/semi of some sort. if i remember right he claimed his limo or some other fancy vehicle was parked across the street at a parking lot?
     
  17. bostonmini

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    #17 bostonmini, Feb 13, 2004
    That F50 will NOT be found....believe me, you think its gonna be on a street corner with no wheels in harlem? its OUT of the country, or in a million pieces, most likely the former...wouldnt mind having the engine in a 360 CS though!
     

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