Reposted from: federalcrimesblog.com

This is why Corvette Mike warns people about deals that sound too good.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on December 29, 2011 released the following:

“6 indicted in $4 million Internet scam involving bogus online vehicles sales Fraud scheme used well known websites that offered vehicles for sale

LOS ANGELES – A federal grand jury has indicted six foreign nationals on charges related to an Internet sales scheme that allegedly defrauded Americans who attempted to purchase automobiles and other vehicles on the Internet through websites that included eBay Motors, Auto Trader, Yahoo Auto, Edmunds.com and Craigslist.

The 24-count indictment, which was returned Wednesday afternoon, alleges a scheme in which vehicles were offered for sale on various legitimate websites. Money was subsequently collected from victims across the United States and supposedly put into escrow accounts with PayPal and eBay Motors. The money was then siphoned from the accounts, with millions of [...]

Here is a fun video about a modified C2 Corvette for the movie Fast Five: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zoqhQ4Or5qo&feature=related&mid=56

Don’t forget that the Corvette Mike Toy Drive and Car Show is this Saturday, December 17th!  Our friends at the Orange County Register were nice enough to include us in their blog. Check it out at OCCars.freedomblogging.com or find them on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/ocregistercars.

We’re looking forward to this great event.  Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays to all!

With all the discussion about ‘The Wave’ going on, I dug out an article from “Corvette News”. Corvette News, in the beginning, was a FREE publication sent out by Chevrolet to Corvette owners. A great magazine whose origin goes all the way back to 1957 (the first edition, BTW, is quite a collectors item as you may well imagine.) The particular article, called “Save the Wave”, which I am quoting, appeared in the August/September 1969, Volume 12, Number 6 — *please* keep that in mind. Not only will you see that our fellow Corvette owners worried about carrying on the ‘tradition’ of ‘The Wave’, you’ll see that times were simpler and that writing styles have changed ;^)

SAVE THE WAVE

Ever since Corvette No. 00001 first met Corvette No. 00002 on the road, their drivers saluted each other with waves. Today, unfortunately, this grand and glorious tradition is wavering. There’s one item of standard equipment [...]