Colorado coal miner Alan Tweddell found his dream deal on eBay.
Scrolling through the Internet auction site in 2004, he discovered a Model A Ford selling for only $2,500. He bought the 1930 classic and agreed to wire the money to the seller in Chicago.
But the dream turned into a bust when a Western Union representative suspected the man picking up the money in Chicago was a fraud. Western Union returned the $2,500 to Tweddell, but he was unable to recover the $200 fee he spent to transfer the cash, said his son-in-law, Rusty Lofley.
"He was aggravated and disappointed, but happy he did not get scammed out of the whole $2,500," Lofley said.
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